LANXESS Receives China’s Safety and CSR Awards

In China, specialty chemicals company LANXESS (Wuxi) Chemical Co., Ltd. has received the “Safe Producing and Integrity Enterprise in Jiangsu Province in 2008″ and “Outstanding Wuxi Company in Implementing Social Responsibility” awards. These two recognitions highlight the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in... [Read more...]

Driving Social Enteprises in India

South Asia Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship Since the 1970s, with the advent of Bill Drayton’s Ashoka, social entrepreneurship is a growing phenomenon. In India, there is Aravind Eye Healthcare, Basix Bank, Ekal Vidyalaya,  Sri Grameen Mahila Udyog (Lijjat), Narayan Hrudayalaya, Sewa, Selco, Nidaan, etc. For social entrepreneurs, the creation... [Read more...]

Innovating the Green Supply Chain: Where Cold Becomes the New ‘Hot’

by Grace Segran, Brussels (courtesy of INSEAD Knowledge) Proctor & Gamble’s Ariel detergent “Turn to 30” campaign, launched in 2006, was aimed at bringing about long-term change in behaviour by getting people to wash their clothes at 30°C for the good of the environment, saving up to 40 per cent of energy used. Recently P&G came out with... [Read more...]

Profit from Green Investments

Fund managers, investors and politicians alike have been giving the thumbs-up to clean technologies and “green” businesses. In a recent update, Eric Borremans, Head of Sustainable Investments at BNP Paribas Investment Partners presented the efforts taken to boost the green economy post-subprime and the global financial crisis. The three... [Read more...]

Transforming Risky ‘Business-as-Usual’ Scenarios Into a More Sustainable Future

by Grace Segran (Courtesy of INSEAD Knowledge) Climate change and sustainable development are interlinked problems that pose serious challenges. Although the issues are complex, both problems could be solved together, provided we begin immediately, says Professor Mohan Munasinghe, co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace for scientific contributions... [Read more...]

Media and CSR

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the media go hand in hand, with the media disseminating CSR activities and information to the public. But what does CSR mean to the media industry?  Executive Director of Malaysia’s Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), Gayathry Venkiteswaran, shares her thoughts on CSR and the media. CIJ Executive... [Read more...]

Najib Tun Razak’s First Take on CSR

Newly minted Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mr. Najib Tun Razak, has asked employers to make full use of tax incentives at their office. Prime Minister Najib was reported to have said: I would like to urge the private sector to fulfill their corporate social responsibility by providing childcare facilities at the workplace for their employees. According... [Read more...]

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