EABIS 2010 Colloquium: Corporate Responsibility and Emerging Markets
While the EABIS Colloquia from 2002 to 2009 took a disciplinary perspective on the corporate responsibility (CR) agenda, the Colloquia in 2010 and 2011 will take a geographic approach, to take place from 20-21 September 2010 at St. Petersburg State University GSOM. Read more
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Breaking the Constraints of GDP Accounting: The Happy Planet Index
May 5, 2010 by admin
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By Jack Hall, courtesy of CSR Malaysia.
In 1947, the development of the United Nations System of National Accounts marked the point in time when nations across the world started to become judged on their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ahead of all other factors. Read more
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GRI’s Reader’s Choice Awards In Second Round
March 23, 2010 by admin
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced on 16 March 2010 the organizations that are still in the running for the Reader’s Choice Awards. Readers can now continue to vote on the shortlisted organizations from 13 different countries. They determine who deserve recognition for their sustainability reporting.
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The GRI Readers’ Choice Awards
October 23, 2009 by admin
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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework provider, and its partners invite both readers and sustainability reports teams to participate in their second global survey. The objective of the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards is to determine what sustainability report users worldwide think of sustainability reporting today and also to establish which sustainability reports deserve recognition. Read more
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How DiGi Caters to the Community
By Victor Siow, Sumitra Nair (DiGi Head of CR) and Tan Oon Keat (DiGi Head of Migrant Services)
DiGi Telecommunications (DiGi) is a mobile service provider in Malaysia, owned in majority by Telenor ASA of Norway, with a 49% shareholding. DiGi provides a variety of mobile communication services, including postpaid and prepaid voice, SMS, international roaming, international calling card and mobile broadband. DiGi was a relatively late entrant into the mobile telephony market. By the time DiGi entered the market, Celcom and Maxis had already captured a significant market share in the Malaysian industry. Read more
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¿Qué CSR, Señora?
By Amanda Coffin
Perhaps to the disappointment of some readers, the Global Latinas in the title of Lourdes Casanova’s newly-released book (INSEAD Press, 2009) include neither Mexican telenovela starlets nor Shakira, but rather a sampling of South American multinational companies.
Dr. Casanova asserts that most research on multinationals has focused on those from developed nations. What research has emerged on developing markets has looked primarily to Asian companies. Aiming to fill this void, she examines the unique challenges to building a global business in South America, and some of the correspondingly unique success stories. Read more
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