Beyond Climate Change Estimations
By Nikos Avlonas, President & Founder, Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE)
The need for Carbon Footprint Verification as important tool for transparent reporting
Increasingly, leading organizations regard the mitigation of climate change as an important part of their role in society. Climate Change is becoming an ever-pressing matter and its mitigation more and more demanding from all members of society, including businesses and public organizations. Read more
CSR Asia Summit 2011 Themed “Asian Growth: Global Responsibility” To Be Launched In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The ninth CSR Asia Summit, the annual flagship event of CSR Asia, will be launched at the Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 Sep 2011. Themed “Asian Growth: Global Responsibility”, the two-day Summit will take place from 27-28 Sep 2011. The CSR Asia Summit aims to be the most innovative and thought-provoking on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Asia. Read more
Dole Launches New Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Website
July 21, 2011 by admin
Filed under Initiatives
Dole Food Company, Inc. announced recently that it has launched its new Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability website. This tool is now fully integrated into Dole’s corporate website. It also specifically emphasizes Dole’s four pillars of sustainability (Carbon Footprint, Water Management, Soil Conservation and Packaging) in addition to Dole’s environmental and labor practices and community programs. Read more
Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior Named for Europe and Middle East
June 30, 2011 by admin
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Trust Across America™ (TAA), setting a standard for trustworthy business behavior, and the Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (CSE), a leading global advisory and coaching organization providing sustainability solutions, have selected 2011’s “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior in Europe and the Middle East”. These people collectively represent a group that can genuinely transform and reverse the cycle of mistrust in business. Read more
Achieving sustainability with social enterprise
Courtesy of INSEAD Knowledge, by Mrinalini Reddy
For Population and Development International, among Thailand’s largest and most diversified non-profits, recovering costs and generating revenues goes hand-in-hand with eradicating poverty and empowering rural communities in South East Asia.
Cabbages and Condoms. Open any travel guidebook to Bangkok and you’ll likely find a listing for this unusual restaurant chain where after-dinner mints are replaced with free condoms. Food reviews aside, you may have guessed there’s a social mission behind its eyebrow-raising moniker: family planning. Read more
Innovative Application Laboratory Project gets awarded
June 13, 2011 by admin
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Qualcomm Incorporated, through its Wireless Reach™ initiative, together with Grameen Foundation, Ruma and Bakrie Telecom, have accepted the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation Award for the Application Laboratory (AppLab) project. The award recognizes innovative projects in the telecom industry that GTB readers and judges believe make a difference to the communications sector. Read more
Sustainable Brands Innovation Open Finalists Selected
Sustainable Life Media announced the top 12 Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) finalists who will be given a full pass to the conference along with the opportunity to pitch to the Innovation Open judges and attendees on Thursday, 9 June 2011 in the Steinbeck Theater. Finalists are required to present a live pitch to a panel of judges and will have shared exhibit space during the conference. Read more
