Bank keeps Christmas spirit alive for the less fortunate
December 23, 2010 by admin
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Standard Chartered celebrated Christmas in Singapore ahead of time by spreading a little kindness and love to the less fortunate in Singapore and helping them keep the Christmas spirit alive. Read more
Healthpoint Services in innovative learning partnership with P&G
December 13, 2010 by admin
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Healthpoint Services Global, Inc. announced at the 2010 m-Health Summit in Washington, DC an innovative learning partnership with the Procter & Gamble Company, aimed at advancing a scalable, self-sustaining model for delivery of water, healthcare, and other benefits to underserved rural communities in developing countries. Read more
Social responsibility must be integral to business strategy to succeed
November 30, 2010 by admin
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Walmart unveiled its global sustainable agriculture goals recently, with which the company seeks to help buy more from small and mid-sized farmers around the world; reduce food waste and sustainably source key agricultural products. Read more
CSR Strategies Review
By Jean-Michel Piedagnel
There are many books written on CSR are written by CSR specialists, but very few are written by CSR “practitioners”, let alone by CEOs. Sri Urip’s book CSR Strategies offers a lot of invaluable first hand practical experience on CSR best practices. This is where this book really stands out. Read more
Three new community development programmes for Spore corporates
November 9, 2010 by admin
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Singapore’s Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is launching three programmes in which companies could play an important part. Read more
Controversy surrounds Spore’s World Savers Awards Congress
October 28, 2010 by admin
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Survival International has reported that the 2010 World Savers Award Congress, due to be held in Singapore on 20 October, has been met with criticism over its decision to award a prize to controversial tour operator, Wilderness Safaris. Read more
Infrastructure development company launched in Asia
October 27, 2010 by admin
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InfraCo Asia to bridge critical development gap across South and Southeast Asia by providing development expertise and early stage capital to kick start infrastructure development.
In the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, KG, and the British High Commissioner to Singapore, His Excellency Paul Madden, InfraCo Asia was officially launched today at the British High Commissioner’s Residence (Eden Hall). InfraCo Asia was founded on the premise that the provision of infrastructure is central to economic growth and poverty reduction. Read more
