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Dr. King’s Triple Bottom Line
Sixty years ago this week, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his first sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. King preached about “the three dimensions of a complete...
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The Changing Tides of Sustainability Talent: It’s Not About Being Indiana Jones
Ellen Weinreb of the Weinreb Group A career in corporate social responsibility or sustainability can be thrilling. It seems nothing ever stays the same. Sure, many of the leaders from ten years ago are...
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Sandy’s Big Price for Small Businesses
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, up to 90% of small businesses get the majority of their business from within two miles of their front doors. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the...
View ArticleMining and International Development: Partner or Pariah?
What sort of problems arise when NGOs and government agencies try to partner with mining companies to advance international development? Are such partnerships doomed to fail? “Would we try it again?...
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Ikea: Sustainability and Profitability Two Ends of the Same Stick
IKEA's VIDJA lamp -- reintroduced in 2012 with 24 fewer components The company has: 154,000 workers. 47% of all its managers are women [compared with 17% women on the American Fortune 500's boards or...
View ArticleMore Barn: Neil Young and CSR Leadership
“I once went down to Neil’s ranch and he rowed me out into the middle of the lake—putting my life in his hands once again. He waved at someone invisible and music started to play, in the countryside. I...
View Article6 Criteria for Selecting a CSR Consultant
As companies embed corporate social responsibility into their businesses, the value of working with CSR consultants isn’t always clear. In many cases, companies don’t need to hire outside consultants....
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From GAIA to Earthwards: A Front Row Seat to Sustainability in Action at...
I was hosting a panel last year on responsible business when a question from the audience intrigued me: Would companies ever be receptive to the idea of embedding journalists in their organizations to...
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For most consultants, clients are like sex – the less you have the more you want and the lure of short-term gratification often outweighs the benefits of waiting for the right long-term partner. The...
View ArticleOil Companies Are On A Slippery Slope With Their First Amendment Claim...
This post is by Amol Mehra and Mike Lally In August of last year, the SEC adopted a new rule on disclosures for companies in the oil, gas, and mining sectors. The rules corresponded to a provision...
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