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The Ages and Stages of CSR: from Defensive to Systemic CSR I have found it useful to view the evolution of business responsibility in terms of five overlapping economic periods – the Ages of Greed, Philanthropy, Misrepresentation, Management and Responsibility – each of which typically manifests a different stage of CSR, namely: Defensive, Charitable, Promotional, […]
The World Guide to CSR
A country by country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Published by Greenleaf Publishing , 2010, ISBN 978-1-906093-38-9 The World Guide to CSR is the first book to provide comparable national profiles that describe the evolution and practice of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (CSR) for 58 countries and 5 global regions. Each regional and national […]
On The Lighter Side
100-Year-Old Belgian Tree Is World’s Most Social Media-Savvy Plant This is begging for a “You know you’re a treehugger if…” joke, the punchline being “if you have a tree as your friend on Facebook.” And there is a century-old tree in Belgium that can fit the bill. It is actually a very social media-savvy tree, […]
Global Briefs Sep-Oct 2010
2,000 Indian Villages Skip Fossil Fuels, Get First Electricity From Solar If you ever need a great example of technological leapfrogging in practice, here it is: In the Indian state of Orissa, the state government has decided to electrify approximately an additional 2,000 villages by March 2012. But rather than hook them up to coal-fired […]