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Africa’s social diversity: an asset for democracy
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)African leaders, international organizations and civil society representatives will meet in Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, for the next three days to discuss Africa’s diverse social fabric and how it can serve as an asset for democracy and development. more[...]
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Social dialogue needed to prevent further violence in SA mines, says ILO
As an inquiry begins into the fatal August shooting of dozens of striking miners in South Africa, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for high-level social dialogue in order to prevent further violence and unrest. more[...]
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Report Slams Failure to Prevent Toxic Waste Dumping in West Africa
Amnesty InternationalTrafigura, the multinational company behind the 2006 dumping of toxic waste in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, resulting in over 100,000 people seeking medical assistance, must be criminally investigated in the UK, Amnesty International and Greenpeace Netherlands conclude in a major new report released today. more[...]
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FAO releases first status report on urban gardening in Africa
Food and Agriculture OrganizationAfrica's urban population is growing faster than that of any other region, but many of its cities are not keeping pace with the increasing demand for food that comes with that growth. A new FAO publication says policymakers need to act now to ensure that African cities will be "green" enough to meet their nutrition and income needs in a sustainable way. more[...]
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South-South Exchange of Know-How is Essential for Africa’s Economic Future, Says AfDB President
African Development Bank (AfDB)South-South investment and exchange of know-how are key sources of growth and prosperity in Africa – and Huajian Group of China’s experience in Ethiopia is really edifying. That was the message the President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, gave in his address at the opening of a high-level seminar on September 7 in Tunis. more[...]
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Talk with Richard Howitt MEP, Rapporteur for CSR
Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for CSR, Richard Howitt, offers his insights into how the concept of CSR can push forward higher social and environmental standards in business and be used as a lever to combat emerging societal challenges. CSR Europe Association talked to him. more[...]
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Education, Community, and Social Equality
Perihan Abdel Ghaly, Arab African International Bank
Arab African International BankArab African International Bank believes in investment in youth for a better future and realizes that its influence as a leading private institution has grown in parallel with its competitiveness. Arab African International Bank was the first bank in Egypt and the region to launch an education program for undergraduates in various universities across the country and offers awards for creative ideas. more[...]
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To Scare or Inspire? Bringing Admission, Ambition & Pragmatic to CSR
Prof. Wayne Visser, Kaleidoscope FuturesThe Author
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Food Security for Africa: an urgent global Challenge
Albert Sasson, European CommissionOn September 14, 2010, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published its estimates concerning the number of people suffering from hunger in 2010: 925 million. This figure was below the 1,020 billion in 2009, but it was higher than the number reached before the 2008 global food crisis. The 2010 figure corresponded to 13.5% of the world population, while the 2015 objective (millennium development goal (MDG) number 1) was 8%. The FAO concluded that we were still far from achieving MDG 1, that is, halving the number of hungry people worldwide by 2015. more[...]
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Who really should resign for the Barclays interest rate scandal?
Prof. Dirk Matten, Hewlett-PackardThe Author
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What is CSR? Free download of introduction to CSR now available
Prof. Andrew Crane, Schulich School of BusinessThe Author
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South Africa: ITUC Condemns Lonmin Killings
International Trade Union ConfoderationThe ITUC has described the wave of violence at South Africa’s Lonmin Marikana platinum mine as appalling, with as many as 36 killed yesterday when police opened fire on striking miners. 10 people had previously been killed in the past week as violence at the mine escalated. more[...]
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