• Three New Year’s Resolutions for The Responsible Entrepreneur

    Carol Sanford, InterOctave Global

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  • Conflict Minerals

    Resource conflict is one of several destabilizing phenomena commonly cited as defining many of the extractive economies of the global south. Our Tutorial discusses all aspects of the issue with a special focus on US laws, SEC and Dodd-Frank Act regulations.  more[...]

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  • China's Workforce in 2015: Better Trained, Better Paid, Better Protected?

    The Conference Board

    According to a new report from The Conference Board, China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan (FYP), encompassing 2011–2015, signals a new focus in the country’s development on “human factors” — from improving education to boosting consumer spending and reducing inequality. Reading the Tea Leaves: The Impact of China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan on Human Capital Challenges investigates the latest FYP, finding strategic planning and program implementation lessons for multinational corporations preparing for the Chinese economy and Chinese workforce of the future.  more[...]

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  • Corporate Transparency facing Challenges in Developing Countries

    UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

    Developing countries seeking foreign investment to boost economic growth should ensure that domestic firms abide by international standards for accounting and corporate transparency, UNCTAD’s Deputy Secretary-General told a meeting of 300 experts. In addition, nine countries gave a report of their experiences with piloting the new Accounting Development Toolkit developed by UNCTAD.  more[...]

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  • Can China get old and rich at the same time?

    In 2013, there will be more than 200 million people aged 60 or over in China. This is more than the total population of countries like Indonesia, Japan, Brazil or Russia, which are some of the world’s most populous nations. By 2050, the number of elderly people in China is expected to reach 487 million or about one third of the entire population.  more[...]

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  • Global Compact International Yearbook 2012

    Dr. Elmer Lenzen

    With over 8,700 corporate participants and other stakeholders from over 130 countries, the UN Global Compact is the largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative in the world. „I hope these diverse expressions of support for the UN’s global mission will inspire many more businesses to follow this path and bring corporate sustainability to true scale“, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in the 2012 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook. Edited by the German publishing house macondo the new yearbook offers insights to political as well as sustainability issues.  more[...]

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  • Corporate Social Responsibility in China: Outlook and Challenges

    Dr. Susan Scarlata, Weber Shandwick & Others

    I spent the last two years in Hong Kong where I consulted on Corporate Social Responsibility communications projects for various organizations in Hong Kong and mainland China. What is the current state of Corporate Responsibility there? The short answer is that Chinese companies realize they have greater responsibilities as their presence on the global playing field grows. Leaders of Chinese companies and officials of the People’s Republic of China are aware of the need to expand their corporate responsibility efforts.  more[...]

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    Dr. Susan Scarlata, Weber Shandwick & Others 
     

  • Brand Distinction Through Strategic Philanthropy

    Anne Wall, Marketing Navigators Inc

    Build brand distinction through strategic philanthropy. Through this article, find out how focused brand philanthropy can benefit your business and society. You will learn new ways to use corporate contributions to connect emotionally with stakeholders. At the same time, your corporate giving will help people in need.  more[...]  login_required

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  • A Chinese Farm in Africa

    Lila Buckley, International Institute for Environment and Development

    Chen promotes new agricultural techniques in China, but he dreams of farming in Senegal. Not because he is a cog in a neo-colonial machine driven by a Beijing masterplan to take over Africa, but because he wants to share his skills and do something meaningful.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Climate Protection in the Otto Group: Efficiency First

    Daniel Hußmann, Otto Group
    Andreas Streubig, Otto Group
    Otto Group

    The increasing number of hurricanes, forest fires, and severe floods are just some of the examples of devastating natural events that can be attributed to climate change. Cooperating to mitigate climate change has never been more urgent. Economic considerations in the effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions are becoming ever-more important: In the Otto Group’s Climate Protection Strategy too, economic aspects play a key role.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Safeguarding Biodiversity in Practice

    Pakis Papademetriou, Athens International Airport
    Nikos Fokas, Athens International Airort
    Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos

    Airport operations can have an impact on local ecosystems. Athens International Airport is located near the Vravrona Wetland, an area of great environmental and historical significance. The Airport Company undertakes initiatives to preserve this sensitive natural environment and protect a number of important wildlife species, while at the same time helping to divert birds away from the airport and reduce risks related to aircraft operations.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Hierarchies vs. Personal Health and Social Productivity

    Carol Sanford, InterOctave Global

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  • The Millenium Project

    Editorial Team

    The Millennium Project was founded in 1996 after a three-year feasibility study with the United Nations University, Smithsonian Institution, Futures Group International, and the American Council for the UNU. It is now an independent non-profit global participatory futures research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities. The Millennium Project manages a coherent and cumulative process that collects and assesses judgments from over 2,500 people since the beginning of the project selected by its 40 Nodes around the world. The work is distilled in its annual "State of the Future", "Futures Research Methodology" series, and special studies.  more[...]  login_required

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