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B the change you want to see
Is shareholder capitalism broken? Few would argue that it’s working well. Business as usual has us on a path to climate catastrophe. The housing/banking industry collapse threw the world into...
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Toyota: Streamlining nonprofits
Any company can give away money. Most don’t do it very well. It’s harder, smarter and ultimately more valuable for companies to share their talent and expertise. That’s what Toyota is doing with a...
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Let’s do away with CSR
Maybe it’s time t0 do away with corporate social responsibility (CSR). Not merely the words and the idea but the infrastructure: CSR departments, CSR reports, CSR conferences and CSR executives. And,...
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Aron Cramer: Business needs to step up
Aron Cramer Today, I’m pleased to publish the first in a series of guest posts from Aron Cramer, the president and CEO of BSR. BSR (formerly Business for Social Responsibility) works with its 250...
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Wall Street should heed OccupyWallStreet
Police protect a Wall Street icon in NYC, and SF protestors occupy a Chase bank. Photo by David Shankbone & Stephen Lam/Reuters Corporate America should be paying attention to #OccupyWallStreet,...
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Perhaps not the Change.org we need
Change.org did all it could to persuade people that it was no ordinary business. From its dot.org domain name to its declaration that “our business is social good” to its certification as a B...
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Will better disclosure help transform business?
Whose sustainability performance is better, PepsiCo or Coca-Cola? Dell or HP? Microsoft or Google? Tracking sustainability metrics isn’t easy, but that hasn’t stopped numerous organizations from...
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My beef with B Corps
There’s lot to like about the fast-growing B Corps movement, and one thing to dislike, as I explain in my latest column for Guardian Sustainable Business US. If you’re reading this blog, you are...
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Are your investments tied to genocide?
That’s a refugee camp in Sudan. If you are an investor in mutual funds, it’s possible–perhaps even likely–that you own a small share of one of a number of foreign oil companies that are doing business...
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Sensible dialogue about GMOs
OK, I know that’s not an attention-getting headline. I was tempted to go with “Why Monsanto cannot and never will be able to control the world’s food supply.” But because genetically-modified crops are...
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