January 2010
22 posts
Rebuilding Haiti’s Food System
What’s the best way to feed Haiti’s starving masses?
By Diane Hatz
The earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th shocked the world. Immediate relief efforts must continue for as long as necessary and need to focus on providing food, shelter and medical care for the millions of Haitians affected. But, at the same time, experts must start looking at ways to rebuild the...
Supreme Court's Shocker Makes CSR Key Buttress of...
Is the Supreme Court’s decision to treat corporations as “persons” a debacle for democracy — or an opportunity for corporate social responsibility?
By Hazel Henderson
If the worldwide movement for corporate social responsibility didn’t exist, we would have to invent it after the US Supreme Court’s January 21, 2010, decision to lift all limits on...
The Talkback Takeaway
By Francesca Rheannon
THE QUESTION: Why should corporations maximize the common good, rather than just making sure they do no harm? Is it a moral imperative? A business imperative?
THE TALKBACK TAKEAWAY: Tammara Anderton summed it up succinctly. She wrote in a comment: “It’s a business imperative. In a decade we won’t be labeling socially responsible companies or social...
2009 CSR Year in Review: Corporate Social...
Is CSR a movement?
By Bill Baue
Year-in-review articles typically survey the most significant events of the previous 12 months, and CSRwire’s 2009 overview of corporate social responsibility (CSR) will not disappoint. But perhaps the biggest CSR development of the year was not readily visible, as it was an idea: that CSR represents not just a trend or professional discipline, but a social...
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When Small Men Cast Big Shadows: The Right Wing...
Is right wing media hurting Haiti – and what should conservatives do about it?
By Richard Lakin
The disaster in Haiti has seen an outpouring of corporate humanitarian aid. Companies like General Electric, Google, UPS, PepsiCo, Comcast, Time Warner, and McDonalds have all made large contributions to the relief effort. One of my own CSR media clients, Laureate International Universities, has...
Stepping Up To Save The Planet: Beyond Corporate...
Why should corporations maximize the common good, rather than just making sure they do no harm? Is it a moral imperative? A business imperative?
By David Gershon
Our civilization’s central organizing project is to transform our adverse impact on the climate system. Scientists tell us that we must act now to mitigate the most severe effects of climate change; that we have a very small window...
Making Good on A Promise: TIAA-CREF Divests From...
Is shareholder activism creating positive change?
By Francesca Rheannon Shareholder activism scores a victory as retirement fund giant cuts ties with four energy companies operating in Sudan. The war in Sudan is not over. On the fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), that’s the warning coming from a range of voices, from John Danforth and Lt. General Lazaro...
About Blogger Cary Krosinsky
CARY KROSINSKY is vice president for Trucost, which has built the world’s most extensive time series database of more than 700 emissions and pollutants as are generated by more than 4,500 public companies around the world. Cary is also co-editor of the recently released book “Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long Term Performance,” with Nick Robins, HSBC’s head of Climate...
About Blogger Jeffrey Hollendar
As Chief Inspired Protagonist, co-founder, and Executive Chairperson of Seventh Generation, Jeffrey is a well-respected leader in the socially and environmentally responsible communities. An entrepreneur at heart, his first business ventures were rooted in adult education. He began the not-for-profit organizations Skills Exchange of Toronto, a learning exchange that offered practical and...
About Blogger Gil Friend
GIL FRIEND, president & CEO of Natural Logic Inc, is a noted thought leader on sustainable business, with more than 37 years of experience and clients including Agilent Technologies, Coca-Cola, Dean Foods, Hewlett Packard, Levi Straus & Co, Nike and Sun MicroSystems. He is Adjunct Faculty at Presidio Graduate School, has written more than 100 articles, contributed chapters to several...
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My New Year’s To-do List
How Do You See The Idea Of Sustainability Evolving In The Coming Year, 2010?
By John Elkington
It’s a happy indication of the globalization of the CSR agenda that I find myself contributing monthly columns to media in Brazil, China, Denmark, Japan and the UK. And it’s a huge pleasure also now to be a contributor to CSRwire.
I was asked to comment on what I see ahead for the idea of...
Watching Our Words—from Limits to Alignment
Do We Have To Limit Growth To Save The Planet?
By Frances Moore Lappé
We humans create the world according to ideas we hold. Our biggest ideas, our frames, determine what we can see and what we can’t. Ultimately, they will decide whether we can turn our beautiful planet toward life…or not.
Two frames I increasingly hear are “Because growth is killing the planet, we need no-growth;” and “We’ve hit...
About Blogger: Cary Krosinsky
CARY KROSINSKY is vice president for Trucost, which has built the world’s most extensive time series database of more than 700 emissions and pollutants as are generated by more than 4,500 public companies around the world. Cary is also co-editor of the recently released book “Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long Term Performance,” with Nick Robins, HSBC’s head of Climate...
About Blogger: Frances Moore Lappe
FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ is a democracy advocate and world food and hunger expert who has authored or co-authored 16 books. She is the co-founder of three organizations, including Food First: The Institute for Food and Development Policy and, more recently, the Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter Anna Lappé. In 1987 she received the Right Livelihood Award (a.k.a, the “Alternative...
About Blogger John Elkinton
JOHN ELKINGTON: Founding Partner & Executive Chairman of Volans, also Co-founder of SustainAbility (1987) John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. In 2004, BusinessWeek described him as “a dean of the corporate responsibility movement for three decades.” In 2008, The Evening Standard named John among the ‘1000 Most Influential People’ in...
About Blogger: Diane Hatz
DIANE HATZ is the Co-Founder & Director of The Glynwood Institute for Sustainable Food and Farming (www.glynwoodinstitute.org), a creative action tank that supports leaders in the sustainable food movement while solving critical problems in food and farming. She was previously founder of Sustainable Table, Executive Producer of The Meatrix movies and co-Founder of the Eat Well Guide.
About Blogger: Sanford Lewis
SANFORD LEWIS is an attorney focused on environmental and securities law. His clients include investors, institutions, NGOs and coalitions, including the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN). He is an advocate for reform of disclosure and accounting standards of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for the right of shareholders to...
About Blogger Wanda Urbanska
WANDA URBANSKA is a long time sustainability and simplicity advocate. She is producer and host of “Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska,” America’s first nationally syndicated series advocating sustainable living. With four production series, “Simple Living” debuted on PBS stations in 2004. Wanda Urbanska’s forthcoming book, “The Heart of Simple Living: Seven...
About Blogger Hazel Henderson
HAZEL HENDERSON is President of Ethical Markets Media and author of many books, including the latest, Ethical Markets: Growing The Green Economy( Chelsea Green, 2007). She is also the producer of the Ethical Markets television series on PBS and the Documentary Channel. Henderson is Co-founder of the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators (updated regularly at www.Calvert-Henderson.com) and...
About Blogger: David Gershon
DAVID GERSHON is an authority on behavior-change and large-system transformation, applying this expertise to issues requiring community, organizational, and societal change. As founder and CEO of Empowerment Institute, he has addressed a wide diversity of issues, ranging from low carbon lifestyles, livable neighborhoods, and sustainable communities to organizational talent development and cultural...
About Blogger: Richard Lakin
RICHARD LAKIN is the co-founder of 18 rabbits digital media. Named after the Mayan king (695-738 AD) who supported the arts during his reign in Central America, 18 rabbits digital media promotes social entrepreneurs, NGOs, corporate social responsibility, non-profits, and community outreach projects through a strategic program of multimedia and internet distribution. Richard has produced media for...
About Blogger: John De Graaf
John De Graaf is a documentary filmmaker and the Executive Director of Take Back Your Time. He is the co-author of AFFLUENZA: THE ALL-CONSUMING EPIDEMIC. His most recent film is WHAT’S THE ECONOMY FOR, ANYWAY? He teaches occasionally at The Evergreen State Collge in Olympia, WA and lives in Seattle.
