May 2010
13 posts
Regulate Me, Please…
Is government regulation good for business?
By Jeffrey Hollender
If you want to know what a world without meaningful government regulations looks like, look at the weather forecast. According to the U.N., we just finished our hottest April ever recorded, and both the National Climatic Data Center and NASA are calling 2010 (so far) the warmest year seen since temperatures were first tracked...
The First Cut is the Deepest
Cut government spending?
By Karen Dolan
House partisans, led by House Republican Whip, Eric Cantor, turn American Idol-style voter participation into an obscene game with potentially devastating consequences. The recently launched “You Cut” program aims to cut – and deeply — Americans suffering from the recession, unemployment, illness and single parenthood. The alarm...
Black is the New Green -- or Should Be.
By CSRwire Contributing Writer Francesca Rheannon
Affluent African Americans are a huge new business opportunity for American marketers, but growing prosperity among all African Americans is even more important.
Too often, “African American” has been synonymous with poverty in the popular mind. Poverty and race have been more closely aligned than they should be. Most poor...
Should companies police for child pornography?
Does CSR include monitoring workers’ online behavior and sexual habits?
By Andrew Crane and Dirk Matten
No company wants to be involved in the trade of child pornography. But should firms go as far as to spy on their employees in order to tackle the problem? Andrew Crane and Dirk Matten look at the issues involved in this serious, but often neglected, area.
Few issues arouse as much public...
Here Comes the Biosphere Economy
Do we need new economics?
By John Elkington
What’s wrong with economists? Ever since the Industrial Revolution, Nature has been in retreat, equally undervalued by economists, accountants, engineers and politicians. Now, however, a new revolution is building. Later in 2010, Pavan Sukhdev, a former Deutsche Bank managing director, will launch the findings of the TEEB study—the acronym standing...
Hollywood Pictures a Greener World
By Francesca Rheannon
The Green Revolution is coming to Hollywood as studios collaborate on setting sustainability standards, reduce their carbon footprint, and put up LEED certified buildings.
Hollywood has long been an early adopter of the “green” cause, from Prius-driving celebrities to Leonard di Caprio’s efforts to educate the public about global warming. But changing...
The Oily Truth Spills Out
What would have happened if BP had actually followed the CSR creed?
By Jeffrey Hollender
From devastated ecosystems to ruined fisheries, broken local economies to toxic health effects, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill may well be the greatest catastrophe in the history of our petroleum addiction. But it doesn’t have to be a total disaster. If we’re smart, we’ll wring some good out of this desperate...
In the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil...
Should BP and other corporations follow the “precautionary principle”?
By Sanford Lewis
We don’t yet know the full toll on regional and global ecosystems and economies from the unprecedented BP Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe in the Gulf Coast. But it is not too soon to draw one lesson — the need for a dramatically different decision-making principle to operate whenever a...
The Most Sustainable Community On Earth
Who would you choose?
By CSRwire, CEO, Joe Sibilia
It was an honor to be chosen by Siemens, the Business Civic Leadership Center and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to be one of the judges for the Siemens Sustainable Community Awards 2010. Alongside Joel Kotkin, Distinguished Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures, Chapman University; Curt Pringle, Mayor of Anaheim, CA (Winner of the 2009 Siemens...
Transparency and the Mega Trend
Is your company getting credit where credit is due?
By Cynthia Figge
A recent article in the Harvard Business Review by David Lubin and Daniel Esty should bring cheer to anyone who has been concerned about how slowly corporations seem to be adopting sustainability strategies. The article titled “The Sustainability Imperative” argues persuasively that incorporating sustainability practices into...
An Effective Global CSR Vision: Part Two, Getting...
Is having an international CSR presence necessary?
By Pamela Hawley
So now you’re gaining the confidence and enthusiasm of your employees who see that you are responding and listening to them. It’s your first step towards attaining a Local License to Operate.
This is not a paper. It is not an official license, and you cannot get it ‘issued’ from an entity, institution,...
It's Time to Get Beyond Petroleum
Will BP ever move Beyond Petroleum?
By Freancesca Rheannon
With some one million gallons of oil a day spewing into the environmentally sensitive waters of the Gulf Coast, nobody is calling British Petroleum “Beyond Petroleum” anymore. The “volcano of oil” gushing from the below the seabed could be the biggest oil spill in history. Eleven lives are lost and an ...
An Effective Global CSR Vision: Part One, Getting...
Is having an international CSR presence necessary?
By Pamela Hawley
So you are a global company, but don’t quite yet have a handle on global CSR? Maybe you have a domestic program in place, or even give to a crisis here and there. But expanding to the international realm is quite another level.
You’re not alone. Many internationally minded companies don’t yet have an...
