The Global Agenda of Sustainability & The Green Movement

Kaye Lim, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Asia Pacific of specialty global chemicals group, Lanxess, discusses the green movement and sustainability with the CSR Digest. [Read more...] Tweet This Post  Read More →

Philanthrocapitalism: dawn of a new era?

Courtesy of INSEAD Knowledge Matthew Bishop, US business editor and New York bureau chief of The Economist, and co-author of ‘Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World’ speaks to Anil Gupta, INSEAD Professor on the rise of Philanthrocapitalism.   You need Adobe Flash plugin version 8 or higher to view the videos on this site Get it... [Read more...]

Stepping up on the Revolution

By Amanda Coffin Chief Inspired Protagonist, Executive Chairperson, and co-founder of Seventh Generation, Jeffrey Hollender, has too many accolades and credits to his name to write in just a paragraph. But let’s try. Jeffrey is the co-founder of the American Sustainable Business Council and the Sustainability Institute, is on the Board of Directors... [Read more...]

Creating a Vibrant Nonprofit Sector in Singapore

The CSR Digest’s correspondent, Jean-Michel Piedagnel, recently sat down with Willie Cheng, author of “Doing Good Well, What Does (And Does Not) Make Sense in the Nonprofit Sector” in an interview in Singapore. Cheng spoke candidly about corporate social responsibility and Singapore’s ambitions to be a hub for NGOs. [Read more...] Tweet... [Read more...]

What Earth Hour’s All About

Earth Hour, the event which calls on the world to switch off their lights for one hour on 27 March 2010, is coming soon. Although criticised by some (including us!), Earth Hour still is a tremendous show of concern about the state of our world. WWF-Malaysia’s representatives, Devan Subramaniam, Corporate Relations Senior Manager, Marketing Department... [Read more...]

Singapore Compact Hopes To Motivate & Ingrain CSR Values

Mr. Thomas Thomas is Executive Director of the Singapore Compact for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which serves as the national CSR society in Singapore. Singapore Compact for CSR was launched in January 2005 as an outcome of the National Tripartite Initiative (NTI) on CSR, of which Thomas was the Co-chairperson. The NTI on CSR was established... [Read more...]

What Are the 500 Most Responsible Corporations?

A new social enterprise, the Goodness500, has ranked the largest 500 corporations in the USA based on ‘responsibility’. The Goodness500 seeks to educate consumers about corporate social responsibility by avoiding complex jargon. Keeping things credible, it ‘grounds conversations about corporate behavior in data rather than in rumours’.... [Read more...]

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