Former US Congressman Jay Kim recently spoke out on the benefits of corporate social responsibility (CSR). He offers a concise business case for CSR and urges businesses in Korea to take corporate responsibility seriously.
Will solar energy technology accelerate due to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar? Possibly. The plans sure are ambitious!
Forbes writer Amol Mehra points out how companies support FCPA as a way to develop compliance and transparency programs-but the US Chamber of Commerce wants to gut it.
On 21 June, a controversial, colossal monument to Alexander the Great was erected in Skopje’s central square. Strongly supported by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, the bronze giant stirred heated international debate (Greece, of course, officially protested) but also split the Macedonian public opinion. A commentary from OBC.
Scholar-practitioner Marcy Murninghan’s latest article on the Murninghan Post offers a compelling overview of the advancement of human rights and how they tie in to corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
Work honoring Ivo Andric will still begin on the town of Andricgrad within Visegrad and should be completed by 2014. But to some the motive is dubious.
To organizations like Calvert Investments and Carbon Disclosure Project, Amazon’s lack of transparency over its carbon output is controversial, which I discuss on The Guardian.
In the Philippines, Coca-Cola and WWF built the country’s first plant-based billboard. Spanning 60 by 60 feet, the billboard is composed of Fukien tea plants, each of which can absorb 13 pounds of CO2 a year
Coca-Cola Enterprises has seven areas of focus that determine materiality for its sustainability agenda, and has achieved progress towards its “Commitment 2020” goals where the company believes it can make the most impact. Details are in its 2010 CSR report, issued this week.
After Erdogan’s victory in the elections of 12 June, Turkey is entering a difficult and important constitutional-reform process. OBC talked with the analyst Dimitar Bechev of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
If you are in the Silicon Valley area, I am pleased to stop by at a time that works out for both of us so I can show you how Twitter can be a tool, not a time suck.
Despite VF Corp’s recent acquisition of Timberland, it is business as usual for the outdoor apparel trailblazer, and its constant dialogue with its stakeholders reveals as such.
