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Category Archives: Economic Development
The Detroit Renaissance—You Can Hear It Humming!
For many, Detroit evokes cars and music, but the city has been slow to recover from its bankruptcy in 2013. It’s now starting to gain ground. The Conference Board’s Corporate Social Responsibility Council met in Detroit in early May to … Continue reading
Posted in Civic Engagement, Corporate Citizenship, Economic Development, Social Enterprise
Tagged Corporate Governance, CSR, ESG
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Los Angeles: Tale of Two Cities
The Conference Board’s Corporate Social Responsibility Council met in Los Angeles in early February to learn from business, nonprofit, government, and civic leaders about the issues and opportunities facing the City of Angels. The exploration started with a conversation with … Continue reading
A Company’s Work to Transform Villages Across India
The Aditya Birla Group is working toward the transformation of 5,000 villages across India. The model village concept is designed to promote self-sufficiency, including in education, healthcare and family welfare, infrastructure, agriculture, and watershed management. The work reaches 7.5 million people … Continue reading
Posted in Civic Engagement, Corporate Citizenship, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Health, Social Enterprise, Youth
Tagged CSR, ESG, Philanthropy
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CSR in India: Mandatory and So Much More
Both India-based companies and foreign multinationals have a strong commitment to helping lift people out of poverty and creating a healthier and more sustainable India. Although the India Companies Act of 2014, which requires companies with a net worth above … Continue reading
Better Businesses Mean a Better World: An Approach through the SDG Framework
At the spring meeting of The Conference Board’s Global CSR & Philanthropy Council, the group closely considered their next steps with regard to the SDGs. Members had provocative discussions stimulated by various guest speakers from organizations such as the United … Continue reading
Creating Business Value through Social Impact is More Effective when Corporate Citizenship is Built-in, not Bolted-on
Positive social impact, the result of a company’s efforts to do good directed towards solutions to important problems, is more impactful when a company integrates those efforts with their core competencies and through their products and services. Many corporations’ efforts … Continue reading
Entrepreneurs Are the New Aid in Africa
The United Nations (UN) estimates that by 2050, 23 percent of the world’s workforce population will originate from sub-Saharan Africa. At that time, the UN also notes, 40 percent of the world’s youth will be African. Despite the prevailing portraits of … Continue reading
Book Review—”Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save The Planet”
Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope have written an informative and compelling book about climate change and our opportunity to slow and halt its progression. Throughout it, the authors note the importance of philanthropy moving both public policy, and public opinion—as … Continue reading
Volunteer Programs within a wider CSR/ESG Strategy
It is interesting to note that as companies move to more closely align their employee volunteer programs with their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, employees are seeking more fulfillment and purpose in their lives, which sometimes take them in a … Continue reading
“Abundance & Disruption during an Exponential Era”
Peter Diamandis is one smart, forward thinking and amazing guy. He is an international pioneer in the fields of innovation, incentive competitions and commercial space. In 2014 he was named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” – by Fortune … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance, Disruption, Exponential Change
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