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Social Responsibility Conclave and Paper Writing Competition
The Social Responsibility Conclave, organised by the Net Impact Club at the Indian School of Business, is a congregation of thought leaders from various sections of the society- including NGOs, business schools, industry, academia, and politics. Through a rich exchange of perspectives among...
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Jobs/Careers: Managing Director ? Development Focus Area at WBCSD
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is recruiting for a Managing Director position based in Geneva, Switzerland.The role of this position is to contribute to the strategic direction of the WBCSD. The successful candidate will be expected to: Engage the company...
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Imagine What?s Next: Ideas that Will Change the Way the World Does Business
The Social Venture Network hosted the competition “Imagine What?s Next: Ideas that Will Change the Way the World Does Business” in June and announced the winners on Monday. This innovation award’s objective is to find businesses and leaders that create positive social change in...
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Technology Benefiting Humanity: Taking Innovation to the Next Stage
Santa Clara University will be hosting a conference on November 8th with Manuel Castells, the world’s leading researcher in the field of communication technology and society; Al Hammond, World Resources Institute’s Vice President of Special Projects and Innovation and also a writer...
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NESsT Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Last week, I attended the NESsT 10th anniversary party at Pangea Artisan Market & Cafe in the International Finance Corporation (IFC) building (2121 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington DC). The store has an interactive education component, with computers that provide information about the...
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Sustainability Reports, SMEs, and the BoP
Who reads the thousands of sustainability reports that corporations release each year? And more importantly, what do they think of them? As of today, there is a better way to answer those important questions. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and its partners?including the World...
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Sattva: Raising Equilibrium in Social Change
Every month in Bangalore, a team of volunteers ? many from the IT industry - collaborate to prepare Sattva, a newsletter on social innovation. These are members of a non-profit consulting firm I Think I Have A Solution (ITIHAS) The vision at Sattva is:To be an effective platform for the...
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Solutions That Sustain
Outlook magazine recently profiled a new breed of social entrepreneurs in India (The article: The Spirit of Ants, can be read for free once an account is created at Outlookindia.com)When I last wrote about a micro financier role in partnering for financial literacy, I did not know that Chetna...
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