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Perspective: Corporate Social Responsibility has become a racket – and a dangerous one
It manipulated the pollution levels of its cars. It deliberately designed “defeat” software to fool regulators and, more importantly, customers into thinking it was hitting targets it was nowhere close to. And who knows, as the scandal unfolds, there may well be even worse revelations about the scale of corporate wrongdoing at the German car giant Volkswagen. It is now engulfed in a scandal from which the company may never recover.
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Why the UN Sustainable Development Goals are a business opportunity
Over the weekend, Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever, won an award at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit. Part of the reason he won the award is a program run by Unilever in India to encourage handwashing.
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Hershey Announces Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Build a Sustainable Supply Chain
The Hershey Company announced a new Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action to train 7,500 farmers in Ghana on improved agronomic practices, empowering them to supply local commercial markets with safe and high-quality peanuts to produce Vivi, a vitamin and mineral-fortified nutritional supplement distributed to school children in Ghana.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Who cares about socially responsible retirement plans?
Study results and a new tool to screen mutual funds for fossil fuels.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Cellphones broaden business opportunities for Tanzanian women
What would happen if Tanzanian women who never before owned or could afford a cellphone suddenly received one?
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Six Lessons From Mobile Money Ventures In Developing Countries
Designing a profitable solution for an unmet market need should be business strategy 101 for most entrepreneurs, so why have so many mobile money service offerings failed?
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PRESS RELEASE: New Research Explores the Value of Data to Women’s Financial Inclusion
A report from GBA, IDB and Data2X argues that banking data is key to unlocking full financial participation for women.
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Why Is Financial Inclusion so High on the Development Agenda?
There are several clear reasons why the development community views financial inclusion as an important ingredient for economic and social progress.
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