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Why Chevron is in the Business of Stopping HIV: Each year mother-to-child transmission of HIV affects 70,000 babies in Nigeria
Chevron has partnered with Pact, an international NGO, to help prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria. Deji Haastrup, a Chevron GM, explains: "While fighting AIDS is not our core business, it is core to the success of our business."
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- Health Care
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Impact Investing at a Crossroads: Sustainatopia Impact Conference highlights excitement and concerns about the future of the sector
Despite the excitement surrounding impact investing, it’s clear that the sector is nowhere near big enough to make a dent in the problems the world is facing. As the industry strives to get to the next level, participants in Sustainatopia’s 2014 Impact Conference shared their hopes and insights (and aired a few frustrations).
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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Comply or Explain: Corporate India takes on a new model of CSR
Corporations and NGOs are still working to interpret and implement India’s Companies Act, which requires corporations to spend 2 percent of their average net profits on corporate social responsibility. The law affects about 8,000 companies that will spend a combined total of about $3.2 billion. The Companies Act was the centerpiece of the 2nd Global Conference on CSR in India last week.
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India’s New CSR Act: Marking the shift from corporate ‘spending’ to ‘investing’ on social impact
India’s Corporate Social Responsibilities Act now represents an unprecedented opportunity to drive social progress. It also raises a big – and much discussed – question for companies tasked with distributing CSR money: What’s the best way to spend it? Satyam Darmora with the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation says that’s not the right question to ask.
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Corporate Social Responsibility is About Looking at Problems as Opportunities
Eggers says if a firm uses CSR activities to also promote its business, it should be applauded and not frowned upon
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- Impact Assessment
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Considering Social Impact in Big Business: Can pioneer companies spark a race to the top?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is defined in many ways, covering everything from employee volunteerism to recycling campaigns. But how do companies actually reach a point of systemic corporate responsibility? Aarthi Rao explores this question in the context of the outdoors industry, focusing on Patagonia and the Deckers Outdoor Corporation.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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It’s Time for Inclusive Business to Move Beyond Pilots: We’ve shown that the concept can work – now it’s time to increase the impact
The concept of inclusive business has quickly transcended the stale model of corporate social responsibility. But in spite of some successful pilot programs, it hasn’t really affected the way major companies do business. If it’s going to have a real social impact, that has to change, argues Fernando Casado Cañeque.
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- Impact Assessment
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Corporate social responsibility and India Inc: IT leads, finance lags
Reporting on corporate social responsibility has been undertaken by almost three quarters (73 percent) of large Indian companies, led by the IT sector, shows a new survey by KPMG.
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- South Asia