By Wayne Dunn “That is shared value not corporate social responsibility.” That is the reaction I received two weeks ago after sending a note about my value-centric approach to CSR and highlighting the economic sustainability inherent in CSR projects that have robust value propositions that can align the social, economic and developmental interests of companies, …
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Among the findings of the WWF Living Planet Report 2014 was a particularly sobering fact: the global Living Planet Index (LPI), which measures more than 10,000 representative populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, has registered a 52% decline in wildlife between 1970 and 2010. In the report Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF …
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Self-interest. What’s in it for me? This is the true heart of CSR and stakeholder engagement. How could it be otherwise? Why would companies, individuals, communities and others not act in their own interest? CSR is simply about finding ways to align those self-interests. CSR is about finding ways that you win by helping other …
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With the average tenure of a FTSE-100 company CEO at just five years, many business leaders struggle to leave a long-term legacy of sustainability It can be a lonely place at the top, with CEOs under greater public scrutiny than at any other time in history. Photograph: /Alamy What will I be remembered for? …
CEO’s, will you leave behind a lasting legacy of Sustainability? Read More »
Internal stakeholders may be the best investment you can make in the sustainability of your stakeholder engagement and corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. Seriously. We all know examples where the people dealing with communities, stakeholders and responsibilities are ghettoized in a corner of a project or company and not seen as part of the ‘real …
