Something has been bugging me for a while now. It’s not a new issue but something that has been slapping me on the head daily for the last few months more than it has done in the past. Maybe it is the continued economic struggles the world is going through. Maybe it is the Occupy [...]
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Is Sustainability Just A Band-Aid?
Posted in activism, Africa, business, business realism, business strategy, capitalism, cars, climate change, co-responsibility, community, companies, compensation, consumers, consumption, corporate citizenship, Corporate Sustainability, cost, CSR, CSV, culture, earnings, emissions, energy, environment, ethics, global, global warming, leadership, manufacturing, money, mutual responsibility, poverty, products, profits, public responsibility, purpose, realism, recession, responsibility, revenues, Shared Value, shareholders, society, sustainability, Uncategorized, value, values, tagged capitalism, consumption, CSR, environment, parity, products, profits, purchase, shared value, society, sustainability, system on December 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Build it (green) and they will buy?
Posted in activists, brands, business, climate change, co-responsibility, communications, companies, consumers, corporate citizenship, CSR, CSV, environment, global warming, green, marketing, messaging, products, responsibility, Shared Value, sustainability, tagged communications, consumers, CSR, environment, green, sustainability on July 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Everything seems to be turning green. And there is nothing wrong with that – companies creating new, innovative products and services that are good for them and good for the environment. But consumers haven’t completely bought into this yet. A number of green products aren’t flying off the shelves the way companies anticipated. Why is [...]
Consumers, Do They Really Care?
Posted in brands, cause, cause marketing, consumers, corporate citizenship, CSR, marketing, products, purpose, responsibility, society, sustainability, value, values, tagged consumer behaviour, consumers, CSR, purpose, sustainability on April 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This post of mine was originally posted on the goodpurpose blog. Once again, I realized that a conclusion that I drew one year ago on Corpprate Social Reality still holds true: there are a myriad of factors influencing consumers’ purchasing decisions, and purpose can be a point of differentiation for brands. The goodpurpose study validates my claims. The most recent [...]
Climate Change Just Isn’t Cool
Posted in activism, activists, brands, business, carbon neutral, cars, climate change, communications, consumers, CSR, culture, emissions, energy, environment, global warming, green, products, sustainability, tagged brands, business, climate change, cool, CSR, global warming, sustainability on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have been trying really hard. Really, really hard. You know. To be a treehugger. I think the whole concept of being a treehugger is really cool. You get to have the beard, the nice lean and muscled body, tanned and tough as nails. With my sunglasses and Bermuda shorts. Sandals and a knowing look [...]
Start Dating – The Rules of (Stakeholder) Engagement
Posted in activism, activists, business, charity, civil society, co-responsibility, communications, companies, corporate citizenship, CSR, culture, engagement, global, mutual responsibility, NGOs, nonprofit, Oxfam, partnerships, responsibility, stakeholder engagement, sustainability, transparency, value, values, tagged activists, business, civil society, co-responsibility, companies, CSR, mutual responsibility, NGOs, stakeholder engagement, stakeholders on March 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Can you remember the first time the two of you got together. The stolen looks, the uncomfortable moments of silence, the tripping over your sentences, the sweaty palms, the he-likes-me-he-likes-me-not thoughts, the private meetings when no one was looking, the uncomfortable first meal together. Yes, I am talking about stakeholder engagement. Just as with any [...]
The Mythmakers II: Andreau’s Corporate Sustainability is still CSR
Posted in Andreau, business, co-responsibility, companies, Corporate Sustainability, CSR, CSV, ethics, Kramer, mutual responsibility, philanthropy, Porter, profits, responsibility, Shared Value, society, terminology, value, values, tagged Andreau, business, Corporate Sustainability, CSR, sustainability, terminology, value, values on February 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week I focused most of my The Mythmakers: The end of CSR. Again. on Porter and Kramer’s shared value or CSV. I did mention Alberto Andreau’s argument that Shifting From CSR To CSV Isn’t The Solution and that the truth and future lies in Corporate Sustainability. I ran out of space and didn’t really give enough attention to Andreau’s [...]
The Birth of a Unionist (Part 1) – Meeting Mr Cunningham
Posted in activism, Africa, business, civil society, co-responsibility, corporate citizenship, CSR, ethics, leadership, LRS, mutual responsibility, NACTU, NGOs, nonprofit, personal, responsibility, society, South Africa, trade unions, values, Wisconsin, workers, tagged CSR, Cunningham Ncgukana, LRS, NACTU, personal, South Africa, trade unions, Wisconsin on February 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I can’t help but be on the side of the unions fighting for their rights in Wisconsin and elsewhere. I am pro-union. And I am pro-business. I see no contradiction in this. As a South African (now working in the US) I saw how trade unions helped people and how they led the fight against injustice. [...]
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