Social Responsibility

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• Suitable

  
  The Discerning Brute — Authority: 123
  Photo: Richard Drew/Associated Press No, the model on the left is not wearing a Christopher Raeburn suit. These two models who walked the streets of NYC during Fashion week in September wear Bagir EcoGir suits made from recycled PET bottles, bamboo and organic cotton . Bagir Ltd. is an Israel-based tailored ...
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• Some Literature on Governance and Social Responsibility

  
  INDIAN CORPORATE LAW — Authority: 125
  Professor Balasubramanian of IIM Bangalore has posted two interesting papers. In the first paper, Addressing Some Inherent Challenges to Good Corporate Governance , he examines certain specific issues arising due to the concentrated ownership in Indian listed companies. Specifically, he notes: While the ...
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• Evolve’s certified organic beauty range: in the making for years

  
  Lucire: Insider — Authority: 131
  We’ve known about Laura Rudoe’s Evolve beauty range for a long time—long before news of it became public last month. In fact, the connection to Lucire goes back to Laura’s days at Harvard University, when she was already very active in finding a way to produce ethically made and branded products.    Not ...
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• World Wide Web Foundation Launches Global Operations

  
  Your Story — Authority: 457
  GENEVA & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- World Wide Web Foundation (Web Foundation), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the Web to empower people, announced yesterday the la
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• 37 ways for a better world

  
  Osocio Weblog — Authority: 554
  View more presentations from Marc Heleven . Overview of 37 innovation principles and inspiring examples for a better world. Made by Marc Heleven from New shoes today, a ídea factory based in Belgium. New shoes today is a growing number of soulmates in business who give support to people and organisations on ...
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• Adidas to make 1 euro shoes for world’s poor

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Frankfurt, Nov 15 (DPA) Adidas, the German sports-shoe company, confirmed Sunday plans to make “one-euro shoes” to offer to the poor and barefoot of the world, with pilot production to begin next year in Bangladesh.Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus suggested the “social business” project to the company, ...
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• Labour: South of the Mason-Dixon line

  
  g.blog — Authority: 103
  Scratch the surface, and you see deep-seated racism alive and well in New Zealand. Unfortunately for those of us on the environmental left, it is alive and well in the Labour Party which, I guess, is another good reason to be Green. Hone Harawira was attacked by Phil Goff – not for the stupid sexist “rape” and ...
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• Sexy Hair Announces New Cause-Related Marketing Program

  
  HairBoutique.com Blog — Authority: 139
  Sexy Hair Announces New Cause-Related Marketing Program Issues Request for Proposals in Search for 2010 National Non-Profit PartnerCHATSWORTH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sexy Hair®, one of the fastest growing hair care companies in the salon industry, announces the creation of its new cause-related marketing program. ...
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• Heinz On Track to Reduce GHG Emissions, Waste, Energy Use and Water Consumption 20% by 2015

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 626
  H. J. Heinz Company has significantly reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, solid waste, energy use and water consumption over the past year, keeping the company on track to meet its 20 percent reduction target across the board by 2015, according the firm’s 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.Here are ...
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• November 15th is America Recycles Day!

  
  Kiwilog - Growing Families the Organic Way — Authority: 425
  In case you haven’t noticed, recycling is on the rise. In fact, the last twenty years have seen recycling programs spike in numbers from 1,000 to 10,000 in the United States alone! While we should pat ourselves on the backs for striving to keep more plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum out of landfills, we should ...
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• Heres to the LGBT who Lunch...

  
  FH Out Front Blog — Authority: 417
  Its been some time since I last provided an update on Gay Games 2014 and Cleveland + Akrons journey with the Federation. Its Friday, so why not? This week marked another milestone in our " My Games Rock " story. On Wednesday, I had the great honor of participating in a luncheon panel discussion at the Cleveland City ...
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• German company partners with Yunus over textile

  
  Bangladesh Economic News — Authority: 445
  http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=113842 German company partners with Yunus over textile Star Business Desk Germany’s Otto Group has signed a deal with Grameen Trust to start a joint venture in textiles in Bangladesh, Yunus Centre said in a statement yesterday. Under the deal, ...
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• Bayou Rebirth

  
  Earthkeepers — Authority: 117
  Let me start by saying I am very afraid of water. Today, we joined a wetlands restoration organization — Bayou Rebirth — and were able to go canoeing in a swamp to view the different types of marsh, trees, and wildlife (birds). So, MacKenzie and I pulled on our boots and were a canoe team. She had done it ...
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• Beyond LEED: Living Building Challenge 2.0 Certification Unveiled

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 743
  This week the International Living Building Institute released its new green building standard to the public at Greenbuild 2009 . Version 2.0 expands on its already impressive focus to now cover social issues – any Certified Living Building must be net-zero energy , net-zero water, non-toxic, provide for ...
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• Recycled billboard

  
  Osocio Weblog — Authority: 554
  This is a recycled billboard to announce the opening of the first environmentally responsible Leroy Merlin (home center) in Brazil. Placed at Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Leroy Merlin was builded with sustainable materials and products. The store reuses 50% of it’s water and decreased 14% of energy consumption ...
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• Funky Fluevog & Help Robert

  
  The Discerning Brute — Authority: 123
  These are some pretty crazy shoes. Not unexpected coming from Fluevog , but it definitely takes a certain kind of gentleman to pull these off. Think jazz-era sailor. These canvas and faux leather kicks are on sale for $105 If you thought the worst fate of animals in shelters was lonely months leading up to ...
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• Loch Striven ship dump: rolling story

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 443
  Update 18.00 12th November: Maersk Maryland and Maersk Maine are now both in port in Algeciras in the south of Spain. Both are showing Greenock as their next destination, with an ETA of midday on 16th November for Maine and 6.00pm on the same day for Maryland. This supports the information given by Stew in [...]
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• Don’t Let Drunk Driving Ruin Your Night of Fun

  
  Symphony of Love's Blog — Authority: 111
  The festive season is fast approaching and there will be numerous parties where you’ll be having a great deal of fun. When there are parties, there are always alcoholic drink and many reasons for one to drink more. Before you take another shot, think again, “Am I going to drive later?” If you are, most [...]’
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• An ordinary, decent company — right!

  
  Thought Leader — Authority: 510
  Most of us ordinary, reasonably decent people have difficulty wrapping our minds around the legal notion of a company being a “person” in the same way we are. People are people and companies are, well, just, y’know, companies. People have feelings and morals. Companies don’t.It never was that simple and it ...
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• British Fashion Council announces eco-fashion mentoring

  
  Lucire: Insider — Authority: 131
  The British Fashion Council has announced the winners of a programme to develop eco-fashion businesses as part of its ethical fashion initiative, Estethica. Six designer businesses have been selected to receive one-to-one expert support from one of three industry mentors: brand consultants Susanne Tide-Frater and ...
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