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  • The Leading Edge of Sustainability

    New Spheres, New Mindsets, New Models

    11 Jan 2011 – Article

    We kicked off our 2010 Engaging Stakeholders members workshops with a discussion on sustainability leadership. Here are highlights of the themes that emerged.

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  • Sustainable Brands 2010: “The Power of AND”

    Recap and reflections after SustainAbility's fourth year at Sustainable Brands

    21 Sep 2010 – Article

    Patrin Watanatada sums up the SB10 with the observation that the sustainability efforts most likely to succeed are those that are both robust and data-driven on the one hand, and joyful, surprising, delightful and principles-driven on the other.

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  • Let's Be Unreasonable About This (The Guardian)

    13 Feb 2008 – Article

    John Elkington writes in The Guardian on the role of social entrepreneurs.

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  • Radar: The Diversity Issue

    The Lifeblood of Ecosystems, Cultures, Economies, Communities and Businesses

    14 Aug 2006 – Radar Archive

    This issue takes a closer look at the subject of diversity – what is meant by it, and how companies are tackling it in their operations and value chains.

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  • Issue Brief: India

    Ancient civilisation, largest democracy

    24 Feb 2006 – Article

    Whether companies consider India a source of well trained but affordable labour or look upon it as a market, one thing is clear – no company can afford to ignore it.

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  • Radar: The Leadership Issue

    What Is Leadership?

    01 Dec 2005 – Radar Archive

    Reflections on the leadership agenda, the characteristics of successful leadership, how leadership is expressed, who is leading, who is following and why.

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  • Radar: The Work Issue

    Work... Is it an order? An invitation? An opportunity even?

    10 Apr 2005 – Radar Archive

    In this issue of _Radar_ we explore the boundaries of work, the role technology is playing in blurring where, and when, we work and the changing role trade unions, not least with their growing involvement in the corporate responsibility agenda.

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  • Issue Brief: HIV/AIDS

    What can business do?

    23 Dec 2004 – Article

    40 million people are estimated to be infected with HIV/AIDS. Companies impacted by HIV/AIDS are starting to take action, but many still need to define best practice and better understand the business case.

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  • Issue Brief: Human Rights

    What role for business?

    23 Jun 2004 – Article

    Business has been in the spotlight for its human rights record for many years. The scale and significance of business impact on this agenda, and questions about how it should be managed or regulated and by whom, are increasingly coming to the fore.

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  • Issue Brief: Offshoring

    Neither here nor there

    15 Jun 2004 – Article

    As a steady stream of companies announces new offshore ventures amid the anger and concerns of unions, employees, communities and consumers, the question is: can offshoring be compatible with corporate responsibility?

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  • Issue Brief: Water

    Every drop counts

    20 Apr 2004 – Article

    Water has become a defining sustainable development issue uniting a range of NGOs and activists - and cutting across interests from the environment to human rights, women’s rights and anti-globalization.

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  • Good Migrations?

    BT, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Geography of Jobs

    01 Feb 2004 – Report

    This report commissioned by BT seeks to answer whether offshoring and corporate social responsibility can happily co-exist and whether its ethical for companies to send service positions to low-cost countries.

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  • Radar: The HIV/AIDS Issue

    Whose Catastrophe?

    10 Dec 2003 – Radar Archive

    In this edition of Radar we explore the business side of the HIV/AIDS tragedy, focusing on new scenarios, social enterprise responses, outsourcing, access to medicines and the potential of ‘open source’ thinking.

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  • Buried Treasure

    Uncovering the business case for corporate sustainability

    06 Feb 2001 – Report

    Buried treasure maps the impact of corporate sustainable development performance on business success, and tries to uncover if and how it enhances business value.

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  • The Social Reporting Report

    An Introduction to the Field of Corporate Social Reporting

    07 Dec 1999 – Report

    This short publication gives an introduction to the field of corporate social reporting, especially for first time or would-be reporters. It aims to link the growing demands for social accountability with the wider sustainable development debate.

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