Category Archives: business

Are corporate sustainability efforts worth it?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by admin

Those of you who are accountable for corporate sustainability or social responsibility activities at your company are doubtless aware of an editorial that appeared in the Wall Street Journal maybe two weeks ago with the rather scholarly title, “The Case … Continue reading →

Posted in CSR, business, future | Tagged corporate sustainability, CSR and business, CSR impacts, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.smartplanet.com | Leave a comment

“The new rule; mobile first” Eric Schmidt. CEO Google

Posted on August 18, 2010 by admin

The guys at Brave New World agree with Eric, they’ve been banging the drum to clients and media agency colleagues for some time about the future being a mobile one. Here’s what they say: we believe functions like location based click to … Continue reading →

Posted in business, consumerism, future | Tagged Augmented Reality (AR) and Voice/Visual search, Brave New World, data, google, location based technology, mobile advertising, mobile internet, mobile phones, smartphones, SMS, www.csrplus.co.uk | Comments Off

The Most Important Leadership Quality for CEOs? Creativity

Posted on May 24, 2010 by admin

For CEOs, creativity is now the most important leadership quality for success in business, outweighing even integrity and global thinking, according to a new study by IBM. The study is the largest known sample of one-on-one CEO interviews, with over … Continue reading →

Posted in business | Tagged 100 most creative people in business, business, creativity and leadership, Quality for CEO's, www.csrplus.co.uk | Comments Off

Don’t forget the Milkman

Posted on April 1, 2010 by admin

Local services are always under threat, be it the paper boy or girl, the traditional milkman and or the local corner shop. Isn’t time we all spent a bit more time buying local and thinking about small local businesses…

Posted in business, food miles, social responsibility | Tagged buy local, local services, milkman, shop local, www.csrplus.co.uk | Comments Off

Experiments in workplace autonomy

Posted on March 9, 2010 by admin

Traditional employee management techniques are out of sync with human nature. Get ready for a renaissance of self-direction. http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/69/workplace-autonomy/

Posted in business, leadership | Tagged employee management techniques, human nature, self direction, www.csrplus.co.uk, www.odemagazine.com | Comments Off

Last chance to change our behaviour

Posted on September 20, 2009 by admin

There is growing awareness of the damage we are doing to the planet and the natural resources on which we depend, says David Hillyard. Yet, he argues in this week’s BBC Green Room, we still carry on along the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Deforestation, biodiversity, business, climate change, communications, conservation, consumerism, economics, education, environment, future, global warming, happiness, health, leadership, lifestyle, oceans, overfishing, quality of life, social responsibility, water shortage | Tagged attitude and habits, behavioural change, climate change, ecosystems and business, environmental destruction, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8242410.stm, human life, quality of life, species loss, www.csrplus.co.uk | Comments Off

Winds of change come to country plagued by power blackouts

Posted on December 30, 2008 by admin

One man’s vision has turned demand for renewable power into a global business. In little more than a decade, Tulsi Tanti has made Suzlon Energy into the world’s fifth-largest producer of wind turbines – selling them at a couple of … Continue reading →

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Cargo bikes embark on expansion

Posted on December 19, 2008 by admin

When we covered La Petite Reine this past spring, it had already expanded beyond Paris to offer business deliveries by cargo bike in Bordeaux, Rouen and Dijon. Recently we learned that the company is in the process of expanding once … Continue reading →

Posted in business, climate change, environment, future | Tagged cargo bikes, congestion busting | Comments Off

rentAtoy this christmas…

Posted on December 15, 2008 by admin

Kids seem to have the attention span of fruit flies when it comes to toys. They fall in love with anything new, until the next new thing grabs their attention and affections. (When I was a lad we’d be happy … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethical living, business, consumerism, future, happiness, innovation, lifestyle | Tagged christmas, ethical business, innovation, retail, toys | Comments Off

Greenwash: Are carbon offsetters taking us for a ride?

Posted on December 11, 2008 by admin

The carbon offset industry cannot agree on how much to charge for CO2 emissions, nor how much you produce when you fly, writes Fred Pearce Flying somewhere this Christmas, or planning a ski trip? Arguably, given the carbon emissions involved, … Continue reading →

Posted in business, climate change, economics | Tagged carbon offeset, climate change | Comments Off

Science paves way for climate lawsuits

Posted on December 9, 2008 by admin

David Adam and Afua Hirsch The Guardian, Tuesday December 9 2008 People affected by worsening storms, heatwaves and floods could soon be able to sue the oil and power companies they blame for global warming, a leading climate expert has … Continue reading →

Posted in business, climate change, csrplus, economics, environment, environmental law, future | Tagged climate change, environmental law, litigation, oil and power companies | Comments Off

Climate change experts ‘lose faith’ in renewable technology

Posted on December 9, 2008 by admin

Specialists less optimistic that wind, solar and hydro power have ‘high potential’ to solve climate crisis, survey shows David Adam in Poznan guardian.co.uk, Tuesday December 9 2008 15.00 GMT Support for renewable energy technology to fight global warming is weakening … Continue reading →

Posted in business, climate change, csrplus, economics, energy, environment, future, renewable energy | Tagged carbon reduction, climate change, renewable technology | Comments Off

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