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John Elkington has been called ‘a
dean of the corporate-responsibility movement for three
decades’. He talks to Phil Cain about the impact of the global
financial crisis and why he believes individual entrepreneurs
rather than big business represent the future of CSR
As befits a man who cites music as having one of the biggest
influences on his career, John Elkington’s journey to being
widely acknowledged as one of the leading lights of the
sustainability movement began in decidedly unconventional
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CSR SHORTS |
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MIND THE GAP |
In 2004, The Gap retail clothing company
finally admitted what many had long alleged – that the thousands
of factories it used around the world to make its clothes had
major problems, from unsafe machinery to child labour
violations.
That year saw the company produce its first social
responsibility report as it began the process of rebuilding its
corporate reputation. Five years on, its efforts are paying
dividends as it has recently been named one of the 100 Best
Corporate Citizens by CRO Magazine for the fourth year in a row.
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HOW GEEN IS ECO-TOURISM? |
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Sustainable
tourism could be the best way for the industry to
survive the economic downturn. But, asks Dominic Rolfe,
how legitimate are the eco-friendly claims being made?
In 1978, the Galapagos Islands
became the first place to be designated a World Heritage
Area. Today, 150 years after On the Origin of Species
was first published, the tourist industry has changed
this archipelago (where Darwin famously observed the
evolutionary quirks of finches) to such an extent that
it is now on the World Heritage in Danger list. | | |
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KEY ISSUE |
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LIGHTS,
CAMERA, ACTIVISM |
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Film is rapidly becoming
the medium of choice for any organisation that wishes to highlight
political or social causes, says Dominic Rolfe
When a visit to the White House for George Clooney happens on the
same night as the Oscars, you would be forgiven for assuming that
the assistant organising his calendar would be last seen leaping off
a bridge. But whether it was a well-timed publicity stunt or not,
when Clooney met President Obama on the film industry’s gala night,
it was another instance of celebrity profile being used for a
political or social cause. |
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Greens and business working together |
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The green movement and
big business are rapidly coming to the conclusion that working
together is essential to combat issues like climate change. Giles
Parkinson reports.
It’s a partnership that would have been considered unthinkable even
a decade ago. When environmentalists gathered in Barcelona in
October 2008 for the World Conservation Congress – the largest green
gathering in the world – they were joined at the heart of
proceedings for the first time by the business community |
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Last Updated:
May 06 2009
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