HBR Spotlight Making a Real Difference by Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer Strategy G & Society The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility overnments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract
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Companies’ understanding of social responsibility should always be the part of their investment strategy.They should regard the “Corporate Social Responsibility” as a business management philosophy not as a social activity.It definitely provides sustainability to the business.The purpose of this essay is to explain why “Corporate Social Responsibility” strategies are so important for enterprises.Firstly I will explain the theoretical information about criterias and framework of CSR and then I will support
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CSR CASE STUDIES Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company with more than 70,000 employees worldwide and operations in over 130 countries. The Chicago-based company develops and produces nutritional products, laboratory diagnostics, medical devices and pharmaceutical therapies. Its vision and mission focus on improving people's lives by providing cost effective healthcare products and services. Abbott Pakistan started operations as a marketing affiliate of Abbott Laboratories
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private sector empire, Reliance, and created an equity cult. Dhirubhai started off by selling fried snacks to pilgrims in Mount Girnar during weekends. After school he became a dispatch clerk at A.Besse & Company. The latter became distributors of Shell and Dhirubhai was sent to manage an oil filling station at Aden. In 1958 he returned to India with INR 50,000/- in his pocket. With this he set up a textile trading company. This was the first chapter of the story of Reliance. Aptly helped by his wife
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ashridge.org.uk Produced on behalf of the United Nations Global Compact and Principles for Responsible Management Education for the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development Lead Authors: Mathew Gitsham, Director, Centre for Business and Sustainability, Ashridge Jo Wackrill, Leadership Agenda Project Director, IBLF Supporting Authors: Graham Baxter, Senior Advisor, IBLF Mark Pegg, Director, Ashridge Leadership Centre © Ashridge & IBLF All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short
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French multinational oil and gas company whose headquarters is in Tour Total, Courbevoie near Paris in France. Total S.A was one of the major six world oil companies when the French prime minister rejected the idea of a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell. He instead favored the idea of forming an independent French oil company because petroleum was considered as a very important in the case of new war with German (Total.com, 2015). It was formed in 1924 after World War I and was initially called French
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RELEASES 13TH ANNUAL BEST GLOBAL BRANDS REPORT Coca-Cola retains the #1 spot — Apple jumps to #2; Facebook enters Top 100 as Google overtakes Microsoft NEW YORK, New York, October 2, 2012 – Coca-Cola, Apple and IBM lead Interbrand’s 13th annual Best Global Brands report. While Coca-Cola retained its #1 position, Apple jumped to #2 with stellar sales in both developed and emerging markets over the last year. Social media giant, Facebook (#69), enters the report after making headlines as the third largest
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Toward Sustainability The Roles and Limitations of Certification Final RepoRt June 2012 prepared by the Steering Committee of the State-of-Knowledge assessment of Standards and Certification Toward Sustainability The Roles and Limitations of Certification Steering Committee Mike Barry Head of Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer Ben Cashore Professor, Environmental Governance and Political Science; Director, Governance, Environment and Markets (GEM) Initiative; and Director, Program
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| Green Bank Report: Finding the best green banking deals and rates * Home * Eco-Friendly Banking * iPhone * Green Bank Deals * Credit Cards * Savings Rates * Checking Accounts * CD Rates What is the Meaning of Green Banking? Posted by Clark Schultz on Friday, September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment Defining green banking is relatively easy. It means promoting environmental-friendly practices and reducing your carbon footprint from your banking activities. This
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