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Photos from a recent CSR-friendly incentive trip to Cambodia
Ethical incentive trips are the ultimate "win-win" in that companies succeed in rewarding and motivating their staff, the employees report highest-ever satisfaction with the trip, impoverished communities benefit from infrastructure improvement, and companies' CSR-profile is lifted.
What follows are some photos from a recent CSR-friendly incentive trip to Cambodia.
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3BL Media, the experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability communications, has launched “CSRreport Special Edition: CSR for Investors” on Reuters Insider. The 12-part video series will give an overview of how corporate social responsibility is affecting the bottom line of public companies, and how investors and traders are increasingly including CSR in their decision-making.
Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Did you know that if 10% of the nation's workforce telecommuted one day a week, we would avoid the frustration of driving 24.4 million miles, we'd breathe air with 12,963 tons less air pollution, and we'd conserve more than 1.2 million gallons of fuel each week? Sustainable businesses looking to cut cost and also integrate sustainability concepts in business operations are looking to remote working to do the trick. Why? There are several contributing factors.
3BL Media, the experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability communications, has launched “CSR Report Special Edition: CSR for Investors” on Reuters Insider. The 12-part video series will give an overview of how corporate social responsibility is affecting the bottom line of public companies, and how investors and traders are increasingly including CSR in their decision-making.
La Posada Retirement Community Builds Green
From Glenn Croston's Fast Company blog
At Banorte, we have “heavy and substantial” reasons to support our employees’ health. Currently, Mexico holds second place in obesity worldwide. This condition, besides increasing the risk of chronic non-hereditary diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, etc., has cost implications for the economic and social stability of the population.
View this communication en Español here...
En Banorte tenemos razones de “peso” para apoyar la salud de nuestros empleados. Actualmente, México ocupa el segundo lugar de obesidad en el Mundo. La obesidad, además de aumentar el riesgo de padecer enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles, tales como alta presión, diabetes, colesterol, etc., implica costos para la estabilidad económica y social de la población.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND Investors’ Circle members, angel investors, philanthropists, fund managers, family office managers, wealth, financial and philanthropic advisers and their clients and other accredited investors ONLY.
Green Plus (The Institute for Sustainable Development) has published the second installment in a series it’s doing on its place in the sustainability arena. This installment is a comparison between Green Plus and GRI.
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) April 7, 2011 - The early bird deadline for The Natural Step Canada's Sustainability for Leaders course in Toronto is fast approaching. Those who complete their registration by the April 29th deadline are eligible to receive a discount on their course fee. Space is limited.
The report addresses sustainability issues that are essential in terms of strategy, such as global presence & environmental solutions
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) April 7, 2011 - Metso Corporation publishes its sustainability results for 2010
Vigilant Futtures employees go barefoot in downtown Montreal for One day without shoes
Vigilant Futures lends support in the way of barefoot feet hitting the cold and rainy pavement of downtown Montreal with local ‘One day without shoes’ event organizers on April 5th.
Joined by Recyclebank partner Honest Tea, Skey to share insight into authentically marketing to the millennial mom
(3BL Media / the CSRfeed) New York, NY - April 7, 2011 - Recyclebank®, the company that rewards people for taking everyday green actions with discounts and deals from more than 3,000 local and national businesses, today announced that Chief Revenue Officer Samantha Skey, together with Ross Resnick, social media and customer marketing at Honest Tea, will participate in a panel discussing marketing to moms on April 12 at the ad:tech conference in San Francisco.