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A Social Entrepreneur Giving Women in India Dignity
Social Enterprise: One Indian social entrepreneur has given women from low income groups in India dignity, by making it possible for them to afford to buy sanitary towels and provide them with an income at the same time. Arunachalam Muruganantham is the person who changed things. From a poor background in the South of India, he created the world's first low-cost machine to produce sanitary towels. According to a report by market research group AC Nielsen, "Sanitary Protection: Every Woman's Health Right", 88% of women in India are driven to use ashes, newspapers, sand husks and dried leaves during their periods. As a result of these unhygienic practices...
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Greener Pastures Abroad: The Effect of Free Trade Agreements on Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainability
Sustainable Finance: "American automakers, farmers, ranchers and manufacturers, including many small businesses, will be able to compete and...
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Can Plastic Find A Sustainable Destination?
Corporate Social Responsibility: Plastic is probably the most non-green material anyone can mention straight off the top of their heads. But perhaps the...
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Social Innovation: Sing Yourself to Read With Bollywood
Social Enterprise: Who would have thought that mixing Bollywood film songs with popular Indian television shows would help improve India's...
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If a Tree Falls in the Forest, How Much Carbon Is Released: UN Issues Warning If Private Sector Fails to Invest in REDD
Sustainable Finance: "Forests are the natural treasure chests of the world, providing a host of ecosystem services that -- and this needs to...
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Microfinance can Bring Socio-Economic Stability to Middle East
Social Enterprise: CHF International, a leading non-profit global development organization, in association with Craig Newmark, founder of...
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Consumer Electronics Firms Lead CSR Efforts
Social Enterprise: The same companies that keep you connected are also the ones doing the most for people and their communities. Pike rese...
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Young Social Entrepreneurs Honored at Global Competition
Social Enterprise: The fifth annual Youth Social Entrepreneur (YSE) Competition organized by Staples and Ashoka has announced its winners...
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Dare to Dream: Teenage Social Entrepreneurs
Social Enterprise: Hayley Hoverter is a powerful, passionate and incredibly inspiring social entrepreneur who has come up with a solution...
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UN Calls For Sustainable Energy Revolution
Corporate Social Responsibility: Three billion people across the world still rely on charcoal or wood for cooking and heating. Energy poverty means extr...
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Social Enterprise: The Glaciers Need Safer Cooking Stoves in the Developing World!
Social Enterprise: Social enterprise efforts to tackle indoor air pollution in the developing world have gained momentum through the conce...
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Montreal NGOs Find New Home In Sustainable Building
Corporate Social Responsibility: NGOs dedicated to sustainability and human rights have found a fitting home in a new, sustainable building in Montreal...
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Hapinoy of Philippines Wins Asian Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2011
Social Enterprise: Hapinoy, an innovative social enterprise from Philippines, is among the five winners of the coveted title of "Asian Soc...
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Social Innovation: India Aiding Students to Reach for the Sky Via Affordable Technology
Social Enterprise: In the week that the world lost Steve Jobs, the man who changed our relationship with computers, India launched the wor...
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Ohio Stadium Plays Sustainability Game With Zero Waste Project
Corporate Social Responsibility: Sports fans who flock to Ohio Stadium are enjoying more than a sports game, but also a lesson in sustainability. The st...
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Social Enterprise Creates Innovative Irrigation Solutions for Small Farmers
Social Enterprise: Driptech is a unique social enterprise quietly working to reduce poverty by developing affordable, water-efficient irri...
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Tipping Points, Black Swans and Perfect Storms: Kickstarting Sustainable Finance on the Road to Rio+20
Sustainable Finance: "Combining private sector financial flows and smart public policy will be a key to a low carbon, resource efficient 21s...
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Just Do It, Sustainably: Nike Gets Greener with Sustainable Venture Capital Initiative
Sustainable Finance: "It took us a while, but we finally figured out that we could apply these two core competencies -- design and innovatio...
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An Affair with the Wind of the Highlands: Scotland's Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
Sustainable Finance: "Across Scotland we have the opportunity to deliver 130,000 jobs in the low carbon economy by 2020." -- Alex Salmond, F...
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Sugar and Spice and Everything Necessary for Driving Economic Growth: Rural Adolescent Girls
Sustainable Finance: "If you want to change the world, invest in an adolescent girl." -- Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Girls Grow: A Vi...
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Social Innovation at One of London's Historic Railway Stations
Social Enterprise: London's historic railway station, Blackfriars Bridge, built in 1886, is undergoing a multi-million pound social innova...
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