Guest Contributors

News and analysis submitted by members of the CSRwire member network.

• Skills for Jobs: Creating More Resilient Businesses for Growth And Jobs In Europe

  Posted: May 17, 2013 – 10:58 AM EST

  CSR Europe wants to enhance corporate efforts on the skills and employment agenda in Europe through workplace innovation, entrepreneurship support, and social inclusion. Executive Director Stefan Crets reports.

• Mixing Society and Solar: Quetsol’s Community-Focused Approach to Renewable Energy

  Posted: May 16, 2013 – 09:50 AM EST

  Making solar energy cheaper than candles for Guatemala’s poor communities: Katie Kerr of B-Lab reports on Talkback.

• Noble Profit: Driving Efficient Supply Chains with Taryn Sullivan, Efficiency Exchange

  Posted: May 13, 2013 – 09:05 AM EST

  Creating efficiency can often be inefficient. Taryn Sullivan, CEO of Energy Exchange explains how her company is helping supply chains become smarter, more efficient and transparent. On Talkback.

• Sustainable Education: How to Train Students for 21st Century Careers of Impact

  Posted: May 10, 2013 – 09:19 AM EST

  Do we need a complete revamp of higher education? The Amani Institute's Roshan Paul examines what it will take to prepare students for a career in solving critical social problems. On Talkback.

• CSR Disclosure: Expanding the Conversation on Materiality and Sustainability

  Posted: May 09, 2013 – 09:24 AM EST

  Is the info in CSR reports truly not useful to investors or does it need to be put into a different language or source document? SASB reports.

• Just Peachy: Campbell Soup Designs Ways to Nourish Its Community

  Posted: May 08, 2013 – 08:55 AM EST

  Serving 170,000 people in South Jersey with peaches: Ilir Zherka examines how Campbell Soup found an innovative way to help food insecure residents.

• STEM: Using the Power of Pro Bono to Drive Tomorrow's Innovators

  Posted: May 07, 2013 – 09:20 AM EST

  How do we solve the STEM crisis facing our nation? From unprepared teachers to unskilled workers, can pro bono by science and technology companies hold the key? Sigma-Aldrich's Jeffrey Whitford shares his company's plan on Talkback.

• Greening your Startup: The Argument & The Way Forward

  Posted: May 02, 2013 – 09:30 AM EST

  Scared to go green? Anisha Sekar shows Talkback readers how easy it is.

• An Energy Company's Progress On Building Customer Trust: Centrica's CSR Head Reports

  Posted: May 01, 2013 – 11:15 AM EST

  Centrica has moved away from producing an all-encompassing ‘CR Report’ to a more innovative way of meeting the varying interests of its different stakeholders. CSR chief Jeff Oatham reports.

• The Evolution of Business: Creating 'Firms of the Future' Through Biomimicry

  Posted: Apr 30, 2013 – 09:33 AM EST

  Taking inspiration from Nature, a paradigm shift in business is underway. Giles Hutchins explores the implications on Talkback.