CSRwire Talkback Series

#IWashMyHands: Saving Lives, Scaling Health & Hygiene

Handwashing with soap could save the lives of over 600,000 children every year...yet we continue to ignore a simple habit. Unilever launches a new series with health experts, business leaders and change makers weighing in on what can help push handwashing up the global health agenda.

2011 in Retrospect: CSR and Sustainability News, Views & Trends

Will 2011 be remembered as the defining year for innovation in business, the upheaval of American politics, inspiring achievements in sustainability or the deafening sound of the Occupy movement?

2012 in Retrospect: CSR and Sustainability News, Views & Trends

What will 2012 be remembered for? Elections that exposed a divided nation? The hundreds of companies that joined the Benefit Corporation movement? The year Apple had to face the impact of its choices? Another tepid Climate summit? Or the resounding voice of inspiration, innovation and progress?

2012: The International Year of the Cooperative

The U.N. General Assembly has declared 2012 as the International Year of the Cooperative. According to many, co-ops are not only here to stay, they might just be the next big thing.

A Billion + Change: Mobilizing Change Through Skills-Based Volunteering

This series will highlight innovative trends in skills-based volunteering from pledge companies of A Billion + Change, a national campaign to mobilize billions of dollars of pro bono and skills-based service by 2013 to address core issues our communities face across the country and around the world.

Acting As If Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability

How do we go beyond the modest progress achieved by the United States since the Earth Summit? In an exclusive series for CSRwire, Professor John Dernbach, author of Acting as If Tomorrow Matters offers a crash course.

Becoming a B: Everything You Need to Know About B Corporations and Benefit Corporations

An ongoing series about B corporations and benefit corporations.

Book Reviews

CSRwire Book Reviews offer detailed descriptions of the latest CSR and sustainability books.

Brand Valued

Rather than seeing a divide between brand and sustainability, can it be more effective to see sustainability as a conduit between brand and the core purpose of the business?

Ceres 2011 Spotlights

On May 11-12, 2011 in Oakland, Calif., Ceres brought together industry experts to discuss how to accelerate corporate, investor and capital market solutions on global sustainability challenges.

Changing Business From the Inside Out: A Treehugger’s Guide to Working in Corporations

Tim Mohin, AMD's Director for Corporate Responsibility and author of acclaimed book Changing Business From the Inside Out, attempts to demystify the field of CSR and sustainability and offers bite size tips and lessons from his experience for current and aspiring CSR professionals.

Choke Point: China

Water scarcity, rapid economic growth and soaring energy demand are forming a tightening noose that could choke off China's modernization. Reported by Circle of Blue.

Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs

Jonathan Koomey offers a robust and detailed set of arguments for entrepreneurs who want to be green – or for consultants to use in building the business case for sustainability.

Corporate Dreams: Big Business in American Democracy

The American Dream was created out of a social contract between corporations, workers and government.

Corporate Philanthropy in China: A Practitioner’s Guide

A three-part series on the state of corporate philanthropy in China based on the findings of a recent Conference Board study.

Creating Good Work: How to Build a Healthy Economy

The Creating Good Work series features contributions from some of the foremost social innovators in the world, writing about what is being built to shift those social issues that often feel so intractable.

CSR and Sustainability Reporting: The Practitioner's Corner

This series highlights how companies are moving the needle-or not-on CSR and sustainability by focusing on the challenges, commitments and best practices of CSR/sustainability reporting through the practitioner's point of view.

DōShorts: Ebooks on Sustainability

DōShorts is a new series of concise sustainable business ebooks written by leading experts.

Dispatches from Rio+20

Reports on the issues, events and outcomes at the Rio+20 Earth Summit

EarthShare: One Environment. One Simple Way to Care for it

EarthShare is a national nonprofit with a simple mission: To engage individuals and organizations in creating a healthy and sustainable environment.

EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want

Visionary author and acclaimed democracy advocate Frances Moore Lappé introduces her latest book: EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want, exclusively on Talkback.

Enterprise 2020: Social Innovation As a Lever for Growth and Sustainability

Hosting the conversation towards a smart, sustainable and inclusive society.

Green Economy

How does the green economy grow? Renowned evolutionary economist and futurist Hazel Henderson examines the issue in this CSRwire Talkback series.

How To Make A Million Dollars An Hour in 12 Easy Steps

Top hedge fund managers make more than Oprah, Rupert Murdoch, and A-Rod combined—but they aren't running news and entertainment empires or playing baseball. What value are they producing for our economy -- and how did they get there?

Johnson & Johnson’s Earthwards: Promoting Greener Product Development

This series is about EARTHWARDS, a Johnson & Johnson program designed to promote greener product development throughout the enterprise.

Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity

Written by international experts, this series will present a comprehensive look at current trends in global economics and sustainability, a policy toolbox of clear solutions to some of our most pressing environmental and human challenges, and present a path for reforming economic institutions to promote both ecological health and prosperity.

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The Power of Pro Bono