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Former CEO of Fonterra Theo Spierings is committed to a better world and launches ‘The Purpose Factory’

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The Purpose Factory is launched worldwide today. This fulfills a strong desire and intent of Theo Spierings, former CEO of Fonterra. On his retirement from Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, he announced his commitment: “Not a bigger job, but a better world.” With The Purpose Factory Theo wants to bring about change that the world needs […] ... lees meer

PHI Factory wint ‘ABN AMRO Innovation Challenge Award 2018’

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PHI Factory is de winnaar van de ‘ABN AMRO Innovation Challenge Award 2018’. Op 13 september 2018 ontving de start-up de prijs op het Green Buildings Congres met hun online tool de PHI Accelerator. Medewerkers denken langere tijd actief mee om concrete invulling te geven aan de circulaire economie in hun dagelijks werk. En met […] ... lees meer

Unilever en De Correspondent winnaars van de Social Enterprise Awards 2016

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Steeds meer grote, gevestigde organisaties, start-ups en overheden zien zowel kansen als noodzaak in sociaal ondernemerschap, om zo relevant te zijn voor alle stakeholders. Vandaag hebben Kirkman Company, Elsevier en gemeente Utrecht voor het derde jaar op rij de Social Enterprise Day georganiseerd. Met uitzicht op de plek waar dit najaar een ‘hotspot’ komt voor […] ... lees meer

De tien finalisten voor de Social Enterprise Awards zijn bekend

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Donderdag 21 mei organiseren organisatieadviesbureau Kirkman Company, weekblad Elsevier en de Gemeente Utrecht de tweede editie van de Social Enterprise Day. Social Enterprises zijn organisaties die op ondernemende wijze maatschappelijke betekenis realiseren en die elke dag streven naar 100% relevantie voor al haar stakeholders. Op deze dag winnen twee finalisten de Award voor beste en […] ... lees meer

Public launch of the first wide-scale business and human rights benchmarking and ranking project

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A group of investors, an NGO, a think tank and an investor research agency, today announce the launch of the first wide-scale project to rank companies on their human rights performance. A total of 500 of the top global companies from four key sectors – Agriculture, ICT, Apparel, and Extractives – will initially be researched […] ... lees meer

When do good firms go bad?

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SUSTAINABLE FIRMS. Green businesses. Socially responsible corporations. A growing number of magazines, activist groups and websites publish such lists, suggesting that one can distinguish the good companies from the bad. The claim that such distinctions are possible is likewise central to ethical mutual funds, indexes and stock rating services that recommend “responsible” investing – with some even asserting that “better” firms have superior financial performance. ... lees meer

New report of World Bank: Greening Industry: New Roles for Communities, Markets and Governments

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A growing number of developing countries are significantly cutting industrial pollution by using the combined power of local communities, stock markets, and the news media to police air and water discharges from private companies. This new community-based approach is proving more effective in curbing pollution than relying on traditional approaches to environmental regulation, which can often be under-funded, inefficient, and stymied by cronyism and corruption, according to a new World Bank report released today. The report – Greening Industry: New Roles for Communities, Markets and Governments – says this new approach is good news for some of the world’s poorest people, and shows how local industrial pollution can be held within acceptable bounds, without hindering growth. ... lees meer