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August 20, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

In our latest G+ hangout, Leveraging Cultural Conversations to Build Your Brand, Community, and Impact, we spoke with Aaron Sherinian, VP of Communication and PR for the UN Foundation (and one of our fantastic speakers at our upcoming Brand Leadership Summit) about how organizations can become leaders in cultural conversations and build movements. While it’s […]

In our latest G+ hangout, Leveraging Cultural Conversations to Build Your Brand, Community, and Impact, we spoke with Aaron Sherinian, VP of Communication and PR for the UN Foundation (and one of our fantastic speakers at our upcoming Brand Leadership Summit) about how organizations can become leaders in cultural conversations and build movements. While it’s …

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July 31, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

A study by Mckinsey and the CECP, Shaping the Future: Solving Social Problems through Business Strategy,  lays out four alternatives for our future: 1. Corporations respond to expectations for greater social responsibility and government allows corporations to voluntarily meet these expectations. 2. Corporations try to adopt socially responsible practices but customers don’t trust them, so government and …

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July 22, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

Coca-Cola is currently rolling out an innovative and environmentally responsible initiative called Coca-Cola 2nd Lives, starting in Vietnam and then expanding across Asia. At the heart of this effort is the intent to give their disposable bottles a second life that is meaningful, adds value to the lives of customers, and also avoids those bottles …

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July 9, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

Originally published in CSRwire In today’s radically transparent social business marketplace, the reputation of a company extends way beyond its marketing to include its supply chain, manufacturing processes, employee treatment and customer engagement. Likewise, full circle sustainability requires that companies overhaul how they source their ingredients, manufacture and distribute their products, and manage the waste they …

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Filed Under: Community, CSR, Leadership, Sustainability, Thinking Tagged With: Brand, Coca Cola, CSR, employee engagement, Marketing, Social media, story telling, supply chain, sustainability, transparency, unilever, Zara

July 1, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

These days many companies are making efforts to put mindful and sustainable business practices into action. Yet despite daily stories of consumer activism, many still ask the important question: Does caring convert into action when it comes down to a buying decision? New data from Google and Nielsen find that the answer is yes, and …

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April 22, 2014 by Simon Mainwaring

On Monday, Apple launched a new ad outlining its environmental responsibility. In doing so, Tim Cook firmly placed his imprimatur of the future of Apple, going so far as to provide the voiceover for the ad himself just as Steve Jobs had done for an early version of ‘Here’s to the Crazy Ones’. Tim Cook …

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Filed Under: Brands, CSR, Leadership, Purpose, Sustainability, Values Tagged With: ads, Apple, corporate purpose, sustainability

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