The transformation of the internet through new social technologies is changing the face of CSR. With Web 2.o comes CSR 2.o with new possibilities for social interaction, involvement and participation in finding innovative ways to tackle everything from...
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Beyond boom-and-bust?
‘Shame’ and ‘Cap Greed’ were some of the slogans on home-made signs of an angry crowd that met the former chief executive of the bankrupted Lehman Brothers, when he in 2009 appeared before the American congress to account for the remunerations of $350 million that he...
Sustainability leadership requires a combination of masculine and feminine values
Traditional masculine values – competition, linear and rational thinking on one side, and traditional feminine values – cooperation, holistic and intuitive thinking on the other are key to sustainable development.
Measuring happiness – progressive or pointless?
In The New Pioneers I focus on three sustainable growth principles. One of them is the principle of immaterial growth. With today’s resource scarcity and skyrocketing social imbalances, how we determine and measure growth is becoming a critical issue. But...
Business students demand sustainability
This week, The New Pioneers blog was recognized among the 50 Best Blogs for Green Business Students by Bschool.com, a leading online resource for MBA programs and top online business schools. I’m very honoured – particularly because today’s...
A business force for good
Although the concept of social entrepreneurship to many is much more appealing and sexy than mainstream commercial business, we need the power of both to push the field of socially responsible and socially innovative companies forward. The new business...
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