Min grundindstilling er altid: “Hvordan kan jeg bidrage?” fremfor “Hvad kan du gøre for mig?”. Sådan har jeg drevet min forretning og vil og vil altid gøre det. Interview med Tania Ellis, som er denne måneds Kvinde med Q.
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9 Feb 2011
By Tania Ellis Socially Responsible Investing – A big step forward or a waste of time?Socially responsible investing (SRI) is putting more focus on corporate social and environmental practices through both positive and negative screens. In fact, ethical and green investment has never been more popular.
11 Oct 2010
By Tania Ellis Partnerships for global healthImproving global health is no longer only the job of governments, the EU, the UN or the large number of non-governmental organizations. Drug companies are also putting global health on their agendas. Engaging in partnerships is a key principle
Tania Ellis writes books and contributes to anthologies about topics like social entrepreneurship, CSR, social innovation and general social business trends. In our Reading Room you can find abstracts and book reviews.
Tania Ellis has contributed to UK report about The Why Not's. Read about the Local Heroes, the New Self-Starters and the Challengers, who are
breathing life back into crumbling local infrastructure, creating businesses with positive impact on society, and pushing the boundaries to inspire troubled communities.
28 Feb 2012
Channel NewsAsia, AM LiveDuring her 2012 Asia book promotion tour of The New Pioneers, social business expert Tania Ellis was interviewed by Channel NewsAsia about conducting business with a heart. Channel NewsAsia is a Singapore-based TV news channel. Since 1999, they have reported on global developments with an Asian perspective. The channel is viewed in 24 territories across Asia. (7 min.).
Q Magasin
October 2014
Min grundindstilling er altid: “Hvordan kan jeg bidrage?” fremfor “Hvad kan du gøre for mig?”. Sådan har jeg drevet min forretning og vil og vil altid gøre det. Interview med Tania Ellis, som er denne måneds Kvinde med Q.
CSR.dk
30 June 2014
Partnerskaber på tværs af sektorgrænser, værdikæder, brancher og interesser er en afgørende nøgle for at virksomheder får succes med at skabe shared value – det nye CSR buzz-word. Social business ekspert Tania Ellis giver her konkrete eksempler på, hvordan du kan komme godt i gang med værdiskabende CSR-partnerskaber.
Eco-business.com
24 June 2014
Employing people with disabilities and working with social inclusion as part of a company’s corporate responsibility efforts is broadly conceived as an act of philanthropy. And in many cases it is. But what if you could turn disabilities into special abilities, and social inclusion into new business opportunities – and thereby gain a competitive advantage? International social business advisor Tania Ellis shows you how. Click on ‘Read more’ below to access the full article.
Jyllands-Posten
13 june 2014
En virksomheds CSR-budskaber skal hænge sammen med det, som virksomheden i forvejen er kendt for. Forbrugerne er kritiske, og det vil det hurtigt klinge hult, hvis CSR-budskabet blot opfattes som en branding-strategi. Dét, der startede ud som en flot kampagne, kan blive til en virksomheds værste mediemareridt. CSR-kommunikation handler derfor ikke om at være perfekt, men om at være transparent og autentisk. Klik på ‘Read more’ linket nedenfor for at læse hele artiklen.
SustainabilityNext
May 2014
The Grundfos LIFELINK discovered business cases where no one else had bothered looking. They created an inclusive business model for sustainable supply of safe drinking water through a solar-powered water pump. The Grundfos LIFELINK is an example that proves that there are a myriad of business opportunities in unexplored markets with great opportunities for businesses to grow. To read the full article, click on the ‘Read more’ link below.
Ample Earth
20 May 2014
And then their eyes grew wide—almost collectively—as they slid forward, hands bracing the edge of their seats. Is this really happening? they wondered. There they sat in suit and ties, taking notes on best business practice. Now, wide eyed, the businessmen wondered if they’d taken a sudden and devastating fall from the social business wagon. Tania Ellis looked up at her audience and read the word aloud. “Spirituality”.
SustainabilityNext
April issue 2014
Just imagine for a moment that you don’t have a toilet. Scary, isn’t it? This is the reality for over 2.6 billion people on the planet, who lack access to even the simplest latrine. Not only would this make your life inconvenient, it is dangerous. Peepoople’s solution to this problem is the invention of a single use, biodegradable and self-sanitising Peepoo plastic bag which serves as a personal, portable and low-cost latrine. Read the full case on pp. 1, 2 and 13.
Eco-business.com
19 March 2014
Many companies are not capitalising on their corporate sustainability and responsibility (CSR) efforts. International social business advisor Tania Ellis explains why. Click on the below “Read more” link to read the whole article.
Jyllands-Posten
21 March 2014
Fra virksomhed til virksomhed er der stor forskel på, hvordan man forholder sig til CSR. Generelt er virksomhedernes sociale ansvarlighed dog efterhånden blevet en naturlig del af forretningen, vurderer eksperter. “For 10 år siden var den generelle holdning hos virksomhederne “hvorfor skal vi arbejde med det her” og “hvad får vi ud af det?”. I dag oplever vi, at virksomhederne i langt højere grad beder om hjælp til “hvordan”, forklarer erhvervsrådgiver Tania Ellis fra The Social Business Company.
SustainabilityNext
March issue 2014
Apopo trains the widely present African Giant Pouched Rat to detect landmines and tuberculosis, which at the same time as it saves lives, provides local jobs for the economically disadvantaged. The Apopo case is illustrative of how social entrepreneurs create value: they develop social innovations that meet needs that are either overserved because the existing solutions are more complex than required – or not served at all because of market or government failure. Read full case on p. 17.