Social Innovation Articles: Environment
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| Winter 2007 | Environment • Nonprofit Management • Social Entrepreneurship |
Green Fire
A Chilean firewood certification program spares both the air and indigenous business. |
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| Winter 2007 | Environment • Corporate Social Responsibility |
A Tarnish on Green Goods
Why eco-friendly products may be bad for the environment. |
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| Fall 2006 | Environment • Nonprofit Management • Social Entrepreneurship |
Weaving Businesses Together [Free!]
Organic Exchange uses its global network to promote environmentally friendly fibers. |
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| Fall 2006 | Environment • Nonprofit Management |
Color Your World
The San Francisco Recycling Center gussies up the globe with recycled paint. |
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| Fall 2006 | Environment • Social Entrepreneurship • Corporate Social Responsibility |
Buying In or Selling Out?
Socially responsible brands that merge with multinationals may be abandoning their principles |
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| Fall 2006 | Environment • Nonprofit Management • Corporate Social Responsibility |
Turning Conflict into Cooperation
The Rainforest Action Network launched an intensive consumer boycott of several Mitsubishi companies, leading to significant changes in the way the Japanese giant and many of its partners do business. That engagement provides critical lessons for both activist NGOs and corporations. |
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| Fall 2006 | Environment • Corporate Social Responsibility |
The Other CSR
Consumers often say they want to be socially responsible when it comes to buying food, clothing, office supplies, and the like. But consumers’ noble sentiments are not often reflected in their actions at the checkout. In fact, a number of corporations have seen their efforts to sell socially responsible products fall flat because consumers failed to buy them in any significant numbers. There are, however, a variety of strategies that corporations can take to increase their odds of success. |
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| Summer 2006 | Environment • Healthcare • Social Entrepreneurship |
Creating Social Change: 10 Innovative Technologies
Social entrepreneurs are inventing new technologies to solve the world’s problems – disease, malnutrition, pollution, and illiteracy – to name just a few. But it takes more than a fancy new gadget to make life better. That’s why the organizations profiled here are working with businesses, NGOs, and governments to get their inventions into the hands of those who need them most. |
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| Summer 2006 | Environment • Corporate Social Responsibility |
Chilling With Greenpeace, From the Inside Out
Climate change is a hot issue. To combat global warming and other environmental problems, Greenpeace’s strategy is both to protest against environmental offenders and to help them craft solutions to their ecological gaffes – often at the same time. Using this inside-out approach, Greenpeace catapulted Greenfreeze, an obscure ozone- and climate-safe refrigerant, into widespread use and launched the first Green Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in 2000. |
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| Spring 2006 | Environment • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing |
Bigger May Not Be Better
Does an organization’s size correlate with its effectiveness? |
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