You know when I came here the first time, I was positively surprised to see that for example when we talk about CSR, people’s reaction is that they don’t like CSR as it’s seen as ‘philanthropic’ and ‘old school’.  People want business driven corporate social innovation which I think is a positive sign. Read interview […]

In many Asian countries, passionate entrepreneurs are working to find new sustainable solutions to concrete social and environmental challenges. Focusing on corporate responsibility and social entrepreneurship is far from just a Western practice.  

While many Western countries – including Denmark – are struggling with the setbacks of the financial crisis and looking for new answers to questions about how to ensure global competitiveness and continuous economic prosperity, the growth-train is rolling through Asia. So when my book about sustainable business and social innovation, The New Pioneers, came out in Thai, […]

Fokus på virksomheders samfundsansvar og socialt iværksætteri er langt fra et vestligt velfærdsfænomen. I flere af de asiatiske lande arbejder ildsjæle og iværksættere med at finde nye bæredygtige løsninger på konkrete udfordringer. Mens vi herhjemme diskuterer, hvad vi skal leve af i fremtiden, buldrer væksttoget derudaf i Asien. Så da min bog om bæredygtig business og […]

Long before terms like “values” and “sustainability” became business buzzwords in the West they were already being implemented by an Indian corporation: The Tata group, founded by Jamsetji N. Tata in the late 1890s, is today going on over 130 years of emphasizing themes of governance, sustainability, values and ethics.