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? […]

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 […]

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 […]

“If you don’t give back, no one will like you“. This is the motto of Crowdrise – an internet portal which, among other things, makes it possible for both organisations and individuals to start their own fundraising campaigns in support of a good cause. To read the full article, click on the ‘Read more’ link below.

Crowdsourcing er en bølge af online tiltag, som har gjort det meget lettere for både sociale entreprenører, NGOer og virksomheder at gøre en positiv forskel ved at outsource opgaver til et (online) netværk af mennesker verden over.

Nye tider skaper nye behov og nye behov krever nye løsninger. Bærekraft og virksomheters samfunnsansvar vil for alvor komme på dagsorden etter at regjeringen 19. april vedtok et lovpålagt krav om samfunnsansvarsrapportering.

Nye tider skaber nye behov – og nye behov kræver nye løsninger. Den sociale megatrend, der bygger på etik, ansvarlighed, bæredygtighed og mening, er i fuld gang med at ændre spillereglerne for måden at drive forretning på – og det skaber innovative muligheder for både at tjene godt og gøre godt. Tania Ellis fortæller om trenden […]

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.  

Companies typically offer two explanations for engaging their employees in voluntary work. They may offer employee volunteer programmes as an immaterial fringe benefit to strengthen their employer branding. Alternatively, the programme may be part of an overall CSR-strategy, aimed at boosting the corporate brand or as part of their corporate citizenship. But employee volunteering has […]

CSR er ofte noget meget udadrettet, som bliver manifesteret i eksempelvis en code of conduct eller ansvarlig leverandørstyring. Jeg oplever imidlertid ofte, at medarbejderne ikke kan relatere det til deres egne hverdag. Hvis virksomhedens CSR-politik skal forankres i organisationen på et operationaliserbart plan, handler det om at tage udgangspunkt i det, vi allerede gør i […]