Proactive government, social responsibility and a willingness to collaborate have put Denmark ahead on sustainability. However, Danish firms may implicitly understand the importance of social and environmental issues, says Copenhagen-based sustainability consultant...
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Just imagine for a moment that you don’t have a toilet. Scary, isn’t it? This 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 a lot more inconvenient, but also more dangerous....
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When dealing with the societal and environmental challenges we face today, the most common approach is often the same. For example, putting our faith in some new technology that has been developed in a lab in Geneva or from a secret military base in the Nevada...
![[The New Pioneers case] Acumen Fund – Putting focus on the social return on investment](https://www.taniaellis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Impact-return-400x218.jpeg)
A new movement within investing and philanthropy is making its mark worldwide. Commercial investors of capital are steering away from sectors and companies whose social or environmental risks and potential liabilities may jeopardize their financial interests – and...
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Are social business and CSR two sides of the same coin? And do you have to be driven by ethics and morality in the pursuit of bridging solutions to social problems with business? A while ago the originator of micro-loans and founder of the...
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Én af de største udfordringer for samfundsengagerede virksomheder er at få levendegjort CSR-strategier, guidelines og codes of conduct, så det giver mening for den enkelte medarbejder og skaber værdi på bundlinjen. Heldigvis er der flere måder at komme i gang på. At...
Kooperativer er ikke bare en historisk virksomhedsform, de viser sig at være en vigtig del af fremtidens bæredygtige økonomi. Med fokus på fælles ejerskab, demokratiske beslutningsprocesser og social ansvarlighed, tilbyder kooperativer en alternativ måde at drive...
“Tal ordentligt – det koster dig ikke noget” (“Speak decently – it doesn’t cost you anything”) is the tagline of Danish low-cost mobile company Call Me’s public awareness-raising campaign, which focuses on the harsh tone in the Danish public sphere. The...
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