Just imagine for a moment that you did not 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. Peepoople has found a solution: a single-use, biodegradable and self-sanitising Peepoo plastic bag which serves as a personal, portable and low-cost latrine. Continue reading →
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Environmental sustainability,
Health,
Social entrepreneurship,
Social innovations,
Sustainable business,
The New Pioneers Case of the Month
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biodegradable solutions,
corporate social innovation,
Millennium Development Goals,
sanitation,
social entrepreneurship,
sustainable business
Here are the four most important corporate social responsibility megatrends for 2013: Putting purpose before profit; Turning your employees into CSR managers; Shared value partnerships with social entrepreneurs; Social media and stakeholder engagement instead of CSR-reporting. Continue reading →
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CSR,
CSR communication,
Corporate Volunteering,
Employer branding,
Social entrepreneurship,
Stakeholder engagement,
Sustainable business
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corporate social innovation,
CSR,
employee engagement,
shared value partnerships,
social entrepreneurship,
sustainable communication
Reading excerpts from The New Pioneers reminded me of my time at Aravind Eye Hospital in Tamil Nadu in South India, where I as a young medical student spent 2 months in 1995. Blogpost by Charlotte Strøm, MD, PhD, Journalist Continue reading →
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Social entrepreneurship
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Aravind Eye Hospitals,
CSR,
Dr V,
Dr. Venkataswamy,
eye care treatments,
India,
social entrepreneurship
The field of social entrepreneurship has over the past five to ten years increasingly attracted public attention. Today dedicated organizations, foundations, awards and TV series are promoting, supporting or paying tribute to social entrepreneurs from all corners of the world. Continue reading →
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Social innovations,
Sustainable business
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Ashoka,
EMES,
European Research Network,
Global 3000,
i-Genius,
PBS e2 series,
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship,
Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship,
Skoll Foundation,
Social Capitalist Awards,
social entrepreneurship,
SocialEdge,
socially innovative business concepts,
sustainable business,
The Good Entrepreneur,
The Hub,
The World Challenge,
Young Social Enterprise Initiative,
YSEI
Social entrepreneurs Superflex create value for Brazilian guaraná farmers with the use of aesthetical capital. Continue reading →
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Ethical consumption,
Globalization,
Social entrepreneurship,
Social innovations,
Sustainable business
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aesthetical capital,
blended value,
brazilian guarana farmers,
Guarana Power,
social capital,
social entrepreneurship,
Superflex,
The Power Foundation
