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- Climate Change Conferences in Lead-up to Rio+20
- Objection Handling: A Professional’s Guide to Overcoming Objections to Sustainability Adoption and Implementation
- Social Giving Continues to Grow, Digital Giving Index Update
- Canadian Conservatives Silence Opposition to the Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline
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Climate Change Conferences in Lead-up to Rio+20
Last week a group of countries including those from the EU, the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), small island nations threatened by sea-level rise, and progressive countries in Latin America, known as the Durban coalition, met in Brussels to discuss climate change.
Objection Handling: A Professional’s Guide to Overcoming Objections to Sustainability Adoption and Implementation
Insiders understand the value of sustainability, but many who are unfamiliar have resistance. When addressing these people it is important to know how to respond to the various reasons offered for resisting a sustainability program.
Tagged Csr, Management, Strategy
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Social Giving Continues to Grow, Digital Giving Index Update
As the prevalence of social networking expands, peer-to-peer charitable giving continues growing at a steady pace. Network for Good finds a 20% increase in giving via social networks in Q1 2012 versus Q1 2011. In fact, giving has increased across all channels—charity websites, social networks, and portal sites—up 16% from the previous year.
Tagged Giving, Nonprofit, Philanthropy
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Canadian Conservatives Silence Opposition to the Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline
Canada’s ruling Conservatives have passed legislation to silence dissenting voices on the Northern Gateway oil pipeline and other environmental review processes. The Conservatives have made no secret of the fact that they want to quell dissent on environmental issues.
Canadian Conservatives Admit to Killing Environmental Dissent
Most of us know that Canada’s ruling Conservatives cut environmental spending for ideological reasons, what we did not expect is that the government would admit this publicly. As reported in the National Post, Foreign Minister John Baird unabashedly announced that the Conservatives wanted to get rid of federally-funded environmental advocacy group because they do not agree with their recommendations.
HEALTH: Treat the mother – save the baby
The past decade has seen great advances in child survival, but while toddlers and small children are benefiting, the death rate for new-born babies remains stubbornly high. Now a new report suggests that paying more attention to their mothers’ health, and focusing on certain damaging but treatable diseases, could be one key to tackling neonatal mortality.
Tagged Children, Gender Issues, Health, Nutrition
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Top 10 Transporation Software Systems
Transportation software helps companies to be more efficient by saving time, energy and effort. This type of software is part of a winning approach that saves money by ensuring that company vehicles follow the most expedient route. This also reduces the amount of fuel needed and burning less fuel diminishes a company’s footprint.
Tagged Csr, Efficiency, Software, transportation
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EPA’s Green Power Challenge
Over the course of the past academic year, 30 collegiate athletic conferences comprising more than 70 universities competed in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) College and University Green Power Challenge.
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