How many of you have heard of Fair Trade? I’d imagine many of you have.
But how many could actually define it, or discuss it, or even promote it? My guess is not as many.
That was the case for me until recently. Recognizing that I’d heard a lot about Fair Trade but that I couldn’t actually [...]

In the grand scheme of things, Corporate Social Responsibility is still an emerging field, which means that everything – from general strategy to best practices – is still being solidified.
One of the questions that is still debated quite often in the CSR community concerns the “business case” for this kind of work.
In a world where [...]

When it comes to the crisis of Global Warming (what author and New York Times columnist Tom Friedman says should actually be called “Global Weirding”), things can get pretty overwhelming fast.
Animal extinction, water scarcity, rainforest destruction – these are all pretty heavy topics requiring big picture thinking and action.
And if world governments can’t even build [...]

So Ferocious!

What’s your opinion on the purpose of corporate philanthropy?
Is it an example of the powerful partnership that can be created between business and nonprofits?
Or is it simply about writing a check – and checking a box?
I mentioned in an earlier post on The Changebase that I recently attended the 2009 Net Impact Conference at [...]

This past weekend over 2,400 MBA students, CSR professionals and social entrepreneurs congregated on the campus of Cornell University for the 2009 Net Impact Conference.
For those of you not “in the know,” Net Impact is an international network of people looking to use their business skills to create global social change.
I’ve been a member of [...]