Fighting Poverty – One Gift at a Time

It’s always fun to receive a note of thanks and affirmation for the work we are doing.   I hesitated to post this mainly because this is a blog and it’s objective is not promotion of our company or products – but ideas.

In the end  I chose to because I think the note sent from this [...]

Responsible Purchasing - #1 on Employee CSR Radar

This year Hewitt Associates and Canadian Business for Social Responsibility partnered in a study that encompassed over 2,000 leaders from more than 230 workplaces.

The objective – to discern if there is a linkage between CSR and employee engagement.  They studied the 2010 Best Employers in Canada and Best Small to Medium Employers in Canada.  We [...]

A Fair Trade Mother's Day

A FAIR TRADE MOTHER’S DAY

Mother’s Day is this Sunday May 9th, and interestingly enough, World Fair Trade Day is May 8th.  The coincidence of dates creates a great opportunity for us to honour our mothers and mothers around the world by thinking about where the gifts we choose were made.   It’s fairly easy to [...]