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EITHER/OR VERSUS BOTH/AND Sometimes we get caught up in either/or thinking. Lots of people have been asking me what I think about The Advent Conspiracy given that our ZOË Challenge advocates for helping those in developing nations by buying gifts that are produced in accordance with fair trade principles. This week’s blog is a summary of my [...] November 30th, 2010 | Tags: charitable giving, christmas gifts, Corporate Gifts, Corporate Social Responsibility, Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid, economic development, Executive Gifts, Fair Trade, fair trade gifts, fair trade products, Gifts, International Development, job creation, micro enterprise development, personal gifts, poverty alleviation, socially responsible gifts, sustainable development, Take the ZOE Challenge, The Advent Conspiracy, The ZOË Challenge, zoe alliance | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Giving, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade | Leave a comment
ZOË Alliance was named as such because we work in partnership with NGO’s, local business leaders, and corporations toward the creation of a global alliance that helps to break the cycle of poverty in developing nations. To date we are working in India, Haiti and Guatemala and each partnership looks a little different based on [...] August 31st, 2010 | Tags: Corporate Gifts, Corporate Social Responsibility, economic development, Executive Gifts, Fair Trade, fair trade gifts, fair trade products, India, International Development, job creation, micro enterprise development, poverty alleviation, Real Estate Client Gifts, socially responsible gifts, sustainable development, sustainable purchasing, zoe alliance | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Guest Blogs, Out of India | Leave a comment
On Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Haiti was struck by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake. It has been 6 1/2 months since that day. So much has happened since then, with many countries, organizations and individuals seeking to provide help to the people of Haiti. And as always, in the midst of incredible chaos, there are [...] August 3rd, 2010 | Tags: Corporate Gifts, economic development, Executive Gifts, Fair Trade, fair trade gifts, fair trade products, gifts for events, Haiti, Hand carved game set, International Development, job creation, micro enterprise development, personal gifts, poverty alleviation, socially responsible gifts, sustainable development, sustainable purchasing, Wooden game, zoe alliance | Category: Haiti | Leave a comment
Exciting days are ahead and we thought it would be fun to give you a glimpse into our future. In the past months we have been working alongside some great colleagues in international development to document our development model for rural villages and to articulate the framework to measure the true societal impact. The challenges we [...] July 20th, 2010 | Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, economic development, Fair Trade, fair trade products, International Development, job creation, manufacturing outsourcing, micro enterprise development, poverty alleviation, private label sources, Social Responsibility, sustainable development, sustainable purchasing, think bigger than fair trade, Think Bigger Than Fair Trade Challenge, zoe alliance | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade | Leave a comment
This Thursday, just in time for Valentines Day Stories From Our Black Books is dishing up some great stories with the preview launch of Volume 2 of “STORIES FROM OUR BLACK BOOKS”. Not only is the book great fun to read, Stories has gone one step further partnering with ZOË Alliance to help women improve [...] February 9th, 2010 | Tags: cause related marketing, charitable giving, Corporate Gifts, Corporate Social Responsibility, economic development, Fair Trade, fair trade gifts, fair trade products, Gifts, International Development, job creation, micro enterprise development, personal gifts, poverty alleviation, seasonal gifts, socially responsible gifts, sustainable purchasing, zoe alliance | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade | One comment
Recently, I’ve been working on an exciting initiative in Guatemala with CH Global. CH Global has been working in an impoverished rural community called Lake Amatitlàn, Guatemala for several years. They are a great organization that specifically focuses on enabling people with disabilities who are often marginalized in developing nations and experience close to 100% [...] November 3rd, 2009 | Tags: christmas gifts, Corporate Social Responsibility, Fair Trade, fair trade gifts, fair trade products, Gifts, International Development, job creation, micro enterprise development, personal gifts, poverty alleviation, Social Responsibility, socially responsible gifts, sustainable development, sustainable purchasing, zoe alliance | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala | Leave a comment
In the Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu in southern India, ZOË Alliance is working with two incredible organizations, Mahalir Aran Trust, (MAT), lead by Mercy Abraham Imondi, and VIA Design lead by Janet Rogers. Janet and Mercy in Krishnagiri For full background visit http://www.zoealliance.com/en/community_dharmapuri.php) For the past few years the Flowering Desert Production Unit of MAT has [...] October 20th, 2009 | Tags: christmas gifts, Corporate Gifts, Fair Trade, fair trade gifts, fair trade products, India, International Development, micro enterprise development, poverty alleviation, Real Estate Client Gifts, seasonal gifts, Social Responsibility, socially responsible gifts, zoe alliance | Category: Out of India, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade, Uncategorized | One comment
This past week I had the great joy of getting an update on the village with topics ranging from who has been recently married, the latest on the farm crops, and the new addition of free range chickens providing eggs and an income for the people of Mahalir Aran Trust. Next to actually visiting, this [...] October 13th, 2009 | Tags: Birthday Gifts, charitable giving, christmas gifts, Corporate Gifts, Corporate Social Responsibility, Executive Gifts, Fair Trade, fair trade gifts, fair trade products, India, job creation, micro enterprise development, personal gifts, Real Estate Client Gifts, socially responsible gifts | Category: Out of India | Leave a comment
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.” Mohandes Ghandhi Take the ZOË Challenge! Now that we see the power of Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade, it’s time to take action. The ZOË Challenge is our chance to make a [...] September 29th, 2009 | Tags: Corporate Gifts, corporate social responsiblity, fair trade gifts, fair trade products, personal gifts, socially responsible gifts, ten thousand villages, think bigger than fair trade, Think Bigger Than Fair Trade Challenge, world of good, zoe alliance | Category: It All Adds Up, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade | Leave a comment
In the last week I have been thrilled by the dialogue generated by the notion of the Think Bigger Than Fair Trade challenge. Colleagues from Denmark, San Diego, Morocco, Los Angeles, and other places have put forward their views on how we can be socially responsible. I am excited by the dialogue, honestly – the passion and [...] September 9th, 2009 | Tags: carbon credits, Corporate Social Responsibility, csr, economic development, fair trade products, green products, poverty alleviation, sustainable development, sustainable purchasing | Category: Corporate Social Responsibility, Thinking Bigger Than Fair Trade | Leave a comment
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