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Meet More of the Team - Guest Blog by Founders of Okenshield Managment

“This was not just a case of giving money, but rather giving hope along with life skills.”

Bob & Jo-Anne Bryant – Okenshield Management Group

Almost every day it seems, I end up shaking my head and wondering how it was that I ended up working with such amazing people. I must [...]

What CEO's are Saying About Sustainability

The UN Global Compact has 766 corporate members globally who are committed to sustainability and responsible business practices. The June 2010 CEO Study released by Accenture outlines had some interesting highlights to share in terms of CEO opinions. Some of the top ones were:

93% of CEOs believe that sustainability issues will be critical to [...]

Scaling Up - Increasing Village Impact

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 [...]

Q&A with ZOË Advisory Board Member Stephen Barry on CSR

ZOË Alliance is privileged to have an advisory board comprised of experienced and supportive professionals with a broad range

Stephen Barry – overseeing international operations is China, India, and Pakistan as part of a 50 year textiles business in Canada.

of expertise. Today’s blog is a Q&A with one of our advisors Stephen Barry. Stephen is [...]

Public/Private Alliances Transform Aid

I had some time over the holidays to catch up on some reading and one of my absolute favourites is the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

In their fall issue, Andrew Natsios wrote an article entitled Public/Private Alliances Transform Aid. If you are a subscriber you can get it online.

I am a big fan of USAID and [...]

Linking CSR to the Bottom Line

“The era of declaratory CSR is over, it is time to act.” John Ruggie, UN Special Representative for Business and Human Rights

I recently attended the 7th Annual Summit of Canadian Business for Social Responsibility and was again inspired by the energy, passion and commitment of so many companies and people.

This gathering draws leading [...]

Rangoli – A Custom, pattern, and idea

When I was in India, I was able to meet with a number of people from the village. I was and am still struck by the wonderful grace and hospitality of everyone.

It was on a visit to the home of Dhriti, that I learned about a custom that I felt captured the essence of this [...]

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