Whether there is anything left to say on the digital divide ?

With the constant buzz about closing the digital divide, is there really anything left to say? I didn’t think so until I met Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli. Prof. Rafaeli is head of the Center for the Study of the Information Society … Continue reading

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Measuring Social Impact

There is more to CSR than climate change or green initiatives. However with the dominance of those issues on the radar screen, it might be easy to forget that. One of the concepts I’ve tried to introduce this year in … Continue reading

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Green decisions are as clear as mud

We had an interesting discussion today and it wasn’t academic. The topic was about money and how to best spend it for both the environment and financial return. The question was about spending money on the purchase of “green power”. … Continue reading

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For once, some good news from China

In a few weeks I’ll be traveling to China. It’s the second time I’m traveling there. While I enjoy flying small planes and generally like to fly, flying commercially isn’t something I look forward to anymore. But in this case, … Continue reading

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Now It’s Your Turn – CSR Reporting

We are in the midst of pulling all the content and data together for our 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report that will be published in May, 2008. We’ve been doing this a long time and have used many different formats to … Continue reading

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Sustainability Grab Bag…From Salmon Farming to Sunflowers

So, what do the Tech Awards, Net Impact, socially responsible investors, Fab 32, Penryn, and sunflowers have in common? Not much other than the fact that you find them all in this short blog post and they are all part … Continue reading

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Going “Glocal” With a New Kind of CSR Report

I’m having a ball referring to the CSR report we launched in Israel last week as a “glocal” CSR report (English, Hebrew). Although, it’s not my invention, I think glocal is a great word because it does more than just … Continue reading

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