As you may have heard, founder of the Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Prize winner prof. Muhammad Yunus is being investigated for alleged corruption by the government of Bangladesh. According to a recent article by Nick Stace at The Telegraph, due to his clear stance against corruption in politics Yunus has long been distrusted and [...]
They lend money but are not a bank. Shared Interest is the world’s only 100% fair trade lender, a financial co-operative founded in 1990 that collects money from investors in the UK to lend to farmers and handicraft makers in the developing world. Investors range from
SFK is a trends research and innovation company based in New York City that publishes a pretty exiting news site presenting new, creative ideas in popular, consumer and business culture. Each month over 750,000 people from around the world read PSFK’s website and newsletter. The company also does trends research and innovation consultancy – customers [...]
enorm has a recommendation for you! Pegasus Ratskeller GmbH in Berlin, Germany, specialises in events, ”à la carte” and communal feeding. From the restaurant under the town hall of city quarter Reinickendorf,
After a rigorous application and interview process, 75 college freshmen from five universities across the United States have been chosen to take part in the Compass Fellowship, a social entrepreneurial training program. The students were chosen among nearly 700 applicants and will work together to develop innovative solutions to some of the world’s greatest problems [...]
Time to mark the calendar for another interesting event: the GreenBiz Innovation Forum 2010. GreenBiz.com is a site for for news, opinion, best practices, and other resources on the greening of mainstream business. Calling itself ”Business Voice of the Green Economy”, GreenBiz aims to
At this very moment, the 4th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility is taking place at the distinguished Humboldt University in Berlin. The three-day conference, which is part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Humboldt-University Berlin, is organized by the Institute for Management under the directorship of Professor Joachim Schwalbach. Taking place every [...]
Anvil, a leading apparel brand in the U.S, was recently ranked the 6th largest organic program in the world by the Organic Exchange. The company offers over 70 styles of sportswear and accessories, including 17 eco-friendly styles
In Karazomé, near Maradi in southern Niger, the Orange Foundation and Orange Niger have launched pilot project, opening a community medical centre powered by surplus energy from Orange Niger’s solar generators located nearby. Orange Niger is a subsidiary of the France Telecom Orange Group,
