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Christine Egger Opportunity Alert: Four Powerful Enhancements to the Social Actions API



Social Actions has a fantastic opportunity to make four powerful enhancements to the Social Actions API in the coming weeks:

  • Add the capacity for semantic analysis a
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Added by Christine Egger on July 29, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

David Martel Volcom is Giving Your Jeans and the Homeless Another Chance


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Added by David Martel on July 29, 2010 at 10:38am — No Comments

David Martel CSRminute: Hanson Building Products Plans for Sustainability; Venture Philanthropy Partners Wins $13M from Social Innovation Fund

This is a cross post from 3BL Media.

Hello, I’m Gretchen Siegchrist, and these are your CSR Minute headlines for Thursday, July 29th:
Hanson Building Products is promoting sustainability in its concrete products through a program that manufactures for a life cycle of 100 years—and that plans for recycling and repurposing indefinite… Continue

Added by David Martel on July 29, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

David Martel Top Social Innovation Blog Picks

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David Martel CSRminute: Cummins Launches Sustainability Web Site; Salesforce Wins Two "Stevie" Awards for Innovation and CSR Program

This is a cross post from 3BL Media.

Hello, I’m Gretchen Siegchrist, and these are your CSR Minute headlines for Wednesday, July 28th:
Cummins, the designer and manufacturer of power generation equipment, power systems and supplies, and engines, has launched a new sustainability Web site in conjunction with its 7th annual Sustai… Continue

Added by David Martel on July 28, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

David Martel GOOD WORKS: LocalDirt Tracks Farmed Food within 100 Miles

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Good Works: LocalDirt


When Heather Hilleran was working as a team leader at Whole Foods in Madison, WI, she was dismayed to discover how complicated it was for the store to buy from local farmers, which resulted in disappointed customers, frustrated f

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Added by David Martel on July 28, 2010 at 10:39am — No Comments

Chris Jarvis Too Much Nudity

The following blog entry is a cross-post from my blog Realizing Your Worth.
Is it possible that there are some companies that might just be better off avoiding social media all together? "The brands that do well in social media are the brands that look good naked." - Don Tapscott, Wikinomics… Continue

Added by Chris Jarvis on July 27, 2010 at 4:23pm — No Comments

David Martel CSRminute: B Corps Gain Legal Status; Eco-Builder Greenhouse Holdings Buys Life Protection Inc.

This is a cross post from 3BL Media.

Hello, I’m Gretchen Siegchrist, and these are your CSR Minute headlines for Tuesday, July 27th:
Several states have recently passed laws to allow entrepreneurs to form “Benefit Corporations,” which allow for and protect by statute a triple-bottom line business practice. New York, Michigan, Illin… Continue

Added by David Martel on July 27, 2010 at 3:55pm — No Comments

David Martel CSRminute: Tide's "Loads of Hope" program; Maharishi University Builds Sustainable Living Center Off the Grid

This is a cross post from 3BL Media.

Hello, I’m Gretchen Siegchrist, and these are your CSR Minute headlines for Monday, July 26th: Proctor & Gamble’s Tide brand is continuing its “Loads of Hope” program. The initiative brings mobile laundromat facilities to areas struck by a natural disaster to provide free cleaning services to sur… Continue

Added by David Martel on July 26, 2010 at 10:32am — No Comments

David Martel CSRminute: Globe Telecom Wins Gold Award at Pinnacle Group International's 2nd Global CSR Awards; BlueGreen Alliance Joined by Association of American Railroads in Support of New Energy for Rail

This is a cross-post from 3BL Media.


Hello, I’m Gretchen Siegchrist, and these are your CSR Minute headlines for Friday, July 23rd:
Globe Telecom was a winner at the Second Global Corporate Social Responsibility Awards held in Singapore. Globe won a Gold award in the Best Work Place Practices category for its disaster response initiative to provide aid in the aftermath of several typhoons last year. The… Continue

Added by David Martel on July 23, 2010 at 2:57pm — No Comments

David Martel Fighting Hunger in our own Hometowns

This is a cross-post from 3BL Media.

Fighting Hunger in our own Hometowns
My recent award as one of Sodexo Foundation’s Heroes of Everyday Life resulted in a trip to Capitol Hill where I had the honor of meeting Se

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Added by David Martel on July 23, 2010 at 2:18pm — No Comments

Christine Egger Social Actions Transition: Request for Letters of Interest

A short six weeks ago, Peter Deitz shared our intention to find a well-resourced and mission-aligned organization, or group of organizations, to assume ownership of Social Actions' programs. Since then, we've recei… Continue

Added by Christine Egger on July 22, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

David Martel CSRminute: IceStone Picks Georgetown Design Group as Winner of Design Photo Contest; Global Partnerships Rewards Investors in Microfinance fund 2005

This is a cross post from 3BL Media.

Hello, I’m Gretchen Siegchrist, and these are your CSR Minute headlines for Thursday, July 22nd:
Ice Stone has announced the winner of its annual design photograph competition. Maria Madani of the Georgetown Design Group was awarded first place for the photo of her design for the reading room of… Continue

Added by David Martel on July 22, 2010 at 12:20pm — No Comments

David Martel CSRminute: Delhaize Starts Sustainable Seafood Program for Its Supermarket Brands; World Bank and Small Industries Development Bank

This is a cross post from 3BL Media.

Hello, I’m Gretchen Siegchrist, and these are your CSR Minute headlines for Wednesday, July 21st:
Delhaize America, parent company of several supermarket chains including Hannaford, Sweetbay, and Food Lion, has announced that its brands will operate under a new sustainable seafood sourcing progr… Continue

Added by David Martel on July 21, 2010 at 2:31pm — No Comments

Cierra Cass You are invited to the 2010 GSBI Business Plan Presentations at Santa Clara University


Please join Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society for business plan presentations by the 2010 Global Social Benefit Incubator entrepreneurs from around the world.


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Added by Cierra Cass on July 21, 2010 at 2:20pm — No Comments

David Martel Serving the Greater Good: Haiti


World Centric Events


Six months after the devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the plight of the island nation is no longer
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Added by David Martel on July 21, 2010 at 1:43pm — No Comments

David Martel Sustainability: Putting the Zoom in Performance

This is a cross post from 3BL Media.

Taiga Company Blog
The rejuvenating business environment is beginning to motivate companies to answer the business sustainability call to action and revisit some of the basic survival tactics of the past few years. We find organizations are

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Added by David Martel on July 20, 2010 at 12:47pm — No Comments

David Martel This is a cross-post from 3BL Media. (3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) July 19, 2010 - Companies give to commun…

This is a cross-post from 3BL Media.

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) July 19, 2010 - Companies give to community in four ways: cash, in-kind, time volunteered during working hours and program management costs. The cash portion of investment is consistently the most significant portion of investment. In the 2009, cash averaged 77% of an LBG Canada company’s portfolio. The brea

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Added by David Martel on July 20, 2010 at 12:41pm — No Comments

David Martel CSRminute: Lenovo Signs Up as Charter Company of Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index; American Medical Response Wins "Stevie" Award from International Business Awards

This is a cross-post from 3BL Media.

Hello, I’m Gretchen Siegchrist, and these are your CSR Minute headlines for Tuesday, July 20th:
Lenovo has been chosen as one of 30 charter companies to be a charter stock of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series, the first index of its kind to focus exclusively on Hong Kong and ma… Continue

Added by David Martel on July 20, 2010 at 12:38pm — No Comments

David Martel CSRminute: Lenovo Signs Up as Charter Company of Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index; American Medical Response Wins "Stevie" Award from International Business Awards

This is a cross-post from 3BL Media.

Hello, I’m Gretchen Siegchrist, and these are your CSR Minute headlines for Tuesday, July 20th:
Lenovo has been chosen as one of 30 charter companies to be a charter stock of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series, the first index of its kind to focus exclusively on Hong Kong and ma… Continue

Added by David Martel on July 20, 2010 at 12:38pm — No Comments

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