by Carol Sanford | Nov 8, 2010 | Business Development
The Institute of Economic Affairs took a hard look at Fair Trade Practice and found it wanting in its Fair Trade without Froth Report. Its critique looked at whether it is different than Free Trade. It is not. It is a philosophy of Free Trade. It creates an...
by Carol Sanford | Sep 12, 2010 | Business Development
I reviewed Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples, by Mark Dowie. This book is about the surprising upside-down effect of the conservation movement, especially in establishing the National Park Service. Without...
by Carol Sanford | Aug 2, 2010 | Business Development
Collins/Woermann is a developer in Seattle WA, who like others was extraordinarily affected by stagnation in the housing, office and industrial building sectors leaving them hit hard by the recession. But they did something different that gives a new pattern for...
by Carol Sanford | Jul 28, 2010 | Business Development
For a company to go Beyond Corporate Responsibility as currently conceived, it takes a human and economic interest in the vitality and viabilities of the communities from which they source materials and affect labor. The key to such human interest is the connecting of...
by Carol Sanford | Jul 26, 2010 | Business Development
Co-creators are any player in any part of the value-adding chain contribute to creating of products and services. To avoid conflicting minerals and other such problems, responsibility must go beyond the usually supply chain certification. This week’s blog focus is...