The Green in Karla Courtney
‘The Green in…‘ Is a series of interviews with people who are nurturing green ideas within their daily lives, without giving up their day jobs.
The Green in Itee Soni & FINCH
‘The Green in…‘ Is a series of interviews with people who are nurturing green ideas within their daily lives, without giving up their day jobs.
Work in Progress – Artecnica
There is nothing better after a week of red pollution suns and bureaucracy in Beijing to sit down with a beer and trawl through designs from startups like Artecnica.
Why I can start buying Cadbury’s again
Last week I was wandering the aisles of the local supermarket in Shanghai and came across a packet of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Fair Trade buttons. I followed up this discovery with some further research into Cadbury’s Fair Trade and CSR initiatives. What I found was impressive and here are three reasons why I am now a reformed Cadbury Dairy Milk customer: Read More…
Things are different here – CSR in China
Foreign companies implementing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in China often face an uphill battle. A quote from an individual working in the textiles industry in China highlights:
“One of the biggest problems with ethical manufacturing guidelines in China is that often people do their best to work around them, regardless of what company policy requires.”
So why does it seem so hard? Read More…
A Fair Trade kinda girl
The concept of Fair Trade (products that are grown/made/processed/bought ethically) has sky rocketed in the past 5 years. Oxfam, has capitalised on the concept through their Fair Trade stores and the number of brands selling Fair Trade coffee and chocolate has jumped dramatically. Read More…
