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We are all bombarded with information about our “footprint” and how big and bad it is. But what exactly are we supposed to be doing with this information in China, a country where “green” can be few and far between?
Two groups, Shanghai Roots & Shoots and SCMC, a Coca-Cola vendor, are [...]
Christopher C. Pinney, director of executive education for the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, recently wrote about his CSR-focused trip to China, in “Why China Will Define the Future Corporate Citizenship.” He argues that China needs to continue to embrace corporate social responsibility to solve some of the biggest problems facing the country and [...]
“China’s First SRI To Be Issued“
China CSR
March 24, 2008
Industrial Fund Management has been approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission to begin the first socially responsible investment product in China.
It will be issued through eight Chinese banks and other securities companies on March 28. The most prominent feature of the SRI is that it will [...]
This post is part of an occasional series of interviews with those working on development and sustainability issues in China, particularly southwestern Sichuan province.
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Contributing blogger Mark Hiew brings you an interview with Meg Young from Ecologia, an example of social entrepreneurship through rabbit farming in Sichuan. Here, Young explains some of her successes and development [...]
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The World Security Institute’s Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting recently funded a news series about China factory conditions, titled, “American Imports, Chinese Deaths,” for the Salt Lake Tribune.
Veteran reporter Loretta Tofani’s most recent investigative project took her to China, where over a 12-month period she visited more than 25 factories and [...]