Citystates

How cities are vital to the future of sustainability

13 Mar 2012 – Report

As models of characteristics such as connectivity, adaptability and decisiveness cities offer a compelling frame through which to understand and drive sustainability.

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Appetite for Change

Reinventing the Global Food System

23 Jun 2011 – Report

Today's global food system is inherently unsustainable, and must be completely transformed. Appetite for Change was conceived to identify what change is needed, and the role the corporate sector must play in making it happen.

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Urbanization and Megacities in Emerging Economies

Findings from The Sustainability Survey

10 Feb 2011 – Report

GlobeScan and SustainAbility surveyed sustainability experts and practitioners to explore how the rise in urbanization and the growth of megacities, particularly in emerging economies, will impact the corporate sustainability agenda.

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Finance, Politics, Climate: Three Crises in One (openDemocracy)

17 Oct 2008 – Article

The breakdown of the global financial system highlights the need for a change in ways of thinking as well as strategic direction, say John Elkington & Mark Lee.

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Issue Brief: China

New landscapes

18 Dec 2007 – Article

China is a populous country of diverse cultures and regions undergoing monumental change. The pace of change is so rapid that tensions and instability are inevitable. For each of modern China’s many achievements, there are complex trade-offs.

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Country Study: China

New Landscapes

27 Nov 2007 – Report

As levels of trade and foreign direct investment soar, China is also confronted by polarising inequalities of wealth and opportunity, a schism between rural and urban development, and environmental degradation of national and global significance.

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Time to Bop in Brazil and India (Época Negócios)

26 Jun 2007 – Article

A new report from the World Resources Institute (WRI) explores the nature and scale of markets at the base of the pyramid (BOP)—and looks at how successful businesses are moving to meet their needs.

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Issue Brief: India

Ancient civilisation, largest democracy

24 Feb 2006 – Article

Whether companies consider India a source of well trained but affordable labour or look upon it as a market, one thing is clear – no company can afford to ignore it.

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Radar: The China Issue

What Does the Future Hold?

08 Feb 2006 – Radar Archive

How China’s growing role and influence on the world stage may have more to offer sustainable development than is commonly acknowledged.

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Issue Brief: Offshoring

Neither here nor there

15 Jun 2004 – Article

As a steady stream of companies announces new offshore ventures amid the anger and concerns of unions, employees, communities and consumers, the question is: can offshoring be compatible with corporate responsibility?

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Good Migrations?

BT, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Geography of Jobs

01 Feb 2004 – Report

This report commissioned by BT seeks to answer whether offshoring and corporate social responsibility can happily co-exist and whether its ethical for companies to send service positions to low-cost countries.

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Driving Sustainability

Can the Auto Sector Deliver Sustainable Mobility?

12 Sep 2001 – Report

An examination of four critical issues for the automotive industry, and how leading companies are defining - and responding to - the sustainable mobility agenda.

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