CSR Blogs

If only sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) were simple and easy to execute. On the contrary, their very complexity is shifting and shaping the current and global professional landscape. And with these changes come a host of new questions, a bevy of new challenges, countless creative successes, and even more demoralizing failures as businesses, nonprofits, governments, and individuals attempt to embrace sustainability and CSR on both the professional and personal levels.

In this everchanging space, Justmeans Staff writers use their knowledge and expertise to bring you the leading stories and facts to help readers stay current on all these issues. As the business world continues to grapple with sustainability and CSR, Justmeans will continue to write about it.

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Innovation & Technology

Luxury Brand Kering and the Centre for Sustainable Fashion Give Out the First Kering Awards for Sustainable Fashion
Luxury fashion house Kering and the Centre For Sustainable Fashion (CSF) have announced the very first Kering Awards for Sustainable Fashion to Neliana Fuenmayor for Stella McCartney and Ingrid Rautemberg for Alexander McQueen.

Energy

Law Firms Going Green to Support Resource-Efficiency
The EPA defines “green building” as the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from site design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.

Innovation & Technology

Greg Valerio, Jeweler and Fairtrade Campaigner Awarded MBE
Greg Valerio, jeweler and Fairtrade campaigner, was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) in this year’s Queen’s New Years’ Honour list for his work in Fairtrade Gold, particularly with gold mining communities in South America and Africa.

Innovation & Technology

Former Senator Creates Enterprise to Support Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainopreneurship, a term that blends sustainability and entrepreneurship, refers to the creation of a business that aims to solve problems related to environmental and social sustainability.

Innovation & Technology

National CSR Awards to Spotlight U.K. Sustainable Businesses
Interview with Karen Sutton, CEO, National CSR Awards

With previous sponsors and supporters like Mercedes-Benz, Natwest and Carillion, the 2016 National CSR Awards will celebrate business excellence and innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility on May 12, 2016 at The Crystal in London.

Environment

Luxury Fashion Industry Focuses on Environmental Protection
Environmental consciousness in the luxury sector has arisen slowly. For years, leading luxury fashion brands performed little in terms of investing in actual sustainable measures.

Energy

Algae Fuel Producers Look Beyond Fuel to Stay Afloat
Just about every start up has to face the dreaded “Valley of Death,” the time that comes after they have demonstrated their idea and before they are producing it at significant scale and generating revenue.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Sustainable Fish Creates Business Opportunity for Seafood Restaurants
According to the National Fisheries Institute, shrimp, salmon and canned tuna alone make up 60 percent of the seafood Americans eat.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Women’s Financial Inclusion is Key to Promoting Equality
We live in a world where women, especially in developing countries, face formidable obstacles to achieve financial independence.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Investors Integrate Sustainability into Financial Decision-Making
According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), a sustainability revolution in the global financial industry is quietly gathering pace.

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