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The Big Trends Changing Community Development

Harvard Business Review

It’s a valid question, but disappointingly, almost no NGO can point to evidence of impact. By now, three generations and at least three million children have passed through such programs. Have they been effective? What began as charity-minded Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs have evolved into pursuits of “shared value.”

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The Changing Role of Global Leaders

Harvard Business Review

The company would double the size of its business, he said, by channeling its efforts toward achieving eight ambitious goals by 2020 — among them, doubling the proportion of Unilever's portfolio that meets the highest nutritional standards, and halving the water associated with the consumer use of its products.