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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

My friends were all doing sexier things like technology, communications, or financial services.” Yet at one point, we had a very big business because we had all these products specialists and regional people wanting to work on our deals.” We were by far the first environmental NGO to move. Then we grew.

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5 Lessons from an Office on the Edge

Mills Scofield

For the last three years, I have satiated this string of my DNA with an unconventional job – as Executive Director of a small NGO addressing maternal and child survival in slums of Mali, West Africa, where health outcomes are among the lowest in the world. Motivation. He divides his time between the US and Bamako, Mali.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The article shows how the Dutch firm AkzoNobel is growing in China, particularly through products that help customers reduce environmental footprint in the shipping and building sectors. The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. In the U.S.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

I visited Beijing last week, speaking to a group of corporate executives assembled by a major NGO to work on climate change issues. Of these 5 articles, some were self-explanatory: " Nation spurs development of new, green technologies ". " Besides the meeting itself, I was struck by the considerable focus on green issues in China.

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Global NGOs Spend More on Accounting Than Multinationals

Harvard Business Review

This hardly seems right given that multinationals are thought to be awash in money and NGOs have the image of cash-strapped, waste averse organizations — which they are. The absence of efficient financial management systems reflects comparatively low spending on information technology. billion NGO with operations in 97 countries.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories Too Important to Miss

Harvard Business Review

Started by the NGO Ceres, as part of its Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP) initiative, the Climate Declaration is a broad statement of intent that acting on climate will be good for our economy and society. Executives at Unilever credit their ranking to the company’s known leadership on sustainability.