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Unlocking Corporate Social Responsibility: 10 Impactful Ways to Give Back as a Business Owner

Strategy Driven

Community awards examples include Business of the Year Award, Excellence in Leadership and Service Award, Small Business of the Year Award, New Business of the Year Award, and Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Every organization has a supply chain that affects multiple stakeholders. Help create awareness in the locals.

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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra

QAspire

Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2 They have built their own standard for supply chain right from procuring raw material to delivery of these meals in schools across. First, some background information. million children across India on all school days. 600 (or ~$13). Truly remarkable!

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Lessons from Amazonian Culture and Ecology for Talent Management

Mills Scofield

We’ve built our entire supply chain from the ground up and are the first to introduce guayusa to international markets. Fausto helped us grow from nothing into a team of 15 people and about 500 farmers, at which point Fausto’s leadership started to falter.

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To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

Harvard Business Review

McManus’s reframing of leadership — the leader as the sidekick, the intern as the superhero — embodies three powerful principles that enable innovation and discovery. Dara Dotz is removing obstacles to rapid recovery in humanitarian disasters with her NGO, Field Ready. Be the beginner.

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10 Sustainable Business Stories Too Important to Miss

Harvard Business Review

Swedish retailer H&M recently said it would pay a “living wage” to 850,000 workers in its supply chain by 2018 – a somewhat vague, but important announcement. Walmart is phasing out 10 toxic chemicals in the products on its shelves, and HP set a carbon reduction goal of 20% for its supply chain.