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By Making It on 8 September, 2011
Prigi Arisandi explains how a local movement is stopping industrial pollution from flowing into a river that provides drinking water for three million people in and around the Indonesian city of Surabaya.
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By Making It on 22 March, 2011
SABMiller’s Andy Wales argues that many companies now view corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, and environmental compliance as increasingly important to business strategy
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By Making It on 22 September, 2010
Industrialization will continue to be the most important avenue of future development, but Alfredo Sfeir-Younis says it needs to be about people.
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By Making It on 7 December, 2009
The emergence of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) over the past decade quickly gave rise to the expectation that private business would tackle some of the world’s most pressing economic, social and environmental problems.
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