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Biofuels: ethics and policy

Biofuels: ethics and policy

By Making It on 8 August, 2011

Biofuels address three key global challenges: maintenance of energy security, economic development, and mitigation of climate change

Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged 2020, agribusiness, Alena Buyx, biodiversity, biofuels, challenge, climate change, development, efficiency, environment, ethical issues, ethics, European, European Union, food security, globalization, greenhouse gas emissions, human rights, indigenous, Industrial Development Organization, intellectural property rights, issue 6, justice, labour rights, law, Making It, Malaysia, moral values, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, palm oil plantation, policy, policymakers, prices, production, regional, Renewable Energy Directive, report, rights, solidarity, standards, stewardship, sustainability, target, target-based strategy, technology, trade, transport, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, workers

Farming for the future

Farming for the future

By Making It on 11 July, 2011

Biodynamic agriculture is not only the way to address major challenges such as climate change and food security, but is also the only way to achieve long-term competitiveness

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, biodynamic, capacity, chemical fertilizers, climate change, competitiveness, compost, cost, crop failure, desertification, developing countries, eco-intensification, ecosystems, Egypt, employment, energy, enhance, environment, farming systems, food prices, food security, foodstuffs, fresh water sources, Global, globalization, health, healthcare systems, Helmy Abouleish, holistic, Industrial Development, innovation, intensive, International, issue 6, jobs, labour, livestock, living, machinery, Making It, national, Olliver de Schutter, organic, pesticides, pollution, production, rural, SEKEM, social, soil erosion, supermarkets, surplus, sustainability, sustainable, technology, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, urban, world, yields

Garment assembly? No sweat!

Garment assembly? No sweat!

By Making It on 31 March, 2011

A garment assembly factory in the Dominican Republic is acting as a model for what can happen when wages are “living” and union organizing is allowed

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged ADOZONA, agriculture, Alta Gracia, Canadá, Caribbean, China, collapse, customs, dependence, domestic cargo, domestic factors, Dominican Free Zone Assocation, Dominican Republic, economic growth, electricity costs, employment, European Union, Far East, foreign companies, Free Trade Zones, FTZs, garment assembly, government, jobs, José Torres, Joseph Bozich, Knights, La Asociación Dominicana de Zonas Francas, labour rights, laws, low wages, Making It, management, manufacturing, maritime transport, medical leave, MFA, Multi-Fibre Arrangement, production, success, sustainability, tax concessions, textile, tourism, United Students Against Sweatshops, university, US, Workers Rights Consortium, WRC

Coming undone: The Dominican Republic’s garment assembly sector

Coming undone: The Dominican Republic’s garment assembly sector

By Making It on 30 March, 2011

How garment assembly production drove impressive economic growth rate, but today is experiencing dramatic decline

Posted in Extra! | Tagged 1980s, ADOZONA, agriculture, bleak, Canadá, Caribbean, Charles Arthur, China, collapse, customs, dependence, domestic cargo, domestic factors, Dominican Free Zone Assocation, Dominican Republic, economic growth, Economist Intelligence Unit, eiu, electricity costs, employment, European Union, Far East, foreign companies, Free Trade Zones, FTZs, garment assembly, Gildan Activewear, Gildan Dortex, government, jobs, José Torres, journalist, La Asociación Dominicana de Zonas Francas, labour rights, laws, low wages, Making It, manufacturing, maritime transport, medical leave, MFA, mining, Multi-Fibre Arrangement, production, success, sugar, sustainability, tax concessions, textile, tourism, US, Workers Rights Consortium, WRC

The poverty footprint

The poverty footprint

By Making It on 28 March, 2011

Mary Arnesen, Business and Markets Project Manager at Oxfam GB, introduces a new way to help companies understand how their business affects the people where they operate

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged advocacy, agenda, alleviation, assess, awareness, business, business relations, civil society, climate change, community, company, consumers, countries, credit, crime, culture, developing countries, disaster risk reduction, distribution, éducation, empowerment, environment, equality, footprint, framework, gender, Gerry Boyle, health care, idea, identity, India, Indonesia, Industrial Development Organization, institution, issue 5, jobs, Kyle Cahill, livelihood, macro-economic, Making It, manufacturing, market, Mary Arnesen, media, methodologies, metrics, morals, multi-dimensional, natural disasters, outsourcing, Oxfam America, Oxfam GB, policies, poor people, poverty, Poverty Footprint, power, production, qualitative, quantitative, reduction, report, research, rights, rules, security, social impact, stability, stakeholder, strategy, trade, transparency, UNIDO, Unilever, United Nations, value chain, values, violence

Making private standards work for you

Making private standards work for you

By Making It on 27 March, 2011

For business values, norms, ethics, private standards are one way of promoting social development and environmental sustainability

Posted in Policy Brief | Tagged business, civil society, competitive advantage, consumption, developing countries, ecologic, efficiency, environment, export, Global, globalization, governance, guideline, human rights, Industrial Development Organization, International, issue 5, liberalization, market, Müge Dolun Bora, national, policy, practices, private standards, production, regional, report, responsibility, safety, social, study, sustainability, technical regulation, trade, UNIDO, United Nations, workers' rights

The challenges faced by small island states

The challenges faced by small island states

By Making It on 23 March, 2011

An interview with Satish Chand on island states, rising sea levels, and economic dynamics created by their small size and isolation

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged 2011, Africa, aid, airport, Asian Development Bank, biodiversity, Caribbean, coconut, coral, culture, customs, economic vulnerability, éducation, employment, environment, ethnic group, export, fertility, Fiji, fishing, freshwater, Gambia, GDP, global warming, Guadacanal, health, Indian Ocean, infrastructure, instability, land, landlocked, language, ldc, least developed countries, Line Islands, low-lying islands, Malaita, management, marine ecosystems, marine resource development, Marshall Islands, migration, mobility, Nepal, ocean, pacific, Pacific Island states, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, production, Satish Chand, sea, sea levels, seaweed, Solomon Islands, temperature, territory, tourism, unesco, vulnerable, water, World Bank

The challenge on our doorstep: A business view of development

The challenge on our doorstep: A business view of development

By Making It on 23 November, 2010

The WBCSD sees a flourishing partnership for economic growth and environmental well-being

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged aid, commerce, corruption, developing countries, distribution, economic growth, environmental well-being, Filippo Veglio, globalization, government, income, jobs, Making It magazine, Marcel Engel, marketing, markets, policy, population, poverty, poverty reduction, private sector, production, prosperity, public sector, SMEs, telecommunications, trade, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, WBCSD, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Kiribati: Small country, big sacrifice

Kiribati: Small country, big sacrifice

By Making It on 12 November, 2010

Country feature on Kiribati with an interview with His Excellency Anote Tong, President of Kiribati

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2010, aid, Anote Tong, Aranteiti Tekiau, Asian Development Bank, biodiversity, coconut, coral, economic vulnerability, export, fishing, GDP, Gilbert Islands, global warming, health, instability, issue 4, Kiribati, ldc, least developed countries, Line Islands, management, marine ecosystems, marine resource development, ministry of fisheries, ocean, pacific, Pheonix Islands, PIPA, President of Kiribati, production, Ribwanataake Awira, sea, sea levels, seaweed, Tarawa, temperature, territory, tourism, UN general assembly, unesco, World Bank

From steam engines to human consciousness

From steam engines to human consciousness

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.

Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged abundance, agrarian economy, Alfredi Sfeir-Younis, antibiotics, business, challenges, chile, Cho Tab Khen Zambuling, competition, consumers, corporate social responsibility, corporations, CSR, developing countries, development, earth, empowerment, entrepreneurship, Europe, exclusion, external environment, finance, ford, freedom, GNP, happiness, history, human, human rights, impacts, independence, industrial, industrialization, interaction, intercommunication, interconnected, Issue 3, justice, labour, life, love, machines, management, managers, opportunities, owners, peace, people, Princeton University, processes, production, productivity, profits, quality of life, security, self-realization, social, solidarity, stockholders, sustainability, technology, trade, traders, UNIDO, United Nations, urban, values, wealth, workers, world, World Bank, Zambuling Institute for Human Transformation

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