Companies need to keep an eye on their Millennial customers due to an upcoming event known as the Great Wealth Transfer, considered the greatest transfer of wealth in history. With Millennials having even more buying power in the coming years, CEOs should look into business practices that reflect their younger consumers' ideals, including socially responsible practices like "going green." A business blog writes about how business leaders could go...

Most companies invest heavily in CSR activities to strengthen trust among their stakeholders, and also to improve their corporate brands.

Analysis of the Tokyo Foundation’s Fourth CSR Survey

Companies worldwide struggle to measure and report how well they are “doing good” as they do well for their stakeholders.

It is hard to argue with Henry David Thoreau’s quote: “Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” However, many advocate against CSR practices regarding them as being a green-wash for malpractices, or pointless actions designed to deviate attention from cold selfless capitalist moves. It is true that some initial CSR campaigns were meaningless public relations activities rather than responses to true social and environmental concerns. ...

France Telecom-Orange is one of the largest telecommunication groups in the world, with more than 200 million customers globally. It provides mobile and internet services in around 33 countries around the world, mainly in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In many countries, the company is represented by the Orange brand, which is in the top 50 most powerful global brands.

Commitment to long-term sustainability is central to the strategy at Majid Al Futtaim Properties. They have long understood that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) principles drive growth in a way that is economically efficient, socially fair and environmentally sustainable.

Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) understood in Lebanon? Is it possible to identify a Lebanese institution or corporation which has fully adopted and integrated CSR from the employee level to the supply chain? Were changes applied in the workplace, environment, community, and the marketplace which make the four areas of CSR? If so, was it part of a long-term comprehensive strategy? Were efforts to promote CSR occasional and restricted to i...

Mr. Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact (UNGC), gives an exclusive interview to Responsible Business. He discusses the outcomes of Rio +20, the future of the UNGC, progress on sustainability in the Middle East and the challenges and opportunities for businesses seeking to join the UNGC and implement sustainability programs in this region.

Sustainability is continuously gaining momentum in the region and there is no doubt that when looking at the present state of sustainability and CSR in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stands out as one of the more active countries. The UAE has been trying to define CSR in its own context, and in many ways, the Emirates is ahead of other countries in the Arab world due to adopting a CSR approach that is regional, organized, and dr...