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Brian Kaitano, Maseno University alumnus and young voice on Kenyan society, tackles the issue of femicide and violence against women in Kenya

Victim-blaming isn’t the solution to the alarming rise in femicide cases in Kenya

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Brian Kaitano, Maseno University alumnus and young voice on Kenyan society, covers the issue of gender-based violence in the country. Can the rise in femicide in Kenya be explained? Can […]

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Digitizing Certification Schemes and Working with Smallholders. Ksapa’s Christèle Delbé, Director Supply Chain Solutions, and Hatim Issoufaly, Programs Director Agronomy and Development, explore the use of certification programs with smallholders. Green product certification, green supply chain, farming and certification, quality standards,

Digitizing Certification Schemes and Working with Smallholders

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Ksapa’s Christèle Delbé, Director Supply Chain Solutions, and Hatim Issoufaly, Programs Director Agronomy and Development, explore the use of certification programs with smallholders  Digitizing Certification Schemes and Working with Smallholders. First posted […]

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Home Without an Address. Are Third Culture Kids – children raised in a culture other than their parents’ or their own country of nationality – the unfortunate product of globalization or representative of the leaders of the future? Roché Smith Rabie at IE Insights explores the increasing phenomenon of global nomads.

Third Culture Kids: Home without an address

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Are Third Culture Kids – children raised in a culture other than their parents’ or their own country of nationality – the unfortunate product of globalization or representative of the […]

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ChatGPT: Revolutionizing communication or threatening human interaction? ChatGPT might conflict with the human values of fostering creativity and learning from experience, but the only way to harness it is for academia to be transparent with this breakthrough in technology and re-evaluate its curricula contends Ana Sofia Bello, ESSEC Business School GBBA student CSR competition finalist.

ChatGPT: Revolutionizing communication or threatening human interaction?

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ChatGPT might conflict with the human values of fostering creativity and learning from experience, but the only way to harness it is for academia to be transparent with this breakthrough […]

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How to reduce the environmental impact of sport? Not only does sports equipment contain polluting components and consume a lot of resources, it also generates vast amounts of waste with many products purchased only to be used too little or, conversely, damaged too quickly, and discarded prematurely. ESSEC Alumni Félix Banvillet, Sustainable Development Leader at Decathlon Australia, Bertrand Reygner, Technical Director at Ecologic France, and Boris Pivaudran, President at The Masherbrum Company present their solutions to the issue.

How to reduce the environmental impact of sport

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Not only does sports equipment contain polluting components and consume a lot of resources, it also generates vast amounts of waste with many products purchased only to be used too […]

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The Retail Crossroads: Stitching together regenerative business models for profit, sustainability, and social responsibility. Hauteclaire Lulin, MiM student at ESSEC Business School and finalist in the CoBS 2023 Student CSR Article Competition, takes a deep dive into the retail industry to provide a blueprint for a clean, green and more equal business model.

The Fashion and Retail Industry: Stitching together regenerative business models

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Hauteclaire Lulin, MiM student at ESSEC Business School and finalist in the CoBS 2023 Student CSR Article Competition, takes a deep dive into the retail industry to provide a blueprint […]

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Effective Human Rights Due Diligence: Using it to streamline compliance efforts. Human Rights is an important topic that is connected to the global environmental agenda. Anyone practicing in the sustainability and impact sector must have a clear understanding of the global issues of human rights. In this context, ESG & Sustainability consultants Ksapa organized a webinar on Using Effective Human Rights Due Diligence to Streamline Compliance Efforts. Moderated by Farid Baddache, Ksapa CEO, the event brought together Thomas Thomas, CEO, ASEAN CSR Network, and Eric Ekern, ex-Telenor Consultant working with Norwegian companies. This webinar is primarily for Chief Risk Officers, General Counsel, and Sustainability Leaders.

Effective Human Rights Due Diligence: Using it to streamline compliance efforts

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Human Rights is an important topic that is connected to the global environmental agenda. Anyone practicing in the sustainability and impact sector must have a clear understanding of the global […]

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What Would Galileo Galilei Say about Students Using ChatGPT? Carolina Tonon Cardoso, student Finalist at FGV-EAESP in the 2023 CoBS Student CSR Article Competition, explores the usefulness of ChatGPT for both students and academics.

What Would Galileo Galilei Say about Students Using ChatGPT?

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Carolina Tonon Cardoso, student Finalist at FGV-EAESP in the 2023 CoBS Student CSR Article Competition, explores the usefulness of ChatGPT for both students and academics. What Would Galileo Galilei Say […]

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Tomato shortage – a symptom of inflation? Grace Gollogley, BSc in Global Business student at Trinity Business School, plots the course of inflation in the wake of recent price hikes and contends that governments’ monetary and fiscal policies must be properly evaluated and modelled before implementation – if not, inflation will hit us at a still higher price.

Tomato shortage – a symptom of inflation?

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Grace Gollogley, BSc in Global Business student at Trinity Business School, plots the course of inflation in the wake of recent price hikes and contends that governments’ monetary and fiscal policies […]

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Global Voice magazine #27 on free download

Global Voice magazine #27: Cool down – the heat is on

October 19, 2023by The Council on Business & Society 1 Comment

Prof. Adrian Zicari steps back from the heat of the summer months to take a measured and hopeful look through Global Voice magazine #27.

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