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“FRESH is the first urban marine fish farm of industrial size. This means that it is possible to produce marine fish without access to the sea,” said Peter Zeller, CEO of FRESH Corporation AG, summarizing the innovation. His company is based in Völklingen, a small town within the federal state of Saarland, Germany.
The Hightstown Housing Authority gave us an insight on how they have created a flourishing environment for their residents. While providing the best quality of life to low income families, responsible consumptions and productions and the well being of other life around them have created a conscious and proactive community.
Collect and manage the company's agronomic information (raw material consumption) to support the management and operational decisions of the crops in a fast and timely manner, seeking to reduce raw material costs through timely decision making. For information and traceability of an agronomic management system (SIGESA).
This story tells how principles of corporate social responsibility are translated into the activities of Hays Specialist Recruitment. For over 50 years, this company has been operating in the global market of recruitment, and it has been active in Russia since 2009. The company not only takes a leadership position in the recruitment market, but also makes a great emphasis on integrating CSR into its business processes. The destinies of people, clients, and candidates for Hays are not just business but also responsibility. The company’s innovative approach to CSR brings together the need to provide a high level of service with the needs of the people it serves.
1. Combination of reducing CO2 emissions and offering sustainable living and housing.
2. Promoting the idea of energy-efficient house-building operations and sustainable living for human beings.
3. The re-estimated housing market and the redefined supply chain for housing companies lead to new connections between economic efficiency, technical improvement, and social development.
Having been aware that "everyone everywhere cannot get a good education but one can still do what one is good at" was an ethos which Mr. Mahadeo Havaji Bachche nurtured. Touched by pain and fired with the spirit to lend a hand to uplift poverty and illiteracy, which were the main tribulations, inspired him to think of this innovative business and the seed of “The Dabbawala Association” was planted.
This seed has now grown into a huge Oak Tree, spreading its branches over the ever growing metropolitan city, lifting many from the clutches of poverty & pangs of hunger.
They did not seek sophisticated means of transportation or advanced technologies, but they converted the existing local means of transport and human capital as a successful combination to start, run, expand & diversify their business.
Inclúyeme.com is a website with scope throughout Latin America, aiming at persons with mobile, sensory, visceral and visual disabilities. The goal is to insert them as a workforce due to their capacities and contributions in the actual economy, generating social value and promoting a cultural shift in the way most companies operate nowadays.
“We want to help the thousands of disabled persons who want to have a job. We believe in people´s talents and their abilities to join, boost and increase the success of our clients”.
This endeavor considers every aspect related to avoiding discrimination and seizing common benefit by offering equality in work opportunities; a simple act that dignifies both society and business.
The objective of this site is summarized with the following phrase:
“We work with companies compromised with talent development that understand that in able to be successful, it's important to recruit and retain the best profiles, valuating the diversity of their employees”.
El Savory Network
It is a global network that seeks to reverse
desertification and combat climate change.
It specializes in Holistic Management, a livestock production technique that allows to double the profitability of a farm and recover the ecosystem from the regeneration of pastures.
Integrated in a network and with a collaborative vocation, Ovis 21 has a team of professionals with a comprehensive vision that seeks to increase the economic, ecological, social and human sustainability of its clients.
As the name suggests, Urbane Indonesia focuses their business on urban area development. Their product includes masterplan, urban design, architecture, and interior design. Every project that they handled has its own distinctive innovation due to different need and condition of the project. The innovations are aimed to create efficient space both during the construction and once the building is used. Many approaches are combined to achieve the innovations, including material, green design, and functionality.
The first main innovation consists in reducing carbon emissions within the industrial process, and re-using them in the same process. The second main innovation consists of reducing water waste.
Rowe Farms’ primary innovation is view that they take on farming in addition to how they generate their produce specifically their meat products. Having created the business in 1972, sustainability was always a priority in the eyes of John Rowe in addition to understanding the ingredients that went into the food he was eating. Through producing meat products and considering all aspects ranging from animal welfare, to using no GMOs and the impact that his farming would have on the environment, it is evident that John’s business model extended beyond the product in this case meat and extended to having a concern for the society at large. During this time, a sustainable transparent approach to farming was a relatively new concept within the farming industry, and an innovation that has served the company well in it’s 46 years of operations.
This cafe only sells Fair Trade products to their customers and ensures environmental sustainability through brewing good-tasting coffee and through carbon restoration agriculture. Planet Bean respects the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Fair Trade, which supports initiatives such as better working conditions and wages for farmers. The Fair Trade movement also works toward no poverty by facilitating income for households, which enables the co-op workers access to clean water facilities.
This innovation is a cellular telephone application, called Cupanion Rewards. It is currently distributed through educational institutions to reward students each time they refill a reusable cup instead of buying a disposable cup. The new version of the application ties in with Cupanion's pre-existing Fill It Forward program which means that to recognize the use of reusable drinkware, each time the application is used a cup of water will be given to a person in need.
The Truth Beauty Company is aiming to revolutionize beauty products and their production. The products are strictly made with non-toxic ingredients and are packaged in a biodegradable and recycled material. The Truth Beauty Company is determined to solve personal issues such as skin complexity, drug sensitivity, and desire for a healthier lifestyle. Meanwhile aiming to produce larger social solutions such as the elimination of toxic chemicals in our environment, increase of job opportunities, and building healthier habits overall.
Through the use of reusable bottles, sustainable production and local partnerships Refresh Juice co. helps solve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 12. By offering fresh juices, smoothies and cleanses they are promoting a healthy living amongst customers. This effort contributes to the UN goal 3.
Over the years Staples has implemented many different innovations that allow them to not only help the community, but also generate profit for the company. This includes the back to school drive, Recycling of used products, as well as events put on for the Special Olympics. Although all of these are beneficial for staples and the community, the most impactful of the three is the Recycling program they have in place for used products.
Grosche is a social enterprise that improves current initiatives but also explores new ones – some of which include safe water, renewable energy, community volunteering, and living wages. Every product Grosche sells, from a cup of coffee to houseware, provides 50+ days of safe water for disadvantaged communities (Grosche International, 2017). Grosche contributes to the following UN Sustainability Goals: No Poverty, Good Health and Well-being, Clean Water and Sanitation, Clean Energy, Economic Growth, Reduced Inequalities, Responsible Consumption and Production, and Partnerships for the Goals.
Flow’s business culture is based on empowering local women, reducing inequalities, engaging in the community, and having a positive impact on global poverty and hunger. Since 2015 Flow has been recognized as a certified B Corp. from its initiatives and impact the company has had on its employees, community, and abroad.
The overall solution for the Lucky Iron Fish is to combat a global health issue involving Iron deficiency. This purpose behind this company helps to solve goals 3, 8, 9 and 17 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This is done by promoting healthier living, sustainable economic growth, resilient infrastructure and strengthening global partnerships with developing countries through the distribution of the Lucky Iron Fish.