The social impact hub was home to lot of great content in 2012. It was where we celebrated World Sharing Day, wrote about Ben & Jerry's becoming the first wholly owned subsidiary to gain B Corp certification, and explored how business might lead the battle in tackling the global sanitation crisis.
We discussed how some companies are moving beyond CSR, while others are contributing to human rights abuse. Here we share the top five most popular content from the social impact hub.
1. Vandana Shiva: corporate monopoly of seeds must end
Sustainability pioneer Vandana Shiva spoke to Jo Confino about campaigning against seed slavery, corporations and patents
2. The young social entrepreneurs who are changing the world
The sustainability challenges of our age demand that charity and business learn to work together more effectively
3. Ben & Jerry's: parent companies don't always know best
Jo Confino wrote about the ice cream company becoming the first wholly owned subsidiary to gain B Corp certification
4. More NGOs finding fruitful collaborations with the private sector
Tim Smedley wrote about Oxfam's work with Unilever to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers
5. NGOs partnering with business to accelerate shared value
In order to achieve their social missions, NGOs are increasingly thinking more strategically about partnering with businesses to create shared value
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