'Social business' harnesses corporate brains to help poor
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... to social business. He said his company hoped to set up partnerships with such companies.
German sportswear manufacturer Adidas and French water service company Veolia Water International are among big ...
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Uniqlo teams up with Yunus
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... as saying.
Yunus is backed by corporations such as food giant Danone, global water group Veolia, sportswear company Adidas and software company SAP.
Fast Retailing will be the first Asian corporation ...
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Yunus happy over responses to social business model
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... of French-based dairy giant Danone and Germany-based chemical giant BASF in social business have had a great influence on the model, Yunus said.
Companies like Adidas, Otto, Veolia and Intel have also ...
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Social business: A solution to ills
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In this book, Yunus shows how social business has evolved from being a theory to an inspiring practice, adopted by leading companies including BASF, Intel, Danone, Veolia and Adidas.
He demonstrates ...
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Off The Shelf: Microcredit? To Him, It’s Only a Start
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... is that the author now declares that social business is no longer a dream. Three years later, Grameen has created social business ventures with corporations including Intel, Adidas,BASF and Danone, maker ...
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Wondrous vision of capitalism with a conscience
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... Grameen-Adidas sells shoes for $1 as a way of preventing all manner of foot disease in Bangladesh. Grameen-Veolia sells affordable drinking water, and BSF-Grameen sells cheap impregnated mosquito nets ...
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'Everyone Should Have the Right to Credit'
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... spread the idea. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Adidas has recently announced that it will also be getting involved in a social business. Did you go to Adidas or did the company ask you for advice? Yunus: The people ...
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Der Globalisierte Dorfbankier
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... Venture mit der Grameen-Bank bekanntgegeben, um eine Art „Soziale Textilfabrik“ ins Leben zu rufen. Adidas hat eine Absichtserklärung unterschrieben, in einem Pilotprojekt Turnschuhe herzustellen, die ...
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Adidas to make €1 trainers
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... The move marks a change of heart for the company, which has been associated with big money sponsorship deals and luxury brand prices. Adidas pays former England football captain David Beckham ...
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Munich Speech
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... social business – to ensure that you have nutrition and can protect yourself from mosquito-borne diseases. Then we approached another company – Adidas – with a proposal, which they were very happy to ...
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Meltdown Not the Only Crisis in the World
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... INTC, Groups Dabibe (yogurt to help fight malnutrition for children) and we are talking to Volkswagen, Adidas and Alliance on new projects. ...
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A Fix For The Economic Crisis
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... (other-otc: BASFY - news - people ) (anti-malarial mosquito nets). The bank is in talks with Volkswagen (other-otc: VLKAY - news - people ), Adidas (other-otc: ADDYY - news - people ) and Allianz (nyse: ...
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