Posted by admin on March 30, 2010 · 1 Comment
Michael Porter and Mark Kramer devised an anchor concept for social innovation. The buzz I heard in January that Nestle had moved on to Creating Shared Value or CSV from corporate social responsibility (CSR) was correct but I did not get the right definition then. Ms. Susan Steinhagen of the CSV team in Nestle, in [...]
Posted by admin on March 10, 2010 · 6 Comments
New Zeitgest, tools and metrics are making CSV for enterprise the new norm Businesses are starting to embed sustainability into their strategy rather than just do it as a separate project under corporate social responsibility (CSR). They are starting to do this because it is beginning to make business sense. The Sagip Pasig Movement (SPM) [...]
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Posted by admin on January 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Sec. Ace Durano makes the country a birdwatching destination As part of a diversification strategy, creativity goes a long way to promote growth for the Philippines in a way that is hard for other countries to compete. Imagine birdwatching! For eco-tourism and just recently to support his diversification strategy, Sec Ace Durano also promoted the [...]
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Posted by admin on December 31, 2009 · 1 Comment
With technical innovation, North Luzon has great potential Seeing the wind farm at Bangui, Ilocos Norte, I imagined twenty, one-legged Martian machines marching as in HG Wells “The War of the Worlds.” The wind turbines are benign, though, providing 33MW of power, a fourth of Ilocos Norte’s needs. Going around and talking to people, I [...]
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Posted by admin on November 28, 2009 · 3 Comments
Robert Siy found lessons from a resilient Philippine model I think I have a gem in Robert Siy’s book, published in 1982 and out-of-print. This post is more a story of the sleuthing for nuggets of wisdom than of the gems themselves. I picked my second-hand copy up yesterday from Johnny Air Cargo at the [...]
Posted by admin on October 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
BYD goes from rechargeable batteries to electric cars BYD Auto is the prime example of successful innovation and entrepreneurship from the application of ‘adjacency’ strategy. BYD expects to become the largest car company in the world within five years – and with electric cars, at that. It will end up to be the most innovative, [...]
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Posted by admin on August 8, 2009 · 1 Comment
SALT or Sloping Agricultural Land Technology is an innovation in agro-forestry developed in the 70’s to help stop erosion and rejuvenate our deforested slopes. The benefits to the country of its successful diffusion in terms of agricultural productivity and alleviating climate change effects are monumental. STI learning on agro-forestry for erosion prevention is ready to [...]
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Posted by admin on May 1, 2009 · 2 Comments
While seemingly cataclysmic, the three expected causes of rice yield loss also present opportunities. On causes of yield loss, … (Start of Part 2 of 2) Firstly, the temperature increase of 4.8% will result into heat stress on rice thus directly reducing yield. Please imagine summer temperatures in Manila at 39C. That is the temperature, [...]
Posted by admin on April 30, 2009 · 1 Comment
If we do not do anything about climate change now, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) projects that Philippine rice yield potential will drop 75% when the world temperature rises by 4.8C in 2100. This projection is the worst-case scenario. The ADB report , Economics of Southeast Asia Climate Change (Please click image to download copy.) [...]
Posted by admin on March 26, 2009 · 1 Comment
Afforestation and curbing deforestation, one of Stern’s (Post #24) four-part framework to ease climate change, seems a great opportunity for the Philippines. Yet, it is an incredible challenge if not an impossible dream. Part II of II. For the Philippines, carbon emissions trading could lighten the task of replanting trees. It may not provide enough [...]
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Posted by admin on March 25, 2009 · 1 Comment
Part I of II. Afforestation and curbing deforestation, one of Stern’s (See Post #24) four-part framework to ease climate change, seems a great opportunity for the Philippines. Yet, it is an incredible challenge if not an impossible dream. I left PICOP, Bislig in May 1982 soon after a study was completed showing the difficulty of [...]
Posted by admin on March 23, 2009 · 1 Comment
On November 20, 2003, the Philippines ratified the Kyoto protocol. The Protocol is a legally binding agreement among the country signatories. It seeks to keep greenhouse gases in the atmosphere below the level where the climate systems becomes harmful to humans.”
