Nestle Embeds Sustainability into Strategy through CSV – Creating Shared Value 193.0

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 [...]

Embedding Sustainability into New Enterprises 184.0

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) [...]

Embedding Sustainability into Corporate Strategy 159.0

I have two tales from the grapevine. What used to be at the fringe seems to be moving to the mainstream. Regular corporations may slowly be morphing to social enterprise because it is beginning to make business sense. The First Tale. A new concept is being tried out by some multinationals to replace CSR or [...]