Corporate Social Responsibility

Marc de Sousa-Shields is an international sustainable development and investment consultant. He co-founded and was first Executive Director of the Social Investment Organization of Canada. He has been an advisor to the United Nations and was a Member of the US Social Investment Forum International Committee. He wrote Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Emerging Markets for the World Bank-International Finance Corporation and led a USAID project on Transitions to Private Capital. He has written for Leading online corporate sustainability magazines including triple pundit and sustainable brands and is author of “the sustainable century... by design or disaster.” He also pens “The sustainable century.net blog”…  And hosts the sustainable century podcast. He is here today to talk about his book entitled “Invest Like You Give a Damn… Make Money, Change the World, Sleep Well At Night.”   Questions, Comments, Suggestions, Guest Inquiries? Get in touch... Email: dan@iouconcepts.com Twitter: @TheCSRpodcastB

On this weeks show I welcome my first repeat guest to The CSR Podcast... The Ethics Expert that is Dr Chris MacDonald...he is an educator, speaker, and consultant in the realm of business ethics. He teaches at the Ted Rogers School of Management, at Ryerson University in Toronto, where he is Director of the Jim Pattison Ethical Leadership Education & Research Program. Chris is here today to tell us all about his latest project, which is free to the public “The Concise Encyclopedia of Business Ethics” and what was the motivating force that inspired him to create it? Plus we discuss a couple articles from his highly regarded “Business Ethics Blog” like the nation-wide student walkout gun protest. Also his ongoing love/hate relationship with the definition of CSR continues. Contact The CSR Podcast: Email: dan@iouconcepts.com Twitter: @TheCSRpodcast Now booking guests for May. Get in touch if you are interested in sharing your CSR knowledge!

On this show.. Part Two of the Kate Williams interview. She is the CEO of 1% for the Planet, a global movement inspiring businesses and individuals to support environmental nonprofit solutions, through annual membership and everyday actions.   Would a company be better served to find a solution in the marketplace?  Do companies who are giving 1% to the planet use this program as a CSR replacement?  Take a few moments to explain to the listeners some of the different nonprofits you are assisting, and what environmental issues they are tackling.  Do 1% member companies give directly to environmental organizations that they want to support? Are there any long-term plans to change the 1% model? How do individuals become a member of 1% for the planet? How does 1% FTP measure it’s results and stay transparent to stakeholders? What “fresh initiatives” do you have planned for 1% moving forward? What’s on the horizon? Questions, Comments, Problems, Solutions, Answers? Wanna be a guest? Get in touch... Twitter: @TheCSRpodcast Email: dan@iouconcepts.com

This weeks guest is Kate Williams. She is the CEO of 1% for the Planet, a global movement inspiring businesses and individuals to support environmental nonprofit solutions, through annual membership and everyday actions. Kate stepped into her role at 1% for the Planet in May 2015 bringing a strong track record as a leader, including roles as Board Chair of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), as Executive Director of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, as founder and owner of a farm business enterprise, and as an elected political leader in her community.   Kate also brings a deep passion for... and commitment to... the power of collective action, which is at the core of 1% for the Planet’s model and approach.   Kate earned a BA at Princeton University where she majored in history, and an MS at the MIT Sloan School of Management where she focused on organizational systems. Kate is a master’s distance runner, kitchen gardener, and always wants more time to read and write. Kate lives in Vermont with her husband and two children… and we are lucky enough to have her on The CSR Podcast today.   Questions, Comments, Problems, Solutions, Answers? Get in touch...   Twitter: @TheCSRpodcast Email: dan@iouconcepts.com

Welcome back to the corporate social responsibility podcast we’re doing good is good for business and spreading the word can save the world. This week we get into part two of my interview with the CEO of Xocial, Colin Duetta. If you didn’t listen to last weeks episode make sure you check that out first. If you did listen you will remember that Xocial is a smart phone application that incentivizes good deeds through competitive kindness. It’s applications are endless and we already discussed how it can be used in a number of different arenas, and this week we will find out what else this groundbreaking application has to offer. Check out the links below...   Xocial’s Website: https://app.xocial.com/home   Xocial App Download:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xocial/id838586912?mt=8   Xocial Documentary:  https://youtu.be/6zfNLO6rGxw   Contact The Host Dan Lewchanyn:   Email: dan@iouconcepts.com Twitter: @TheCSRpodcast