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		<title>The 6 Reasons Why Companies Should Embrace CSR</title>
		<link>http://citizenpolity.com/2012/02/21/the-6-reasons-why-companies-should-embrace-csr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Epstein-Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not going to solve the world’s problems. If it were that easy, the problems would have been solved by now. Rather, CSR is a way for companies to benefit themselves while also benefitting society. When I define CSR to the uninitiated, I typically get three reactions. To a few, it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=894&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Sustainability Trends for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Rochte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than a coincidental number of people have asked me in the past couple of weeks as to what I am seeing as trends in the sustainability arena, a top 5 trends of 2012, so to speak.   So, here is what I’m seeing this year. 1) Companies are overwhelmed. 2012 continues with a depressed economy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=876&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Pain&#8221; of Sustainability</title>
		<link>http://citizenpolity.com/2012/01/18/the-pain-of-sustainability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Epstein-Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sustainability is not new. In fact, I argue that the roots of this emerging field extend back to the 1990s when Kathie Lee Gifford and Nike made headlines. The field is starting to be seen as a business driver in addition to being the “right thing to do.” Now, it is becoming an expectation of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=866&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So You Call This CSR? Or One of Its Many Other Names?</title>
		<link>http://citizenpolity.com/2011/07/29/so-you-call-this-csr-or-one-of-its-many-other-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Epstein-Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article originally appeared on the Forbes CSR blog. It’s not a good sign when an entire profession can’t agree on what to call itself. Here’s a short list: Corporate responsibility (CR), sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainable development, corporate accountability, creating shared value (CSV), citizenship, and just plain social responsibility. These are all terms [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=824&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Tell Companies What To Do</title>
		<link>http://citizenpolity.com/2010/12/07/consumers-tell-companies-what-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Epstein-Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Customers have high expectations of companies and we have the data to prove it. In a soon-to-be-released public opinion survey, American consumers continue to indicate that they expect their employers and companies they purchase goods from to remain engaged in both charitable &#38; cause-marketing programs and in corporate social responsibility / sustainability initiatives. The survey, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=705&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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