17.06.2010
The 9th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR and Global Governance has opened in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, with more than 24 countries taking part. Professor David Crowther, Chair of the Social Responsibility Research Network, gave an opening speech and he also wrote a summarizing foreword to the Conference proceedings.
PROJECT
CSR AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
For the 9th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, 16-18 June 2010, the Social Responsibility Research Network and Professor David Crowther, UK will be visiting Croatia where the conference will be held in Zagreb. The conference will be hosted by the Zagreb School of Economics & Management in conjunction with the Social Responsibility Research Network (SRRNet).
The conference will be held in the Zagreb School of Economics & Management, Zagreb, Jordanovac 110.
Culture
THE DUODJI ARTIST
24.07.2009
Have a look at this photo of Sven-Åke Risfjell taken while he was working on his Sámi "duodji" piece in his workshop. Sven-Åke is a "duojar", someone who produces handicrafts.
Economy
PATHS TO THE FUTURE
24.07.2009
This article and the photograph originally appeared in ENERGY, National Geographic, Collector’s Edition and on ngm.nationalgeographic.com, 2009.
Society
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION MEASURES PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
24.07.2009
In recent years the EU has mainstreamed sustainable development into a broad range of its policies. In particular, the EU has taken the lead in the fight against climate change and the promotion of a low-carbon economy. At the same time, unsustainable trends persist in the EU in several areas and the efforts need to be intensified.
Environment
UNDERWATER WORLD OF THE PLITVICE LAKES - part 1
08.07.2009
We were floating right above Cousteau’s barrier in the middle of Kozjak Lake. We dived to its edge, from where like the wall of a twenty-storey building it fell away into the darkness below. For a while I floated weightless parallel to the deepest side of the barrier, which looked like a kind of underwater Taj Mahal, whose builders this time, instead of human hands, were travertine moss and blue green algae.