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Local complementary currency workshop

By now, many have probably heard that complementary local currencies have the power to drive local economies toward sustainability. Implementing local currencies is a painstaking trial and error process and needs a range of factors to come together for the currency to have true effect.

This workshop is run as a simulation exercise in launching and using a complementary currency, going from scratch to functioning marketplace in just under two hours, a truly learning by doing exercise. Continue reading “Local complementary currency workshop”

Simple urgent steps to alleviate world hunger

Stephen Hinton interviews her Royal Highness Princess Basma bint Ali of Jordan, Founder of the Botanical Garden in Jordan and Tina Lindgreen, Founder of the Water and Food Award about what can be done.
This interview was recorded a few weeks before the Award show in London as HRH and Tina met to prepare the event and HRH’s patronage.

The Humanitarian Water and Food Award 2014

Introduced by former BBC correspondent and sustainability journalist Steve Bradshaw along with WAF’s applications manager, Stephen Hinton, the Humanitarian Water and Food Award was streamed live from Central Hall Westminster in London on Wednesday the 18th of June. Continue reading “The Humanitarian Water and Food Award 2014”

Fossil Phase-out: Strategies for a new energy age

Are you working with strategy and planning, especially with value chains? We map latest understanding of fossil fuel industry and how phasing out fossil fuels will affect the economy and consider scenarios and strategies to manage them.

Fast Facts:

Main Theme: managing fossil-fuel intensity reductions value chain
Main audience: managers involved in creating scenarios and strategies for a future of uncertain energy supply
Main benefits: get fast insights and strategies to manage risk and opportunity
Length: 60 mins
Price: 49 Euros
Register: follow this link
Available: 19th August 12:30 CET and 20th August 19:30 CET

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Webinar: make sustainable food security the heart of CSR strategy

Suitable for those curious about CSR or those looking for sound arguments to introduce CSR strategies into the firm, this webinar overviews the CSR approach to fulfilling the human right to water and food in a sustainable way and explains how this can drive business development.

Fast Facts:

CSR level: basic
Main Theme: leaving philanthropy
Main audience: representatives from corporations and other organisations interested in implementing CSR together with sustainable development
Main benefits: holistic approach gives you the basics fast in a down to earth manner
Length: 20 mins
Register: follow this link
Available: NOW! as replay

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How to be part of the transition

I am in no doubt that things for most people will get worse: its the times we live in – with climate change, increasing wealth gaps, hitting resource limits and more challenging fundamentally our way of life, what we call “business” and how we see ourselves in relation to nature. Continue reading “How to be part of the transition”

Municipal analysis

The diagram above shows a schematic of one way of working with municipal strategic development. Especially those municipalities planing to become fossil fuel independent.

The analysis above gives a starting point for prioritizing and planning work going forward. Continue reading “Municipal analysis”

The ladder: from non-awareness to making food security central

This table describes the various stages we have seen people develop through as their awareness of the significance of water and food security rises and as it begins to become part of their daily lives. Continue reading “The ladder: from non-awareness to making food security central”

The stages of development of a CSR as food security company

The table below shows the stages of awareness and activity I have seen corporations go through when it comes to food and water security; from “not for us” to “core part of our mission”.

MISSION	Promoting Water and Food Security is at the core of our mission
PRODUCTS	Several of our products are designed to promote water and Food Security
SUPPLY CHAIN INVOLVEMENT	We developed ways to promote local water and food security in ways that made sense for our business
SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLIANCE	In our compliance work we especially ensure that water and food security stakeholders along our supply chains
LOCAL INVOLVEMENT	We developed ways to promote local water and food security in ways that made sense for our business
LOCAL COMPLIANCE	In our compliance work we especially ensure that water and food security for our nearest stakeholders is not compromised
PHILANTHROPY	We give philanthropically to Food and Water Security initiatives
NOT FOR USE	Our company sees no relevance in CSR activities targeted toward food and water security

For more information about Water and Food security as CSR focus, see http://csrseminars.avbp.net

CSR means contributing to a world where everyone is fed

To make a real difference in the world, corporations could start supporting food and water security. If everyone contributed to create a food secure world, entrepreneurship, prosperity and then ultimately peace would flourish.

Volunteers for organisations working with food security, like the Water and Food Award, are often told that; “our business isn’t in water and food” so we are not interested in supporting your cause. Continue reading “CSR means contributing to a world where everyone is fed”