2002). NFPs across the globe are under increasing pressure to deliver a range of social services traditionally delivered by government (Casey,2016), and to ensure a high proportion of donations and funding is spent on front-line service delivery, rather than on administration...
and aimed to integrate social, environmental and financial outcomes - people, planet and profit - to evaluate sustainability.3 It has evolved over time encompassing approaches such as CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), ESG (environment, social and governance), integrated reporting,...
Environmental NGOs, governments and groups within the corporate sector as well as business consultancies are responding to those calls with campaigns to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of business activities and to advocate sustainable models for doing business. Communicating the need for...
No one really knows the possible effects of GM food (Genetically Modified food) on our health and the environment. GM crops have not been around long enough for scientists to know if these foods are truly safe for consumption. The public and certain NGOs are therefore anxious about their use...
Such positive externalities can justify MNBs providing microfinance to the most disadvantaged, even if it means fully or partially forgoing their usual profit margins. The availability of financial resources and the ability to bear risk are key factors in getting banks to provide funding. The ...
After implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365, a cloud-based CRM system, for case management, that all went away. Not only are case managers more efficient, but they can also get all the information on a client in one place–including case notes and progress, giving them more time to work with...
Family control is important to understand when looking at a company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs and the focus of its philanthropy. It is quite common for a family to route its philanthropy through the company rather than create a separate personal foundation. I have had nume...
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To assess how these shifts impact species' cellular stress responses (CSR), ditch shrimps Palaemon varians were exposed to a chronic (28 days) thermohaline stress experiment. Three levels of temperature (20, 23 and 26 °C) and two levels of salinity (20 and 40) were tested in a full ...
However, only in recent years has it been found that an excess of calcium ions not only contributes to the activation of proteolytic enzymes (for review see [26]) and the regulation of expression of a number of key genes, including isoforms of MyHC [27], but also par...