Posts Tagged ‘business’
Posted on December 18, 2008 - by Frank
NZ Business Women Finding Hope at Bottom of Rubbish Heap
Kiwi photographer Susanna Burton tells about heartbreak and hope among a group of rubbish collectors in Bali and how a group of New Zealand business women are giving them the chance of a better future.
I am jolted from sleep at an hour that seems far too early for any sane westerner. Staring double-visioned at the clock, I make out it is 4am, time to get up. I drag myself from bed and fumble about in a half-dazed state to get myself ready. Barely 30 minutes later, I arrive at a small shack with a group of six Kiwi women who have accepted the challenge of raising $10,000 for a TEAR Fund Trust Bank. The Trust Bank is aimed at giving the rubbish collectors business loans and training to create better income-earning opportunities.
Posted on November 23, 2008 - by Frank
Trust Banks - A Tool for Responsible Business
A friend asked me a little while ago if I had any ideas relating to what they could do to use the business they are establishing, building and promoting to make it a more ethical entity and to make it something that is making a positive difference in the world. It is an exciting question to hear as I believe responsible business and business where the profit margin is not the be all and end all of what a business achieves needs to be the way of the present and future in terms of how businesses operate if we are to work towards establishing a sustainable world where people are recognized as the center of everything that is done. If a business can prove to be responsible in the way it approaches the world, it should be able to move forward and we should explore avenues to promote this.
Posted on October 8, 2008 - by Frank
The Strength of Co-operatives
When discussing Fair Trade and the use of co-operatives as a healthy business model in developing areas, I often get asked what a co-operative (co-op) is. Allow me to give an explanation here for people who may not have grasped an understanding of this business model before, and allow to me to share why I think it is a strong model for developing areas.
Posted on September 9, 2008 - by Frank
In Support of - Jedidiah Clothing (with video)
The Humanitarian Chronicle supports socially reponsible businesses whose very reason for existence consists of more than a drive to generate a profit. we support businesses that have written into their DNA a drive to positively impact the world.
We identify Jedidiah, a California based clothing company, as one of those businesses. Jedidiah exists to serve the world around them and was born in 2001 as an entity shunning the pitfalls and extremes of the consumer driven world around us. Essentially, clothing was identified as a means to generate a healthy community. That community is being formed amongst those who work for the brand, those who identify with the brand and those organisations that benefit from the brand.
Jedidiah has done a magnificent job of forming partnerships with humanitarian organisations that directly benefit from its sales. They have dedicated to giving 1% of their revenue to humanitarian organisations, but also have the Hope Collection - a line of clothing where 40% of the revenue goes to the organisations that have inspired the designs.
As you would expect, Jedidiah sum themselves up well:
Mission StatementEstablish Jedidiah as a premiere message driven brand in the fashion industry so that we can create a revenue stream to assist those less fortunate than us through increased awareness, financial contributions and service projects.
The following six principles will help guide us to measure the purpose and effectiveness of our decisions.
• Create a heartfelt work environment where everyone is treated with respect, dignity and compassion.
• Use the highest standards of excellence in designing, sourcing, producing, branding, selling and shipping our products.
• Embrace our clothing as a platform to convey our message of Hope, Grace, Encouragement, Forgiveness and Love.
• Develop and maintain passionate customers through thought provoking product and superior customer service.
• Contribute to the world around us through financial, emotional, relational and prayerful support.
• Understand that being profitable is essential to our future and fulfilling the desires of our hearts.
Jedidiah is a good example of what can be accomplished when it’s about more than simply making a profit for shareholders - the world can be made a better place. May the old model of pure profit driven businesses quickly give way to such socially conscious businesses that realize they leave an imprint with what they do and choose to make that imprint a positive one.
Jedidiah, you get the Humanitarian Chronicle thumbs up…. and we love your website!
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