Posted by Adrian on 30 May 2007 | Tagged as: Environment, Philanthropy, CSR
Now another big bank jumps nimbly onto the green bandwagon. HSBC is setting aside £50m for an initiative to tackle climate change. Far from being skeptical I am thrilled to see these monsters of the business world take up the cause.
In this case they are also practicing what they preach by creating a “a green […]
Posted by Adrian on 30 May 2007 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
In a deal brokered by Bill Clinton, who brought together ABN Amro, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and UBS, a new energy efficiency fund has been created.
This fund – made available to 16 world capitals - will enable them to slash carbon dioxide emissions. Additionally, it is hoped the project will cut the price of […]
Posted by Adrian on 30 May 2007 | Tagged as: Technology, Blog Launch
You may have noticed that we have a great new look……which sometimes appears and sometimes reverts to the old format! Please bear with our design inconsistencies and we promise that it will all be worth the wait!! All content will continue to be uploaded as before, so please keep reading!
Posted by Adrian on 24 May 2007 | Tagged as: Technology, Charities, Fundraising Technology, Online, CSR
Mission Fish is the charity arm of the global phenomenon which is eBay. It allows sellers to give some or all of the proceeds from their sales to charity, and charities themselves to benefit from selling items on the ebay site.
Mission Fish is a charity itself and can therefore collect the Gift Aid on behalf […]
Posted by Adrian on 23 May 2007 | Tagged as: Smaller charities, Charities, Fundraising Campaigns
While reading Sean Stannard-Stockton’s latest post on his Tactical Philanthropy site I came across a really interesting point about the power of knowledge.
In the corporate world all information is defensively guarded to enable commercial advantage. In the third sector the reverse should be true.
No one organisation can solve the world’s problems but if they share […]
Posted by Adrian on 17 May 2007 | Tagged as: Technology, Charities, Fundraising Technology, Online
Today is the Charity Communications Conference ‘07, organised by ngo.media and Society Media. The opening session aims to address the pitfalls and possibilities for those in the third sector in using new media to raise their profile and reach new audiences.
Ahead of the event Joe Barrell, of Save the Children - the first UK charity […]