Social responsibility on the mobile

The combination of social responsibility and the mobile phone is just one of many innovative approaches to making it easier for ordinary citizens to contribute to a positive development in society.

Within the past year we find initiatives like, for example, Denmark's first non-profit telephone company We Mobile. It supports a good cause with 4 øre for each call you make, every minute you talk, and for each text message that you send.

Another initiative is the project Min Regnskov [My Rainforest], which has been launched by the Danish consulting agency Social Action. For 25 kr you purchase 25 m2 of Amazona's jungle, if you send the text message ’regnskov’ to the number 1231. The amount is deducted from your telephone bill, and you receive a message with a link that shows you your purchased piece of rainforest.

You can read more about the two initiatives and the social trend within mobile telephony (in Danish) here >>

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Centre for Social Entrepreneurship

The Danish university, Roskilde Universitetscenter (RUC), has recently opened a Centre for Social Entrepreneurship (Center for Socialt Entreprenørskab). The centre conducts research, evaluation and documentation within a number of areas related to social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

The centre also wishes to contribute with knowledge sharing and dissemination of information on the topic. In that connection the centre held its first conference on social entrepreneruship in November 2007 with both Danish and international speakers and panel presentations.

You can download the conference materials here:
Conference programme >>
Presentations in connection with the conference opening >>
Materials from panel presentations >>

You can read more about the centre at www.socialt-entreprenorskab.dk

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Conference on Responsible Supply Chain Management

How can responsible supply chain management create value for your company? Is it a good idea to collaborate with your competitors to improve social and environmental standards in your supply chain? How can small and medium size enterprises use their resources most effectively? Is the upcoming Ethical Trading Initiative DK relevant for your company?

These are some of the questions that will be addressed at the conference "Responsible Supply Chain Management 2.0", which is hosted by The Danish Confederation of Industries (DI) in partnership with the Danish Commerce and Companies Agency (DCCA).

Key note speakers include: CEO and Director, Aron Cramer, Business for Social Responsibility; Social & Environmental Affairs Manager, Thomas Bergmark, IKEA Group; Supply Chain Corporate Responsibility Specialist, Abigail Oxley Green, Nokia as well as a number of Danish companies, including: Danfoss, Toms Group, LEGO, Coloplast, Butler's Choice, Mater Design, Carl Bro-Grontmij.

The conference is held Monday 28 January at The Danish Confederation of Industries (DI), H.C. Andersens Boulevard 18, Copenhagen from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The conference will be held in English and costs 1.400 kr. per person. Registration by 24 January per e-mail to ami@di.dk .

Download the programme here >>
Read more about the conference at www.di.dk

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