Contributors
Tara GrecoTara is a senior director with experience on both sides of the equation, having worked in corporate CR and nonprofit communications & marketing. She focuses on trends and innovations in community engagement, strategic philanthropy, volunteerism, cause marketing, and CR/nonprofit communications.
Robin DelisoRobin is an associate director who works in APCO’s corporate responsibility practice and is interested in the blurring lines between consumer and influencer expectations of companies. She looks at how companies use CR to engage audiences in innovative ways, especially re: social media, and started her career in nonprofit communications strategy.
Andrea ShatzmanAn associate director in APCO’s Washington, D.C. office, Andrea works on a broad range of CR issues. She’s particularly interested in the evolution of CR over time and how businesses can capitalize on their strengths to make unique contributions to society.
Rachel ThompsonRachel is the global corporate responsibility practice manager for APCO. She has worked on global trade and CR in government and business. Her interests include the role (and limits) of CR in making globalization more sustainable; evidence and measurement issues; and the relationship between CR and preventing trade protectionism.
Leela StakeLeela is a director who helps businesses innovate, collaborate and communicate to be more successful. She’s based in San Francisco, has worked in six Asian countries and is interested in the relationship between long-term business success and community prosperity.
James RobinsonJames is a director who brings ten years of experience working on CR strategy and communications in New York, Beijing, and Jakarta. He looks at how CR is employed as part of broader business strategy and has a particular interest in the evolving role of technology and innovation in managing social and environmental issues.
Julie JackA director in APCO's New York office, Julie works on corporate responsibility with a focus on business strategy and emerging issues and trends. Her currents interests and work focus on sustainable agriculture and supply chain management, the integration of CR and financial communications, and CR in the consumer goods space.
Kitty PotterKitty is a senior director and leads APCO's CR practice in the Asia-Pacific region. Her current work and interests include the development of multi-stakeholder initiatives addressing corruption in supply chains, sustainability performance ratings, and engagement with private sector in climate change adaption.
Ellen MignoniEllen is a senior director and helped build APCO’s global corporate responsibility practice. She works primarily with APCO’s corporate clients on business alignment and corporate responsibility, stakeholder engagement and partnership development, and communication and outreach.
Author Archives: Ellen Mignoni
Supply Chains and Responsibility
The focus on supply chains continues to grow – this week two items are worth reviewing. First is the recent article in Harvard Business Review by Rosebeth Moss Kanter. In her article, It’s Time To Take Full Responsibility, Professor Kanter describes the new world order where responsibility for products no longer ends with quality, customer satisfaction [...]
Posted on Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Catogories Business Alignment/Integration CR in North America What's Next for CR Tagged California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, Harvard Business Review, Rosebeth Moss Kanter, supply chain, transparency Leave a comment
Catogories Business Alignment/Integration CR in North America What's Next for CR Tagged California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, Harvard Business Review, Rosebeth Moss Kanter, supply chain, transparency Leave a comment
Blog Action Day 2010 – Water. Dialogue. Action.
Today it is expected that more than 30 million people around the world will check out 4,000 of their favorite blogs and read something about water. I suspect that it won’t be the first time that most people will have read some of the water statistics – like how more than one billion people don’t [...]
Posted on Friday, October 15th, 2010
Catogories Community Engagement Environment Health Nonprofit Operations and Communications Volunteerism & Service Leave a comment
Catogories Community Engagement Environment Health Nonprofit Operations and Communications Volunteerism & Service Leave a comment
Join the Debate…. Give me a break!
Once again the sky is falling! I just received an invitation from BSR to join a webcast: ”The Case Against CSR – Join the Debate” in response to two recent articles questioning the value of CSR (here and here). Really? After how many years of corporations around the world using their resources to address issues [...]
Posted on Friday, September 10th, 2010
Catogories Business Alignment/Integration CR in North America What's Next for CR Tagged Aneel Karnani, BSR, CSR, Ted Leonsis Leave a comment
Catogories Business Alignment/Integration CR in North America What's Next for CR Tagged Aneel Karnani, BSR, CSR, Ted Leonsis Leave a comment
Take Two Giant Steps Forward?
Catogories Business Alignment/Integration Community Engagement What's Next for CR | Tagged cooperation, partnerships, relationships, transparency | Leave a comment