Comments on: We Won’t Be Doing Much Business On A Dead Planet

By: lorna

lorna — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:21:02 +0000

I completely agree with you Kevin!

It would be great if the Church would endorse birth control….

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:39:10 +0000

All Christophe says is true but of the problems he mentions, what’s missing is the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about - overpopulation. The sheer number of people on the planet is creating a great stress that weighs heavily on all the other problems. Even underdeveloped countries that consume little by western standards feel the competition for finite land and water.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:02:16 +0000

Grettings Aman & Lorna,
I would just like to share this organisation call Tzu Chi Foundation. See how it has created many social entreprenuers around the world and how these people have change their environment around them and other places around the world. www.tzuchi.org

By: lorna

lorna — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:41:58 +0000

Hi Aman,

I completely agree. The social entreprenuerial sector is still small, young and growing - and mainly populated by small ventures. Not enough critical mass to engender the widespread paradigm shift that the planet so needs.

However, I think incorporating social and environmental agendas in for-profit businesses is no longer considered frighteningly radical. Take Google’s commitment to renewable energy and solving global poverty, and their willingness to commit millions of dollars to do so. Though their labor practices can use some improvement, Wal-mart’s initiative to green its supply chain is another bold move. These giants have the power to set better social and environmental standards that the business community and Wall Street can understand and follow. Hopefully more will follow, as stronger business cases are made (efficiency & bottom-line impact vs philanthropic tax write-offs) for incorporating social and environmental good into business agendas.

By: Aman

Aman — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:10:28 +0000

I appreciate the passionate appeal of Chris Poizat. I might be wrong, but social entrepreneurship alone will not move the world to take action. The business community (and by extension Wall Street) must also be engaged and worked with in order to develop some sort of consensus. In my opinion embracing profit motives and figuring out how to fit this social agenda into a business culture is critical. For the first time in decades there is a legitimate opening in the business community to discuss the idea of doing well financially while also doing good socially. We all must continue to push this door open and include as many communities (business, political and others) as possible.