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Label Soup - Making Sense of Voluntary Standards
Thu, 08 Dec 2011
Lara Koritzke is Head of Communications and Development at the ISEAL Alliance, an umbrella organisation that provides certification for quality standards such as Fairtrade and the Forest Stewardship Council. How can consumers know which labels to trust when trying to buy ethically?
posted by Lara Koritzke
Letting Startups Lead - reflections from Global Entrepreneurship Week
Mon, 28 Nov 2011
10 days after the finish of Global Entrepreneurship Week we hear from organiser Jonathan Ortmans about how the event went. He sees positive signs that around the world informal networks of start-ups are using the market to bring their ideas to life.
posted by Jonathan Ortmans
D2B Presenter Leo Johnson reflects on the series
Fri, 25 Nov 2011
This weekend sees the broadcast of the final episode of the Down to Business series. After a year spent guiding the four projects, Leo reflects on the series and what he has learnt along the way. In these times of economic uncertainty he sees projects such as Husk Power Systems as offering a glimmer of optimism that social enterprise can offer solutions to seemingly intractable problems in society.
posted by Leo Johnson
Down to Business entrepreneur Tim Vang from MYC4
Thu, 24 Nov 2011
We learn how the MYC4 team found the Down to Business pitching process and discover how they plan to move forward by tailoring their internet investment platform to encourage South-South capital flows.
posted by Tim Vang
Down to Business entrepreneur Puneet Rustagi from Husk Power Systems
Tue, 22 Nov 2011
In this blog we find out how Puneet found the Down to Business live event and discover what the company is doing to serve the 1.4 billion people worldwide without access to energy.
posted by Puneet Rustagi
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