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International Development 2.0

17:52 on 14/11/08

In what appears to be a great example of technology being applied in new areas, UK charity MapAction uses the latest satellite mapping and communications technology to respond more rapidly and efficiently after disasters. The charity can map where disaster victims currently……

Improving Assurance on Food Supply Chain Issues

12:30 on 10/11/08

LRQA, along with leading food manufacturers and retailers like Kraft, Danone, McDonald’s, and Unilever, are currently developing an additional form of assurance for company’s food supply chain issues. The new specification — PAS 220 — is intended to work in……

Sports and health policy

16:47 on 03/11/08

Last Thursday, at the magnificent Man City stadia, a number of experts looked at current best practice in the sports, health and fitness areas. We’ll try to post up a view of the better pieces from the event as they……

The future of branding? “The end of Masstige. The start of Simplux”

17:36 on 31/10/08

Back in the UK and tired. Had great fun yesterday addressing the world’s fashion industry, assembled in Maastricht for the annual conference of the International Apparel Federation. Maastricht is a beautiful city crushed between Belgium, Holland and Germany. No wonder……

Branding Social Capital. Corporates must step up…

09:56 on 31/10/08

Chaos reigns at present to appropriate the meaning of ‘Social Capital’…and chaos always presents transformational opportunities… Social Entrepreneurs are the latest to try and claim the term…aligning social capital closely to ideas of future capitalism and creative capitalism… Meanwhile the twitterati throbs……