How To Travel Responsibly By: Lalit Rastogi Responsible travel is a broad term but in essence, travelling responsibly means treating people in other countries with the same respect you would expect from others in your own community or country. The responsible traveller is interested in preserving cultures, communities, local way of life, wildlife, habitats and the environment as a whole in every region he or she travels to.
Ethical Money Makes The World Go Round By: Indiann Davinos Whatever your resources, socially responsible investment (SRI) can help you fulfil your dreams, and make the world a better place. SRI means you can channel your money away from industries that contribute to the destruction of the environment, companies employing sweatshop and child labour, business involved in animal experimentation and corporation that support repressive and brutal regimes
Blue Ocean Strategy For Responsible Sourced Jewelry By: Marc Choyt Those in the jewelry industry interested in a fair and ethical sourcing can differentiate themselves from the industry as a whole, and create a new market category with tremendous potential. This article, based on the book, Blue Ocean Strategy, gives some initial tactics for this emerging movement within the retail sector of the jewelry industry, to capture new markets. Tags: business stategy, socially responsible, jewelry industry, fair trade, ethical, marketing
Turning Led into Gold: Ethics in the Jewelry Industry By: Marc Choyt The author, who owns a jewelry company, argues that those in the jewelry industry attempting to fend off critiques from NGOs are actually doing more harm than good. He calls for to a truthful reckoning of the atrocities of environmental and social upheaval. Everyone involved in the industry, from suppliers customer, shares responsibility and moral obligation to create a better future. Tags: socially responsible business, ethical, fair trade, diamonds, jewelry industry, leadershi
Going Zero Carbon: An Approach for Small Business By: Marc Choyt Taking environmental action is good business. Implementing a carbon offset program helps the environment and is also a publicity opportunity. Written by a jewelry manufacturer, but applicable to any small business, the article provides a step by step approach to off set carbon: from resources on line that allow you to calculate the figures, to the writing and sending off a press release. Tags: green business, socially responsible, carbon offset, small business, environment, marketin
Ask Not What The Jewelry Industry Can Do For You By: Marc Choyt Suppose that you are a passionate leader in the jewelry industry advocating fair eco trade. You go to the most important industry tradeshow with a big banner screaming "ECO FAIR TRADE JEWELRY NOW." Thousands pass by without noticing. This semi-biographical article, ranging from elk hunting to dentistry in Haitian slums, delves deeply into the human tragedy behind the industry's fragmentation. Tags: jewelry, trade show, ethics, green, socially responsible, fair trade, diamonds, conflict,
How To Be A Responsible Tourist In Tanzania By: Ian Williamson Responsible tourism is an attitude of mind to which we should all aspire. When on a walking safari or camping safari it is a must to keep to the tracks laid out in the parks; in Tanzania it is important to keep to the designated trails. If a driver is caught making a new trail with his vehicle he looses his license and is banned from all National Parks. To keep to the trials helps protect fauna and prevents soil erosion. Tanzania takes its responsibility towards the environme... Tags: Responsible tourism, camping safari, walking safari, Ngorongoro walking, safari
Is There Such A Thing As Fair Trade Jewelry? By: Marc Choyt Third party certified "fair trade" jewelry does not exist; yet if you google "fair trade jewelry" millions of sites come up. Written for the consumer and the trade, this short article, extensively researched and referenced, sorts though the concept of "fair trade" in the jewelry sector. The examples from many sources shed light on what fair trade jewelry might mean, if there is such a thing. Tags: Fair trade jewelry, eco jewelry, ethically jewelry, socially responsible jewelry, eco wedd
Responsible Travel in Asia By: David Stevens Responsible travel is a new way of travelling moving away from the mass tourism. Responsible travel means respecting and benefiting the local people and environment at your destination. It is about making a positive contribution during your trip and having the most rewarding and inspiring travel experiences of your life. Tags: responsible travel, responsible, travel, meaningful, eco, tourism
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