Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media Files=== Embedded Giving; do the red thing. === When human-aid and business meet, sandals are swapped for suits. == Embedded giving is the practice of building a philanthropic gift into another, unrelated, financial transaction. == === Examles: === * [[http://www.joinred.com|red campagne]] Bono's plan to shop for a better world. * [[http://www.unicef.org/corporate_partners/index_25124.html|Unicef corporate partners list]] Procter & Gamble join with Unicef to link every pamper to a tetanus injection for an African Child. * [[http://www.earthwater.ca|Eart Water]] why donate money to the UNHCR directly if you can start a company in between? * [[http://www.strength.org|Share our Strength]] work with American Express * [[http://www.walgreens.com/about/community/jdrf/default.jsp| Walgreens]] work one day to fights juvenile diabetes. * [[http://www.workingassets.com/longdistance.cfm?formid=EA-019-HMP-1| Working Assets]] every time you make a call, you make a contribution. === Examples covered by a dense financial fogg: === * the //Love Ring// from the Belgian PeaceUnited brand. * Hanna Andersson children's clothes. * Baneys' //Have a Green Holiday// catalog. === Some opinions: === Jon Lidén of the RED Campaign:\\ //The only thing we care about is getting more money to save more lives in Africa. We don't join debates about consumerism. Sorry, there are people dying here!// Jack Siegel is working an a system of regulations:\\ //In the Whole Foods store I was almost forced to donate to a breast-cancer fund. The cashier was so aggressive that I refused. When she sneeringly asked why I didn't donate, I filed a complaint.// Johan van de Gronden of WWF-Netherlands:\\ //We have to be very careful about going into these kind of ventures. It could ruin our good name. We look for long term solutions, so don't push the biocotton T-shirt, but try to reduce the water-usage of Pakistan's cotton industry by two-thirds.// Source: article in NRC Handelsblad by Caroline de Gruyter 25-01-08.Please fill all the letters into the box to prove you're human. Please keep this field empty: SavePreviewCancel Edit summary Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International embedded_giving.1201518806.txt.gz Last modified: 2008-01-28 11:13by theunkarelse