Tag: english
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Results of the microcreditcompetition
In march this year I started a micro-credit competition in cooperation with the Young Economic Affairs Association. We have used the MyC4 platform for the competition. The goal of the competition was to determine the best social investor. A title which is earned by scoring both on financial results and on social results. The financial…
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First thoughts about the Wal-Mart sustainability index #WMTSust
Last week Wal-Mart announced during a webcast they will initiate a global sustainability index. Not only for Wal-Mart but open for competitors, suppliers, NGO’s and governments to join. The model hasn’t been revealed yet. Although the openness of the sustainability index suggest it might look like the Marine Steward Council or the Roundtable on Sustainable…
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April overview Young Economic Affairs microcredit competition
It’s time for a little update on the Young EA Microcredit competition. The competition is on for a month now. There are 25 contestents competing for the titles: Best social investor Most social investor Best financial investor The first category is a combination of the second and third category. The most social investor is the…
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La nuit de la Vérité (2004)
La Nuit de la Vérité by Fanta Nacro is an impressive movie about tribal conflicts on the African continent. The movie is situated in an imaginary West African country. After ten years of civil war beween the government army of the Nayak, led by ‘Le président’ (Adama Ouédraogo), and the Bonande rebels led by Colonel…
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Tsunami 2004
The past days there has been a lot of attention for the earthquake and the following tsunami tragedy South-East Asia. For the ones looking for information, take a look an some of the following blogs: TsunamiHelp, SEA-EAT(South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunamis), http://www.thiswayplease.com/extra.html, of op worldchanging.com. They are partly written by people living in the affected…