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Meatless Monday with Chinese noodles with Sesame Dressing

It’s Meatless Monday again and you were thinking about ordering vegetarian dishes from your favorite Chinese food restaurant. Doesn’t sound like a bad plan until you think about what goes into those dishes - the oil, fat, sodium, and preservatives...

September 13, 2010 Read More

Economics and customer service sees offshoring losing some appeal

An interesting story appeared on NPR last week which was in keeping with an earlier post that I had written about the gradual return of call-center positions to North America which had previously been outsourced to overseas call centers. The...

September 7, 2010 Read More

Canadian economy and confidence growing despite US jitters

It's been another shaky few weeks watching the economy as indicators in Canada continue to provide moderately promising news, eyes and ears are still looking south at the stuttering recovery within the US. As Canada's largest trading partner there is...

September 3, 2010 Read More

CSR survey provides surprising information about young people

Corporate Social Responsibility CSR is is still a relatively new concept and has certainly been in widespread use for less than a decade, despite that it's growing in importance for just how a company does business whether considering their sourcing,...

September 2, 2010 Read More

Corporate giving diversifying and reviving according to Crain’s

I recently wrote at length about the overall health of corporate giving according to a recent poll and that the news especially in light of the economic times was fairly buoyant and reflected that the market itself along with giving...

September 1, 2010 Read More

2010 Commonwealth Games CSR preview

I have recently written a review of the overall CSR performance during the World Cup that was staged in July in South Africa. To continue that theme I'm going to try and preview and then review how major sporting events...

August 31, 2010 Read More

Meatless Monday with Spaghetti with Three-Tomato Sauce

Buon Gourgio and happy Meatless Monday! As we are in late-summer and tomatoes are still bountiful either from your garden, your neighbor’s garden or your local markets, we bring you a recipe that celebrates their seasonal deliciousness.  For this Meatless...

August 30, 2010 Read More

Meatless Monday with Baked Shells with Winter Squash

Another Meatless Monday is here and we bring you another great vegetarian meal sure to please everyone.  Baked pasta is a great way to get kids interested in a meatless meal as it is easy to hide the vegetables. Now...

August 23, 2010 Read More

Fair-Trade, its about far more than just coffee

In the supermarket this week I noticed again (but this time it registered) the "Fair Trade Certified" logo on a number of products so this time I thought I'd do my research about the logo after bringing the shopping home....

August 19, 2010 Read More

New corporate giving report reveals more good news than bad

A new report shows that the lingering impacts of the recession continue to take a bite out of corporate giving despite the fact that the market is very slowly improving. A new survey details the specific amounts donated and also...

August 16, 2010 Read More

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