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CB Richard Ellis building CSR pedigree one home at a time

[caption id="attachment_2198" align="alignleft" width="418" caption="CBRE Cares program at work in New Orleans"][/caption] When it comes to CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) I think there is good logic in sticking with what you know best when applicable, if for example your company...

September 21, 2010 Read More

Meatless Monday with Greek-Style Quinoa Burgers

Happy Meatless Monday! We here at Miratel Solutions continue our support of the movement to “reduce meat consumption by 15% to improve personal health and the health of our planet”. This week’s offering is a quick burger courtesy of Martha...

September 20, 2010 Read More

Take part in the Canadian Cancer Society Lottery today

In our second installment of looking at local non-profits here in Ontario we would like to turn the spotlight today toward an organization that we are proud to have worked with for the last nine years on various fundraising initiatives...

September 17, 2010 Read More

Canada adds jobs in August at a rate above forecast

Despite continuing concerns about factory output seeing a slight decline and a very fragile export market due to the continued paucity of the US recovery there was extremely good news about the Canadian economy this week specifically on the jobs...

September 16, 2010 Read More

Toronto Non Profit spotlight – United Way of Toronto

At Miratel we are extremely proud to own and operate a business in the greater Toronto area, one which holds great stock in our community involvement in addition to supporting clients throughout the nonprofit sector in assisting with their fundraising...

September 15, 2010 Read More

Hershey’s publish first ever CSR report – how sweet is it?

It's been some time since we had a chance to zoom in on an individual company's approach to CSR Corporate Social Responsbility, so I thought it would be sweet to take the opportunity to do so today and sweet is...

September 14, 2010 Read More

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

Fascinating new polls looks at global charity habits

While there have been regional and national studies in the past about the likelihood of the general population giving to charities, a recent study just released might be the first international polling of philanthropy that is so far-reaching. A Gallup...

September 10, 2010 Read More

A CSR blueprint that is worth a look

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is playing an increasingly large role in the profile and strategies of many large companies, not least of all the retailing sector where many customers will scrutinize the source and methodology behind the products that you...

September 8, 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

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