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- | === Embedded Giving === | + | === Embedded Giving; do the red thing. |
When human-aid and business meet, sandals are swapped for suits. | When human-aid and business meet, sandals are swapped for suits. | ||
- | == Embedded giving is the (apparently) increasingly common | + | == Embedded giving is the practice of building a philanthropic gift into another, unrelated, financial transaction. == |
- | Examles: | + | === Examles: |
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
- | * Procter & Gamble join with Unicef to link every pamper to a tetanus injection for an African Child. | + | * [[http:// |
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+ | === Examples covered by a dense financial fogg: === | ||
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+ | * the //Love Ring// from the Belgian PeaceUnited brand. | ||
+ | * Hanna Andersson children' | ||
+ | * Baneys' | ||
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+ | === Some opinions: === | ||
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+ | 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!// | ||
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+ | 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.// | ||
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+ | 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' | ||
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