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It's been a weird and wonderful week with women at its heart.  On Tuesday I made a presentation to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills with Kresse Wesling the wonder woman who specializes in using waste materials to make lovely things.  Her current products include high-end Elvis & Kresse handbags, made from reclaimed fire brigade hoses and jute supermarket bags made from coffee sacks. On Wednesday I received the International Business Women award from SHE magazine ...

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While the world powers battle it out in Copenhagen over who should commit what to combating climate change, the poorer countries yet again are objecting to being both unequally affected, and unfairly pressed to reduce their carbon footprint.  A subtext to this summit, as with all other world summits these days is – is it Governments or global business with the most power and capability to make real change happen? In the Fairtrade world, the power of global business to effect change is cu...

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Haven’t we come along way since we had that phone call in the Autumn of 1999 asking Divine to become one of the founder members of Social Enterprise London.  What a difference a decade has made, Divine has gone from being an audacious idea to a successful company selling a delicious range of chocolate in 10 territories across the world and delivering real impact for the farmer owners across Ghana. SEL has 1800 members including some of the most dynamic social enterprises in the world.&nbs...

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