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James Farrar
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James Farrar
James has more than 15 years of experience working on corporate sustainability issues from both the corporate and NGO campaigning perspective. He has worked directly within the banking (Farm Credit System), aviation (British Airways) and IT (SAP) sectors in the USA and Europe. His campaigning experience includes work at Amnesty International's business engagement programme and at Global Witness, a leading NGO campaigning on the issue of resource revenue transparency especially relating to so called 'conflict resources'.
James's day job is at SAP working within the Sustainability team. You can view James' extended profile on Linkedin and you can follow him on Twitter.About On Sustainability
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Facebook Places rebuffed by eminent sociologist who inspired it
Facebook claim their service in general and in particular the new geo locations service Facebook Places helps to rebuild social cohesion and civic life in the public space. At the launch event...
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O2 launch handset eco index but Apple refuse to play ball
O2 launches the UK’s first sustainability consumer eco index for mobile phones. However, Apple has refused to disclose performance information for the iPhone and RIM will only be ready to...
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Nokia Siemens Networks respond to Iran human rights abuses claims
Nokia Siemens Networks respond to the law suit filed against them for human rights abuses. They argue that although their technology includes lawful intercept capability, mobile communications on...
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Nokia Siemens Networks sued by Iranian activist for human rights abuses
An Iranian activist currently in detention in Iran has filed suit against Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia and Siemens for human rights abuses. The activist was detained during civil unrest in the...
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Google to end serendipity (by creating it)
Google CEO Eric Schmidt in a ponderous Wall Street Journal inteview shared a vision of life beyond search for business. Call it serendipity. We’re still happy to be in search, believe me....
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HP, Dell and Apple keeping schtum amidst fresh ethics crises
HP, already reeling from the ethics crisis culminating with the casting out of Mark Hurd last week, faced new problems on Thursday. The US Department of Justice has stepped in to assist German...
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Blood Electronics: Naomi Campbell's lesson for Silicon Valley CEOs
Poor old Naomi Campbell looked like she was chewing wasps during her reluctant testimony at the war crimes tribunal for Charles Taylor at the Hague last week. Charles Taylor, former President of...
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Ethics of Exit - two opposing views on HP's ousting of Hurd
Sustainability business guru Marc Gunther reckons Mark Hurd got off easy in being allowed to resign and secure a generous severance package. Referring to Hurd’s dealings with actress Jodie...
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HP ousts CEO - Hurd Fails The Headline Test
Dramatic news from Sam Diaz to close the week with the announcement that HP CEO Mark Hurd resigns in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. This from HP’s press release: Hurd’s decision...
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Microsoft lobbies for mandatory sustainability disclosure regulation ('do as we say' or 'do as we do'?)
Microsoft is lending visionary and heart warming leadership by getting behind a lobby to cheer the UK government’s plan to introduce tough new social and environmental corporate disclosure...
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