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About James Farrar
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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.Disclosure
James Farrar
The most important and material disclosure is of my employment with SAP. During the course of my job I come into regular contact with SAP stakeholders of all kinds including NGOs, customers, government representatives, customers, partners. I will draw from my daily experience in my writing but I will try to make sure I fully disclose any material relationship I might have as an employee of SAP with the subject matter of my writing to the best of my ability. My goal is to raise awareness of sustainable development issues across the tech sector in an objective and fair way. Any opinions expressed in this blog are entirely my own and not those of my employer or anyone else for that matter. I have no significant financial investments in any other tech companies. You may find my personal blog at www.jamesfarrar.wordpress.com
Biography
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.-
US Chamber of Commerce accused of undermining conflict minerals regulation. So who is backing the Chamber?
The US Chamber of Commerce is accused of lobbying to water down regulation to control conflict minerals in the supply chain. But who is supporting the US Chamber on this?
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Microsoft to pressure supply chain on sustainability
Microsoft has announced it will require annual sustainability disclosure from suppliers.
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Is Oracle going green?
With the introduction of some new sustainability solutions and the appointment of a Chief Sustainability Office is Oracle going green?
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Steve Jobs: the anti-Davos, Davos man
Steve Jobs didn't spend a lot of time trading personal influence with the canape crowd. He didn't scrub up well to role play CEO as statesman. But then he didn't need to all that much. He let his...
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Leo Apotheker's HP legacy: a global vision
As Leo Apotheker departs HP, perhaps his lasting legacy is to give HP a truly global vision and a strategy of capturing the markets, rather than just the corporate treasury, to drive sustainable...
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Will HP get greener with Meg Whitman at the helm?
Meg Whitman is set to take the helm at HP so what can the environmental movement expect of her leadership?
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Integrated Reporting: can it solve the sustainability information gap?
Integrated Reporting is the latest buzzword for financial, non financial and sustainability reporting. Now the International Integrated Reporting Committee has published a framework for integrated...
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Ethical Investment Revolt - HP & Microsoft deleted from Dow Jones Sustainability Index
HP & Microsoft are removed from the Dow Jones Sustainability Index signalling a lack of confidence from ethical investors in their sustainability strategy and performance.
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Oracle under fire over ethics again: Feds investigating bribery for business in Africa
Oracle is under investigation by the Feds for bribery in its West Africa business dealings. The region is a tough place to do business and poverty causes corruption just as corruption causes...
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Bleak Outlook for Climate Change with Record CO2 output in 2010
After a dip in greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 emissions growth has rebounded dramatically to reach record levels in 2010.
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Update - Swartz to Jobs: let Timberland help Apple on sustainability
Timberland CEO, Jeff Swartz offers Steve Jobs some friendly advice: Apple should have board level supervision of its sustainability strategy. However, despite repeated shareholder resolutions and...
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Morality V's Technology: Timberland takes Apple to the woodshed
Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz wrote an extraordinary attack on Apple for its lack of performance on sustainability. Swartz laments that companies like Timberland have to play by the rules on...
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Can Lèo Apotheker restore HP's reputation on sustainability?
Today announces Leo Apotheker as its new CEO and writes a big check in support of first ammendment rights to a leading non profit. Coincidence or signalof change?
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Oracle bats away pesky shareholder resolution on sustainability
Oracle is opposing a minority shareholder resolution to be tabled at its upcoming AGM calling on its board to institute a formal sustainability oversight committee. The resolution was prompted by...
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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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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. But one...
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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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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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