Interesting outcome from 2012 IHT Luxury Conference on twitter. Respect, Sustainable, Charity, Philanthrocapitalism, Help, Give, 6/100 words mostly used in tweets. Charity, Sustainable, Give, 3/50 Sustainable, Give, 2/25 Some other tweets : « RT @LuxurySociety: #IHTLux @liviafirth believes Africa could become the world’s best sustainable, ethical & ecologically viable manufacturing...

 China is said to be urbanizing faster than any other country, and this process has been on unusually open display in Shanghai, where  developers destroyed the communally-organized neighborhoods of the central city at an extraordinary clip, replacing them with high- rises and shopping malls. Typically, the residents of areas to be cleared received little advance notice before eviction and no say in the compensation they received for...

Keynote speech by Christopher H. Cordey given at the Belgian Luxury Circle Luxury Management Seminar - October 1, 2012  “Is (Luxury) Business As Usual Sustainable ? Today, we are at a crucial moment of history. A moment which puts a radically new challenge to the human race. For the first time, its prodigious dynamism collides with the limits of the biosphere. The story is one of growth in population and consumption compounded by...

« These companies have a cluster of good practices, like more training and better relationships among employees. » Want to increase employee productivity? You could give everyone the option of working from home–or you could make your company more environmentally responsible. A recent study from researchers at UCLA looked at how companywide « green » standards affect employee productivity and...

Can the ideology of capitalism bend to a stronger ideology of justice and love? September 20, 2012 | www.alternet.org Cash payment is not the sole nexus between man and man. ~Thomas Carlyle Even after a terrible financial crisis exposed their folly, the High Priests of Old Time Economics still speak the cold, barren language of self-interest. Acting solely in your own interest, they preach, is the key to efficiency and...