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How Business-NGO Partnerships Can Transform Markets
By Shilpa Shah, GreenBiz.com, July, 2006

A recent Ethical Corporation conference delved into the dynamics of partnerships between business and non-governmental organizations.

Delegates from companies, NGOs and academia explored the grey area where the responsibilities of business and civil society blur. They discussed the benefits and pitfalls of working together to tackle social and environmental challenges

The partnerships discussed covered a spectrum, from a business handing a check to an NGO, to the two sides sitting together around the table to strategically shape a particular project, specific products or wider processes.

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