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 When human-aid and business meet, sandals are swapped for suits. When human-aid and business meet, sandals are swapped for suits.
  
-== Embedded giving is the (apparently) increasingly common practice of building a philanthropic gift into another, unrelated, financial transaction. ==+== Embedded giving is the practice of building a philanthropic gift into another, unrelated, financial transaction. ==
  
  
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   * [[http://www.joinred.com|red campagne]] Bono's plan to shop for a better world.   * [[http://www.joinred.com|red campagne]] Bono's plan to shop for a better world.
-  * Procter & Gamble join with Unicef to link every pamper to a tetanus injection for an African Child.+  * [[http://www.unicef.org/corporate_partners/index_25124.html|Unicef corporate partners list]] Procter & Gamble join with Unicef to link every pamper to a tetanus injection for an African Child.
   * [[http://www.earthwater.ca|Eart Water]] why donate money to the UNHCR directly if you can start a company in between?   * [[http://www.earthwater.ca|Eart Water]] why donate money to the UNHCR directly if you can start a company in between?
   * [[http://www.strength.org|Share our Strength]] work with American Express   * [[http://www.strength.org|Share our Strength]] work with American Express
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 //The only thing we care about is getting more money to save more lives in Africa. We don't join debates about consumerism. Sorry, there are people dying here!// //The only thing we care about is getting more money to save more lives in Africa. We don't join debates about consumerism. Sorry, there are people dying here!//
  
-Jack Siegel is working an a system of regulations:\\+Jack Siegel is working to get a system of regulations:\\
 //In the Whole Foods store I was almost forced to donate to a breast-cancer fund. The cashier was so aggressive that I refused. When she sneeringly asked why I didn't donate, I filed a complaint.// //In the Whole Foods store I was almost forced to donate to a breast-cancer fund. The cashier was so aggressive that I refused. When she sneeringly asked why I didn't donate, I filed a complaint.//
  
-Johan van de Gronden of WWF-Nentherlands:\\+Johan van de Gronden of WWF-Netherlands:\\
 //We have to be very careful about going into these kind of ventures. It could ruin our good name. We look for long term solutions, so don't push the biocotton T-shirt, but try to reduce the water-usage of Pakistan's cotton industry by two-thirds.// //We have to be very careful about going into these kind of ventures. It could ruin our good name. We look for long term solutions, so don't push the biocotton T-shirt, but try to reduce the water-usage of Pakistan's cotton industry by two-thirds.//
  
 +Sources: article in NRC Handelsblad by Caroline de Gruyter 25-01-08 and [[http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/2007/11/buzzword-6-embedded-giving.html|philantrophy-blog]]
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