Let's Be Inspired
“The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with a purpose”
- Montaigne
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
- Winston Churchill
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own."
- Benjamin Disraeli
“We believe that business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence, and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity. Free enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling ideas we humans have ever had. But we can aspire to do something even greater…”
- Mackey & Sisodia, Conscious Capitalism, 273, HBR, 2014
"Business can no longer afford to be separate from society. It must become an integral part of society, and society an integral part of business."
- Peter Drucker
"Creating shared value is not an ideology. It's a pragmatic way to solve real-world problems."
- Paul Polman
"Creating shared value means reinventing capitalism as a force for good in the world."
"Shared value is the next evolution of capitalism. It is not a zero-sum game, but a positive-sum game, where companies can create value for society while also creating value for themselves."
- Mark Kramer
“Creating Shared Value is not about giving away money or focusing solely on CSR initiatives. It's about embedding social and environmental purpose into a company's strategy, operations, and values, and creating long-term economic value in the process."
- Michael Porter
