by Jill Poet | Jun 25, 2015 | Community, Environment, Ethics, General, Marketplace, Workplace
Many people know that I have what I would call a Love / Hate relationship with Social Enterprise. I love the ethos of giving social value being more important than making a profit although, of course, we must never forget that ALL organisations need to make a profit,...
by Editorial | Apr 28, 2015 | Community, Environment, Ethics, General, Marketplace, Workplace
I can’t believe that my time at ORB is nearly at an end! It has gone incredibly quickly but in that short time I don’t think I could have learnt a lot more than I have. From being well and truly thrown in the deep end I pretty quickly learnt how to network,...
by Jill Poet | Feb 15, 2015 | Community, Environment, Ethics, Marketplace, Workplace
Recently, due to an increased amount of pressure from the likes of globalization, bottom line results, and fierce competition, companies have been under a vast amount of pressure to increase their profit margins, productivity, and to also maintain and maximise their...
by Editorial | Jan 26, 2015 | Environment
With increasing growth of the population, global warming and limited resources, food security is becoming a very discussed and worrying topic. A result of these pressing discussions came the ‘Biomimicry Global Design Challenge’. The Competition involves...
by Editorial | Jan 26, 2015 | Community, Environment, Ethics, General, Marketplace, Workplace
Have you heard of the incredible B Team? Having only just come across it myself I am inspired by the efforts of the movement to change how the world does business and switch from ‘Plan A’ to ‘Plan B’ where it’s priorities are People, Planet and Profit (just like...
by Editorial | Jan 26, 2015 | Environment, Workplace
Fuel consumption is a worry for all drivers in terms of our costs as well as our carbon footprint but what about the trucks and lorries that are constantly driving all over the the world on a daily basis -are they trained to be fuel efficient? The Truck Fuel...
