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Author: Alfredo Zolezzi, in free-trade zones
Chief Innovation
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In a world that faces energy shortages, we pay a
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forms of energy, but it seems that we underestimate from collapse
the most powerful one: the energy of ideas.
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We are at a unique point in history where scientific into recession for
knowledge is a commodity and the available the second time in
eight years
capacities to develop new technologies are
outstanding. Then, what shall we do with all the
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Obsolete models
The reason there are still so many people suffering
from hunger, lack of drinking water and sanitation,
pollution and a number of other old problems that
still persist, regardless of the impressive
technological progress nowadays, is because we rely
on obsolete models. This is not just a problem for
governments, but for the entire society. Large
corporations will not be able to continue
performing the way they do without considering
the increasing social unrest. For instance, soon it
will be impossible to continue producing soft drinks
with a water footprint of over 600 liters of water
per produced liter. It has been projected that two-
thirds of the worlds population could be living
under water-stressed conditions by 2025.
Making an impact
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Making an impact
major
Despite some laudable initiatives by several
corporations, their remarkable efforts have not
reached the scale required to generate significant
impact. Even though CSR campaigns can generate
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that philanthropy is not good business for
corporations. We believe that it is possible to break
this paradigm.
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