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[Editor's Note: John Mandyck, Chief Sustainability Officer, UTC Climate, Controls, and Security will keynote BCLC's Bricks and Sticks Sustainability Symposium to discuss their leadership in the environmental innovation field. Join BCLC, UTC, and other leaders on April 16-17. Registration is open.]

Followers of this blog realize the great importance of CSR work for tackling society’s challenges. But beyond this fundamental understanding there is a lot of ambiguity in the world of corporate responsibility.  In particular, there is a lack of understanding of basic facts. No one quite knows how many companies are tackling social and environmental issues, which issues they are tackling, and where they are tackling them. Take recent survey results as an example.

In the days and weeks to come, a plethora of events related to global development will take place -- the Clinton Global Initiative, the UN General Assembly, and CROA’s Commit! Forum, capped off by BCLC's Global Conference (Oct. 10-12). Why does any of this matter? Here in the United States, global development is still looked at with suspicion.

Researchers at Oregon State University have invented a new blue pigment that could help make buildings more energy efficient.