Rio Earth Summit, 1992A thirteen year old girl speaks to the UN with passion, conviction, and unbreakable logic about the harm that we are doing to the planet we live on and the need to do something different.As I post this video on to the Force for Good website, that was 16 years ago. The 13 year old girl is now 29, and things have got worse, not better.This is why we need companies to be a force for good. This is why companies themselves need to become a force for good.

Issue(s): Redefining Success - beyond accounting , Climate Change , Why we need Force for Good companies , Tomorrow's Green Economy

Tag(s): Children , Politics , UN

Entrepreneurs in Action is a dynamic organization working with the public and private sector to develop the entrepreneurial and financial skills of the next generation.  EiA offer programmes and activities which unlock the untapped talents of young people, and work in partnership with successful companies to give students a real taste of enterprise through hands-on business challenges and learning programmes. Andreas is from Trinity school, Croydon, and worked through EiA with Wizz kids, a charity that helps disabled children. He headed his team in a project to develop a marketing scheme that would put Wizz kids in the public eye, and in the process discovered that everyone is talented. He also feels that it is important for business and society to co-exist, being corporate and social citizens to mutually benefit each other and be sustainable.

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Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent , Sustainability

Talent has never been more important - this video is part of the talent discussion, which has started with the soft launch of Tomorrow's Global Talent. report looks at who has it, where it is, how it can be harnessed and engaged.  And, critically, how to lead it. Join us and our partners for our global conversation on talent – read the report, comment below, get involved … Tony Manwaring, is Chief Executive of Tomorrow's Company.  He has had a series of management, marketing and communications roles in the voluntary sector with NCH (formerly National Children's Home), Diabetes UK and most recently, the disability rights charity Scope, where he was chief executive for over three years.  Before that he worked as head of The General Secretary's Office for the Labour Party, playing a key role in transforming its operational fortunes as it became New Labour.

Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent

Talent has never been more important - this video is part of the talent discussion, which has started with the soft launch of Tomorrow's Global Talent.  The report looks at who has it, where it is, how it can be harnessed and engaged.  And, critically, how to lead it. Join the global conversation on talent – read the report, comment below, get involved … Lucy Parker is Chair of the Talent & Enterprise Task Force at the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Issue(s): Tomorrow's Global Talent