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Pernod Ricard CEO: Consumers will know if your CSR activity is ‘bullshit’
Michael BarnettSpeaking to Marketing Week to promote The Venture, Chivas whisky’s $1m competition for social enterprises, the wine and spirit maker’s chief executive Alexandre Ricard claimed today’s consumers will uncover any lack of authenticity in corporate social responsibility efforts.
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How marketers can put social purpose into practice
Charlotte RogersBrands need to replace the outdated concept of CSR with a social purpose that is intrinsically linked to their core objectives.
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