Fabian Pattberg

The Occupy Wall Street movement – Relevant to CSR / Sustainability?

October 11, 20113:12 pm

I have been following the recent developments of the OccupyWallStreet movement but must say that I am not sure how relevant it is for the overall CSR / Sustainability movement (In the US locally and for other countries globally).

Here is some background information on the movement:
The main website: http://occupywallst.org/

Some videos:

Hello Wall Street from socially_awkwrd on Vimeo.

Sign Language from socially_awkwrd on Vimeo.

An interesting development today has been that Ben & Jerrys openly declared their support for the movement. This is the link to the statement: To those who occupy. We stand by you.

What do you think is the relevance to CSR and Sustainability in general? Will this be a movement which will significantly influence the way we look at CSR / Sustainability?

Anonymous

I think OWS will need to grow and continue to define itself before it can offer a solid platform for sustainability. However, I think those with knowledge of practical applications for principles of sustainability have a lot to offer OWS, to help it grow in the right direction. This is a little bit of information about concrete things being done by Mobile Design Lab, among others, to make the Occupy movement more environmentally sustainable: http://www.occupy-wallstreet.com/permaculture/