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Building a company that lasts
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/02/2018
» The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not merely a global agenda or war cry for sustainable development that is being taken up by governments around the world. To move forward towards global prosperity, there has to be a balance and interaction between economic and social health. As such, business corporations have an equal responsibility and, increasingly, a need, to incorporate sustainable practices into their operations and management systems. It is not just a public-relations exercise, but a factor that will give them an edge, and also provide for long-term growth in a world where business no longer caters simply to a small circle of "customers" or "shareholders", but the wider target of "stakeholders".
Lessons from Doi Tung
News, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 10/06/2017
» Italy's Antonio Maria Costa has seen the transformative effect on local ethnic minorities of the Doi Tung project in the Thai highlands of Chiang Rai since he first visited 15 years ago.
RIDF urges 'giving back to society'
News, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 08/03/2016
» MR Disnadda Diskul, secretary-general of the Royal Initiatives Discovery Foundation (RIDF), or known in Thai as "Pid Thong Lang Phra", has challenged large commercial conglomerates as well as academia to get involved in social development rather than just benefiting from the poor.
Afternoon of the Blue Lagoon
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/02/2016
» Thailand’s A-list celebrities gathered in force to experience “MahaSamutr Lagoon”, Asia’s largest man-made lagoon at the MahaSamutr Country Club in Hua Hin, Prachuab Khiri Khan province, last weekend.
A meeting of East and West
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/10/2015
» To mark the 81st anniversary of the Old England Students Association under Royal Patronage (OESA), a charity gala dinner concert was held at Napalai Ballroom, Dusit Thani Bangkok.
Belles of the ball
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 31/05/2015
» The beautiful and classic Viennese ballroom culture was transposed to Bangkok when the Austrian embassy recently held the “Vienna Ball Bangkok” at Siam Kempinski Hotel. This was the first time after a lapse of seven years that the embassy has hosted the Vienna Ball.
All the way to the banks
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 25/01/2015
» With riverfront properties along the Chao Phraya being quietly snatched up by investors and developers as soon as they come on the market, getting 36 rai by the river is no mean feat.
Blast from the past
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 07/12/2014
» Stirring a lot of interest along the streets of Hua Hin last week was a parade of some 40 classic cars.
Luck is created, not found
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 28/07/2014
» My daily morning browse through Facebook turned up a post related to a media report in China that named Thailand the luckiest country in the world. The reasons for the Thai smile are, briefly, as follows:
Achievement caught on tape
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/06/2014
» Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawali recently presided over the Voices of Asean Children and Youth gala award presentation dinner at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel's Royal Orchid Ballroom.