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EU regulatory case law, July 2014: Telefónica’s broadband margin squeeze and access to residence permit data

Read how Telefónica is found to have abused its dominant position in access to broadband markets in Spain.

Is your company ready for the EU non-financial reporting (CSR) Directive?

According to the Proposal for the EU that just passed through the European Parliament, large EU companies will now have to disclose non-financial information pertaining to their CSR measures. Companies may see such sustainability reporting as a burden, but CSR can be profitable as well – why not get the best of both worlds, sustainability

Aphaia’s third ebook is out! Read about the sustainability premium in chocolate and coffee.

We are extremely pleased to announce that after our ebook on the role of renewable energy on the EU energy market and our ebook on the new EU Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework proposal, Aphaia has now published its third ebook on the sustainability premium in chocolate and coffee.

Monthly Round Up: March 2014

Aphaia has been busy this month: our Chief Consultant Boštjan chaired the SEE Telecoms Conference, we mingled with The Cube, and held a BrightTALK webinar exploring key community-engagement strategies in ‪Latin America‬.

Corporate Social Responsibility: it works, but do we know to measure how?

Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR is meant to function as a self-regulating mechanism of companies that ensures their compliance with the spirit of ethical standards and, not to a lesser degree, endears them to their customers; but is really that simple and how do we measure its effect on what people are buying?

Are consumers willing to pay the sustainability premium? Latest Apahia study

Have you ever wondered if it pays to source cocoa and coffee in a sustainable way? In Aphaia we asked ourselves the exact same question and have prepared a white paper on whether consumers are indeed willing to pay a sustainability premium. Find out more in this article and see how you can buy the

Monthly Round Up: September 2013

Spain really really does not like online piracy, Google knows everything you type into your smartphone, and Aphaia’s Boštjan Makarovič thinks that there is still a general lack of competitive market-based thinking amongst policy-makers in Slovenia – this month in the news.

Direct trade vs fair trade

For the past few years there has been a lot of discussion about how to help producers in developing countries improve trading conditions. The answer seemed to be fair trade, an organised social movement based on paying “fairer” prices to producers from developing countries. But is fair trade really the solution to improving trading conditions,

Monthly Round Up: June 2013

June saw the Think.Eat.Save anti-food waste campaign, the rise of the PRISM spying scandal, the implementation of e-Call, the automated emergency call in cars, and has reminded us that roaming charges in the EU will once again be lowered come July. All this and more in our latest monthly round-up.

Infographic: Sustainability – the what and why

Beginning today is the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2013. Energy efficiency and renewable energy are of key importance to address the major energy challenges facing the European Union today. But do you actually know what all the buzzwords connected with sustainability mean?