Nairobi, Nov. 24 -- A few years ago, I was walking by the poolside at the Muthaiga Country Club to my table, when I spotted my dear friend Bob Munro, (now deceased). He was there with his family and with his friend Michael Hopkins, to whom he introduced me.

Since then, Prof Hopkins and I became close friends as well, but equally sadly he too passed away recently- a few weeks before his eightieth birthday.

For the last few years, Prof Hopkins had been living part of his time in Malindi, part in Nairobi and part in France near the Swiss border, in each location continuing to pursue his passion for corporate social responsibility (CSR), where he had been a pioneer in developing sustainable frameworks.

He authored numerous books on the sub...