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Legislation requiring extractives industry companies to report the payments they make to governments in return for permission to extract resources […]

Bangladesh’s commercial banks have been asked to submit half-yearly statements on corporate social responsibility to the country’s central bank. Statements […]

Nike has teamed up with the Honduran trade union movement to support workers sacked by the sportswear firm’s suppliers after […]

One of Europe’s largest food brands has set out a five-year sustainability plan in partnership with a group of NGOs. […]

The Indian government has invited all companies to provide reports on their CSR activities directly to its corporate affairs ministry. […]

Financial institutions that have adopted the voluntary Equator Principles on ethical project financing will now be de-listed if they fail […]

The businesses that run Formula One motor racing teams have published their collective greenhouse emissions and scheduled how they will […]

A CSR ‘national monitoring system’ is to be set up by the United Nations Development Programme and the UK-based consultancy […]

Integrated reporting is no cure-all for the problems of CSR communications, says Roger Cowe What’s so great about annual reports? […]

A three-year quest to measure the impact of corporate social responsibility programmes has begun in Europe. A consortium of 16 […]

Work is underway to create a ‘tiered’ system that will make it easier for developing world firms to report properly […]

The multinational dairy business FrieslandCampina is reinforcing its CSR commitments with a code of conduct based on the Universal Declaration […]

A mission to create a globally recognized framework for integrated corporate responsibility and financial reporting has been launched by a […]

The new plans to draw up a global framework for the integration of non-financial and financial reporting are certainly interesting. […]

If it’s true that companies from non-western nations such as China are gaining an upper hand in the race to […]

High street retailers are to advise the UK government on how to reduce its use of energy. DIY-chain B&Q, food […]

Improved disclosure and risk management has been demanded of oil and gas firms by a coalition of investors in the […]

Walmart has pledged to double its donations to US national food banks in response to growing poverty in America. The […]

The business index company MSCI has announced that it will cut up to 80 jobs following its acquisition of the […]

A three-year project that has helped fight the decline in the UK bee population has won the Co-operative Group the […]

Investment in ethical retail funds in the UK has reached a record £9.5billion ($13.6bn, €11.4bn). Latest figures from Eiris, the […]

One of the world’s largest non-governmental organizations has said the review of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) sustainability framework must […]

China is one of the developing world’s riskiest economies for investors because of its poor performance on environmental, social and […]

Criteria enabling nuclear power companies to qualify for the FTSE4Good indexes are unlikely to be produced until at least the […]

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often unfairly characterised as being uninterested in corporate responsibility, says a new CSR guide. […]

A new mobile phone application is allowing consumers to find out the CSR credentials of a firm by scanning the […]

Eight out of ten corporate leaders believe the economic downturn has raised the importance of sustainability, suggests a study.  The […]

The increasing importance of corporate lobbying as a CSR issue has been recognised by the Vigeo ratings agency, which will […]

An era has drawn to a close at the UK-based AccountAbility organization as its long-term head, Simon Zadek, has been […]

The US soft drinks group Dr Pepper Snapple has included an ethical sourcing strategy in a new five-year CSR plan […]

A backlash campaign against non-governmental organizations accused of unfairly criticising companies over their ethical credentials has been established in Berlin. […]

Insurance giant Aviva has become one of the first companies to put its annual corporate responsibility report to a shareholder […]

A clampdown has begun on companies in the stone industry that are making misleading claims about their ‘ethical’ sourcing, including […]

Puma is to expand its support for a project that helps its suppliers produce brief CSR reports. After a pilot […]

Mike Scott speaks to Catherine Howarth of FairPensions about her organization’s ongoing campaign, which calls on institutional investors to place […]

Oil firms are beginning to fall foul of working in increasingly hostile environments, says Seb Beloe Who would have thought […]

We’re far from seeing the end of the great BP Gulf of Mexico debacle; indeed the gushing oil has not […]

US pharmaceutical companies have improved in the latest Access to Medicine (ATM) index, and now lead an industry showing encouraging […]

Robert Winston. Bantam Press. 432 pages. Hardback. £20. This is a whirlwind tour of human history that explores the negative, […]

The long-awaited ISO 26000 social responsibility standard is to be published by the end of October after receiving a final […]

Struggling to embed corporate responsibility into your organization’s daily life? Finding it difficult to engage employees on the ins and […]

Index expulsions and disinvestments are following hard on the heels of the worst oil spill in US history. EP looks […]

The world’s seventh largest tyre manufacturer is to open a hospital for employees in what is being seen as a […]

European dominance of the responsible investment sphere may be dissuading some US investment managers from adopting SRI policies, a think […]

Plans by the UK coalition government to require large companies to produce an annual Operating and Financial Review (OFR) have received […]

Many companies will soon create a high-level post of chief sustainability officer to take the corporate responsibility agenda forward. Sector […]

The private sector is playing a vital and ‘under-appreciated’ role in contributing to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). […]

A mission to boost corporate responsibility in India has been set up by three western bodies. US-based Social Accountability International […]

The UK defence ministry is aiming to make its armed forces more sustainable through a new procurement strategy. The ministry […]

Gucci has become one of the first luxury fashion houses to tackle the sector’s perceived environmental shortcomings by starting a […]

Innocent, the British maker of the Smoothie drink, has tried to assure consumers that its ethical stance will continue, after […]

The UK retailer Superdrug has boycotted perfume under the Katie Price brand after allegations that the product’s bottles were manufactured […]

China is one of the developing world’s riskiest economies for investors because of its poor performance on environmental, social and […]

The fast food giant McDonald’s has announced the best examples of green projects in its restaurants, franchises and supply chain […]

McDonald’s has had to recall 12 million pint glasses with the new Shrek film theme after the toxic metal cadmium […]

The world football federation FIFA has rejected criticism that it has done too little to use the World Cup in […]

More than half of the national football teams participating in this month’s World Cup have pledged to offset their carbon […]

One of Asia’s largest corporations has set aside $18billion to spend on environmentally-friendly business practice over the next ten years. […]

Barely a day goes by without the announcement of a CSR or sustainability award, quickly followed by a glamorous ceremony […]

Much of the current debate about corporate social responsibility is aimed at persuading businesses that there are sound financial reasons […]

Call centres have been the subject of much debate recently, with the media highlighting high levels of customer dissatisfaction regarding […]

Marks & Spencer is set to become the UK’s first retailer to sell Fairtrade vegetables, following the conclusion of a […]

UK companies with all-male boards have been told to re-evaluate their selection methods by the country’s governance and reporting regulator, […]

Financial woes can help firms focus on what’s really important if they are to have a bright future. EP looks […]

A suppliers’ environmental scorecard has been introduced by the world’s largest household goods company, which hopes it will be the […]

Now that the UK’s CSR minister post has been swept away by the new coalition government (see page one), it’s […]

The company that runs the world’s busiest international airport has decided to switch from detailed annual CSR reporting to bi-monthly […]

Pension fund advisor Towers Watson has stepped into the breach created by some of the structural shifts occurring in responsible […]

New guidance on how to embed corporate responsibility throughout an organization has stressed the importance of having CSR subcommittees and […]

Hong Kong’s largest companies have ‘failed to embrace CSR in its totality’ despite scoring well on engaging stakeholders, a new […]

Ed. Christine Mallin. Hardcover. 287 pages. Edward Elgar. £75. Finally, a book that crosses the great divide between academia and […]

The supermarket multinational Lidl has been forced to put an end to advertisements claiming it supports fair working conditions among […]