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Nestle is to stop using products from sources that contribute to rainforest destruction, after a campaign against its use of […]

India looks set to get legislation that will require mining companies to put aside specific sums of money for corporate […]

A new ‘competency map’ for corporate responsibility practitioners would generally be welcomed by the profession, says the CR Academy, which […]

The UK government has said the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises need to be clearer, more practical and expanded to […]

The internet search giant Google has invested £38.8million (£26.7m, €31.3m) directly into two US wind farms. In its first large-scale […]

Proposed new requirements for the global extractive industry have suggested that companies should disclose key financial information country by country […]

Non-governmental organizations have been given a specific version of the Global Reporting Initiative’s sustainability reporting guidelines. Although some NGOs already […]

South Korea has begun to improve its business ethics, but the issue remains one of the biggest affecting the country’s […]

All employees at one of the world’s largest hotel groups are to undergo compulsory corporate social responsibility training of two […]

Esther Rodriguez argues that carbon reporting is seriously undermined by a lack of assurance There’s no denying that carbon reporting […]

Training courses in ethical purchasing have been introduced by the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) to help companies’ individual employees with […]

Stagecoach has announced an £11million ($16.8m, €12.7m) carbon investment as part of a five-year sustainability strategy aimed at cutting 150,000 […]

A Hippocratic-style oath for business managers is to go global after being backed by the United Nations Global Compact. The […]

Socially responsible investment sales at Dexia Asset Management dropped 120 per cent last year, with assets under management falling by […]

Car manufacturers are finally coming to terms with the demands of corporate responsibility, reports new research from the Munich-based oekom […]

The World Bank has blacklisted the UK-based publishing giant Macmillan after details emerged of the company’s business dealings in Sudan. […]

The CSR minister is no more in UK government. The Conservatives, who in opposition had indicated they would do without […]

UK retail giant Asda has agreed to sell certain drugs that are too expensive for the National Health Service to […]

A European carpet manufacturer has begun lobbying for changes to waste legislation. Interface, one of the first commercial enterprises to […]

A world tribunal that would punish corporate ‘climate crimes’ has been demanded by a group of governments, non-governmental organizations and […]

Two groups representing some of the largest pension funds in the world are set to agree a $10billion-per-year investment in […]

A new climate change fund aiming to attract investment to green projects and technology is to be established by a […]

Walmart has announced plans to expand its women’s development programme in the third world, extending a one-year partnership with the […]

One of the chief proponents of ‘pro-poor’ capitalism, C.K. Prahalad, died last month aged 69.   Prahalad was an influential […]

Non-financial reports are virtually useless if no one actually reads them, says Simon Hodgson What if you gave a party […]

One of the world’s largest telecoms companies has introduced a ‘women’s quota’ so that 30 per cent of management positions […]

Chris Arnold. Wiley. 272 pages. Hardback. £14.99. As a marketing professional, Chris Arnold has delivered both ethical and traditional marketing […]

The draft ISO 26000 social responsibility standard has overcome its last big obstacle, and is set to be published this year […]

The first certification system for artisanal gold mining has been created by the Fairtrade Foundation and the Alliance for Responsible […]

Legislation creating the conditions for benefit corporations, a new class of business required to benefit society as well as shareholders, […]

The CSR Study Group at the UK’s University of Leeds has changed its name to the Business and Development Study […]

The Corporate Responsibility Group (CRG) has produced a code of conduct for CSR professionals. EP talks to Yogesh Chauhan, CRG […]

Home Retail Group is to ‘refocus’ its corporate responsibility strategy on employees, and put more effort into communicating what it […]

The Altru Fund claims to be overturning the notion of a conflict between social and commercial returns by treating social […]

One of Europe’s most influential corporate responsibility networks is to consider changing its structure to become a membership body of […]

A huge group of institutional investors has asked more than 300 of the world’s biggest companies to report on their […]

Rising salaries, bigger budgets and greater job security: that’s the general portrait of the corporate responsibility profession painted in the […]

Puma has set out targets to cut carbon emissions, energy, water and waste by a quarter over the next five […]

Adherents to the business-focused Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights have celebrated the tenth anniversary of their foundation by […]

Developing world companies that fail to report properly on their adherence to the United Nations Global Compact principles will escape […]

Corporate failure to prevent bribery has been made an offence under UK law, putting the onus on businesses to deal […]

Two Far East stock exchanges have decided to lead by example by producing reports in accordance with the Global Reporting […]

A prominent British environmental activist has warned companies to be wary of ‘green hopefuls’ who encourage them to make eye-catching […]

An open letter to the UK government attacking its plans to abolish CSR requirements on foreign investment projects has been […]

Most of the UK’s largest companies lack credibility on the claims they make about their carbon emissions, and most seek […]

This year’s CR Salary Survey has highlighted an emerging phenomenon – a generation of corporate responsibility professionals who have only […]

Two Dutch companies are to link senior executive pay to social and environmental performance. Life sciences group DSM and mail […]

Ikea has hit on the novel idea of compiling a ‘never ending list’ of its social and environmental improvements. The […]

Electronics giant Sony has set itself five-year targets in its drive to achieve a ‘zero environmental footprint’ by 2050. Sony’s […]

CSR activities and reporting are to be made obligatory for mining companies in India following new legislation drawn up after […]

Two of the world’s most famous luxury brands have been accused of labour rights abuses in Indonesia. Polo Ralph Lauren […]

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

More than 200 US companies have pulled advertising from the Fox News Glenn Beck show after slurs on Barack Obama. […]

Carbon emissions among the largest companies in the US are on course to rise by almost four per cent over […]

A $1.7trillion (£1.1tn, €1.3tn) coalition of investors is trying to force companies to come clean on their bribery and corruption […]

The English Football League has teamed up with the Prince’s Trust and the Environment Agency to highlight the environmental and […]

A $200million ‘green bond’ has been issued by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private arm of the World Bank, […]

Goldman Sachs has been formally placed under investigation by the UK Financial Services Authority after the Wall Street bank was […]

A large university in the US has cancelled a licensing agreement with Nike over concerns about the company’s treatment of […]

Coca-Cola has announced the launch of the ‘Haiti Hope Project’, a long-term multi-stakeholder partnership that will seek to raise the […]

The German car manufacturer Daimler will pay $185million to settle a bribery case after pleading guilty to corruption in a […]

Ford has become the first car manufacturer to join the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) Water Disclosure programme, which will publish […]

A deal between the world’s two largest pharmaceuticals companies is to provide 600 million doses of pneumonia vaccines at a […]

UK retail ethical funds saw a sales jump by a quarter over the last three months of 2009, according to […]

Corporate responsibility practitioners appear generally positive about their job prospects despite the recession. The latest CR Salary Survey shows eight […]

Non-governmental organizations will shortly be given their own version of the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines on sustainability reporting. A draft […]

The UK government has clarified areas of corporate responsibility covered by its departments. In a statement to EP last month, […]

Marks & Spencer has launched a bid to become ‘the world’s most sustainable retailer by 2015’ by announcing that it […]

Walmart has announced a plan to eliminate 20 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by […]

John Elkington has been working with distinction in the corporate responsibility field for so long that he’s perhaps entitled to […]

As CSR fights the image of a luxury in recessionary times, Community Development Finance Institutions claim to be the best […]

Rory Sullivan warns that ‘enhanced analysis’ is no panacea in the responsible investment field I’ve recently become involved in Oxfam’s […]