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Two cocoa producing farmer co-operatives in the Ivory Coast have become the first to be certified under a cocoa sustainability […]

A pilot to test out grievance procedures on alleged human rights abuses by companies has been set up by the […]

Doughty Centre/50 Lessons. www.50lessons.com/collections This set of short films offers the opinions and experiences of academics, business executives and practitioners […]

Tougher regulation on corporate responsibility is likely to follow in the wake of the financial crisis, a new analysis has […]

Two of the world’s largest responsible investment research companies, Sustainalytics and Jantzi Research,  have merged. The new entity, which will […]

A bribery and corruption framework has been drawn up by UK-based GoodCorporation to help organizations avoid corrupt practices. The framework […]

UK business will have to deal with the requirements of a new Carbon Reduction Commitment from next April. EP takes […]

Covalence has ploughed an unusual furrow by giving companies ethical ratings based on often subjective media coverage. Mike Scott talks […]

Has Sweden’s regulation on the sustainability reporting duties of state-owned firms been effective? The GRI’s Teresa Fogelberg offers her considered assessment […]

An SRI strategy on commercial and residential property, including carbon emission cuts, has been announced by one of the world’s […]

Alliance Boots has turned to Business in the Community for advice on ethical supply chain management after its recent decision […]

More investors should be addressing the business risks associated with indigenous peoples, an investment research consultancy has concluded. UK-based Ethical […]

Plans to create a ‘socially responsible’ train operator have been unveiled in Britain. Go Co-operative is seeking £250,000 from socially […]

German retailer Metro Group has received plaudits for its response to labour standards problems in a Bangladeshi supplier factory, which […]

Some companies are now so afraid of being accused of greenwash that they are avoiding all communication on sustainability matters, […]

Student pledges need to be backed by a formula for teaching CSR in business schools, says Jeremy Moon Periodically, when […]

African countries carry the greatest risks for multinationals, according to a ranking of nations with the most hazardous business environments. […]

Plans for a national strategy on corporate responsibility in Slovakia have been put on hold. The government of the central […]

One of Europe’s largest mobile phone operators has responded to a spate of staff suicides with measures including a helpline […]

Internet company Google is to offer free access to health advice, farming tips and other services by mobile phone to […]

More than 60 organizations have qualified to use a new ‘Sustainable Mail’ service provided by the UK’s Royal Mail. To […]

US supermarket giant Walmart has taken the unusual step of providing public backing for the White House’s proposed healthcare reforms […]

Two energy companies have resigned from a US coal industry group over reservations about its climate change stance. US-based Duke […]

Britain’s big six energy suppliers spent £157million on social programmes in 2008-09, a 175 per cent increase on 2007-08, according […]

A corporate responsibility practitioner has aroused attention in Britain after a ruling that he was unfairly sacked because of his […]

A pan-European boycott of a Turkish textiles factory has been called off after the company agreed to work with trade […]

One of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds has sold its stake in an Israeli defence technologies company after blacklisting […]

A new brand of denim trousers will promote the manufacturer’s sustainable use of water. Gap’s 1969 Premium Jeans will be  […]

The number of companies worldwide reporting on their sustainability performance has increased dramatically to a record high, the Global Reporting […]

An online portal for materials relating to the work of John Ruggie, the UN Secretary-General’s special representative on business and […]

The cement industry has outlined how concrete recycling can be increased and is pushing for an ultimate goal of ‘zero […]

The telecommunications sector has been warned that it is running risks by publishing so little on CSR issues. Research by […]

Business computing giant IBM will expand its volunteering programme by entering into new countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. […]

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is to launch a series of investment indices for companies with strong carbon management strategies. […]

UK graduate employees are showing increasing involvement in and support for their employers’ CSR initiatives, despite a general lack of […]

One of the catalysts for today’s socially responsible investment scene, the Stewardship Fund was launched in 1984. Mike Scott asks […]

Many people were caught with their pants down when the global financial crisis erupted a year ago – and CSR […]

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Business must talk to stakeholders in the forums they choose – and hear what they say, argues Ben Richards Over the […]

One of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds has announced that it will start pressuring companies with high water-related risks […]

The banking sector is suffering the worst reputation of all industries thanks to the financial crisis, jobs cuts and its […]

Will Oulton (ed). Hardback. 365 pages. GMB. £35.63 Based on the premise that much of the movement towards a low […]

A new form of ‘rolling assurance’ for online sustainability reporting is to be used by a leading UK media group. […]

A disagreement between the United Nations and the body drawing up the new ISO standard on social responsibility has been […]

Some of world’s largest footwear brands have demanded an immediate stop to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest from their […]

Only a Supreme Court ruling will provide real clarity on whether the US’s Alien Tort law can successfully be used […]

The world’s largest companies will reach recommended levels of greenhouse gas cuts 39 years too late to avoid dangerous climate […]

An international certification scheme to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds has recommended a six-month suspension on the importing and […]

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has become an official supporter of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which promotes the […]

More than half of large British charities now have an ethical investment policy, according to a new survey. The study […]

Signs of opposition to a proposed UK commission for business and human rights have emerged in new evidence given to […]

With talks December’s UN climate change conference fast approaching, EP explains what the event is all about – and what […]

Almost half of CSR reports no longer use the phrase ‘corporate responsibility’ in their title, new research has revealed. A […]

One of the largest alcoholic beverage manufacturers in the US has pledged to increase economic opportunities for Hispanics through a […]

Work on the development of an ISO standard on social responsibility will move another key step forward next month with […]

British bridge-building company Mabey & Johnson is to be monitored by an independent auditor approved by the UK’s Serious Fraud […]

A Spanish bank has become the world’s first company to publish its non-financial report in a special business reporting language. […]

Five signatories to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) have been de-listed for not complying with its annual […]

The world’s largest retailer has announced plans to develop a sustainability labelling system for all the products it sells. Walmart […]

First signs of what the US presidency of Barack Obama may mean for corporate responsibility have emerged with the creation […]

Three major private security industry associations have agreed to help develop an international code of conduct for private military security […]

The ideal head of corporate responsibility must have excellent communication and networking skills, the ability to influence people, a certain […]

The jury may still be out but companies are seeking more rigorous sustainability information and more effective customer dialogue to […]

A high-ranking official has been appointed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to encourage ethical business policies in China. Sean […]

This year’s main social project of the Tata Power private utility is to make a million people in India aware […]

A clothing group and a leading bank are backing the relief effort to help 660,000 internal refugees in the wake […]

Unilever China and the All-China Women’s Federation are to run a joint programme to care for children left behind by […]

The Industrial Bank, China, has emerged as the Asia regional winner in the emerging markets section of the 2009 FT […]

People displaced by armed conflict in Pakistan are to receive more than 11 million litres of clean drinking water through […]

PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest beverage and food companies, has opened its first overseas ‘green’ plant in China. The […]

Indian coffee farms will be among Nestlé suppliers to be certified to Rainforest Alliance standards under a newly introduced sustainability […]

Seven elite CSR performers have been put into a new category by Business in the Community in its latest annual […]