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W. Brad Johnson and Charles R. Ridley. 200 pages. Palgrave Macmillan. £12.99. The publishers say this book is a must-have […]

The Canadian government is recruiting a ‘CSR counsellor’ this month to advise the country’s mining, oil and gas companies. The […]

One of the controversies often cited as a key catalyst for the growth of corporate responsibility finally drew to a […]

Britain’s once-defunct CSR Academy has stuttered back to life to provide a small number of training courses for this summer […]

A number of food companies are to collaborate on providing products fortified with vitamins and other nutrients for developing countries. […]

After a business partner’s billboard appeared to show Burger King denying climate change, the firm was forced onto the defensive. […]

A new boycott campaign on the extraction of oil sands is homing in on companies that are only indirectly related […]

The British energy company Centrica has taken the unusual step of holding a live ‘web chat’ to discuss issues in […]

The world’s largest stock exchange group, New York Stock Exchange Euronext, has formed a partnership with an SRI research consultancy […]

A film has convinced the British sandwich chain Pret A Manger to switch to a more sustainable variety of tuna […]

Mike Scott talks to Walden Asset Management’s Tim Smith, who’s in bullish mood about changing attitudes to to risk and, […]

A lot of noise is being generated about how developed countries should hold multinational businesses to account for their involvement […]

Chiquita has announced that all its pineapples will soon become Rainforest Alliance-certified. The fruit multinational, which sources pineapples from Panama […]

Governments should get tougher with companies that breach the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises, a UK inquiry has been told. […]

Fourteen multinationals have published a set of ‘essential steps’ that businesses must take to improve human rights. The companies, which […]

A project has been set up to help investors understand the financial hazards of deforestation. The Forest Footprint Disclosure Project […]

Information in most large companies’ CSR reports is virtually useless, a business management academic has argued. In a stinging attack, […]

Charges against three global car companies alleging human rights abuses in South Africa have been allowed to proceed. A New […]

The UN’s takeover of the Enhanced Analytics Initiative raises many issues, says Steve Waygood As you may have read in […]

A global coalition of seed manufacturers has outlined a new strategy for preventing child labour in their sector. CropLife International, […]

The United Nations has asked that all mention of the Global Compact be removed from ISO 26000, the forthcoming international […]

A critical review of Wragge & Co’s first CSR report appeared in EP this May. This month Tom Peyton of […]

Child labour is still widely used in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry, contrary to claims that corporate influence is putting an end […]

Christian Aid, an anti-poverty charity with a track record of scepticism on corporate responsibility, has commissioned CSR research from a […]

A ‘pro-poor’ initiative by Coca-Cola in East Africa has generated 12,000 jobs while increasing the company’s competitiveness in the region. […]

Marks & Spencer’s five-year social and environmental programme has paid for itself after two years and is now making money […]

The Indian company Reliance Energy has become one of eight utilities businesses to agree to provide smart meters enabling customers […]

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the global pharmaceuticals group, is putting 39million Sri Lankan rupees ($340,000, £210,000) into a project to empower disabled […]

Information technology businesses in India’s Kerala state are joining the fight against Aids and HIV. Companies on the Technopark industrial […]

An Australian network of the United Nations Global Compact has been established. The network was set up at the tenth […]

A court decision may make it possible for tribal people on the island of Borneo to stop companies from flattening […]

An Asian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility has been established to encourage ethical practices in the region. The centre is […]

An Asia Pacific office of the International Business Leaders’ Forum has been set up in Hong Kong. The new base […]

Volvo has set itself the unusual goal of ensuring that nobody is seriously injured or killed in accidents involving any […]

CSR practitioners have been warned against becoming too evangelical when talking to board members about corporate responsibility. Arnaud Cohen Stuart, […]

Firms are exploiting a lack of reporting standards to distort their achievements, says Bill D’Allesandro Sustainability reporting is becoming a […]

At first glance, the furore in Britain over the expenses claims of members of parliament has little to do with […]

Mike Scott talks to Tom Powdrill of investor advisor PIRC, which wants an overhaul not just of the rules on […]

North American CSR reports are improving in quality and disclosure, although they still sometimes omit ‘key topics of interest to […]

A watchdog has warned that UK pension funds’ risk management and accountability performance shows dangerous gaps, and has raised questions […]

Mining multinational Rio Tinto has become the subject of rare praise by a transparency organization for its voluntary disclosure of […]

Work has begun on the first ever code of practice for corporate responsibility practitioners. The Corporate Responsibility Group (CRG), a […]

BT has lost its position of pre-eminence on CSR in the telecoms sector, according to a new analysis.   UK-based […]

Listed businesses in the UK are to be urged by the government to endorse a new code on the responsible […]

A permanent global forum has been set up to monitor a new voluntary code of conduct for sovereign wealth funds […]

Robert Boutilier. Greenleaf. 248 pages. Hardback. £24.95 At last, a book that gets to the heart of stakeholder issues: the […]

Proposals for the creation of a powerful UK commission on business and human rights have been announced by an alliance […]

The Arab world stands ahead of Eastern Europe and Central Asia when it comes to corporate responsibility, according to the […]

British private equity firms have set up an advisory board to help them develop responsible investment strategies. The 11-person board, […]

Kraft Foods and the Save the Children charity have formed a partnership to relieve malnutrition among Indonesian and Filipino families. […]

The current emphasis on reporting and product labelling in the management of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may be diverting companies’ […]

Chiquita is facing lawsuits in the US over payments made in the 1990s to Colombian paramilitaries. Now it has produced […]

Companies worldwide have improved their performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk management over the past three years, according […]

The number of people employed in corporate responsibility in Australia is expected to increase significantly in the next year, reports […]

US Environmental Protection Agency proposals to create a national system for business reporting of greenhouse gas emissions have been welcomed by […]

A certification programme for responsible seafood farming is to be offered to businesses across the world.   The Aquaculture Stewardship […]

A Dutch survey of corporate employees suggests they are unconvinced by their companies’ CSR performance. The research, by the Netherlands-based […]

One of the world’s main socially responsible investment indices is to introduce criteria on health and safety that companies will […]

Corporate responsibility data is now only a couple of mouse clicks away from most large companies’ home pages. New research […]

The UK government is to come up with a code of conduct on business use of private military and security […]

Kraft Foods and the Save the Children charity have formed a partnership to relieve malnutrition among Indonesian and Filipino families. […]

A Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign has been started by the Climate Group, an international non-profit organization whose aim is […]

ITT Corporation, the US high-technology engineering and manufacturing company, is putting up $200,000 (£132,000) to improve water access for students […]

A report on the corporate social responsibility activities of the 1000 largest Indian companies has given a zero score to […]

HP, the world’s largest technology company, is extending its recycling programme in India to consumers and small and medium-sized businesses. […]

Property management executives in Asia Pacific are more willing than their global counterparts to invest in sustainability, according to a […]

Asia’s first social stock exchange is to open in Singapore. The Social Stock Exchange Asia (SSXA) will provide a trading […]

Some leading companies in Hong Kong’s garment industry have shown progress in reporting on their supply chain labour standards, but […]

Most listed forestry companies on the Hong Kong stock exchange that claim to be environment-friendly are so only by default, […]

Asian real estate companies have poor environmental, social and governance practices, a new study has found. The shortcomings include use […]

Diners at the Bluewater retail park in Dartford, UK, could be forgiven for executing a double take as they eat. […]

A stunning archipelago of white sandy beaches and sun-drenched countryside, SinAn County is one of South Korea’s best-known holiday destinations. […]