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Samsung was the world’s most environmentally and socially controversial company in the first half of 2008, according to a new […]

Companies seeking climate change advice are choosing consultancies that offer commercial and financial guidance rather than those provide technical expertise […]

Fuel poverty has become a more pressing business responsibility issue for energy companies in the past month as a result […]

Norway’s largest institutional investors are making efforts to promote responsible business practice among companies listed on the Oslo bourse. The […]

Further signs have emerged in recent weeks that companies operating in or sourcing from the occupied West Bank of Palestine […]

British companies for whom obesity is a corporate responsibility issue have come together to help the government promote healthier lifestyles. […]

IBM has diversified into corporate responsibility consultancy. The group’s Global Business Services division, which previously concentrated on mainstream strategy advice, […]

Gap, the US apparel and footwear group, has started a national women and children welfare project in collaboration with the […]

Sustainable companies on the Korean stock exchange have outperformed the index by more than 110 per cent since 2007, and […]

The European Union has been urged to ensure that its support for any European company through trade missions and subsidies […]

Wal-Mart has taken the unusual step of inviting another company to give sustainability presentations at its annual supplier conference. The […]

Coca-Cola, a main sponsor of the Beijing Olympics, has reported that two-thirds of its 371 Chinese suppliers did not comply […]

A programme to deliver ‘world-class’ healthcare to remote villages in India has been set up by Satyam Computer Services, a […]

Carbon footprint labels will appear on food packaging and other products in Japan under a voluntary scheme to persuade companies […]

Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has shut down its section that has been dealing specifically with corporate responsibility. The move […]

Disappointing results from an annual gender equality survey in the Asia- Pacific region were announced at the 18th Global Summit […]

Only business leaders with self-restraint can steer companies along the right path, says the Dalai Lama In Buddhism we believe […]

China’s $200billion (£100.8bn) sovereign wealth fund is to become a socially responsible global investor by shunning industries such as gambling, […]

The OECD is examining ways to extend the reach of its guidelines for multinationals into China. Forty countries – among […]

The United Nations Global Compact has rejected a demand that it use its influence to persuade oil company PetroChina to […]

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) document Biodiversity, produced 18 months ago to guide companies that report on the issue, has […]

Barely a fifth of Australian consumers trust international companies, local businesses or their government to give accurate global warming information. […]

Hardly any British business people reduced their travelling during 2007, even though many of their companies have clear policies on […]

Helveta, the information technology company that developed the CI WorldTM software for tracking timber assets in supply chains, has won […]

The retailer Primark has blamed the presence of child labour in its supply chain on ‘wholesale deception’ by three suppliers […]

India’s YES Bank has gained one of the main prizes in this year’s FT Sustainable Banking Awards. YES, which has […]

Microsoft has agreed to allow its Windows operating system to be used by the non-profit One Laptop Per Child programme […]

KPMG in Europe is claiming to have become the first large accountancy group to produce a supplier code of conduct. […]

Prudential Corporation Asia has retained the UK consultancy Jupiter Asset Management to advise on its PCA Global Green Solutions Fund, […]

Online consumers in developing nations are more likely to consider ethical issues when making buying decisions than those in developed […]

Robert A G Monks. Hardback. 252 pages. Wiley. £15.99/$29.95 This book is a call for action to restore fiduciary responsibility […]

The number of companies taking part in the UK’s annual Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index rose this year, […]

Queen Rania of Jordan has formed an Arab Sustainability Leadership Group to promote corporate responsibility across the Middle East. She […]

Key performance indicators covering environmental, social and governance matters for use by investment analysts and others have passed the first […]

Chinese companies have been told to take note of a survey of MBA students that shows they are taking more […]

The UK government has been instrumental in the development of corporate social responsibility over the last decade. Listed companies must […]

New rules on business responsibility disclosure and sustainability reporting standards are to be produced by a stakeholder committee of the […]

BT has set aggressive corporate greenhouse gas reduction targets by aiming to cut its total carbon emissions by 80 per […]

Annual reports and sustainability reports do not cross-reference each other enough, says a new study by a London-based communications consultancy. […]

EP examines the policy plans on corporate responsibility that have been revealed by the two US presidential contenders in the […]

Pension funds are increasingly seeking to reflect long term sustainability considerations in their investment strategies, Jane Goodland tells Mike Scott […]

Denmark is to introduce legislation that will require the country’s 1000 largest businesses to report on corporate responsibility in annual […]

Companies in the developing area of nanotechnology are to be invited to adopt seven responsible practice principles that have been […]

Public sector procurement of products and services in Spain must now take account of corporate responsibility factors, thanks to a […]

FTSE 100 companies have made progress on many corporate responsibility issues over the past five years, but they are not […]

A collaborative approach to ethical supply chain management can lead to ‘substantive’ improvements in factory working conditions, according to the […]

The world’s largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal, has signed a deal with trade unions to improve the company’s health and safety […]

The Australian government has established an ambitious three-year project to expand responsible business practice across the country. The treasury will […]

Suppliers of products and services for the 2012 Olympic Games in London will have to follow sustainable procurement guidelines. In […]

Adidas, Nike, Puma and Timberland have been identified as leaders in sustainability among clothing manufacturers. A study by Switzerland-based Bank […]

The United Nations Human Rights Council last month extended the mandate of John Ruggie, its special representative on business and […]

A code of conduct for sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) is being drawn up by one of the world’s most powerful […]

Staff working on Asian microfinance projects will be able to apply for 200 scholarships being offered by the MasterCard Foundation, […]

The Confectionery Manufacturers of Australasia, whose members include Cadbury Schweppes, Ferrero, Nestlé and Wrigley, has become a member of the […]

A new ranking names BMW and Toyota as the best car-makers in the efficient use of social and environmental resources […]

Michael Blowfield and Alan Murray. Paperback. 452 pages. Oxford University Press. £29.99. Aimed at the burgeoning number of undergraduate and […]

A French asset manager has created the first socially responsible fund to target for investment European companies with best-in-class employment […]

Six Asian financial institutions have reached the short list for this year’s FT Sustainable Banking Awards, the leading global awards […]

Business in the Community has paid tribute to Sir Derek Higgs, who has died aged 64, for the ‘pivotal’ role […]

The Asian Development Bank is establishing a fund with an initial $40million (£20.2m) to slow climate change trends and make […]

Campbell Soup Company, the US convenience food manufacturer, is to make corporate responsibility part of its overall business strategy. The […]

Bangladeshi garment makers are to sell food at a discount to employees to cushion them against rising food prices caused […]

The Canadian mining group Goldcorp is to order an independent human rights impact assessment of its Guatemala operation at the […]

John Ruggie, the UN special rapporteur on human rights, identifies no fewer than 27 internationally recognized human rights associated with […]

The General Motors Foundation and GM China have donated more than $1million (£505,000) to support relief work in China and […]

L’Oreal Malaysia is granting fellowship awards again to three young researchers in recognition of the contributions of local women scientists […]

A new mandate is expected to be handed to John Ruggie, the United Nations special representative on business and human […]

The system of governance in most of Japan’s listed companies fails to meet shareholders’ needs, despite significant improvements in some […]

Unilever has called for a moratorium in Indonesia on rainforest destruction being carried out for the production of palm oil, […]

The use of statistics and numerical data is no substitute for a written explanation, says Roger Cowe A picture is […]

Crédit Suisse is donating a million Swiss francs ($1million, £490,000) to the United Nations children’s fund after reports that child […]

The Co-operative Group has opposed a proposal by the UK’s Soil Association to revise its standards in order to discourage […]