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An accusation that Australia’s ANZ Bank has supported unsustainable logging in Papua New Guinea has been rejected. The complaint was […]

Nike, the official supplier of hand-stitched soccer balls to the English Premier Football League, is to buy again from Pakistan. […]

Temasek Holdings, the Singapore government’s investment arm, has set up a S$500million ($330m, £163m) trust to boost Asian development. Four […]

The Ethical Investment Association is to change its name to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia. More than 85 per cent […]

Eight large institutional investors have combined with Monash University in Melbourne to set up a specialist service provider in governance […]

Ciudad Bolivar is a socially deprived area of Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, and one of the most densely populated places in […]

Is there such a thing as international law governing company behaviour? The question is not purely academic. Much is made […]

Fundraisers in the not-for-profit sector who set up corporate partnerships are to be taken on site visits to two European […]

Whatever your take on modern urban architecture, you can’t help but be impressed with HSBC’s new headquarters in Mexico City. […]

As an integrated energy group, Centrica – owner of British Gas and operator of gas and electricity assets – knows […]

Diseases that disproportionately affect developing countries – such as malaria and tuberculosis – place pharmaceutical companies in a dilemma. To […]

When Xstrata Copper won a concession to develop the Apurímac region of Peru, it secured what could turn out to […]

Stakeholder engagement and social reporting have been cornerstones of responsible business practice for more than a decade. A number of […]

Amnesty International UK is recruiting a CSR manager to manage its in-house ethical performance. The appointment, which is unusual for […]

Having the Church of England as its core client has required CCLA Investment Management to keep at the forefront of […]

The G8 nations are to encourage developing countries to embrace corporate responsibility by holding a ‘high level dialogue’ on the […]

Some of the biggest companies in the world’s largest industry sector – insurance – have begun to develop a set […]

The Swiss investment bank Sarasin has increased the proportion of the assets it manages along SRI lines. New figures from […]

Ernst & Young is to expand its in-house corporate responsibility programme in the UK by creating a new full-time post […]

Independent film. Cert: U. 78 mins, dir: Nick & Marc Francis www.blackgoldmovie.com This well-constructed but sometimes woolly documentary is a […]

Kingfisher’s head of corporate responsibility tells EP how a pragmatic and transparent approach has helped bring the group up to […]

Fund managers should be as transparent on climate change data as everyone else, argues Nick Robins Over the past decade, […]

Reed Elsevier is to stop hosting arms fairs over ethical concerns about its involvement with the defence industry. The Anglo-Dutch […]

A leading socially responsible investor has warned that companies are rushing to bring biofuels to market without giving proper consideration […]

The world’s largest sports shoe and clothing brand has claimed that a decision to publicly disclose the names of all […]

BAE Systems has been criticized by its external assurers for failing to provide enough information in its corporate responsibility report […]

A key international mechanism for overseeing company behaviour on issues such as human rights, bribery and information disclosure is set […]

A star rating system for UK ethical investment funds has been announced by Ethical Investment Research Services. The ratings, which […]

Pressure from US activists appears to have prompted Fidelity Investments, the world’s largest mutual fund company, to sell a sizeable […]

Some of the world’s largest economies have agreed that their government-backed export credit agencies should look at a wider range […]

Unilever, the world’s largest buyer of black tea, is to source its entire tea supply using Rainforest Alliance standards, starting […]

Leading companies in the CSR field should begin pushing governments to introduce national regulation on corporate responsibility that will bring […]

Vodafone is claiming to have become the first Fortune 100 company to have had its corporate responsibility report assured to […]

The food and drink industry has been warned by the European Commission that it could face new regulations within three […]

Diamond retailers have been urged to introduce more third-party audits of their systems for eliminating ‘blood diamonds’ from their supply […]

John Ruggie, the United Nations secretary-general’s special representative on business and human rights, has been granted his wish for an […]

Employee complaints about possible legal infractions at BP rose by two-thirds last year in the wake of some major health […]

More than 40 Singapore-based companies have signed up to the Global Compact Local Network. The network has now become the […]

A fund has been set up by the Asian Development Bank to enable companies to buy carbon credits when they […]

Five international clothing manufacturers have threatened to quit Cambodia unless the government there investigates the murder of a senior union […]

Ashoka, the world’s largest association of social entrepreneurs with bases in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North America and […]

Industry leaders in India have been accused of showing little social responsibility while seeking relief and tax concessions for themselves. […]

The Philippine authorities are now targeting five of the country’s islands in their long-running campaign against illegal recruiters who take […]

The Toyota Viet Nam Foundation has now trained more than 28,000 schoolchildren in its traffic safety education programme, according to […]

Most Chinese senior executives appear to be looking at the impact of global warming on their businesses but 77 per […]

Only one in ten US business leaders favour views of their companies’ roles that focus mainly on the search for […]

The Australian Ethical Investment Association (AEIA) is aiming to export a kitemark system for socially responsible investment products and services. […]

More changes are likely in Business in the Community’s Corporate Responsibility Index after another drop in the number of companies […]

Rolls Royce has said it will ‘progressively withdraw’ from any contracts it has in Sudan, owing to concerns about the […]

Rio Tinto is to introduce new measures to improve its safety culture despite big drops in the rate of occupational […]

American businesses are conspicuous by their absence from the upper reaches of a new sustainability ranking of the world’s 43 […]

Computer manufacturer Apple is to phase out the use of toxic and hazardous chemicals in its manufacturing. The announcement has […]

Companies that are signatories to the United Nations Global Compact have stronger policy frameworks on aspects of CSR than those […]

Companies developing products for sale to some of the world’s poorest people are opening up a market worth as much […]

Two senior City figures have predicted that private equity will soon embrace CSR. Stephen Haddrill and Alain Grisay told delegates […]

Enlightened self-interest should spur business support for migrants, argue Mary Robinson and Aron Cramer For the business community, labour migration […]

Two more recruitment agencies have entered the increasingly crowded UK market. Arc Vision and Dangerfield Executive Search join eight other […]

Companies are enjoying record profits and corporate social responsibility is enjoying unprecedented support. In the US, non-financial reporting seems to […]

A search engine company that gives half its gross revenue to charity has begun a campaign to persuade large businesses […]

Earthscan, 2007. 184 pages, hardback. In theory, transparency should be good for business generally because it makes markets more efficient. […]

Work on an international standard on social responsibility is progressing well, but the large number of interested parties involved remains […]

A lack of communication between research teams in different parts of the investment industry appears to be an important factor […]

A Canadian ski resort has begun to show the way for corporates on ‘real-time’ web-based reporting of social and environmental […]

Corporate signatories to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights will now have to report annually on their progress […]

Four European multinationals have agreed to act as corporate responsibility mentors to smaller businesses in developing countries. DaimlerChrysler, Otto Group […]

Businesses have been urged to pay more attention to promoting reproductive health for women working in their supply chains in […]

The Belgo-Dutch banking and insurance group Fortis has deepened its commitment to corporate responsibility by setting out CSR goals for […]

Old Mutual Asset Managers’ Ethical Fund has outperformed the main index for the last three calendar years, despite having only […]

Sugar cane growers, processors and food companies are to draw up social and environmental ‘principles and criteria’ with a view […]

A growing number of companies are turning to ‘ethical due diligence’ before they embark on partnerships, mergers or takeovers of […]

A bid to close the gap between the way European and domestic arms of US multinationals approach corporate responsibility is […]

A non-governmental organization has taken the unusual step of forming a ‘Sustainable Business Forum’ to attract corporate members. US-based Rainforest […]