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Bookings are now being taken for this year’s Ethical Performance Retreat, which is to be held from 7-8 June at […]

Many CSR practitioners will have heard stories of supply chain auditors who visited a factory in a developing country only […]

The UK has formally established the parameters of its corporate social responsibilities. EP considers the implications for companies Although the […]

The marketing arm of the world’s largest diamond company is now including specific ethical provisions in contracts with companies that […]

Too many assurance statements add little value to non-financial reports, a specialist group has warned. The panel of 22 judges […]

Ninety companies – 40 of them in the FTSE100 – have now agreed to post social and environmental performance data […]

An ‘ethical manufacturing programme’ started by the global toy industry in 2002 appears to be on course to meet its […]

Too few companies are providing training for staff on their ethical codes of conduct, says a new report. A study […]

The Church of England is to maintain its policy of not investing in brewers, distillers and operators of bars and […]

The World Bank has become so concerned at the slowing momentum of ethical supply chain monitoring that it is urging […]

An international CSR advisory group is to be established as part of efforts by the UK government to promote responsible […]

One of the world’s largest nuclear energy groups is to devolve its corporate responsibility planning to four new businesses within […]

Good management, in which the ethics of enterprise are given priority over profit, is one of the main factors that […]

Finance for a huge hydroelectric dam in Laos has been recommended by the World Bank advisory panel despite an undercurrent […]

The sports footwear industry, often accused of violating fundamental labour standards, has made greater progress in implementing worker-friendly codes of […]

The first task of an employee volunteer group set up by Ford Motor Company will be to help to rebuild […]

Links between conservation bodies and oil companies were condemned by the Oilwatch South East Asia Network as the two met […]

Factory employees and managers have paid tribute to the work of the Global Alliance for Workers and Communities, a five-year […]

A large Malaysian forestry company has been warned by its bank that it must meet better environmental standards or face […]

Australian investors will soon have two options for selecting CSR performers. Australia’s first SRI index is being established by RepuTex, […]

The Pakistan Tobacco Company has become the country’s first multinational to publish a social report. The company, part of British […]

The China Business Leaders Forum, a corporate-led initiative, will be set up in March by the International Business Leaders Forum. […]

Toshiba has drawn up a procurement policy for its 400 companies establishing CSR standards it requires from suppliers. The Japanese […]

Singapore Management University is to hand-pick about 50 of its 1000 undergraduates every year to be trained as ‘socially conscious […]

A network of companies and non-governmental organizations from across Asia and the Pacific has been formed to promote sustainable development, […]

Nearly all chief executives in Asia were found in a survey to believe that effective governance, risk management and compliance […]

South Korean banks have agreed on a set of principles for their industry including a commitment to act in a […]

With the annual CSR reporting season nearly upon us, now is an appropriate time to ask where social and sustainability […]

BBC Business Learning video training pack, 50 mins, £495. www.businesslearning.com Despite the rather ominous warning on the packaging that this […]

Somerfield, the UK’s fifth largest supermarket chain, is to set up a system to store information gathered in ethical checks […]

A UK fund manager has signalled that it considers the way companies manage their tax affairs to fall within the […]

The CSR Academy may extend its reach by licensing its training materials for use worldwide. The academy, established last year […]

The World Bank has made an important advance in the evaluation of its operations and lending. In response to pressure […]

The organization that drew up worldwide sustainability reporting guidelines has used them to report on its own operations for the […]

This month the United Nations reconsiders the future of a document that sets out accepted behaviour for multinationals. EP looks […]

Garment factories in Turkey are to be used as a test-bed for developing a common approach to implementing different codes […]

Companies and investors have given a lukewarm response to a UK government call for them jointly to develop best practice […]

Some of the most widely accepted tenets of corporate responsibility, such as the need for social reporting and codes of […]

An online database that contains details of the social and environmental performance of more than 15,000 companies has been revamped […]

The head of the shoe and clothing multinational Timberland has said his group’s commitment to community involvement helped to restore […]

Media companies can show their corporate responsibility best through transparent and responsible editorial policies, a consultation with the sector’s stakeholders […]

Shipping companies are meeting this month to decide how best to raise social and environmental standards in their industry. The […]

The corporate response to the tsunami disaster was heartening, but it highlighted the need for concerted action to help developing […]

Members of a senior working group on product responsibility, marketing and supply chain management met for the first time in […]

SRI is moving into the world of exchange traded funds. Two new such funds, which take the form of an […]

The organizers of two of the world’s largest CSR and SRI conferences have shelved their showcase events, reflecting delegate demands […]

Veteran campaigner and corporate responsibility proponent Des Wilson will be keynote speaker at The Retreat, which is being held at […]

Wal-Mart is challenging ‘urban myths’ about the retailer’s lack of social responsibility in a nationwide US advertising campaign. The world’s […]

Dixons, the UK’s biggest electrical goods retailer, is developing a human rights charter. The policy, which the FTSE 100 company […]

Abbey National is helping companies improve employment opportunities and customer service for people with severe disfigurements to their face, hands […]

Seven brokerage houses have now been chosen by a mainstream institutional investors’ group to receive a financial incentive for providing […]

One of the UK’s largest commercial radio stations believes that its corporate responsibility record has helped it overcome regulatory hurdles […]

A group has been set up to promote corporate social responsibility on the Indian subcontinent. The initiative originated with discussions […]

Two public forums to publicize policy and seek suggestions have been held by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, set […]

Progress in corporate sustainability made by Australian businesses, non-governmental organizations and the media has won praise from Ros Kelly, the […]

A company helping to build China’s Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydroelectric project, has agreed to halt work while […]

Profitability and corporate responsibility were recommended as twin targets by a United Nations official at a ceremony held last month […]

Advice to corporates on best practice response to disasters is being developed by the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment […]

A group that will try to raise and maintain the ethical standards of products from the Asia Pacific area was […]

The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) has listed 440 multinational companies trading with Burma, including more than 40 […]

No doubt your readers have been watching the tsunami news reports, stunned at the devastation following the massive earthquake off […]

Cadbury Schweppes is to attempt to boost the incomes of Ghana’s cocoa farmers through a partnership with two civil society […]

Companies are too soft on themselves when divulging information in their social reports, an academic study has found. Carol Adams, […]

Should Business in the Community take a tougher line with its members by challenging them in public? EP talks to […]

Unprecedented levels of corporate giving in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami may have left less in the coffers […]

Human rights activists hoping for a precedent-setting legal judgement over allegations that oil company Unocal used forced labour in Burma […]

One of the big four professional services firms is developing a common framework for its in-house corporate responsibility programmes across […]

Corporate social responsibility researchers are being urged to lobby the European Commission for a bigger slice of its research budget. […]

Investment managers and pension fund trustees, rather than analysts, are largely responsible for the relative lack of interest from institutional […]

Tobacco multinational Gallaher is extending its ethical supply-chain monitoring efforts by assessing the social impact of the companies that furnish […]

Selected writings of Simon Zadek 1993-2003 Co-edited by Peter Raynard. Greenleaf Publishing 2004. 360 pages. £40 hardback, £19.95 paperback There […]

For corporate social responsibility buffs, the UK presidency of the G8 has come at a propitious time. Africa and climate […]