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Nokia is the stock most commonly held by socially responsible investment funds in Europe. The Finnish telecoms firm is now […]

The Co-operative Bank now estimates that as much as a quarter of its profits can be directly linked to its […]

Carrefour, Europe’s largest retailer, has entered the social and environmental reporting field. The supermarket chain’s first sustainable development report contains, […]

The low-cost airline EasyJet has decided to produce an environmental policy document after a major institutional investor used the lack […]

Forty-five per cent of the 250 largest companies now produce a report of some kind on their social and environmental […]

Nike expects to learn this month whether the US Supreme Court will hear an appeal against an unprecedented legal ruling […]

The world’s second-largest mining group has decided to take a more interventionist approach with governments on human rights. Anglo American […]

Canadian oil company Talisman has responded to persistent criticism of its presence in Sudan by pulling out of the country […]

Seven US clothing retailers sued over alleged sweatshop conditions at supplier factories have agreed to pay for third-party monitoring of […]

ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum have joined other companies in an effort to reduce conflicts arising from the use of security […]

Drinks company Anheuser-Busch has emerged as the biggest holding in a fund that champions ‘socially irresponsible investment’. The US-based Vice […]

Football clubs are seen by the UK public as greedy, aggressive and ruthless, according to a study commissioned by the […]

Electrical retailer Dixons has been criticized by a group of UK local authority pension funds for failing to disclose its […]

GlaxoSmithKline is again cutting the price of its HIV/Aids and anti-malarial drugs in developing countries. The UK-based pharmaceuticals group said […]

A wave of human rights lawsuits against multinationals demonstrates the need for board oversight of CSR risks, says Elliot Schrage […]

Europe’s largest media company has opened a corporate archive in Munich that will display all the documents it holds on […]

The best way to keep down CSR costs is to get consultants to set up a management system and then […]

Anglo American is to give free Aids drugs to all its employees in South Africa who need them. The second […]

There are lots of things government can do to encourage corporate social responsibility without resort to regulation, says David Grayson […]

Nike gave away more than three per cent of its profits in the last financial year. The US-based sportswear multinational […]

The world’s second-largest tobacco company has expressed frustration at the unwillingness of many of its stakeholders to take part in […]

Ten of the world’s largest cement companies have formally committed themselves to a five-year plan of action to improve their […]

A corporate social responsibility group has been formed by the trade body representing UK retailers. The 210,000-member British Retail Consortium […]

A quarter of all fish in Unilever’s food products will be from a source certified as sustainable by the end […]

Half of senior business managers in Europe and North America believe the most important effect of better corporate reputation is […]

Mining companies have been urged to create an ‘international indigenous peoples organization’ to advise them on local sensitivities when planning […]

One of the world’s largest dairy companies has committed itself to abide by international labour standards for its 20,000 employees. […]

The breadth and depth of Scottish Power’s corporate social responsibility programme have won it the Impact on Society Award at […]

Responsible drinking messages have been introduced on some alcoholic drinks produced by Allied Domecq as part of the drinks company’s […]

A grading system that rates supplier factories on their social and environmental performance is being developed by Nike. The sports […]

A multinational timber company has agreed to allow Greenpeace to visit its suppliers in Liberia to verify that they are […]

A CSR executive at a major bank has planted a question about corporate social responsibility at his company’s annual meeting […]

Cause-related marketing strategies can actually be damaging to a company’s reputation, a group of corporate social responsibility practitioners has warned. […]

Novo Group has come top in an analysis of the ethical performance of the world’s major pharmaceutical companies. The Munich-based […]

The United Nations Environment Programme has stepped in to urge tourism companies to improve their social and environmental performance, amid […]

EP talks to Simon Zadek about his plans for international growth as the new head of the Institute of Social […]

The moral argument for doing good should be reason enough for companies to behave responsibly, argues Sir Geoffrey Chandler The […]

Three multinational footwear companies are planning to expand a pilot project that has increased worker participation and improved health and […]

EP talks to Douglas Alexander, UK minister for corporate social responsibility, on his year in office – and why he […]

Reuters has become the latest company to use the GoodCorporation social responsibility framework to help assess its ethical performance. The […]

One of the world’s largest financial services organizations is donating $50million (£35m) over five years to fund conservation projects around […]

Barclays Bank is spending an initial £700,000 ($998,000) to improve the financial stability and growth prospects of UK credit unions. […]

The chemicals giant ICI has signalled a major change in its corporate giving strategy by agreeing to a long-term partnership […]

A social impact study of a major proposed gas pipeline is to be carried out by Shell China Exploration and […]

The honeymoon period for voluntary self-regulation on CSR may be beginning to draw to a close, says Adrian Henriques Should […]

As things stand at present, few investors and companies are working together to develop common ways of assessing corporate ethical […]

UK businesses are being invited to join a pilot scheme that aims to help their employees gain a deeper insight […]

Eleven high street banks in the UK have now agreed to pay $257million (£180m) over five years to support plans […]

Companies are not getting the most out of CSR if they focus solely on risk reduction and not productivity gains, […]

Commercial and investment banks need to broaden the range of risks they consider when assessing asset finance deals, says Alan […]

As the most powerful policy maker in Europe, the European Commission has a unique chance to influence the future direction […]

BP could do more to help post-apartheid black empowerment initiatives in South Africa, a stakeholder review has suggested. The review, […]

The ways in which companies seek to influence the direction and content of public policy is a central issue of […]

Vodafone heads a league table of UK companies favoured by ethical fund managers, according to the Ethical Investment Research Service. […]

BT has begun meeting its major suppliers to encourage participation in a supply chain initiative that commits them to meet […]

Two-thirds of UK consumers in their thirties and forties – with a spending power of £4.5billion ($6.3bn) a week – […]

Agilent Technologies has reported for the first time on its environmental and social performance. The California-based technology company, formed in […]

Although it’s not his ‘real’ job, Allen White has spent most of the last two years working on a master […]

Vodafone is to launch a set of group-wide business principles next month and will develop a detailed corporate social responsibility […]

Coca-Cola has created a panel to help the company increase the number of contracts it places with ethnic minority and […]

Some of the world’s largest telecommunications companies have created an alliance to promote sustainable development within their industry. The new […]

The Swiss clothes retailer Vogele has become a signatory to the SA8000 trading standard. The firm, which has 692 stores […]

The water company AWG is drawing up plans to extend its employee volunteering scheme worldwide. AWG – formerly Anglian Water […]

The Norwegian state oil company Statoil has signed an agreement with unions that binds it to various commitments on labour […]

Multinational companies are increasingly being forced to respond to challenges to the way they operate around the globe. EP talks […]

The Co-operative Bank has won the Impact on Society Award at the annual Business in the Community Awards for Excellence […]

The EC is seeking views on whether it should become more involved in CSR. Proponents should resist the siren call, […]

Proposals on how the cement industry can improve its social and environmental performance are to be published next month. The […]

Marks & Spencer is to stop selling clothes made with Indian leather because of concerns about the treatment of cows […]

The company that monitors Nike’s labour standards throughout the world has shut its US-based auditing unit that carries out much […]

Abbey National has published its first corporate citizenship report. The 34-page document includes sections on the social impact of the […]

A ‘quality of life’ programme devised by the German chemical company Henkel in Brazil has helped the company to reduce […]