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Coca-Cola has agreed to set up a taskforce to look into its diversity policies over the next four years. The […]

The news that companies and institutional investors will meet in London this spring to discuss ways of measuring reputational capital […]

Socially responsible investment funds have made it possible to define broader strategies for sustainable development, says Tessa Tennant Investors have […]

The Swedish communications group Ericsson has launched a worldwide advertising campaign to publicise a social responsibility initiative that commits it […]

The world’s largest biotechnology company has produced its first ethical code of conduct. US-based Monsanto produced the code, which stresses […]

The Association of British Credit Unions (Abcul) is talking to banks and building societies about how best to expand the […]

Careful planning can avoid the difficulties that accompany bribery requests – as can an understanding of local cultures, says John […]

The German chemical group Henkel has said it wants to add a more socially responsible dimension to its activities. The […]

A European subsidiary of the film company Fujifilm has launched an ethical programme which its operations throughout the world are […]

Early indications from the UK government-backed Digital Futures inquiry into the ethics of e-businesses suggest that this new business sector […]

Severn Trent has finalised a code of business conduct that will help guide its ethical policies over the next few […]

UK chocolate manufacturers have said they will look into allegations that they might be using cocoa produced by child slave […]

The world’s third largest waste management company has introduced a triple bottom line strategy that will map out economic, environmental […]

Companies that have begun to consult non-governmental organizations (NGOs) about their social and environmental performance have been warned that ‘stakeholder […]

HSBC has become the latest multinational to sign up to the Global Sullivan Principles, which promote corporate social responsibility worldwide. […]

Journalists are not paid to peddle good publicity, but to produce stories that their readers are interested in, argues Roger […]

Nike has posted social audits of 22 suppliers in South and Central America on the internet as part of its […]

Staff at one of the world’s largest chemical companies are to be given training on a statement of ‘values and […]

The UK chemicals industry has taken what it describes as its ‘first step’ towards a strategy for sustainable development by […]

UK-based waste management company Shanks has published its first environmental performance indicators report. The report uses a set of indicators […]

ING Bank may establish a European consultancy to service the increasing number of companies that are being approached by fund […]

Premier Oil has secured the agreement of the Burmese government to provide human rights training for officials within key state […]

Vauxhall Motors has detailed its commitment to social responsibility in the first sustainability report to be published by a European […]

Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux of France, the utilities company, and US-based computer company Honeywell have joined the European Business Network […]

The world’s largest pizza-delivery chain has taken action to counter allegations in the US that it is refusing to deliver […]

Plans for new initiatives on diversity are to be presented to the board of the energy and water group United […]

McDonald’s in the US has given its suppliers until the end of the year to change their animal welfare practices. […]

Jaguar has become one of the first car companies to issue a community relations report. The document shows that Jaguar […]

The prospect of multinationals being sued in the UK for harm they have allegedly caused to communities abroad has increased […]

Severn Trent has appointed a leading US environmental adviser to sit on its environmental advisory panel. Professor Dan Esty, director […]

The supply-chain auditing arm of C&A is extending inspections to cover homeworkers in the 31 countries where the European retailer […]

United Utilities has won the Impact on Society Award at the annual Business in the Community awards for excellence for […]

North West Water is helping the UK’s Department of Education and Employment with a project to help truant children improve […]

New guidelines on how to tackle child labour suggest that the debate about the corporate social responsibility of retailers is […]

The energy group TXU Europe is to build human rights considerations into future company policy. The group, which operates in […]

The world’s largest diamond supplier will try this month to broker an industry-wide agreement to end the trade in stones […]

Fund manager Phillips & Drew has issued new guidelines on its approach to socially responsible investment (SRI). The guidelines, which […]

McDonald’s Restaurants is to carry out an internal social audit of its UK operations. The UK fast food chain, which […]

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been attacked as an anti-capitalist and economically dangerous ‘fallacy’ in a new study from an […]

Four international clothes retailers have joined clothing company Gap in banning the use of Indian leather. (EP2, 2000) US-based retailers, […]

The French food and drinks group Danone has issued its first social report. The Paris-based conglomerate, which employs 76,000 people […]

The Council of Registered Gas Installers (CORGI) has completed a review of its reputation management. The review, by the consultancy […]

UK engineering companies have designed a blueprint intended to make their businesses more socially responsible over the next five years. […]

Shell has increased its social responsibility commitments by setting up a foundation that will channel millions of dollars into social […]

Energy and utility company PowerGen has begun an internal review of how it can expand its reporting to cover corporate […]

The construction and engineering company Carillion has published its first environmental, community and social report. The 32-page document, which also […]

Nestlé is to strengthen its procedures on the marketing of breast milk substitutes after commissioning an independent audit of its […]

Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) has sent questionnaires to 200 UK companies in which it invests, asking for information on their […]

The UK is the first European country to have appointed a minister for corporate social responsibility. Ethical Performance talked to […]

The French media, utilities and communications group Vivendi has published its first ‘greenhouse gas account’ outlining its total emissions to […]

Hanson has produced its first environment report. The heavy building materials group, which is one of the largest in the […]

Nike has posted social audits of 53 suppliers in North America and Mexico on its web site as part of […]

One in ten Co-operative Bank suppliers or customers scrutinised by its ethical policy unit were refused a contract or account […]

Financially excluded communities in the UK want high street banks, not alternative organizations, to provide them with community banking facilities, […]

Premier Oil has finished the first leg of a three-stage social audit by completing auditing in Burma. The UK-based oil […]

The home improvement company B&Q is to extend its work on ethical trading to China, where it buys goods from […]

A US information technology company is helping people with low incomes to become ‘internet entrepreneurs’. Andalé, the online auction business […]

Companies need to pay less lip service to social responsibility and show stronger practical support, the World Business Council for […]

One of the world’s largest clothes retailers, Gap, has decided to stop using leather made from cows in India after […]

Two leading companies working in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields have announced private-public partnerships intended to improve public health in […]

The Finnish company Neste Fortum has been judged overall winner of the fourth European Environmental Reporting awards. The oil, gas […]

Lloyds TSB has produced its first community report. The four page document, produced by the group’s public affairs unit, is […]

The Canadian oil company Talisman has agreed to develop a human rights monitoring programme within a year, after its annual […]

The University of California (UCLA) has adopted a new code of conduct designed to make sure its merchandise is not […]

The UK government is to launch a campaign in July to recruit commercial financial services organizations to help tackle poverty […]

The world’s largest soft drinks manufacturer has announced new plans to improve its equal opportunities policies. Coca-Cola, which is engaged […]

The Post Office is talking to leading UK high street banks about plans to launch a new ‘social bank’. The […]

Two more UK supermarkets – Waitrose and Sainsbury’s – have decided to sell fair trade fresh produce. Their decision follows […]

As businesses begin to digest the 462 pages of the UK company law review’s latest consultation document, most are beginning […]

The Validium Group has become the first services company to be registered under the SA8000 international standard for ethical and […]

The German retail sector has begun to develop policies on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Seven large German clothing and textile […]

Canadian oil company Fosters Resources has signed a deal to search for oil in Sudan despite allegations that multinationals are […]