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Abbey National outlines investment code

The UK’s fifth largest bank has issued a new set of ethical guidelines as a framework for its investment policies. […]

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November 30, 1999

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Boots makes green progress

The Boots Group cut its carbon dioxide emissions relative to turnover by four per cent in the last financial year. […]

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November 30, 1999

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Move to eliminate 'conflict diamonds'

Diamond companies across the world have agreed to devise a verification system that will attempt to end the trade in […]

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November 30, 1999

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Touchdown for BA’s first social report

British Airways (BA) has produced its first social and environmental report. The airline, which is the biggest in the world, […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

BAA makes noise its number one priority

The airports operator BAA has made a major new commitment to help reduce aircraft noise at its facilities after identifying […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Indicators finalised for construction firms

New sustainability indicators for the UK construction industry have been finalised and will be launched by the end of the […]

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November 30, 1999

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Credit Suisse downgraded over Nigeria involvement

Credit Suisse Group has said it is ‘astonished’ at a decision by the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index (DJSGI) to […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Advancing the business case for human rights

Chris Marsden confesses to being daunted by his latest role. The former head of BP’s community affairs team is to […]

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November 30, 1999

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GKN ready to move on CSR

The engineering group GKN has begun considering how to take corporate social responsibility into account in its business practices. The […]

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November 30, 1999

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Utilities companies feature in awards shortlist

Four utilities companies have been chosen on a shortlist of finalists for the 2000 UK Environmental Reporting Awards. Anglian Water, […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

New bid to quantify reputation

Business leaders will discuss new ways of measuring a company’s reputational capital at a conference in London this spring. The […]

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November 30, 1999

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University sets up CSR centre with help from BAT

The University of Nottingham has defended its decision to establish an International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility using money donated […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Supply chain monitoring proves to be a long haul

Pioneering retailers have established that it is possible to audit the social and environmental performance of their suppliers in developing […]

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November 30, 1999

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  UK-based food and drug retailer The Boots group has developed a community investment intranet site to encourage staff members […]

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November 30, 1999

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Ford overhauls diversity policy in British plants

Ford is appointing a diversity manager and will examine its corporate citizenship policies in Britain as part of an equal […]

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November 30, 1999

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Shell takes Euro reporting award

Shell has won the fifth European Environmental Reporting Awards. Danish company Novo Nordisk took the best sustainability report award, Austria’s […]

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November 30, 1999

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Banks to get rights code

The Amnesty International UK Business Group is to begin work on producing a set of human rights guidelines for financial […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Aveda gives geese the bird

A commitment to responsible behaviour at the Aveda beauty products company has extended to the thorny problem of how to […]

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November 30, 1999

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Iberia scoops Spanish prize

Iberia airlines has been honoured in Spain’s first corporate social responsibility awards. The company won one of the three categories […]

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November 30, 1999

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Nike outlines plan to improve conditions

Nike has announced a ‘remediation plan’ to deal with poor working conditions at its contract factories in Indonesia. The sports […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

UK banks give £90million

Four banks were among the UK’s top ten corporate community contributors last year. Statistics from the Directory of Social Change […]

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November 30, 1999

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McDonald’s begins work on compliance

McDonald’s is to develop ‘social compliance plans’ with its suppliers to help them meet the terms of its code of […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Exxon shifts on climate change

ExxonMobil has softened its stance on global warming. In an advertisement in the New York Times the US oil company […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Time for financial firms to lift the agency veil

Lenders need to apply social and environmental screens to the projects they finance to minimize reputational risk, says Alan Banks […]

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November 30, 1999

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Daimler signs CSR code

One of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers has agreed a set of corporate social responsibility principles with staff representatives and […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Time to blow the froth off all this empty CSR talk

Good social reports clarify the impact companies have on society. But some fudge the difficult issues, say Peter Knight and […]

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November 30, 1999

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Co-op heads down new reporting path

The Co-operative Group is to make a major change to its social reporting regime. Until now the UK group has […]

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November 30, 1999

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Pfizer given poor rating

The world’s largest pharmaceutical group has fared poorly in a rating of how the top 11 drugs companies perform on […]

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November 30, 1999

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New Boots Group environment report will complete the triple bottom line

The Boots Group will achieve triple bottom line reporting this month by adding an environment report to its community review […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Kingfisher manages risks

The majority of companies in the Kingfisher retail group are adequately managing social and environmental risks in most areas, according […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Siemens makes gender pledge

The telecommunications and technology company Siemens has publicly committed itself to employing more women. The German-based group, which has 484,000 […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Nike v Kasky goes back to drawing board

The US Supreme Court has declined to come to a decision on the Nike v Kasky case, which had been […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Chiquita scoops reporting award

Two food companies are the joint winners of the first US Sustainability Reporting Awards. Ice cream makers Ben & Jerry’s […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Pledge comes to Europe

European countries are likely to adopt a North American initiative that encourages students to consider the ethical performance of employers […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Co-op Bank ethics begin to rub off on its suppliers

Almost half of The Co-operative Bank’s suppliers now claim its ethical policies have changed the way they run their businesses. […]

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November 30, 1999

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Westpac in reporting first

Westpac has become the first Australian bank to publish a social report. The document uses social performance indicators created by […]

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November 30, 1999

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ING puts human rights to fore

Investment management firm ING is to take more account of human rights issues in its investment portfolio this year. The […]

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November 30, 1999

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Medical firm to report next year

Medical equipment manufacturer Nycomed-Amersham is to produce its first standalone environment report at the end of next year. The report […]

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November 30, 1999

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Electricity and gas delivery company tops expanded corporate responsibility index

National Grid Transco has come top of the second Corporate Responsibility Index, produced by Business in the Community. The index, […]

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November 30, 1999

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Cafedirect aims high with biggest ethical share issue

Cafedirect, Britain’s largest fair-trade hot drinks group by market value, hopes to raise £5million ($9.4m) in the country’s highest-profile ethical […]

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November 30, 1999

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Don’t bother analysts with your CSR stories

Companies should stop complaining that financial analysts are ignoring their corporate responsibility initiatives, argues Roger Cowe I am beginning to […]

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November 30, 1999

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Kasky v Nike and the implications for corporate social reporting

Nike has done well to settle with the environmental campaigner Marc Kasky. Having taken its case to the highest court […]

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November 30, 1999

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Ben & Jerry’s lets charity mind the shop

Unilever subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s has taken on a UK charity as a franchisee for one of its ice cream […]

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November 30, 1999

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Three food firms reject GMO use

Three of the largest food and drink producers now have a clear policy rejecting the use of genetically modified foodstuffs, […]

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November 30, 1999

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Corporate reputation and stakeholders

A number of software packages have appeared in recent months, designed to help companies manage their reputation by assessing and […]

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November 30, 1999

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Oxfam moves into fair trade cafe business

One of the UK’s largest non-governmental organizations is to set up a fair trade coffee business in partnership with the […]

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November 30, 1999

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Spanish bank signs principles

Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria has become the first Spanish bank to adopt the Equator Principles, which set out social and […]

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November 30, 1999

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Why it pays to look on the bright side of life

Investment analysts need to start taking more account of how the environmental performance of a listed company can have a […]

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November 30, 1999

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Blind faith is simply not enough for socially responsible business

The entry of an intellectual heavyweight like Michael Porter into the debate on corporate social responsibility is a further sign […]

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November 30, 1999

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Why Bitc wants more from its members

One of the world’s oldest business responsibility bodies is asking its members to make much greater efforts on CSR. EP […]

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November 30, 1999

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New Look states its aims

Ladies fashion retailer New Look is to send copies of a new ethical aims statement to suppliers of accessories such […]

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November 30, 1999

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Boots asks its suppliers some ethical questions

Social and ethical issues are to be incorporated into supply chain auditing at the UK’s largest retail chemist. Boots the […]

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November 30, 1999

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South African companies in HIV/Aids pilot

Eight businesses in South Africa have agreed to pilot draft guidelines on the disclosure of corporate policies on HIV/Aids. The […]

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November 30, 1999

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M&S makes a move on animal feed

Marks & Spencer has promised to become the first UK high street retailer to start removing genetically modified soya and […]

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November 30, 1999

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ISIS claims a first on transparency

A leading socially responsible investment fund manager is claiming to have become the first European fund management company to disclose […]

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November 30, 1999

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Ikea targets child labour

Ikea has begun discussions with Unicef, the United Nations children’s agency, on countering child labour in the north Indian state […]

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November 30, 1999

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Hanson gets ready to report

Building materials group Hanson is planning to report on corporate responsibility matters for the first time next year. The UK-based […]

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November 30, 1999

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Severn Trent prepares to widen its ethical agenda

Severn Trent may soon widen the remit of its external environmental advisory panel to cover social and ethical issues. The […]

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November 30, 1999

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BT examines its global impact

BT is to produce a document looking at the potentially negative impact of global communications technology on indigenous cultures. Jan […]

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November 30, 1999

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BAT tackles poor image with 2000 social audit

One of the world’s leading tobacco manufacturers has committed itself to producing a social report in 2001. British American Tobacco […]

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November 30, 1999

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Unocal defends record in Asian trouble spots

Multinational oil company Unocal has defended its presence in some of the world’s human rights hotspots with a corporate responsibility […]

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November 30, 1999

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China comes top of bribery index

Chinese companies are perceived to be the most willing to pay bribes, according to a Bribe Payer Perception Index produced […]

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November 30, 1999

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Waitrose prepares report on ethical trading

The Waitrose supermarket chain is to publish its first ethical trading report early next year. The report, which will outline […]

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November 30, 1999

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Banks to come under scrutiny

The attitudes of UK banks to ethnic minority businesses are to be investigated in a two year study. The study, […]

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November 30, 1999

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Targets to be set for building firms

A set of sustainability indicators and targets is to be drawn up for the UK construction industry. In a project […]

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November 30, 1999

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Scottish Life goes ethical

Scottish Life has launched its first ethical pension fund. The Edinburgh-based company will use positive and negative screening provided by […]

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November 30, 1999

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Pressure mounts on clothing retailers

High street clothes shops are having to pay increasing attention to regular and thorough monitoring of suppliers, as journalists and […]

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November 30, 1999

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Anglian Water is shortlisted

Anglian Water of the UK has been included on the shortlist for the 1999 Environment Reporting Awards, which it won […]

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November 30, 1999

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Managing sustainability issues in the supply chain

By working in partnership with suppliers to improve their social, ethical and environmental performance, companies can reduce business risks for […]

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November 30, 1999

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BP to push Angola on arms spending

BP Amoco has said it will push Angola to clarify how that country’s government spends money raised from oil companies […]

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November 30, 1999

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Body Shop diaspora

Former Body Shop adviser David Wheeler has joined the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto as director […]

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November 30, 1999

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Indian child labour project targets football stitchers

A new scheme to eliminate child labour in the football stitching industry of northern India has begun under the supervision […]

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November 30, 1999