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Community Development

Two sectors agree to pool their resources

Electronics companies are linking up with telecoms businesses to examine ways of working together on ethical supply chain management. Signatories […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Salvage attempts begin in wake of the OFR's abolition

Friends of the Earth is to seek a judicial review of last month’s controversial UK government decision to abolish regulations […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Loud voices skew priorities

Concerns have been raised that stakeholder dialogue as practised by large companies often leads to the views of local people […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

World is Academy's oyster

The CSR Academy began an international programme of training last month in conjunction with its newly-appointed global training partner, BSI […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Talks on jewellery code are extended

Consultation on global responsibility guidelines for the jewellery industry has been extended by five months to March 2006. The guidelines […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

How to throw away a reputation for good management of CSR

The government’s decision to scrap the Operating and Financial Review took everyone by surprise, including, it seems, the Department of […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Bell decides to outsource its community giving

Canada’s largest telecoms company, Bell Canada, is subcontracting parts of its community investment programme to other organizations. The company has […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Wal-Mart finally ties its flag to the CSR mast

Corporate responsibility may have won its highest profile convert so far with a dramatic announcement by the much criticized Wal-Mart […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Investors warn internet firms over web content censorship

Internet companies have been warned by a group of socially responsible investment funds against helping governments in countries with repressive […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Firms run into parent power

Parents are ready to ‘punish’ companies they feel are marketing to their children in an irresponsible way, according to research […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Ford will train suppliers on workplace standards

Motor manufacturing giant Ford is to provide training on social and environmental matters to all its suppliers worldwide. The US-based […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

McDonald's makes key shift into CSR heartland

McDonald’s has enhanced its status as an increasingly bona fide member of the CSR community by being accepted as a […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Companies get UN goals tool

A Dutch organization has come up with a way of measuring the progress companies are making towards the United Nations’ […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Abolition of OFR met by across-the-board anger

Surprise and anger have greeted news that the UK government has scrapped its requirement on large companies to produce annual […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Social matters move onto chief executives' radar screens

Chief executives of multinationals increasingly believe that the performance of their businesses on social issues such as community involvement and […]

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December 7, 2005

Community Development

Don't get complacent on SRI, Australians told

Australia seems to have lost its understanding of what sustainability and socially responsible investment mean, ethical investors were told in […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

Singapore businesses form Aids alliance

Business leaders in Singapore have teamed up with the health ministry to persuade companies to combat discrimination against employees with […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

Nike helps Bangladeshi girls

Girls in Bangladesh will benefit from two of 11 projects recently announced by the Nike Foundation. The foundation will work […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

'CSR Wednesday' begins in 2006

Wednesday has been designated as a day for discussion on CSR by the business organization CSR Asia. It is to […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

Novartis extends leprosy programme to 2010

Leprosy patients in India and Nepal will continue to be treated with medicines supplied free by the pharmaceuticals company Novartis. […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

Levi Strauss backs arbitration

Levi Strauss has granted $10,000 (£5700) to Cambodia’s Arbitration Council Foundation to fund its work in resolving collective labour disputes. […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

Foreigners scoop China CSR awards

Four foreign companies have won inaugural CSR awards in China organized by the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCham). Nu Skin […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

Overtime project proves success

Overtime was reduced in all factories that took part in a three-year project conducted among the Chinese partners of western […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

Thai beer company consults stakeholders

The Thai Beverage company is to discuss its proposals to become listed on the country’s bourse with the leaders of […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

Companies dig deep for disaster relief

Large gifts from corporates and foundations have helped the international aid charity Mercy Corps to expand its disaster relief work […]

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November 28, 2005

Community Development

HSBC moves on vaccines

HSBC Brunei has given 2500 Brunei dollars ($1470, £830) to the Unicef Challenge 2005 organized by the Sheraton Utama Hotel […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

Asbestos fund to be set up

The Japanese government and companies that have used asbestos are to establish a fund to contribute to the medical expenses […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

SRI 'offers business benefits in Asia'

Socially and environmentally responsible investments and products offer strong business and job opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, says a […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

Pay gap widens

The average gap between men’s and women’s pay in large Korean companies has widened by more than 50 per cent […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

From Alan Knight, Head of Standards, AccountAbility

In reviewing the recently published exposure draft of AccountAbility’s Stakeholder Engagement Standard (EP7, issue 6, p10), Hilary Sutcliffe makes some […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

BAT defends Burma position

British American Tobacco has defended its decision not to disclose in its annual accounts that it has operated a factory […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

Australia gets CSR inquiry

The interests of stakeholders other than shareholders will be a dominant issue in a government inquiry into the status of […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

Bribery is big problem in Malaysia

About 15 per cent of Malaysians have been involved in giving and taking bribes, says a study by the Malaysian […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

CSR charter for Hong Kong

Businesses in Hong Kong now have their own CSR charter. The Community Business Leadership Team, a Hong Kong charity comprising […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

Chinese project gets Holcim award

The first prize of $100,000 (£56,000) in the Asia Pacific Holcim awards competition for sustainable construction has gone to a […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

Korean business helps Katrina victims

The Federation of Korean Industries has given 10billion won ($9.4m, £5.4m) to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated […]

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November 7, 2005

Community Development

CSR's first lady looks to business for a lead

EP talks to former president of Ireland Mary Robinson about the role companies can play in galvanizing governments and society […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Bill posters under challenge

Some of the UK’s largest firms are being targeted by a campaign that claims they are acting irresponsibly by erecting […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Nanotech 'needs care'

Corporate risks associated with nanotechnology could soon become a significant socially responsible investment theme, the research firm Innovest has declared. […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

'write plain English' is the advice to corporate reporters

Too many non-financial corporate reports fail to hold their readers’ attention because they use complicated language and jargon, the founder […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Chief executives are finding that CSR can help build the business

Judging by their preambles to corporate non-financial reports, many chief executives are strongly committed to socially responsible business practice. Too […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

AA1000SES Stakeholder Engagement Standard

Accountability. Free downloads available at www.accountability.org.uk There’s no doubt that the new AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard is a Good Thing. […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Google and eBay join dotcom philanthropists

Google is to pay more attention to its social responsibilities in the wake of its public flotation. The internet search […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Puma discloses details of ethical supplier audits

Sports clothing giant Puma has publicly released the results of its ethical auditing of supplier factories for the first time. […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Brazil ranking turns up heat on local firms

Pressure on Brazilian companies to behave in a more socially responsible manner rose a notch last month with the introduction […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Brand launch by Nestlé boosts fair trade hopes

A further sign that fair trade products are entering mainstream UK business came last month as the food giant Nestlé […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

NGOs test credibility of OECD guidelines

One of the three mechanisms of calling multinational companies to account, outside the courts, has come under criticism. The OECD […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Terrorism threat emerges as CSR issue for Shell

The threat of terrorism has emerged as a corporate responsibility issue for Shell, which has scaled down operations at a […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

High-profile laggards making little progress

Fourteen of the world’s 100 largest businesses have scored less than ten out of 100 in the second annual AccountAbility […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Human rights initiative gives itself three more years of life

Members of the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights, which was to wind up in spring 2006, have agreed to […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

ScottishPower begins review of fuel suppliers

International energy generation group ScottishPower has begun assessing the social and environmental performance of its coal and natural gas suppliers. […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Vodafone finds health fears are top issue

The possible negative health effects of mobile phones and their networks have been the main corporate responsibility concern raised by […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Chemical firms are falling short

Chemical companies have been criticized for doing too little to examine the potentially negative impacts of their products. A survey […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Wells Fargo comes under fire for 'outdated' CSR approach

One of the oldest US corporations is being targeted in a new campaign by the Rainforest Action Network for what […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Key guidelines emerge in new, tougher guise

The World Bank’s private sector lending arm has issued a revised draft of changes to its social and environmental policies […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Retailers 'need patience'

Food retailers need to persevere with sourcing from small farmers in developing countries even if the farmers are not complying […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Clinton project brings business on board

Business is to play a central role in the Clinton Global Initiative, which aims to generate concerted worldwide action in […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

Pension body fights shy of CSR policy

The UK pension industry’s trade body has decided against producing guidelines on corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. The […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

It's time for companies to facilitate good governance

Companies should help countries to become more stable places to do business, says Martin Summers The long-term prosperity of many […]

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November 6, 2005

Community Development

House builders make headway

UK-listed house builders have significantly improved their social and environmental performance over the past year. The second annual assessment of […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

‘big box’ retailers get tips on reducing impact

Socially responsible investors in the US have produced guidelines advising large retailers on reducing the undesirable social and environmental effects […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

SRI fund leads the pack

The Australian Ethical Balanced Trust has won the Standard & Poor’s Fund Award for Australia in the ‘balanced funds – […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Business digs deep to help Katrina victims

US companies have contributed millions of dollars towards disaster relief efforts after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in the […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

GRI will charge for its services

The Global Reporting Initiative is to adopt a more self-sufficient business policy of generating money from training and educational services […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

BAT wants end to prohibition of ‘healthier’ tobacco product

The world’s second largest tobacco group is to push the European Union to end its ban on an alternative to […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Draft standard to regularize process

The world’s first stakeholder engagement standard has been established by the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability. The AA1000SES standard […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

O2’s ethical lead inspires others

Ethical auditing of suppliers by the mobile phone group O2 has encouraged two of them to introduce their own ethical […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

M&S scheme delivers positive results

A third of disadvantaged people who have been on a Marks & Spencer work placement scheme have since found jobs. […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Sleeping continent needs kick-start to get CSR going

Inactivity is the norm in South America when it comes to corporate responsibility, says Oliver Balch When you talk about […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Business for Development: business solutions in support of the Millennium Development Goals

Edited by Lloyd Timberlake. WBCSD, 90 pages. Electronic. Free. Business for development is the latest online publication from the World […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

US government does plenty, but has no focus

A new analysis of US government programmes has discovered that the Bush administration is doing more on CSR than some […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

CSR reports fail to meet financial sector’s needs

The financial sector is not getting enough of what it wants from sustainability reports, says a new international survey. The […]

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September 30, 2005