SOCIETY

Community Development

PruPIM puts CSR ball in senior executives’ court

One of the UK’s largest property investment management companies has asked senior executives to lead progress on eight different aspects […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Ruggie takes on delicate task of considering UN norms

The vexed question of whether the United Nations should develop a set of binding ‘norms’ for the behaviour of multinational […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Marketing review board works, says drinks company

One of the world’s biggest alcoholic drinks companies has urged other businesses to copy its idea of creating a marketing […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Nuance is new key to ranking

The company that runs the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes has claimed so many businesses are now getting to grips with […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Banks show little interest in releasing dormant cash

UK financial institutions have given a lukewarm response to calls to redirect cash in dormant bank accounts to projects that […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Less talk and more action is key to an engaging strategy

For some companies, stakeholder engagement is no longer just a ‘nice to do’, but an integral part of their overall […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

New tack for CSR training

CSR practitioners are to be offered a new training programme that concentrates on improving their ability to communicate with and […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Export agency joins Unep

The Export-Import Bank of Korea, an official export credit agency serving the country’s international traders, has joined the UN Environment […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

India's record finds favour

India’s labour rights and environment legislation has been applauded by the SustainAbility consultancy in the first of its studies of […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

The sustainability record of Japanese companies takes knock

Sustainability performance by business has been estimated to have fallen by 19 per cent in Japan since 1990. The environmental […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Firms in Japan band together in campaign to aid starving people

Japanese businesses and individuals are starting a group in October to support the World Food Programme in trying to eradicate […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Pension fund executive wins sustainability award

Bob Welsh, chief executive of the Australian pension fund VicSuper has been recognized in the SAM/SPG Sustainability Leadership Awards, which […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Business leaders visit areas devastated by tsunami

Members of the Tsunami Business Task Force, led by the International Business Leaders’ Forum, have visited tsunami-hit areas of India, […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

The United Nations deserves some credit

The United Nations has come in for a lot of stick lately, not least for its failure to agree on […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Centrica uses diversity to open up new supplies

Utilities business Centrica is intensifying its efforts on diversity to help it open up new natural gas supplies in remote […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Business in Asia now doing more to curb HIV/Aids in the workforce

More Asian employers are now making efforts to prevent HIV and Aids, reports a new survey from the World Economic […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Indian government minister backs CSR

CSR activities in India must amount to more than writing cheques, donating to charity and having a good public relations […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Rusal makes play to become leader in Russia

Russia may at last have its first big corporate player in the corporate social responsibility field. Moscow-based Rusal, which produces […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Bank addresses financial exclusion in Australia's indigenous communities

Australia & New Zealand Banking and the Australian Government are forming an initiative called MoneyBusiness aimed at promoting money management […]

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September 30, 2005

Community Development

Kraft’s ethical coffee aims to be an instant hit

Kraft Foods has brought out an instant coffee for the mass UK market sourced from farms certified by the Rainforest […]

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September 26, 2005

Community Development

Sky offers cash for feedback

Broadcasting company Sky is seeking to improve feedback on its latest Corporate Responsibility Review by making a donation to charity […]

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September 26, 2005

Community Development

Companies put on notice as UN Compact gets teeth

The United Nations has finally agreed a complaints procedure to deal with any allegations that corporate signatories to its Global […]

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September 26, 2005

Community Development

From Alison Wallace, University of York

Since 1997 there has been a growing emphasis on tackling financial exclusion and increasing access as part of the social […]

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September 14, 2005

Community Development

In brief

Christopher Foss has become corporate services and communications director at Social Accountability International, the US body that administers the SA8000 […]

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September 6, 2005

Community Development

Chinese businesses get CSR information source

CSRChina.net has been set up to enable Chinese businesses to find CSR information, to share knowledge on the subject with […]

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September 5, 2005

Community Development

HSBC Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2004

34 pages. www.hsbc.com Good social reporting is essentially about achieving a fine balance on all fronts: not too much data, […]

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September 5, 2005

Community Development

High street store dips toe into 'pro-poor' waters

Marks & Spencer is to provide business advice and expertise to entrepreneurs in an effort to improve wealth generation in […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Royal Mail nurtures big revamp of CSR regime

Royal Mail Group is restructuring its social responsibility programme as the UK government considers the future of the state-owned postal […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Mining group offers support to local businesses

Newmont, the mining group previously accused of causing environmental damage, is helping an Indonesian fishery company to build a processing […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Retailers cut landmark deal on labour standards

Large retailers have struck a deal with Bangladesh textiles and clothing manufacturers, promising to maintain their orders and the prices […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Global firms make steady progress on lobbying disclosure

Many of the world’s largest multinational companies are now providing more information on their lobbying practices, according to new research. […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

New KLD index focuses on climate change

US-based KLD Research Analytics is setting up a new investment index composed of companies that take ‘positive’ action to reduce […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Illinois acts on links with Sudan

The US state of Illinois has passed a new law requiring itself to divest about $1billion (£550m) worth of pension […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

BHP Billiton makes an Impact

Partnership work with non-governmental organizations and community groups has helped BHP Billiton win the top accolade in this year’s Business […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Jewellery firms to agree set of ethical guidelines

The international jewellery industry is to establish the first global responsibility guidelines for its products. Influential businesses in the gold […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Funds seek pay link to ethics

Some of the UK’s largest companies are to be encouraged by two large investors to link their senior executives’ pay […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Third of bond issuers fail ethical health check

A third of the financial institutions that issue increasingly popular ‘covered bonds’ to investors fail to do so in a […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

New protocol defines outer limits of reporting

Companies have at last been given guidance on the extent to which their sustainability reports should cover the outer reaches […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Legal bodies 'need to bring lawyers more into CSR arena'

Lawyers’ associations have been urged to play a more active role in persuading corporate lawyers to become involved in socially […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Companies want user-friendly GRI

Businesses have signalled that they want the Global Reporting Initiative to make its sustainability reporting guidelines easier to follow. A […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

EC to target public on CSR

A campaign to make the public more aware of socially responsible business practice is to be run by the European […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Corporate giving is tale of ups and downs

Corporate donations to charity by UK listed companies have shown their first rise for three years. However, although they have […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Big firms join fight to tackle African poverty

International companies have formed Business Action for Africa to build on the momentum of the Commission for Africa and the […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Energy sector to collect more CSR data

Procurement managers in the utility sector are putting the final touches to an initiative that will require their suppliers to […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

¥10million on the table to curb greenhouse gases

Japan’s environment ministry is to fund projects proposed by community groups to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The ministry insists it […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Consolidation of SRI rating agencies benefits the market

A few years ago, specialist agencies rating companies’ social, environmental and ethical record were popping up all over the place. […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Pressure group challenges paper giant

The conservation group ForestAlert has urged companies and individuals to protest to Japan’s Nippon Paper Group about its sourcing of […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Don't blame the messenger – sharpen the message

CSR proponents need to be more open and honest with business journalists, argues Roger Cowe An eminent left-wing writer once […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Transparency initiative gets ready to expand

An international advisory group has been formed to expand the scope of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and to work […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Australian companies offered benchmarking tool

An organization has been formed to enable Australian companies to measure the effects of their community investments. The group, LBG […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Cisco offers know-how to indigenous groups

Cisco, the information technology group, has joined the founding partners of Indigenous Enterprise Partnerships to help the indigenous communities of […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

HP managers given diversity plans

Hewlett-Packard has asked its national managers in 23 European countries to draw up action plans on diversity. The US multinational, […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Mahtani earns commendation

Shalini Mahtani, chief executive of Community Business, the organization she formed in 2003, has been given the Chief Executive’s Commendation […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Australia's first national SRI index opens for business

The rating agency RepuTex has started its RepuTex SRI Index, Australia’s first SRI barometer. The index measures the share market […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Indonesian companies scoop awards

Four Indonesian companies took awards at the first Sustainable Enterprise Performance Conference in Jakarta. The awards will now become an […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Rating market consolidates as European agencies merge

Two of the largest socially responsible investment rating agencies in continental Europe have merged. Brussels-based Ethibel and Paris-based Vigeo have […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Why US companies are a blot on FTSE4Good's landscape

Many US companies are failing to meet the criteria necessary for inclusion in one of the world’s best-known SRI indexes. […]

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September 2, 2005

Community Development

Vietnam moves on sustainable fishing

Vietnam has become the first country to sign a commitment to explore and encourage sustainable fishing practices. A three-year programme […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Harassment laws loom in China

Proposals to outlaw the sexual harassment of women have been put to China’s top-level legislature. They are amendments to an […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Private firms criticized over logging

The private sector’s role in supporting illegal logging in Indonesia is highlighted in a new report on the trade. The […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Cheung Kong support students

Scholarships have been granted to 29 Hong Kong students under the first educational link-up between the Australian government and a […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Software group extends training programme to Bangladesh

Microsoft, the huge software group, has put $90,000 (£51,000) into an information technology training programme in Bangladesh. The initiative is […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Bangladesh looks at responsible production

An initiative has been started to help Bangladesh to develop its textile and garment sector as a competitive, profitable and […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Bank takes green route

Staff at the Asian Development Bank have been urged to economize on paper, water and electricity and to reduce the […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Malaysia gets sustainability reporting guidelines

Guidelines giving a comprehensive introduction to sustainability reporting have been issued by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Malaysia – […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Coca-Cola looks at Indian labour standards

Coca-Cola is to examine its labour and business practices in India and Colombia to keep its $1.3million (£730,000) contracts with […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Funds challenge Aussie businesses on ethics

Five superannuation funds have urged the directors of Australia’s largest companies to encourage good business ethics to protect themselves against […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Nissan airs employee views

Japan’s Nissan motor company has published views of employees and management in its second annual sustainability report. To meet customers’ […]

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July 8, 2005

Community Development

Firms still only dabbling in sustainable products

About half the world’s leading technology companies consider sustainability when designing new products and services, but only a few have […]

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July 5, 2005

Community Development

Japanese lead on CSR reporting

Large companies in Japan lead the world in producing standalone corporate responsibility reports, says the KPMG international survey of the […]

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July 5, 2005

Community Development

Bank sets up forest programme

A programme has been set up by the Development Bank of the Philippines to support and encourage the forestation of […]

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July 5, 2005

Community Development

Cement industry woos Chinese firms

Corporate members of a cement industry sustainability action group are to make efforts to recruit Chinese companies to take part […]

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July 5, 2005