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Community Development

New fund targets Japan

A new fund has been set up to offer risk-limited exposure to a basket of Japanese companies belonging to the […]

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May 10, 2005

Community Development

Victory for SRI activists in Australia

The Ethical Investment Association (EIA) has won its case to have a phrase removed from an official Australian document suggesting […]

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May 10, 2005

Community Development

Mehra hits out at apathy

The woman who has been given the job of leading UK government efforts to promote sustainable development in developing countries […]

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May 10, 2005

Community Development

New Zealand book suggest consumers will pay more for ethical products

Six in ten consumers say they would buy products that are a little dearer if the company selling them has […]

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May 10, 2005

Community Development

Korean company's CSR activities reach students

BAT Korea has set up a professional leadership training programme for college students as one of its CSR activities. The […]

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May 10, 2005

Community Development

Power company challenged on climate change

Activists from Greenpeace and communities in the Far East disrupted a meeting of China Light and Power (CLP) at the […]

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May 10, 2005

Community Development

Chinese companies back ethical behaviour

Most of the large Chinese companies participating in a survey by WWF, the international environmental network, have said they favour […]

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May 10, 2005

Community Development

Philippines government names and shames companies

The Philippines government has named 43 companies it claims have persistently failed to observe environmental standards. Six of the companies […]

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May 10, 2005

Community Development

From the Executive Director of the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia

A small point from your recent issue (EP7 issue 1, p10). You describe YTL Power International, the owner of Wessex […]

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May 6, 2005

Community Development

Tsunami thanks, by Robert Morton

On behalf of Redeem, the mobile phone and printer cartridge recycling company, I would like to say a heartfelt thank […]

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May 6, 2005

Community Development

Gang labour law aids retailers

A regulatory body formed by the UK government is expected to allay retailers’ worries about risks to their reputation resulting […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Food giant throws down pay gauntlet to its rivals

A division of the world’s second-largest restaurant company has challenged others in the fast food sector to follow its lead […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Wal-Mart forced to show its hand

Wal-Mart has lost a legal battle in Canada to prevent a regulatory authority from seeing its in-house handbook on how […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Trade body embraces CSR

A global trade association representing companies in direct marketing is to form a CSR committee. The New York-based Direct Marketing […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

HP’s efforts win plaudits from judges

Hewlett-Packard has taken first place in this year’s North American Sustainability Reporting Awards, which attracted a record 68 entries. The […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

ChevronTexaco courts trouble over Burma link

ChevronTexaco has been warned that its proposed $18billion (£9.6bn) takeover of Unocal could make it a focus for human rights […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Norms are kept alive as UN agrees compromise

Supporters of efforts to develop a set of ‘norms’ on acceptable behaviour by multinationals under the auspices of the United […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Corporate link-ups impress most charities

Most UK charities find partnerships with corporates work well and want to increase their involvement, a survey suggests. A poll […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Big firms gain ground on integration of CSR

Evidence that companies are becoming better at integrating CSR within their operating units has emerged in the latest Corporate Responsibility […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

UBS walks on the sell side

One of the world’s biggest investment banks has taken the unusual step of creating a sell-side research team on socially […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Cummins is best corporate citizen

The engine manufacturer Cummins has taken top place in the annual US 100 Best Corporate Citizens awards. Cummins, based in […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

BP tries to attract lay audience

BP has produced two versions of its sustainability report in an effort to communicate it to lay people as well […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Williams to leave Marks & Spencer

Ed Williams, the head of CSR at Marks & Spencer, is leaving after 25 years with the UK retailer. Under […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Asian investment managers think SRI will go mainstream

New research shows that 85 per cent of Australian and Asian investment managers believe SRI practices will become mainstream within […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Defining the limits of investor responsibilities

CSR lies in the realm of investment, and not governance, analysis, argues Christine Farnish Some people argue that institutional investors […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Firms ‘need each other’ to raise supplier performance

More and more companies are realizing they cannot tackle supply chain issues on their own and will have to work […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Climate change action fends off US activists

Shareholder activists in the US have agreed to drop climate change resolutions tabled at five oil and gas businesses now […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Nike’s post-Kasky report is more candid than expected

Fears that Nike’s long-awaited second corporate responsibility report would be guarded and uninformative in the wake of the Kasky v […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Institutional investor interest in SRI at bottom rests on ethics, not risk

Financial markets may be faltering, but ethical or socially responsible investment continues to gain ground. The number of UK ethical […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

UK university founds research centre

A CSR research centre has been set up by Bath University in the UK. The Centre for Business, Organizations and […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

City signs up to Global Compact

Jamshedpur, a city of 600,000 people in the Indian state of Bihar, has signed up to the United Nations Global […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Technology aids energy moves

Technology is being produced to help Australian companies to improve energy efficiency while protecting the environment. The software will collect […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

OECD contact points ‘need help’

National contact points that pass judgement on companies alleged to have breached the OECD’s guidelines for multinational enterprises need advisory […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

How a little togetherness may help firms fight poverty

EP talks to the head of the Shell Foundation about its plans to act as a catalyst for ‘pro-poor’ initiatives […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Taking the long view

Striking the balance 2004: Wessex Water’s annual sustainability report. 40 pages. ‘Our aim’, declares Wessex Water in its latest non-financial […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Business 'needs to tackle poverty'

A bigger contribution from the private sector will be vital to economic growth and poverty reduction throughout Asia and the […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Newmont vote scuppered

A resolution calling on the Newmont Mining Corp in the US to review its policies on toxic waste disposal in […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Tobacco firm shows way on reporting

Giving information on progress and setting high standards for stakeholder involvement are two activities that enabled the Ceylon Tobacco Company […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Motorola scoops CSR awards

The technology company Motorola has won two CSR awards for its activities in China. The company’s donations of RMB30million ($3.7m, […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

US is sceptical on SRI future

US investment managers remain broadly unconvinced of the merits of incorporating non-financial measures when deciding which companies to include in […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Nike uncovers Asian abuses

Nike has found abusive treatment in more than a quarter of the South Asia plants producing its branded goods. Between […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

EU research boosted

A three-year initiative to develop CSR teaching materials and curriculum ideas for mainstream degree and MBA courses has kicked off […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Bangkok meeting for Asia-Pacific forum

Co-operation between the public and private sectors to ensure economic and social development is carried out in a more sustainable […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Pakistan gets Compact chairman

Syed Babar Ali has been appointed chairman and chief executive of the board of the Global Compact Foundation soon to […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

China venue for supply chain talks

Supply chain representatives and other interested parties, rather than corporate executives, will speak on CSR and related issues at CSR […]

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April 29, 2005

Community Development

Standard Chartered Bank beefs up its structure

One of the world’s leading international banks has stepped up its commitment to CSR by creating a board-level Corporate Responsibility […]

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April 27, 2005

Community Development

Board CSR apparatus to go under microscope

An inquiry has begun into the role of company boards in fulfilling the social and environmental responsibilities of businesses. The […]

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April 27, 2005

Community Development

Charities to reveal SRI policy

Large charities in England and Wales will now have to state their policy on socially responsible investment when they file […]

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April 27, 2005

Community Development

Cambodia factories pass child labour scrutiny

Forced and child labour were not found in Cambodia when the International Labour Organization conducted its latest regular investigation into […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

CSR body gains ground in Philippines

Fourteen companies joined the Philippines Business for Social Progress organization between October 2004 and March this year, raising membership to […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

Pfizer hands out free medicines

Pfizer, the international pharmaceuticals company, has donated $11million (£5.85m) to relief organizations and has provided medicines and other health products […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

PetroChina stake sold over Sudan link

Harvard, the world-famous US university, is selling an estimated $4.4million (£2.35m) stake in PetroChina, whose parent company, owned by the […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

Chinese firms to share thoughts on ethical supply chain work

The attitudes of Chinese corporations will be studied and discussed at a forum in Shanghai on 1 and 2 June. […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

Companies back logging action

A ratings system showing the countries where illegal logging is rife is being drawn up to help businesses, customers, investors […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

Thai brewer hit by anti-alcohol protests

Public pressure over the social consequences of alcohol has forced the Bangkok stock exchange to postpone indefinitely the listing of […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

CSR index asks tougher questions

More detailed and specific evidence of ethical practice has been demanded in questions to companies participating in Australia’s second Corporate […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

Japanese fund targets responsible real estate

The Tokyo investment company Green Earth has set up a fund called Ecoland to buy polluted land, restore it and […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

Australian study claims CSR pays

Strong financial performance is linked in a new Australian report to good corporate responsibility. Research by AMP Capital Investors shows […]

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April 18, 2005

Community Development

Indonesia ‘slack’ on CSR

CSR observance is still slack in Indonesia, delegates were told at a seminar held by the non-profit group Leadership for […]

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April 4, 2005

Community Development

China seeks business help with Aids

The Chinese government has urged businesses and non-governmental organizations to take part in its campaign against HIV and Aids. Most […]

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April 4, 2005

Community Development

SRI generates interest

SRI funds are among the new equity products now attracting interest in Asia, delegates were told at the Investment Company […]

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April 4, 2005

Community Development

China gets responsible business forum

The China Business Leaders’ Forum (CBLF) has been formed with an emphasis on business transparency, guiding managers on transparent trading, […]

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April 4, 2005

Community Development

Samsung sets up ethics code

The Samsung Group, Korea’s leading industrial organization, has established new principles to foster company-wide ethical and transparent management. The code […]

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April 4, 2005

Community Development

Japan makes headway in FTSE4Good

Japanese companies are prominent among the new entries to the FTSE4Good Index series, which list ethically responsible businesses. Of the […]

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April 4, 2005

Community Development

Institute wins award

The Institute of Contemporary Observation in Shenzhen has won an award for sustainable development in China given by the Shell […]

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April 4, 2005

Community Development

BNFL hands CSR plans over to business units

One of the world’s largest nuclear energy groups is to devolve its corporate responsibility planning to four new businesses within […]

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March 31, 2005

Community Development

UK to set up international advisory group

An international CSR advisory group is to be established as part of efforts by the UK government to promote responsible […]

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March 31, 2005

Community Development

‘fatigue’ in supply chains needs government tonic

The World Bank has become so concerned at the slowing momentum of ethical supply chain monitoring that it is urging […]

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March 31, 2005

Community Development

Church keeps hard line on alcohol sector

The Church of England is to maintain its policy of not investing in brewers, distillers and operators of bars and […]

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March 31, 2005

Community Development

Lack of training hampers ethics code progress

Too few companies are providing training for staff on their ethical codes of conduct, says a new report. A study […]

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March 31, 2005

Community Development

Toy firms make headway on factory certification

An ‘ethical manufacturing programme’ started by the global toy industry in 2002 appears to be on course to meet its […]

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March 31, 2005

Community Development

90 firms sign up to LSE data exchange

Ninety companies – 40 of them in the FTSE100 – have now agreed to post social and environmental performance data […]

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March 31, 2005