SOCIETY

Community Development

Rio Tinto woos the analysts

Rio Tinto is to present its social and environmental report to mainstream analysts and brokers at special seminars in London […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Forget the CSR theory – just give to charity

We should drop the business case for CSR and get back to corporate philanthropy that is based on doing the […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

The Co-operative Bank is best social reporter

The Co-operative Bank has won the main prize in the UK’s second annual Social Reporting Awards. The bank was judged […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Shell shares ethical data with shareholders

Shell is to mail a summary of its latest social and environmental report to all shareholders for the first time. […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Safeway flies the flag for UK retailers

Safeway has been shortlisted for the latest UK sustainability reporting award. The supermarket chain, currently in the middle of a […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Scotland gets homeless bank

The UK’s first bank branch exclusively for homeless people has been set up by Bank of Scotland in partnership with […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Allen & Overy picks its causes

The law firm Allen & Overy Hong Kong is to focus its community work on a tighter range of causes. […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Nokia helps out schools

Nokia is involving its staff in a project to help young people develop their communication skills in schools close to […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Food manufacturers move away from GM ingredients

Almost all of the UK’s leading food manufacturers have removed or are removing genetically modified ingredients from their food products, […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Co-operative businesses to ponder social goals

The UK’s co-operative businesses are meeting this month to discuss how best to ‘re-connect’ their financial and social goals. The […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

drug companies extend help on Aids

Two of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies have announced measures to provide cheaper Aids drugs to the developing world, prior […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Royal Bank of Scotland starts social audit

Royal Bank of Scotland has begun work on its first community and environment report. The UK bank, the third largest […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Transco sets up social unit

Gas pipeline operator Transco has formed a community affairs team. The four-strong team will be responsible for community initiatives undertaken […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

ExxonMobil faces activist resolution

ExxonMobil has been told it must allow its shareholders to vote on a resolution at its annual meeting this month […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Comalco talks to aborigines

Australian mining company Comalco has signed an agreement promising to consult aboriginal people in Queensland’s Western Cape York peninsula before […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Retailers sign up to labour code

Two more clothing companies – Phillips-Van Heusen and Eddie Bauer – have become members of the US-based Fair Labor Association’s […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Severn Trent overhauls business code

Severn Trent has published its first code of business principles and conduct. The 12-page document aims to give ‘ethical direction’ […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

deep green image ‘must not be taken for granted’

Companies that consider themselves ‘deep green’ and socially responsible should not assume consumers see them in the same light, says […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Kelda opts for web route

The utility group Kelda has moved its environment and community affairs report exclusively onto the web to allow frequent updating […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

M&S taken off register over store closure plans

Marks & Spencer has been taken off the investment register of a European ethical investment research organization after being accused […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

GSK leads way on cheap drugs for poor countries

One of the world’s leading pharmaceuticals companies has significantly extended its commitment to provide cheap drugs to developing nations. GlaxoSmithKline […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Adidas turns up heat on labour standards

One of the world’s largest sports clothing companies has stepped up the monitoring of labour standards in its supply chain. […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

High hopes for mapping idea

Researchers have developed a new technique which they believe can help companies steer their way out of controversy related to […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Retailer’s supply chain work wins plaudits

The food retailer Coop Italia received the Humane Workplace Award at this year’s Corporate Conscience Awards for its work to […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Signet calls for more time to work on labour standards

The jewellery group Signet has appealed for patience from institutional investors over claims that it is not acting quickly enough […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Four big banks put money into new social fund

Four banks in Scotland will jointly launch a loan fund in September to tackle social exclusion. The Bank of Scotland, […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Legal group to expand community activities

The law firm Allen & Overy has expanded its pro bono and community programme. The ‘Values into community action’ programme […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Levi Strauss gives support to Romany communities

Levi Strauss has stepped up its support for Gypsy communities in eastern Europe by supporting the first Romany radio station […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Peacocks sets up ethics talks

The clothes retailer Peacocks is organizing seminars and meetings with suppliers to discuss its ethical sourcing policy. The Cardiff-based company […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

BAT says tobacco industry can be socially responsible

The world’s second largest tobacco company has hit out at critics who refuse to give it credit for trying to […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Oil companies unveil social reports

Two international oil companies have produced their first social reports in a bid to counter calls for them to withdraw […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Electricity sector best at reducing risk

Companies in the oil, gas and electricity sectors have been the most successful at reducing the social and environmental risks […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Bank shows way for Japanese

The first Japanese bank has signed up to a United Nations statement on sustainable development. By signing the UN Environment […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Responding to attacks on corporate reputation

Companies should make greater use of their web sites to respond to attacks by campaigners, argue Peter Knight and Simon […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

‘world leader’ Novo gets tips on reporting

The Novo Group is considered a world leader in social and environmental reporting but could improve by giving more weight […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

BP aims to raise awareness

BP Amoco is to begin a major awareness raising campaign among staff in a bid to improve performance on its […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Ladbrokes is declared a ‘good corporation’

Ladbrokes, the betting and gaming division of Hilton Group, and technology company ARM Holdings have become the first two large […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

The EC green paper on corporate responsibility

The recent green paper is a first step towards the creation of ‘an overall European framework’ for corporate social responsibility. […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Dole scraps its top CSR post

One of the world’s largest food businesses has scrapped the post of director of environmental affairs, held by Sharon Hayes, […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Community work on the up at C&W

Seven out of ten Cable & Wireless business units have now appointed someone with specific responsibility for community involvement, according […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

EMI heads up media rankings

EMI tops a league table of 25 global media companies ranked according to their social and environmental performance. German ratings […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Oil executive rejects calls to intervene in conflict zones

Oil companies should not be expected to try to influence the way oil revenues are spent in war-torn areas where […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Powergen asks some questions

Energy company Powergen has sent a questionnaire to its shareholders asking them how much importance they place on social and […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Henkel profits from quality of life programme for its employees

A ‘quality of life’ programme devised by the German chemical company Henkel in Brazil has helped the company to reduce […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Abbey issues community report

Abbey National has published its first corporate citizenship report. The 34-page document includes sections on the social impact of the […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Nike finds new auditors as PwC unit moves out

The company that monitors Nike’s labour standards throughout the world has shut its US-based auditing unit that carries out much […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Marks & Spencer bans Indian leather

Marks & Spencer is to stop selling clothes made with Indian leather because of concerns about the treatment of cows […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Cement firms consider CSR

Proposals on how the cement industry can improve its social and environmental performance are to be published next month. The […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

A response to the EC’s green paper on CSR

The EC is seeking views on whether it should become more involved in CSR. Proponents should resist the siren call, […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

‘inspirational’ Co-op Bank takes third major award

The Co-operative Bank has won the Impact on Society Award at the annual Business in the Community Awards for Excellence […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Defining the qualities of the coming ‘citizen CEOs’

Multinational companies are increasingly being forced to respond to challenges to the way they operate around the globe. EP talks […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Statoil makes labour pledges

The Norwegian state oil company Statoil has signed an agreement with unions that binds it to various commitments on labour […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Water company ready to go global on volunteering

The water company AWG is drawing up plans to extend its employee volunteering scheme worldwide. AWG – formerly Anglian Water […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Vogele commits itself to SA8000

The Swiss clothes retailer Vogele has become a signatory to the SA8000 trading standard. The firm, which has 692 stores […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Telecom firms form alliance

Some of the world’s largest telecommunications companies have created an alliance to promote sustainable development within their industry. The new […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Coca-Cola gets race panel

Coca-Cola has created a panel to help the company increase the number of contracts it places with ethnic minority and […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Vodafone makes headway on worldwide CSR policy

Vodafone is to launch a set of group-wide business principles next month and will develop a detailed corporate social responsibility […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Allen White, transition director of the Global Reporting Initiative

Although it’s not his ‘real’ job, Allen White has spent most of the last two years working on a master […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Agilent makes its debut

Agilent Technologies has reported for the first time on its environmental and social performance. The California-based technology company, formed in […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Thirty-somethings emerge as key ethical consumers

Two-thirds of UK consumers in their thirties and forties – with a spending power of £4.5billion ($6.3bn) a week – […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

BT invites key suppliers to sign up to ethical code

BT has begun meeting its major suppliers to encourage participation in a supply chain initiative that commits them to meet […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Vodafone is top ethical stock

Vodafone heads a league table of UK companies favoured by ethical fund managers, according to the Ethical Investment Research Service. […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

CFS’s transparency on lobbying should be a shining example to us all

The ways in which companies seek to influence the direction and content of public policy is a central issue of […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

BP ‘should be doing more’ to help black South Africans

BP could do more to help post-apartheid black empowerment initiatives in South Africa, a stakeholder review has suggested. The review, […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

The EC must do something, but the question is, what?

As the most powerful policy maker in Europe, the European Commission has a unique chance to influence the future direction […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Challenging the banks on their lending policies

Commercial and investment banks need to broaden the range of risks they consider when assessing asset finance deals, says Alan […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Time to accentuate the positive benefits of CSR

Companies are not getting the most out of CSR if they focus solely on risk reduction and not productivity gains, […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

universal bank idea gets £180m corporate backing

Eleven high street banks in the UK have now agreed to pay $257million (£180m) over five years to support plans […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Wanted: business volunteers for third world

UK businesses are being invited to join a pilot scheme that aims to help their employees gain a deeper insight […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

The EC green paper: some responses on SRI

As things stand at present, few investors and companies are working together to develop common ways of assessing corporate ethical […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

The first law of corporate social responsibility

The honeymoon period for voluntary self-regulation on CSR may be beginning to draw to a close, says Adrian Henriques Should […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Shell sets up impact study

A social impact study of a major proposed gas pipeline is to be carried out by Shell China Exploration and […]

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November 30, 1999