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ICI decides to change tack on corporate giving strategy

The chemicals giant ICI has signalled a major change in its corporate giving strategy by agreeing to a long-term partnership […]

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November 30, 1999

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Bank backs credit unions

Barclays Bank is spending an initial £700,000 ($998,000) to improve the financial stability and growth prospects of UK credit unions. […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

HSBC backs greens with $50m

One of the world’s largest financial services organizations is donating $50million (£35m) over five years to fund conservation projects around […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Reuters becomes a GoodCorporation

Reuters has become the latest company to use the GoodCorporation social responsibility framework to help assess its ethical performance. The […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

the man with no taste for regulation on CSR

EP talks to Douglas Alexander, UK minister for corporate social responsibility, on his year in office – and why he […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Shoe firms set to expand China experiment

Three multinational footwear companies are planning to expand a pilot project that has increased worker participation and improved health and […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Let’s not fool each other with the business case

The moral argument for doing good should be reason enough for companies to behave responsibly, argues Sir Geoffrey Chandler The […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Ideas man maps out global future for Isea

EP talks to Simon Zadek about his plans for international growth as the new head of the Institute of Social […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Tourism laggards anger UN

The United Nations Environment Programme has stepped in to urge tourism companies to improve their social and environmental performance, amid […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Novo rated top drugs group

Novo Group has come top in an analysis of the ethical performance of the world’s major pharmaceutical companies. The Munich-based […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Cause-related marketing ‘can backfire’

Cause-related marketing strategies can actually be damaging to a company’s reputation, a group of corporate social responsibility practitioners has warned. […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Question at AGM pays dividends for bank

A CSR executive at a major bank has planted a question about corporate social responsibility at his company’s annual meeting […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Timber firm opens supply chain to NGO scrutiny

A multinational timber company has agreed to allow Greenpeace to visit its suppliers in Liberia to verify that they are […]

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November 30, 1999

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Nike works on factory grading

A grading system that rates supplier factories on their social and environmental performance is being developed by Nike. The sports […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Drinks firm gives alcohol warning

Responsible drinking messages have been introduced on some alcoholic drinks produced by Allied Domecq as part of the drinks company’s […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

ScottishPower is top dog

The breadth and depth of Scottish Power’s corporate social responsibility programme have won it the Impact on Society Award at […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Fonterra agrees labour deal

One of the world’s largest dairy companies has committed itself to abide by international labour standards for its 20,000 employees. […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Mining sector ‘should listen to locals’

Mining companies have been urged to create an ‘international indigenous peoples organization’ to advise them on local sensitivities when planning […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Good reputation leads to rise in profitability

Half of senior business managers in Europe and North America believe the most important effect of better corporate reputation is […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Unilever ready for sea change

A quarter of all fish in Unilever’s food products will be from a source certified as sustainable by the end […]

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November 30, 1999

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UK retailers form CSR group

A corporate social responsibility group has been formed by the trade body representing UK retailers. The 210,000-member British Retail Consortium […]

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November 30, 1999

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Cement firms map out five-year plan of action

Ten of the world’s largest cement companies have formally committed themselves to a five-year plan of action to improve their […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Reticent stakeholders frustrate BAT efforts

The world’s second-largest tobacco company has expressed frustration at the unwillingness of many of its stakeholders to take part in […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Nike gives away 3% of its profits

Nike gave away more than three per cent of its profits in the last financial year. The US-based sportswear multinational […]

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November 30, 1999

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Policy makers must not overuse the bully pulpit

There are lots of things government can do to encourage corporate social responsibility without resort to regulation, says David Grayson […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Anglo gives Aids drugs

Anglo American is to give free Aids drugs to all its employees in South Africa who need them. The second […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

How to keep down the costs of your CSR policies

The best way to keep down CSR costs is to get consultants to set up a management system and then […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Bertelsmann opens its files

Europe’s largest media company has opened a corporate archive in Munich that will display all the documents it holds on […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Why CSR is a corporate governance challenge

A wave of human rights lawsuits against multinationals demonstrates the need for board oversight of CSR risks, says Elliot Schrage […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

GSK cuts drug prices by third

GlaxoSmithKline is again cutting the price of its HIV/Aids and anti-malarial drugs in developing countries. The UK-based pharmaceuticals group said […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Dixons under fire over supply chain ‘secrecy’

Electrical retailer Dixons has been criticized by a group of UK local authority pension funds for failing to disclose its […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Soccer clubs score own goal

Football clubs are seen by the UK public as greedy, aggressive and ruthless, according to a study commissioned by the […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Anheuser-Busch is Vice Fund’s top pick

Drinks company Anheuser-Busch has emerged as the biggest holding in a fund that champions ‘socially irresponsible investment’. The US-based Vice […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Exxon seeks to reduce conflict

ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum have joined other companies in an effort to reduce conflicts arising from the use of security […]

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November 30, 1999

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US retailers settle sweatshop case

Seven US clothing retailers sued over alleged sweatshop conditions at supplier factories have agreed to pay for third-party monitoring of […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Talisman’s Sudan sale fails to appease its critics

Canadian oil company Talisman has responded to persistent criticism of its presence in Sudan by pulling out of the country […]

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November 30, 1999

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Anglo American to speak up on human rights issues

The world’s second-largest mining group has decided to take a more interventionist approach with governments on human rights. Anglo American […]

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November 30, 1999

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Nike says CSR ‘gag’ case is barrier to free speech

Nike expects to learn this month whether the US Supreme Court will hear an appeal against an unprecedented legal ruling […]

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November 30, 1999

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How CSR is changing the rules of competition in the market place

Forty-five per cent of the 250 largest companies now produce a report of some kind on their social and environmental […]

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November 30, 1999

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EasyJet takes green step

The low-cost airline EasyJet has decided to produce an environmental policy document after a major institutional investor used the lack […]

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November 30, 1999

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Carrefour gives boost to reporting in France

Carrefour, Europe’s largest retailer, has entered the social and environmental reporting field. The supermarket chain’s first sustainable development report contains, […]

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November 30, 1999

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Bank says ethics make 26% of profits

The Co-operative Bank now estimates that as much as a quarter of its profits can be directly linked to its […]

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November 30, 1999

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Nokia tops SRI league table

Nokia is the stock most commonly held by socially responsible investment funds in Europe. The Finnish telecoms firm is now […]

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November 30, 1999

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50% have plans to be more open

Nearly half of multinational company executives – 49 per cent in the US and 45 per cent in Europe – […]

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November 30, 1999

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Amersham makes its debut

Life sciences company Amersham has published its first combined social and environmental report. Amersham, which employs 9500 people around the […]

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November 30, 1999

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Winegrowers draw up ethical code

The Californian wine industry has introduced a code of social and environmental conduct. The voluntary ‘code of sustainable wine-growing practices’ […]

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November 30, 1999

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BT identifies benefits of flexiworking

Flexible working at BT has benefited staff and the company, according to research by the University of Bradford. A survey […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Quantify performance and cut the waffle

Corporate social responsibility information belongs in the main company report, says Gerry Hagelberg With all the standards, codes, rules, guidelines, […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

BHP moves on aborigines

Mining group BHP Billiton is to increase the proportion of aborigines in its workforce in Western Australia. The Melbourne-based multinational […]

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November 30, 1999

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Nestle creates ombudsmen

Nestle is to appoint a number of ombudsmen charged with the task of uncovering unethical marketing of its baby milk […]

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November 30, 1999

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HBOS backs global principles

A major UK asset manager has said it wants to see the companies it invests in comply with internationally recognized […]

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November 30, 1999

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Pledges and commitments are storing up trouble for companies

Promises, promises, promises. Companies seem hell-bent on making them in their social and environmental reports. And why not? Pledges and […]

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November 30, 1999

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John Lewis establishes CSR strategy committee

Department store retailer John Lewis has created a corporate social responsibility committee. The nine-strong committee has been set up to […]

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November 30, 1999

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Westpac heads Aussie index

Westpac has come top in an annual index of corporate reputation in Australia. The bank, which recently produced its first […]

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November 30, 1999

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Go-Ahead reveals social data

The UK transport services group Go-Ahead has published its first combined social and environmental report. The 64-page document, which is […]

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November 30, 1999

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Shell sets up Dutch SRI pilot

Shell has adopted a socially responsible investment approach to some of the money it manages in its pension fund for […]

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November 30, 1999

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Oil firms agree transparency pact

Eleven oil companies are to break new ground in transparency by declaring how much money they pay to three governments […]

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November 30, 1999

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Bhopal still haunts Dow

Dow Chemicals has found itself at the centre of a debate on the limits of corporate accountability as non-governmental organizations […]

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November 30, 1999

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Chemicals firm goes for TBL

Dutch chemicals firm DSM is to produce its first triple bottom line annual report. The document will be published early […]

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November 30, 1999

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P&G turns CSR into CSO

Procter & Gamble is adopting a new approach to corporate social responsibility that places as much emphasis on developing socially […]

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November 30, 1999

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Novo elevates ethics in new supply chain regime

Life sciences company Novo is to assess its suppliers using a new evaluation system that puts their social and environmental […]

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November 30, 1999

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Do-it-yourself approach no longer good enough

It’s time for investors who engage with companies to agree core ethical standards, says Craig Mackenzie Large institutional shareholders are […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Finance sector gets social performance indicators

Social performance indicators for financial institutions have been set out in a supplement to the Global Reporting Initiative’s guidelines on […]

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November 30, 1999

Community Development

Oil firms are 'poles apart' on tackling climate change

There are huge differences in the approaches large oil companies are taking to climate change, according to an analysis of […]

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November 30, 1999

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British Gas tackles poverty

British Gas has formed an alliance with seven charities to help tackle fuel poverty in the UK. The energy company, […]

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November 30, 1999

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How do social reporters decide what is material?

The test of materiality will make life harder for CSR reporters, Adrian Henriques argues The UK government white paper Modernising […]

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November 30, 1999

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Chiquita’s CSR strategy improves staff outlook

Fresh food firm Chiquita has detected a marked increase in worker satisfaction and commitment to the company since it began […]

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November 30, 1999

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Cleaning up corporate America finally pays a CSR dividend

The decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission to require US mutual funds to disclose their proxy voting policies and […]

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November 30, 1999

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Report is first for AT&T

AT&T has produced its first corporate citizenship report. The unverified document covers what the telecoms giant believes are its main […]

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November 30, 1999

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World’s toy industry to begin ethical audits

The global toy industry is to begin auditing manufacturing sites throughout the world against a set of ethical business principles. […]

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November 30, 1999

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Pharmacia pilots HIV drugs programme

A US pharmaceutical company is piloting a new way of widening access to medicines in the poorest parts of the […]

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November 30, 1999

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Cable & Wireless tells suppliers to think green

Cable & Wireless has pledged to build environmental criteria into the selection of its suppliers. The UK-listed telecoms giant, which […]

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November 30, 1999