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Revealed: favoured NGO partners of CSR heads

WWF and Forum for the Future are the partners of choice for British CSR directors when they want corporate responsibility […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Missions told to keep an eye on business

The UK government has issued a Business and Human Rights Toolkit for its overseas missions. The 21-page document, published last […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Investors ‘need EC-funded training’ on SRI

The European Commission has been urged to provide cash to train analysts and investors in evaluating companies’ social and environmental […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Obama calls on business to press ‘reset’ button on CSR

Barack Obama has challenged US companies to ‘transform’ their corporate responsibility programmes to make them more effective and wide-ranging. The […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

The corporate world must be ready to accentuate the negative

Sometimes what you leave out says more than what you put in. So it is with sustainability reports. A new […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

UK aims for lead role in OECD guideline reforms

The UK government has opened a consultation on possible changes to the OECD’s guidelines for multinational enterprises. In a process […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

‘Child labour’ in US hits retail chains

Three US supermarkets have blacklisted a Michigan blueberry farm found using children as pickers. Wal-Mart, Meijer and Kroger say they […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Interest in ethical shopping falls as recession bites

Support for ethical consumerism has declined in the UK since the start of the recession, according to new market research […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

SRI fund sets sights on women-friendly firms

A new avenue has opened up in the socially responsible investment field with the creation of a fund investing in […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

‘Deluge’ of CSR chatter fills up annual reports

Too much CSR information is cluttering up corporate annual reports, says the body that oversees reporting in the UK. The […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Bourse heads look at SRI

Stock exchange principals from around the world met in New York last month to explore ways of encouraging more responsible […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

An SRI outlook that aims for mutual benefit

Mike Scott talks to Andrew Gay of UIA, an insurer to trade union members that tailors its investments to the […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Anger over diamond stance

The Kimberley Process, an international certification scheme to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, has been criticized after backing down […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Dealing with the tough stuff

Margot Fraser & Lisa Lorimer (eds). Berrett-Koehler.  192 pages. Paperback. $16.95/£12.99 On the face of it, this is a godsend […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

ETI provides stepping stone for newcomers

The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is to offer a lower level ‘foundation membership’ to companies that are new to the […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

CDP turns its attentions to corporate water use

A huge alliance of institutional investors is to ask 300 of the world’s largest corporations for data on their water […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

‘I was obstructed from doing my job properly’

In the aftermath of a potentially groundbreaking legal decision on discrimination and climate change beliefs, EP talks to Tim Nicholson, […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Lack of reporting subtlety is starting to cost the earth

Craig Mackenzie argues that for comparable climate change data we need more detail, not less Over the last 15 years […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Cherry-picking reports are eroding credibility

Company reporting on human rights tends to gloss over tricky subjects and paint an unbalanced and selective picture of corporate […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

BBC firm steps up auditing

The BBC’s commercial arm is to intensify its ethical supply chain measures by extending its focus to secondary suppliers in […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Abbott saves 5 billion gallons

A multinational healthcare company has saved a billion gallons of water annually since introducing a programme to reduce water use […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

African SRI fund breaks new ground

Africa’s first sustainable investment fund outside South Africa has been established. The Africa Sustainability Fund, created by Sustainable Capital, a […]

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November 30, 2009

Community Development

Conservatives unveil sustainable consumption moves

A Conservative government in Britain would form a cross-sector group to work with companies to ensure that all new appliances […]

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November 16, 2009

Community Development

Sainsbury’s move will cut emissions by a third

Sainsbury’s, one of Britain’s largest supermarket chains, has announced plans to cut its carbon footprint by a third by 2030 […]

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November 16, 2009

Community Development

Labelling scheme suspended

A nutritional ‘green tick’ labelling system in the US has been disrupted after a controversy over potentially misleading information and […]

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November 16, 2009

Community Development

Kraft to buy sustainable cocoa

Kraft Foods has become the latest company to certify a chocolate product under the Rainforest Alliance seal. The Swiss multinational […]

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November 9, 2009

Community Development

OECD snuggles up to Global Compact

The OECD has agreed to develop closer links with the United Nations Global Compact. The two organizations will particularly seek […]

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November 9, 2009

Community Development

IBM breaks new ground on employee healthcare

IBM is to become one of the first US companies to cover all the costs of primary healthcare for its […]

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November 9, 2009

Community Development

Food giant paves way for higher pay in the fields

The world’s largest catering business has become the latest company to agree new labour standards with Florida’s tomato pickers in […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

GRI steps up diversity plea

Companies have been urged to ask their suppliers for more information on diversity performance, and to consider submitting such data […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Wealth funds ignoring their own principles

The world’s largest sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have been accused of failing on CSR principles agreed one year ago. The […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Businesses agree to report on their forest footprints

A number of large British companies have committed to reporting on their ‘forest footprints’ as part of a programme by […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Kimberly-Clark signs up with former tormentors

An unusual alliance has been struck-up between the tissue products giant Kimberly-Clark and Greenpeace, which will see a turnaround on […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

CSR rides out recession despite some casualties

Corporate responsibility functions in many organizations appear to be coming through the recession relatively unscathed. Various indicators, including a new […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Chinese CSR still ‘nascent’ among big firms

Four in ten of China’s leading companies are not publicly engaged in corporate responsibility, says the country’s first national CSR […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Graduates find NGOs wanting

The 2009 graduates of a new CSR course at Geneva University have celebrated with a role reversal – holding a […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Transparency improvements continue among UK-based companies

Centrica, Reckitt Benckiser, Royal Dutch Shell and Unilever are among Britain’s most responsible companies on climate change, reports the Carbon […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Climate change causes rift in US lobbying body

A utilities company has left the US Chamber of Commerce, accusing it of ignoring the truth on climate change.   […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

UN puts focus on tax issues

The importance of tax avoidance as a CSR issue moved up a notch last month with a decision by the […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Supermarket takes the biscuit on palm oil

J. Sainsbury is to use certified sustainable palm oil in its two best-selling biscuit ranges – digestives and rich tea. […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Privacy guidelines set for use in wider spheres

Guidelines on freedom of expression and privacy issues for internet companies could be modified to a wider selection of technology […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

New ratings will place spotlight on all sectors

New CSR ratings for industry sectors are to be published six times a year by the sustainability consultancy Two Tomorrows. […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Let’s end our subordination to endless profit and growth

We can no longer assume unfettered capitalism is for the public good. Change is needed, says David Loy Despite all […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Airlines sector makes pre-Copenhagen commitment

Airlines, airports and aircraft manufacturers have said they will halve the aviation industry’s carbon emissions by 2050.      British […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Insurance principles floated

Work could soon begin on United Nations-backed ‘principles for sustainable insurance’ created for the global insurance industry. The idea for […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Brandix helps out in camps

Sri Lanka’s largest clothing exporter is to help people displaced by the government’s war against the Tamil Tigers. The Brandix […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Major CSR event is revived

An ambitious corporate responsibility conference postponed because of the financial crisis has been rescheduled for next March. The international Business […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Japanese minister wants more CSR

Japan’s new financial services minister has declared his government’s commitment to CSR, attacking the country’s existing corporate ethics and promising […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

The Dark Side: critical cases on the downside of business

Emmanuel Raufflet and Albert J Mills (eds). Greenleaf.  294 pages. Hardback. £24.95 CSR dominates the landscape of thinking about business […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Irish CEOs form climate grouping

Twelve senior business executives have formed the Irish Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change. The new grouping will push for […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

C of E: keeping faith in an ethical approach

The Church of England continues to punch above its weight in the responsible investment world – and is not just […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Are companies taking their eyes off the prize?

There are more awards in the CSR field than ever before, yet there’s a sense that interest in them is […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Anderson says mission is 60% accomplished

The flooring company Interface is more than halfway to its goal of becoming fully sustainable, claims its founder Ray Anderson. […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Corporate world needs to act now, regardless of Copenhagen 2009

There are clearly hopes in business circles that next month’s United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen will provide the […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Norwegian fund keeps eye on Asia

UK-based consultancy SourceAsia has been contracted to help the $396billion (£242bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund conduct ethical screening of Asian […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Banking reputations take a pounding

US banks and financial services are now regarded as the country’s least ethical companies, according to the results of an […]

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November 4, 2009

Community Development

Dow and Fuji Xerox donate patents

The Dow Chemical Company and Fuji Xerox are the latest organizations to join the Eco-Patents Commons, a scheme allowing enterprises […]

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November 3, 2009

Community Development

North American colleges are on report

A ‘report card’ has been published detailing the sustainability performance of US and Canadian colleges. The fourth annual College Sustainability […]

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November 3, 2009

Community Development

Body Shop joins forces with Clinton

Former US president Bill Clinton is to support The Body Shop’s fight against the sex trafficking of young people. The […]

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November 3, 2009

Community Development

Thinking Big

Enel is huge. And growing. It wasn’t always the case. Italy’s largest electricity company used to be 100 per cent […]

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October 30, 2009

Community Development

Ready for a crisis

Brew a coffee. Log-on to the internet. Check your emails. Millions of employees go through the same routine every morning. […]

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October 30, 2009

Community Development

Signing up for change

Despite tough economic conditions, climate change remains high on the agenda for most corporate boards. But the problem facing many […]

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October 30, 2009

Community Development

Business ethics in paradise

In a comfortable, well-ventilated room in England’s east Midlands, two groups of students sit opposite each other. ‘I’m not having […]

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October 30, 2009

Community Development

Belgium gets Compact network

A Belgian Global Compact Network has been officially launched. Through the new network, organizations will be able to participate in […]

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October 23, 2009

Community Development

Suicides halt corporate restructure

France Telecom has halted it corporate restructuring programme after a spate of suicides at the company and the resignation of […]

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October 23, 2009

Community Development

Goldman Sachs targeted on executive pay

Shareholders at the investment bank Goldman Sachs have moved to stop the payout of large bonuses at the company, which […]

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October 23, 2009

Community Development

Singapore encourages corporate responsibility improvements

The Singapore government has called on companies to implement CSR strategies as a way of strengthening the country’s economy. Labour […]

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October 16, 2009

Community Development

Global Compact announces 1000 removals for the year

More than 1000 companies have now been de-listed from the Global Compact by the United Nations for failing to meet […]

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October 16, 2009

Community Development

Global ‘ethic of doing business’ proposed by public figures

A manifesto outlining a new ‘economic ethic’ has been launched by the United Nations and public figures from NGOs across […]

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October 16, 2009

Community Development

Retailers tackle obesity

A coalition of retailers, non-governmental organizations and food manufactures has launched a foundation to combat obesity in the US. The […]

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October 9, 2009

Community Development

Nestle boycotts Mugabe milk

Nestle has vowed to stop buying milk from a farm owned by the wife of Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe. The […]

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October 9, 2009

Community Development

Waitrose acts over Obama slurs

The UK supermarket chain Waitrose has withdrawn its advertising from the Fox News television channel after remarks made about Barack […]

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October 9, 2009