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Community Development

Leadership role is ‘asking too much’

A leading figure at Amnesty International has suggested that multinationals are being asked to take on too much responsibility for […]

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November 2, 2007

Community Development

New centre provides help in Middle East

A Middle East Centre for Sustainable Development has been established to encourage socially responsible business development in Dubai and other […]

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November 2, 2007

Community Development

New directory set for launch

The third edition of the Ethical Performance Professional Services Directory will be published in January 2008, featuring more than 600 […]

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November 2, 2007

Community Development

Venture fund delivers a social return

A venture capital company formed to support social projects has raised £75million ($150m) for its second community development venture fund. […]

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October 8, 2007

Community Development

Tobacco firm in line for recognition

Philip Morris, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, has been shortlisted for recognition for its educational work in the […]

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September 28, 2007

Community Development

Asia-wide bank scheme to boost SRI

A bank programme promoting best practice and sustainable investment in the pensions industry in the Far East is to be […]

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September 28, 2007

Community Development

Chinese ‘trade unions’ pledge to push business

China’s officially recognized trade unions have said they will begin a campaign to persuade businesses to improve their performance on […]

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September 28, 2007

Community Development

Sino-European pact is sealed

The first Sino-European co-operation agreement on CSR has been signed to strengthen strategic ties between Chinese textile suppliers and European […]

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September 28, 2007

Community Development

WSP expands into Australia

WSP has expanded its business by acquiring the Sydney-based environmental project management consultancy Fitzwalter Group. WSP, a global consultancy specializing […]

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September 28, 2007

Community Development

Birgden heads Mercer’s drive in Asia

Helga Birgden, an experienced manager in governance and sustainable investment, has been appointed to lead the Asia-Pacific responsible investment business […]

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September 28, 2007

Community Development

Yahoo and MSN agree to blogger restrictions

Yahoo and MSN are among internet companies to have signed new Chinese government guidelines that ‘encourage’ them to register and […]

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September 28, 2007

Community Development

Vedanta in clash over indigenous rights

Tribal families on the Niyamgiri mountain in the Kalahndi district of Orissa, India, have begun campaigning against a proposed bauxite […]

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September 28, 2007

Community Development

Posco offers resettlement deal

The Korean steel corporation Posco has offered an assured market for dried fish to about 140 fishing families who will […]

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September 28, 2007

Community Development

‘she put a bomb under the business world’

What lasting influence did The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, who died last month aged 64, have on business behaviour? […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Business readies itself as China agrees reforms

Companies operating in China have been given until the end of this year to prepare for a new legislative regime […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Motorola acts to stamp out child labour

Motorola has revealed that it found evidence of child labour at two of its suppliers last year. The US multinational, […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Guinea pigs sought for new human rights guidelines

Companies from various industry sectors are to be invited to road test a new guide on how to assess their […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Wal-Mart begins to move away from numbers game

Wal-Mart is claiming to have conducted more ethical audits of its supplier factories last year than any other company – […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

UK firms now spending up to 20% of turnover on CSR

British businesses may be allocating more resources to corporate responsibility than is generally realized, with more than half claiming to […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

FoE disappoints Sky by ending its campaign bid

Friends of the Earth has pulled out of a bid to become BSkyB’s charity partner after an internal dispute at […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Senior trio take over at IBLF in wake of founder’s death

Three senior managers are to jointly lead the International Business Leaders’ Forum (IBLF) after the death of founder and chief […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Awards focus shifts to views of report readers

A new set of sustainability reporting awards will be introduced next year based on the decisions of report readers, not […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Building firms ready to sign procurement deal

An unusual alliance between government and industry has led to the creation of a Strategy for Sustainable Construction in England […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

3i aims to be more open on ethical due diligence

One of the world’s best-known private equity companies, 3i, is examining how further to improve transparency in its due diligence […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Apparel sector monitor moves into new fields

One of the most prominent ethical supply chain monitoring bodies in the garment industry is expanding its remit. US-based Worldwide […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

A brilliant blend of social activism and entrepreneurship

Some pioneers die unsung. Not Anita Roddick. The most remarkable thing about the reaction to her death was the focus […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Flag closes down its US base

The communications consultancy Flag has closed its US office and will service clients from Britain. Flag, which has Chevron, Ford […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Co-op goes to the polls

Shoppers at Co-operative supermarkets are being polled to identify the ethical issues on which they think the retailer should concentrate. […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

British Land takes sustainability message on the road

The property company British Land is using a roadshow to bring sustainability advice to shoppers and office workers at its […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Corporate social responsibility and the shaping of global public policy

Matthew J. Hirschland Hardback. 202 pages. Palgrave Macmillan. £42.50/$69.95 Companies and civil society are increasingly assuming the role of responsible […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Platinum performers must shine all the way through

You can’t overlook bad practices when identifying responsible companies, argues Rory Murphy As a professional with nearly 30 years’ experience […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Anglo rejects allegations

A row between Anglo American and War on Want over human rights accusations has again raised the thorny issue of […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Northern Rock charity awaits its fate

Concerns have emerged about the future of one of the UK’s biggest corporate foundations after the severe liquidity problems experienced […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Russian firms make strides on CSR agenda

Russian companies are making progress on corporate social responsibility, according to a study on the country’s business standards. The report, […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

FTSE4Good stands firm over Smithfield inclusion

FTSE Group has resisted a call for a US meat products manufacturer to be thrown off the FTSE4Good Index for […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Isdell acts on human rights

The Coca-Cola Company has joined the Business Leaders’ Initiative on Human Rights (Blihr). The move by the owner of one […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Sub-prime fallout reaches the ethical fund market

The credit squeeze in the financial markets that led the Bank of England to intervene on behalf of the UK […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

O2 offers consumers advice in its non-financial report

Mobile phone company O2 has taken the unusual step in its latest CSR report of advising readers how to be […]

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September 27, 2007

Community Development

Second stint for Timms may revive profile of CSR

Stephen Timms has become the UK’s CSR minister for a second time, raising hopes that the post will regain some […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Making foundations part of a CSR strategy

The advance of corporate social responsibility is causing some companies to review whether their corporate foundations need to change to […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Norton Rose is top of big London law firms on diversity

Norton Rose has emerged as the top-rated City firm in a diversity performance table for legal practices. The international law […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Brown told to get moving on ethical buying regime

Oxfam has urged UK prime minister Gordon Brown to create a more ‘enabling environment for ethical trade’ in public procurement. […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Indonesia blazes trail on mandatory approach

Indonesia has taken the unprecedented step of passing legislation that will require companies to spend money on corporate responsibility programmes. […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Irish companies sign charter

More than 40 Irish businesses have signed up to a new corporate responsibility charter. The document, drawn up by Business […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

New kitemark for companies comes at a cost

Companies of all sizes will soon be able to qualify for a new corporate responsibility kitemark. The SEE Stamp, which […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Transparency would expose speculators’ ill-gotten gains

Public disclosure of fund managers’ bonuses would help counter short-termism, says Simon Zadek The recent turmoil in the financial markets […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Firms told to involve staff

Companies are to be urged to make greater efforts to bring their employees into the fight against child labour. A […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

UN issues a rallying call to business schools

The United Nations has called on business schools to make much greater efforts to advance the principles of corporate social […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

AA1000 to get new coat of paint

The AA1000 Assurance Standard, used by assurers as a guide to verifying sustainability reports, is being revised. The standard, introduced […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Now Volvo is targeted over Israeli use of bulldozers

Volvo has hit back at campaigners who are trying to engineer a boycott of the company over the use of […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Business solutions for the global poor

V. Kasturi Rangan, John Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, Brooke Barton (editors). 433 pages. Hardback. Jossey-Bass. £30.99/$55 Ever since C. K. Prahalad, […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Retailer moves on palm oil

The Body Shop is claiming to be the first cosmetics retailer to have introduced ‘sustainable’ palm oil across its supply […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

T-Mobile gives CSR a direct line into the board

The T-Mobile telecoms company is setting up a board-level corporate responsibility steering group to develop a more coherent strategy on […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

First Alien Tort verdict brings some clarity

A coal mining company has been cleared of human rights abuse charges in the first completed trial against a corporation […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Argos baulks at signing up to ‘dirty gold’ rules

The UK’s biggest jewellery retailer has refused to sign up to 12 ‘golden rules’ for sourcing gold because it says […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Public policy disclosure still a ‘minority pursuit’

Only a handful of companies are providing adequate information on their public policy positions in their non-financial reports, according to […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

BSR reads last rites for monitoring approach

The most influential corporate responsibility body in the US says the tide has turned against the audit-led approach to ethical […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

BBC switches from CSR to ‘outreach’

The BBC has replaced its in-house CSR Centre with a department called BBC Outreach. The change reflects the corporation’s decision […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Making non-governmental organizations more accountable

Environmental and social campaigners in many respects are like entrepreneurs – brilliant at spotting a gap and ruthless at exploiting […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

BT judged to have best societal impact

BT has won the prestigious Impact on Society award in the 2007 Business in the Community (Bitc) Awards for Excellence. […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Firms face tougher law on corporate manslaughter

British companies whose negligence leads to the death of individuals will face prosecution for manslaughter under legislation that now has […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Managing risk across a range of asset classes

PGGM, one of the biggest pension funds in Europe, applies both exclusionary and engagement policies to its huge portfolio of […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Corporate responsibility sets fire service alight

Further evidence that corporate responsibility is no longer the preserve of commercial enterprises has emerged with the news that a […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Bank decides to help young people in care

HSBC is to offer apprenticeships and training in management techniques to young people in care as part of a £305million […]

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September 6, 2007

Community Development

Westpac uses CSR in marketing

Westpac bank is claiming to have become the first Australian company outside the energy sector to use its community and […]

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September 3, 2007

Community Development

Charity to engage Indian firms on child labour

Save the Children Sweden is to hold talks with selected companies in India on management policy and CSR. The move […]

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September 3, 2007

Community Development

Employees the focus of new CSR campaign

A pilot project is to be started in Shenzhen with the aim of bringing employees into a campaign to improve […]

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September 3, 2007

Community Development

Chinese CSR reporting driven by image

The main triggers for sustainability reporting in China are raising image, supporting government policies, increased enterprise management awareness and media […]

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September 3, 2007

Community Development

Mitsui Trust gets carbon credits go-ahead

The Mitsui Trust Financial Group has become the first Japanese private company to win permission from the country’s financial regulatory […]

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September 3, 2007

Community Development

OECD urges China to improve

China is being encouraged to redouble its efforts to improve its environment so that its sudden economic growth can be […]

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September 3, 2007

Community Development

Multinationals protest over attacks on strikers

A group of US apparel and retail companies have sent a second protest letter to the Philippines president over attacks […]

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September 3, 2007

Community Development

Olympics suppliers targeted

The organizers of the 2008 Olympic Games have been urged to consider how they can improve the conditions of workers […]

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September 3, 2007