Corporate Responsibility Initiatives Hit Limits

Source: Sustainability, 4 August 2004

Gearing Up, a new SustainAbility report launched on 24 June in New York at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit, concludes that despite achieving impressive momentum the corporate responsibility (CR) movement is bumping up against real limits. Some responsible >>> read more

Australia: More companies producing CSR reports

Source: Business Respect, 29 July 2004

More Australian companies are producing sustainability or CSR reports, according to a new study by the Department of the Environment and Heritage and others. Of 509 companies surveyed, 116 has a publicly available report. The survey, ‘The State of Sustainability >>> read more

CSR Stakeholder Forum marked by disagreement

Source: Euractiv, 29 July 2004

Business and NGOs clash on conclusions of final report of Multi Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility. Two weeks after the final plenary meeting of the Multi Stakeholder Forum on CSR, there is still no full agreement on the final >>> read more

ISO to go ahead with guidelines for social responsibility

Source: ISO, 1 July 2004

ISO is to develop an International Standard for social responsibility. The objective is to produce "a guidance document, written in plain language which is understandable and usable by non-specialists" and not intended for use in certification. The decision was taken >>> read more