U.S. businesses are lagging behind their counterparts in Europe, Australia and South Africa in taking seriously their corporate social responsibility or CSR, according to a new study released today by Echo Research, the global specialists in reputation audit and analysis. >>> read more

From Mr Paul Hohnen. Sir, Readers over the past few days will be rightly perplexed about the significance of non-financial data to assessments of a company’s performance. On the one hand, it is contended by one US academic that "non-financial >>> read more

SustainAbility, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme and Standard & Poor’s, are calling for companies and organisations producing sustainability reports/websites to submit their latest report/website for the next Global Reporters international benchmark survey. Only sustainability reports and/or websites >>> read more

The WBCSD released "Doing business with the poor: A field guide". Dhtis guide explores how several companies are starting to break into an untapped market of over four billion potential customers in ways that benefit both the poor and the >>> read more

A recent Global Environmental Management Initiative report adds to the growing body of evidence correlating social and environmental performance with shareowner value. According to Cap Gemini Ernst & Young researchers Jonathan Low and Pamela Cohen Kalafut, somewhere between 50 and >>> read more

The World Bank Group (WBG), whose mission is to alleviate poverty in the developing world, exerts influence not only through its own investments and actions, but also as an exemplar. A coalition of US- and Canada-based socially responsible investment (SRI) >>> read more

The March 2004 Update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Attention software developers: GRI issues RFP There is wide recognition that software-based reporting tools could offer an important ‘win/win’ contribution to sustainability reporting. Such tools have significant potential to facilitate >>> read more

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today released the companys second annual Sustainability Report. The Report shows the progress made against goals established in the 2002 version. An important step was the extension of the sustainability principles to Philips >>> read more

The results of the second Corporate Responsibility Index were published today (Sunday, March 14th 2004) in The Sunday Times ‘Companies that Count’ supplement. Participation in the Index is up by 14% on the previous year, with 139 companies now using >>> read more

This position paper outlines the requirements and recommendations as identified by ANEC with respect to the desirability and feasibility of standards on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Both at national and international level, initiatives exist related to CSR and standardisation. In >>> read more

Today, The Leadership Forum released its first Survey of Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by Listed Companies in the Czech Republic." The survey is part of a wider regional initiative organized by East-West Management Institutes Partners for Financial Stability >>> read more

Voor de gemiddelde belegger is corporate governance een veel belangrijker thema dan maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen (MVO). Optieregelingen voor topbestuurders, de benoeming van commissarissen en het stemrecht van aandeelhouders wegen in de beleggingsstrategie veel zwaarder mee dan het beleid van een >>> read more