Fimalac launches CoreRatings Fimalac, owner of Fitch Ratings, enters the corporate responsibility sector with the launch of CoreRatings, a global ratings agency. Corporate governance, environmental & product liabilities and social responsibility have all become key issues for companies and investors. >>> read more

A multi-stakeholder, pan-European initiative to create a common understanding of corporate social responsibility, and enhance its credibility and effectiveness in helping to achieve EU economic, social and environmental aims, will be launched in Brussels today. The European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on >>> read more

Control Risks Group launched its 3rd survey and report into corruption and its impact on business globally with a joint event in conjunction with the International Chamber of Commerce. The survey was carried out amongst 250 business leaders in the >>> read more

California Ruling Means Nike Will Not Release Annual Corporate Responsibility Report Nike, Inc. today (14/10) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an unprecedented California Supreme Court ruling that effectively does away with First Amendment protection for companies and organizations >>> read more

A new report from the Rose Foundation for Communities & Environment titled "The Environmental Fiduciary: The Case for Incorporating Environmental Factors into Portfolio Management Practices" documents how environmental risk and liabilities can be a drag on shareholder value, while positive >>> read more

Domini Social Investments LLC, manager of the Domini Social Equity Fund (NASDQ: DSEFX), announced today that Steven D. Lydenberg, a principal of the firm, has published an article entitled, "Envisioning Socially Responsible Investing: A Model for 2006," in the October >>> read more

Companies that are good corporate citizens are more likely to be better financial performers, according to a new study by AGSM’s Dr Marc Orlitzky to be published soon. The wide-ranging study to be published in the international journal Organization Studies >>> read more

As companies pursue the concept of sustainability (the process of driving economic, environmental, and social performance) they are trying to address these concerns as part of their business strategy and decision making process. Traditionally, the accounting profession has looked at >>> read more

Corporate environmental and social reports are playing an increasingly vital role in building trust between companies and their stakeholders. ERM’s latest survey reveals that leading firms are beginning to question what they really want from verification. In the absence of >>> read more

European banks have much room for improvement with regard to their assessment of the environmental credit risk of projects for which potential clients are seeking funding, says a leading investment company. The study of 10 Western European banks by investment >>> read more

October update of The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). NEW CEO, NEW TEAM, NEW HEADQUARTERS Ernst Ligteringen has been named as the new Chief Executive of the Global Reporting Initiative. His appointment was announced by GRI on 3 October, following approval >>> read more

Multinational companies in Europe and the U.S. are expanding their corporate reporting to include information on "triple bottom line" — economic, social and environmental — performance in order to influence stakeholders and the global capital markets, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ latest >>> read more