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Verizon 2015 corporate responsibility supplement report review: Punching below its weight

Kathy Tejano, (May 22, 2016)

Information and communications technology giant Verizon misses the mark by failing to convey a clear strategy and lacking ambitious goals

Expert Q&A: Marc Granville, Compliance Manager, Jordan International Bank

Candy Telani Anton, (May 18, 2016)

“Everybody has a role in ensuring that a new conduct strategy is successfully implemented, and all parts of the business are inextricably linked”

Expert Q&A: Vinita Ramtri, VP, Head of Conduct Risk, Barclays

Candy Telani Anton, (May 18, 2016)

“You know you are successfully implementing a good strategy when people actively discuss good client outcomes in their decision making”

Tackling business risk: From ‘do no harm’ to business-as-usual

Mike Scott, (Apr 22, 2016)

As sustainability infiltrates the top echelons of companies it is acquiring a new hard-headed language of business risk

Case Study: How Fairphone is blazing a trail to a smarter phone industry

Sam Phipps, (Apr 22, 2016)

This is an edited version of a case study that appeared in Ethical Corporation’s Circular Economy report last year

Novartis Corporate Responsibility Performance Report Review 2015

Elaine Cohen, (Mar 21, 2016)

Novartis understands sustainability and is refreshingly open about the challenges. But it needs to cut to the chase and show more clearly how it is making a difference

EthicsWatch: US - Seafood slaves and supply chains

April Streeter, (Mar 21, 2016)

New laws and some laudable corporate disclosures are raising hopes that endemic labour issues in the seafood sector can be cleaned up

EthicsWatch: EU - Broken promises on supply chain pay?

Stephen Gardner, (Mar 21, 2016)

Retailers face accusations that, despite widely lauded pledges, workers in their supply chains are still being paid less than a living wage

Ikea Group 2015 Sustainability Report Review: Going all-in

Elaine Cohen, (Feb 15, 2016)

The furnishings giant demonstrates sustainability leadership

Business school bulletin - February 2016

Oliver Balch, (Feb 10, 2016)

Employee wellbeing and stakeholder ranking

Partnerships case study: Target and Walmart push for industry-wide change

April Streeter, (Jan 18, 2016)

Competitors Target and Walmart set out to do together what they couldn’t do as easily alone: shift the personal care and beauty products industries to safer ingredients and a new vision of sustainable products

2016 preview: CSR strategy - Top trends for 2016

Ellen R Delisio, (Jan 18, 2016)

After the ambitious Paris agreement on climate change, Ethical Corporation looks at the implications for investment, divestment, regulation and supply chain management

2015: Asia Pacific - Partnering for inclusive progress

Andrea Spencer-Cooke and Fran van Dijk, (Dec 17, 2015)

Delivering on COP21 and the global goals in the world’s most populous region calls for breakthrough partnerships

EthicsWatch: Modern slavery - Implementing the UK’s new anti-slavery law

Ellen R Delisio, (Nov 19, 2015)

UK companies operating at home and overseas will soon be preparing reports showing how they prevent forced labour in their supply chains, in order to comply with the new Modern Slavery Act

Asia column: China - The politics of the market

Rajesh Chhabara, (Sep 9, 2015)

The recent turmoil on China’s stock markets and the authorities’ attempts to intervene raise questions about the continued appetite for allowing market forces to prevail

Cheat sheet: Corporate responsibility cheat sheet – August 2015

Oliver Balch, (Aug 10, 2015)

We read all the reports so you don’t have to

EthicsWatch: Company ownership - EITI

Ellen R Delisio, (Jul 14, 2015)

Company disclosure laws introduced for UK extractives companies

EthicsWatch: Transparency – Azerbaijan EITI status downgraded

Ellen R Delisio, (May 6, 2015)

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative joins public criticism of the Azerbaijan government’s repressive political tactics

Analysis: Corporate tax – Company tax disclosure chasm widens

Eric Marx, (Dec 5, 2014)

While policymakers push for greater transparency, most companies report little or no financial details about operations outside their home country

Pharmaceuticals Briefing: Accountability – Is transparency the right treatment?

April Streeter, (Nov 6, 2014)

The healthcare industry is often seen as being in the pocket of pharmaceutical giants. But some say this closeness is beneficial, and excessive transparency could be damaging

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