Business Strategy

Part 1: Copenhagen special report – Business steps into climate change vacuum

Eric Marx, (Feb 2, 2010)

The outcome of the Copenhagen conference disappointed everyone, but the work continues to reach a universal climate agreement

Part 2: Copenhagen special report: Regulatory risk – All aboard the regulation rollercoaster

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 2, 2010)

Coping with a changing patchwork of climate regulation is an element of business risk that leading companies have identified and are tackling

Part 3: Copenhagen Special Report – Exploiting the climate change opportunities

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 2, 2010)

Companies that act fast and smart to get green and lean will have big business advantages

Monsanto 2008-2009 corporate responsibility and sustainability report – Educating and influencing, but not reporting

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 1, 2010)

Monsanto fights its corner in the GM debate, but fails to provide a balanced report

Customer service – Who cares now?

Peter Knight, (Feb 1, 2010)

Peter Knight laments the passing of the caring corporate responsibility professional

Analysis: Copenhagen summit – China’s climate COP-out?

Felix von Geyer, (Feb 1, 2010)

So what did happen behind the scenes during frantic negotiations in Copenhagen? Ethical Corporation was there

ISO 26000 – Responsibility’s new guiding light

Rajesh Chhabara, (Feb 1, 2010)

How will the ISO 26000 guidance standard on social responsibility stand out from the clutter of other standards and guidelines?

Chemicals regulation and real science: The troubling case of BPA

Jon Entine, (Jan 27, 2010)

Jon Entine considers what the rejection of a ban on Bisphenol A, a commonly used chemical, means for business, society, and science-based decision making

Q&A with Somit Varma of the World Bank: Heavy industry and development

Daniel Litvin, (Jan 25, 2010)

Somit Varma heads the World Bank Group’s fiercely-debated energy, mining and chemicals work. Daniel Litvin asks some key questions

Shell, Anglo American, Chevron, ArcelorMittal, Lihir Gold to gather in London this March to share best practice in Social & Environmental Risk Management

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 25, 2010)

This practical conference focuses specifically on the mining, oil & gas, steel and other heavy industries. Leading companies will provide case studies and direct insights on how they approach social & environmental management – an area that is so distinctive yet similar amongst these industries.

Climate change: Do good policies make for good performance?

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 21, 2010)

We should not over-rely on corporate self-regulation to deliver the absolute emissions reductions needed to avert the most serious consequences of climate change, argues Rory Sullivan

Effective partnerships for better labour standards

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 18, 2010)

Sean Ansett and Richard Feinberg explore how supply chain labour partnerships in developing countries can make everyone’s lives easier

CSR: Is it time to change the ownership of our best companies?

Mallen Baker, (Jan 14, 2010)

It is completely impossible to prove that a commitment to corporate social responsibility has any effect whatsoever to a company's share price. I wish we would agree that, and move on to more interesting territory, argues Mallen Baker

ISO 26000’s long and winding road

Paul Hohnen, (Jan 12, 2010)

Paul Hohnen says that a clear passage for the long awaited ISO 26000 guidance standard is far from certain

McDonald’s UK CEO to discuss corporate responsibility’s role in recent brand modernisation at major corporate responsibility conference- with CEOs/Presidents from ICA, Kingfisher, Intel and Tata

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 12, 2010)

Ethical Corporation are pleased to welcome Steve Easterbrook, UK CEO of McDonald’s, to the speaker roster for the 9th annual Responsible Business Summit – the largest corporate responsibility and sustainability conference in Europe. </b><i>12 January 2010, London </i>

Central and eastern Europe – Better management focus means engagement not charity

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 12, 2010)

Companies in central Europe can use the economic crisis to turn corporate responsibility from philanthropy to systemic management practice, says Robert Braun

Analysis: Carbon Reduction Commitment – Sweetening the carbon reduction pill

Stephen Gardner, (Dec 19, 2009)

The UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment could bring financial rewards for participants

Copenhagen climate change blog: A weak accord the final result

Felix von Geyer, (Dec 19, 2009)

Felix von Geyer, in his final blog posting from Copenhagen, describes the final hours of the climate negotiations which ended in predictable stalemate on Saturday

Crwatch – December 2009 / January 2010

Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Dec 18, 2009)

Our new column keeps an eye on the latest big brands’ corporate responsibility moves and how the NGOs and activists are keeping up the pressure

Copenhagen climate change blog: Clinton pushes for transparency

Felix von Geyer, (Dec 17, 2009)

Transparency is key to any agreement that the US will accept, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton told reporters on Thursday morning in a press briefing. Felix von Geyer reports on the detail from Copenhagen

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