What a year. It may have taken until September to sink in, but now everyone working in corporate responsibility accepts that it will not be responsible business-as-usual for the next 12 months.

Here we look back on a momentous year for business by considering what impact the financial crisis and economic downturn will have on corporate sustainability efforts. We ask what progress companies are making to tackle climate change. And we make some tentative predictions of what companies can expect in 2009.

It may have been a year of shocks, but 2008 has seen some encouraging signs in the areas of green marketing, business and human rights, and – of course – the change in American leadership.

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Social and Environmental Risk Assessment for Heavy Industries
Regent's Park Marriott Hotel, London, 22 – 23 March 2010 The Responsible Business Summit 2010
Novotel West Hotel, London, 4th – 5th May 2010 The Inaugural Ethical Corporation Awards
Novotel West Hotel, London, Evening of 4th May 2010
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