Over the next few months Ethical Corporation will continue to cover all the big sustainable business stories, highlighting the best examples of sustainability commercialised, and featuring our regular reviews of the latest academic thinking, new books and the best (and worst) corporate reporting.
Alongside all the regular columns, including CRwatch, NGOwatch, CR cheat sheet, People on the Move, and the insight, opinion and analysis from our expert columnists, here are some of the stories and issues Ethical Corporation will be covering in the next few months.
April
Pension funds and socially responsible investment
While many companies are saying and doing the right things on social and environmental issues, engaging suppliers and other stakeholders and targeting emissions and resource use, their pension funds are free to invest employee and company contributions without any screening. What are the risks that this state of affairs creates, and which companies are doing something about it?
Transparency International at 20
Transparency International just turned 20 years old. What have been the international anti-corruption organisation’s big successes and what’s on the cards for the next 20 years? And where have been the big challenges?
Chevron-Ecuador
The ongoing law suit against US oil giant has taken a new twist with a US court ruling in favour of Chevron, denying plaintiffs enforcement of a previous $9bn ruling in Ecuador. What are the implications for other environmentalist court actions?
Supply chains debate: palm oil
We have four expert views on the future for more-sustainable palm oil.
May
Regional briefing: southeast Asia
Ethical Corporation’s new 16-page in-depth briefing on the state of sustainable business in southeast Asia including:
- Overview of all the latest trends
- Analysis of the biggest companies and brands, including case study examples
- How activists and NGOs are pushing and engaging companies to improve ethics and performance
New corporate critique series: Wal-Mart
The first in a new series analysing the sustainable business performance of the top companies by capitalisation on the world’s leading stock exchanges. Here we profile the US-based mega retailer. Subject of much criticism, and close scrutiny, Wal-Mart has invested money and management time in improving its sustainable business performance. What has it achieved, and what can other companies and brands learn from it?
Special feature: Asia Pulp and Paper
Ethical Corporation has had exclusive access visiting APP’s plantations in southeast Asia, to the company’s executives and to the NGO groups helping them improve the pulp and paper giant’s sustainability and to achieve its stated no-deforestation aim.
GlobalEthicist
The latest in the bi-monthly columns examining the key ethical risk issues for international companies and brands from the GlobalEthicist.
CEO interview
First in a series of in-depth Q+As with a leading sustainable business practitioner.
June
Communications and reporting – guidelines guide
Ethical Corporation’s guide to how to use reporting guidelines and standards, including GRI G4 and IIRC, and the others emerging. Focus on how these guidelines not only improve the quality of corporate reporting, but how this can translate to better business performance.
Supply chains – management briefing
In-depth analysis of the latest supply chain issues. Reflection on how the Bangladesh factory tragedies brought global supply chains to a mass audience, and the differences this has made. Focus on the dangers of outsourcing, and the challenges of keeping track of suppliers beyond tier 1.
Corporate critique series: Shell
The next in our series analysing the sustainable business performance of the top companies by capitalisation on the world’s leading stock exchanges. Here we profile the international food conglomerate Cargill.
CEO interview
Next in our series of in-depth Q+As with a leading sustainable business practitioner
July-August
Regional briefing: south Asia – India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Ethical Corporation’s new 16-page in-depth briefing on the state of sustainable business in the Indian subcontinent including:
- Overview of all the latest trends
- Analysis of the biggest companies and brands, including case study examples
- How activists and NGOs are pushing and engaging companies to improve ethics and performance
Management briefing: regulation and the role of government
In-depth analysis of the various emerging rules and regulations regarding sustainable business issues, including statutory reporting, anti-corruption and supply chain labour laws.
GlobalEthicist
The latest in the bi-monthly columns examining the key ethical risk issues for international companies and brands from the GlobalEthicist.
CEO interview
Next in our series of in-depth Q+As with a leading sustainable business practitioner
While we’ll do our best to react to events and stories as they develop, but here are some of the broader sustainable business issues that we plan to cover in Ethical Corporation over the coming months.
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