Supply Chains
Mallen Baker, (Jun 2, 2010)
Mallen Baker says that compromise is an essential art in business
EC Newsdesk, (May 21, 2010)
These are just some of the things that subscribers to the Ethical Corporation magazine will be reading about in the June edition.
EC Newsdesk, (May 14, 2010)
Big companies and their executives will have to soon turn their attention to considering just how much their business can grow whilst still qualifying as sustainable, argues Howard Sharman
EC Newsdesk, (May 11, 2010)
After much deliberation and discussions the winners and highly commended companies in ten categories were announced on 4 May 2010 at the Responsible Business Summit in London. Here's who won, and why.
EC Newsdesk, (May 11, 2010)
On Tuesday 4 May Ethical Corporation’s held its inaugural ‘Responsible Business’ awards in London. The awards celebrated the excellent responsible business practices by leading companies during 2009 and 2010.
Peter Knight, (May 4, 2010)
Peter Knight ponders whether interns should be paid
Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (May 4, 2010)
Starbucks wants some ideas, Greenpeace keeps on at Nestlé, why Easter eggs don’t need so much packaging, the EPA's small business awards, and Cambodia’s artisans bag
Ben Schiller, (Apr 30, 2010)
Apple has been criticised for labour abuses in its supply chain, but is it under closer scrutiny than its competitors?
Rajesh Chhabara, (Apr 30, 2010)
There is a wide variety of standards and guidelines that help develop, implement and measure corporate responsibility programmes. The secret is to establish which are most relevant for your organisation
EC Newsdesk, (Apr 26, 2010)
The Institute for Human Rights and Business will soon release a human rights review of the Global Compact. Mary Robinson asks for stakeholder ideas as to how the Compact may become better attuned to human rights concerns
EC Newsdesk, (Apr 25, 2010)
Bennett Freeman of Calvert answers questions from Rob Foulkes on investor engagement with big companies, and discusses progress made on business and human rights in general, and specifically John Ruggie’s work, Equatorial Guinea, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
EC Newsdesk, (Apr 20, 2010)
Rory Sullivan considers the barriers and solutions to getting investors engaged in business human rights risk
EC Newsdesk, (Apr 12, 2010)
Doug Cahn considers a major shift in labour and factory movements in China, and considers how responsibly-minded brands should respond
Oliver Balch, (Apr 1, 2010)
The classic image of an ethical brand is that of a small, mission-minded, upstart enterprise. As ethical awareness increases and responsible business practices spread, that image is in need of a rethink
Oliver Balch, (Mar 31, 2010)
Several well-known niche ethical brands have become part of larger companies in recent years but such acquisitions need not mean a dilution of ethics. In fact, the result is sometimes the opposite
Oliver Balch, (Mar 31, 2010)
Marketing guru Wally Olins once said ethics would be the last great differentiator in marketing. That could be true – it just depends on whether consumers get it
Stephen Gardner, (Mar 31, 2010)
EU-US financial information sharing has been blocked amid concerns about personal data safety
Oliver Balch, (Mar 31, 2010)
How to be a whistleblower, management self-analysis and how to cope with religion
Ben Cooper, (Mar 30, 2010)
A recent report confirms that disclosure on water risks lags far behind information available to investors on greenhouse gas emissions
Brendan May, (Mar 30, 2010)
Brendan May takes a sideways look at the wonderful world of NGOs