Stakeholder Engagement

Mexico Briefing Part 4: Government - Strong regulation weakly enforced

Oliver Balch, (Oct 3, 2011)

Corporate responsibility is progressing in Mexico mostly in spite of – not because of – governmental efforts

View from the middle: Development projects are not disaster relief

Howard Sharman, (Sep 20, 2011)

Remember to differentiate development from disaster relief when it comes to private sector programmes

Turkey Briefing Part 3: Civil society - Growing pains, some gains

April Streeter, (Sep 2, 2011)

Turkey’s NGOs and business associations are in the challenging process of convincing businesses of the risks and opportunities of sustainability

Business School Bulletin - September 2011

Oliver Balch, (Sep 2, 2011)

Learn from the Gap, why boardroom opinions still influence philanthropy and how to improve gender equality

Turkey Briefing Part 2: Companies and sustainability - Corporate hurdles

Amy Brown, (Sep 1, 2011)

Turkey has big ambitions, but in its efforts to modernise, a range of sustainability challenges must be confronted

Essay: Why companies must build the business case

David Grayson, (Aug 31, 2011)

Leading companies understand why being a good corporate citizen leads to economic success

View from the Middle: Companies that provide business solutions to disasters

Howard Sharman, (Aug 30, 2011)

It is by developing products that help prevent humanitarian disasters that companies can make the most significant impact

UK social unrest: Practical community solutions to London’s looting spree

Simon Marcus, (Aug 18, 2011)

Simon Marcus, founder of innovative charity the Boxing Academy, on the problems facing London’s teenagers and how business can play a role in helping turn young lives around

Press Release: The PR industry, sustainable finance, the recent Greenpeace campaign against Lego and other toy manufacturers, the current state of CR in Turkey

EC Newsdesk, (Aug 17, 2011)

The above and much more will feature in the September issue of Ethical Corporation magazine.

Johnson & Johnson: How to plan a healthy future

Lisa Roner, North America Editor, (Aug 12, 2011)

Following the launch of Johnson & Johnson’s new Healthy Future 2015 plan – focusing the company’s future sustainability and citizenship priorities – Patrick McCrummen, J&J’s senior director, corporate citizenship, spoke to Ethical Corporation’s Toby Webb

Ambitious development roadmaps

Howard Sharman, (Jul 29, 2011)

If companies are to provide effective development solutions, then they need to be set the bar a bit higher

CRWatch, a round up of recent business sustainability news - July 2011

Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Jul 5, 2011)

Barbie’s Ken puts his foot down, footwear worker rights safeguarded in Indonesia and Facebook’s challenges in China

Sustainability news roundup - July/August 2011

Oliver Balch, (Jul 4, 2011)

Moves from Puma, Wal-Mart and all the latest from other brands in corporate responsibility and sustainability this month.

Switzerland Briefing Part 4: NGOs - Corporate disconnection

Stephen Gardner, (Jul 4, 2011)

The presence of many of the world’s largest international NGOs does not necessarily mean that Swiss companies are more ethical than others

View from the Middle: How corporations can solve development problems

EC Newsdesk, (Jun 28, 2011)

A new report suggests that companies will be more centrally involved in development programmes, says Howard Sharman

Activist NGOs: Engage the enemy more closely?

Oliver Balch, (Jun 1, 2011)

Activist NGOs are having to decide when to remain the scourge of the corporate sector or to constructively engage with old foes

CEO interview: Peter Bakker, TNT - Be responsible throughout your business

Oliver Balch, (May 30, 2011)

Peter Bakker became chief executive of Dutch international logistics and delivery services company TNT in 2001. He joined the company 10 years earlier, rising to financial control director in 1996 and chief financial officer in 1998. He has a degree in economics from Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

Spain Briefing Part 3: NGOs and corporate bodies - Increasingly agile activism

EC Newsdesk, (May 30, 2011)

Which activist organisations are steering the corporate responsibility cause in Spain, and in what direction?

Engaging colleagues: Selling sustainability to the marketers

Mallen Baker, (May 5, 2011)

If the sustainability team is not working with the marketing team, then both are missing a trick

NGO Briefing Part 1: Powerful partnerships - Know thy partner

Oliver Balch, (May 5, 2011)

Corporate-NGO relationships are like relationships of any kind – they work best when both parties know each other’s roles, share goals and communicate openly

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