Stakeholder Engagement

Japan Briefing Part 3: NGOs and business associations - Quiet activism

EC Newsdesk, (May 4, 2010)

Japan’s NGO sector has gone about its business without much fuss, but is beginning to campaign more openly

Japan Briefing Part 4: Government and politics - New administration tackles climate change

EC Newsdesk, (May 4, 2010)

Japan’s government wants to get companies to make climate commitments

Bacardi Corporate Responsibility Report 2009: Needs a dash of spirit

EC Newsdesk, (May 3, 2010)

Bacardi’s report generally hits the spot but is understrength on the subject of its workforce 

Imperial Tobacco 2009 Corporate Responsibility Review: Close, but no cigar

EC Newsdesk, (May 2, 2010)

Imperial Tobacco is serious in its reporting, but this dry tome needs to be more accessible

Guidelines Briefing Part 3: Global Reporting Initiative - An attempt at world domination

Oliver Balch, (Apr 30, 2010)

The GRI Guidelines provide a framework for comprehensive triple bottom line reporting, but have been criticised for being slow to adapt The GRI Guidelines provide a framework for comprehensive triple bottom line reporting, but have been criticised for being slow to adapt

Guidelines Briefing Part 4: IFC Performance Standards - User-friendly standards under review

Oliver Balch, (Apr 30, 2010)

While the International Finance Corporation’s standards are a useful project finance benchmark, they are not immune to criticism

Guidelines Briefing Part 5: ISO 26000 - Can one size fit all?

Rajesh Chhabara, (Apr 30, 2010)

After nearly a decade of wrangling, the ISO 26000 standard should be approved this year

Analysis: Offshore wind power - More than hot air

Rikki Stancich, (Apr 30, 2010)

The UK has ambitious plans to ramp up from 1GW to 33GW of offshore wind power within five years

Guidelines Briefing Part 6: OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises - Refreshed guidelines could reach potential

Oliver Balch, (Apr 30, 2010)

The OECD guidelines – the first attempt at developing corporate responsibility standards – will benefit from the current process of review

Sustainability news roundup - May 2010

EC Newsdesk, (Apr 30, 2010)

Moves from the European Union’s Emissions Trading System, Environmental Protection Agency , World Bank and all the latest from other brands in corporate responsibility and sustainability this month

Business culture: Can we hope for changed thinking?

Mallen Baker, (Apr 30, 2010)

Mallen Baker looks for evidence that companies care about more than just shareholders

Guidelines Briefing Part 2: AA1000 - Accountable sustainability

Oliver Balch, (Apr 30, 2010)

The AA1000 standards provide a principles-based approach for corporate responsibility

Analysis: Carbon labelling - Making a mark

Stephen Gardner, (Apr 29, 2010)

More companies are putting carbon labels on their products, but do they really make a difference?

Analysis: Shipbreaking - Hopes scuppered

Sam Chambers, (Apr 28, 2010)

Shipbreaking is still a dangerous business, and a new convention has disappointed many

Investors, heavy industry and human rights in 2010: Has the responsibility agenda made a difference?

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

China's labour role reversal: Now factories follow workers, what are the implications?

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

Analysis: banking data - Swift action

Stephen Gardner, (Mar 31, 2010)

EU-US financial information sharing has been blocked amid concerns about personal data safety

CRWatch – April 2010

Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Mar 31, 2010)

Reduction and recycling ahead of schedule for Kraft, Wal-Mart’s programme for women in South America, and airline green initiatives that are stuck at the gate

Academic news: Business school bulletin

Oliver Balch, (Mar 31, 2010)

How to be a whistleblower, management self-analysis and how to cope with religion

Monsanto and GM – Surviving genetic disorder

Ben Schiller, (Mar 30, 2010)

Monsanto was hit by a negative media frenzy in the UK when it became synonymous with developing genetic engineering

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