In a letter to the Brazilian NGO Amigos da Terra, the Dutch bank and financial services company ABN AMRO announced this week that it will begin to more closely examine the destination of bonds from public emissions in which it participates. The decision came as a result of the bank’s experience with Tractabel Energy, a Belgian company involved in the construction of the Cana Brava hydroelectric dam in central Brazil.
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by William Baue
An exposure draft of new AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standards to be released next week may prove useful to the socially responsible investment community of shareholder activists.
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The Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has won the Asian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award-2005 for its outstanding programmes in the sector since its inception.
DBBL participated in the Asian CSR Awards programme and finally emerged runner-up in the category of poverty alleviation for its transport loan scheme.
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Gisteren is de semi-annual review van de FTSE4Good index gepubliceerd. Deze review heeft geen wijzigingen opgeleverd voor Nederlandse ondernemingen. Tot de 42 nieuw toegevoegde ondernemingen behoorden geen Nederlandse evenals tot de 24 verwijderde ondernemingen.
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WBCSD member companies have a combined annual turnover of more than 5 trillion USD, and their products and services touch the lives of about 2.5 billion people every day. Imagine the possibilities if even a portion of this business energy is harnessed to transform the lives of the world’s poorest people.
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China’s rapidly changing economic and social environment is providing an opportunity for companies to work closely with the local community.
Engaging in a wide variety of initiatives, European companies and their local counterparts are contributing to China’s social and economic development and improving environmental conditions.
In fact, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an essential part of business for many leading EU companies in China and elsewhere.
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Corporate social responsibility has been a hot topic lately and with good reason. According to a recent study by the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), almost 90% of the U.S. population state that it is important for companies to not just be profitable, but to be mindful of their impact on the environment and society. Although actual behaviors are, at times, different, the implications of this attitude on business operations are far-reaching. Just over 70% of consumers indicate that knowing a company is mindful of their impact on the environment and society makes them more likely to buy their products or services, and nearly 50% state it makes them more likely to buy their stock.
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Successful global companies are integrating the reporting of their corporate citizenship activities into their firms’ basic business missions, according to a report released today by The Conference Board.
The companies that have best adapted their businesses report that setting goals, measuring performance, and assessing the degree of compliance are vital to the successful implementation of citizenship initiatives.
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Corporate social responsibility has been a hot topic lately and with good reason. According to a recent study by the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), almost 90% of the U.S. population state that it is important for companies to not just be profitable, but to be mindful of their impact on the environment and society. Although actual behaviors are, at times, different, the implications of this attitude on business operations are far-reaching. Just over 70% of consumers indicate that knowing a company is mindful of their impact on the environment and society makes them more likely to buy their products or services, and nearly 50% state it makes them more likely to buy their stock.
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The 10th of August the new progress report for sustainability strategies was passed by the federal cabinet. The report contains a paragraph about CSR, which was written by the Council for Sustainable Development. It refers to its Working Group to CSR, which will develop recommendations by summer 2006.
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Companies based in the UK and the Netherlands have the best over-all corporate governance standards in the developed world, according to the results of a new international study released today by global socially responsible investment (SRI) research firm Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS). The survey found an increasing convergence between countries on corporate governance practices.
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Arthur D. Little has collaborated with Hedstrom Associates to survey 40 technology companies across Europe, the U.S., and Japan to see how they are finding business opportunities presented by integration of sustainability into the innovation process- we call this `Sustainability-Driven Innovation – the creation of new market space, products & services or processes driven by social, environmental or sustainability issues.
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