GRI News Update – April 2005
April 200 news update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
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Closing statement by Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven on Base of the Pyramid conference
Closing statement by Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, Minister for Development Cooperation.
CEO Breakfast with Stuart Hart on “Base of the Pyramid”, 14 April 2005, ABN AMRO Headquarters Amsterdam.
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Business Ethics magazine lists “100 best corporate citizens”
Business Ethics Magazine has released its annual survey of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens” in the Spring 2005 issue published today. The closely-watched survey has gained national recognition as an indicator of best practices in the area of corporate social responsibility. Many of the companies will be recognized at a New York event, the Business Ethics Summit, to be held on April 21, 2005.
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Dynamic launching of work on ISO 26000 – future guideline on social responsibility
“Dynamic!” That was how the Brazil-Sweden leadership team of the ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility (WG SR) described its first meeting to launch the development of the future ISO 26000 standard giving SR guidelines, for publication in 2008.
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Profit with a conscience
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is nothing if not a mouthful. But the jargon disguises a very simple idea: that rather than being narrowly focused on the pursuit of profit at the expense of all else, businesses should behave responsibly in the course of their profit-making, taking into account their wider role and impact on society.
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Sustainability guidelines for the furniture industry published
The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) International has created a set of guidelines to serve as a roadmap for any office furniture manufacturer or supplier desiring to become a more sustainable company. The Sustainability Guidelines are intended to be used as an “add-on” to a company’s existing environmental management system.
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Companies pledge to contribute to Lisbon goals through CSR
‘Voluntary’ should remain the name of the game in the approach of the EU and member state governments to corporate social responsibility, say business representatives at an event marking the ten-year anniversary of the CSR concept.
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Philips has introduced more than one hundred Green Flagship products
Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) today published its third annual sustainability report. Based on its environmental program ‘EcoVision’, Philips introduced 21 new Green Flagship products to the market in 2004, bringing the total number of green flagships to more than one hundred. Philips Green Flagship products offer a proven better environmental performance than their predecessors or closest commercial competitors in the green focal areas of weight, energy consumption, hazardous substances, packaging and recycling and disposal.
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News update GRI February 2005
News update from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
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85 Percent of Executives and Investors Surveyed Rank Corporate Responsibility a Central Consideration in Investment Decisions
According to a new study released today by Oracle Corporation and the Economist Intelligence Unit, 85 percent of executives and investors rank corporate responsibility as a central consideration in investment decisions. The study, “The Importance of Corporate Responsibility,” surveyed 136 executives across numerous industries and 65 investors to examine the influence of corporate responsibility in the global business community.
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New Study Finds Link Between Financial Success and Focus on Corporate Values
Report by The Aspen Institute and Booz Allen Hamilton also finds strong regional differences in corporate commitments to social and environmental issues
Active CEO support seen as the best method of reinforcing values.
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World’s top 100 sustainable companies announced in Davos, Switzerland
A new global business ranking – called the Global 100
Most Sustainable Corporations in the World – was unveiled here today at the World Economic
Forum, identifying the top 100 companies that are most open to leading the way to a more
sustainable world.
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