Oratie mw.prof.dr. J.M. Cramer, hoogleraar Milieumanagement in organisaties
Duurzaam ondernemen is een geleidelijk opkomende trend. Het weerspiegelt de verandering in denken binnen onze samenleving over de maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid van ondernemingen. Meer dan voorheen wordt van ondernemingen verwacht dat zij expliciet verantwoording afleggen over hun bedrijfsresultaten, niet alleen in financiële zin, maar ook in sociale en ecologische zin.
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German research firm publishes a study on the social and environmental performance of international food corporations.
Consumer confidence in the food industry has been shaken by the controversy over genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as well as by scares such as e-coli poisoning and mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy). Oekom Research AG, a corporate social research firm based in Munich, Germany, recently analyzed the social and environmental performance of some of the major multinational producers. While the wide range of scores on various criteria were not surprising, the lower-than-average overall score suggests the industry can do better.
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There is a real, positive pay-off from corporate triple bottom line programmes, according to SustainAbility’s new report for the United Nations. The report, Buried Treasure: Uncovering the business case for corporate sustainability, is based on international research and finds that a strategic focus on sustainable development is both significantly and positively aligned with mainstream business success.
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An environmental think tank and a socially responsible investment firm have joined forces to press corporations on reporting environmental risks. And they’ve called on the Securities and Exchange Commission for muscle.
The World Resources Institute and Calvert called on corporate managers recently to fully comply with government requirements on reporting their environmental risks, and asked the SEC to strengthen its enforcement of rules intended to protect investors.
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Skal heeft accountantsbureau KPMG opdracht gegeven een onafhankelijk onderzoek in te stellen naar de onterechte toekenningen van het EKO-keurmerk waarvan het actualiteitenprogramma NOVA op 18 oktober 2000 melding maakte. NOVA plaatste in de uitzending vraagtekens bij de geloofwaardigheid van het EKO-keurmerk en de certificerende instantie Skal.
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Het debat over de maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheid van bedrijven die investeren in het buitenland, moet verder gaan dan ‘westerse’ milieu- en arbeidsnormen. Volgens de minister ontbreekt in het Nederlandse debat de vraag naar het profijt en de belangen voor ontwikkelingslanden zelf.
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De voedselketen moet via een geïntegreerde aanpak gereguleerd worden, waarbij de nadruk niet langer moet liggen op productie, maar op de verwachting die consumenten hebben ten aanzien van veilig, voedzaam en gediversifieerd voedsel.
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A new update from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), guidelines for sustainability reporting.
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Executive compensation became a controversial issue in the 1990s and continues to make headlines. Much of the attention has focused on highly paid corporate executives, particularly those who have been paid large sums despite poor corporate financial performance or who have been at the helm during sizable corporate layoffs. Although the media have focused largely on the relative dollar amounts of corporate pay, many analysts, institutional investors and other shareholders have expressed interest mainly in ensuring that executive pay levels are linked to appropriate corporate performance measures, including social and environmental criteria.
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Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc. and Socialfunds.com have announced a joint marketing agreement to provide individual investors with access to corporate environmental performance research previously available only to the institutional marketplace. The research reports, now offered on www.socialfunds.com, utilize Innovest’s unique methodology of correlating corporate environmental performance with stock market performance.
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De Raad voor de Toekomst boog zich vorig kwartaal over de maatschappelijke verantwoordelijkheden van ondernemingen en toonde zich geïnformeerd, weloverwogen en genuanceerd. Feitelijke en morele oordelen werden onderscheiden, maar niet gescheiden. De Raad is kritisch over de ondernemingsprestaties op maatschappelijk gebied en wil verbetering.
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Does superior environmental performance indicate increased shareholder value? An emerging body of evidence suggests it may.
After a generation of experience with environmental issues, regulations, and management efforts, an active debate has emerged over whether environmental activities are value-adding or value-destroying. The debate divides into two theories: the Cost Center and Value Creation. The former argues that environmental issues represent primarily increased cost and offer little positive potential for shareholders. The latter view is that the environment presents a new lens through which companies can identify and realize new sources of competitive advantage and improved financial returns.
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