Voedselorganisaties GMA/FPA hebben samen met Deloitte Consulting een onderzoek gedaan naar de sleutelfactoren van duurzaamheid en hoe deze de consumentenmarkt beïnvloeden. Er werden onder andere interviews gehouden met fabrikanten, retailers, toeleveranciers en milieu-experts gedurende april-mei 2007. De studie geeft ook richtlijnen voor bedrijven die duurzame productie overwegen. ... lees meer

Steeds meer organisaties nemen hun verantwoordelijkheid en betrekken duurzaamheid in hun dagelijkse keuzes. Organisaties dienen zich daarbij in de eerste plaats te richten op hun ICT-infrastructuren en -systemen. Dit is een van de voorspellingen van Deloitte uit de TMT Dutch Predictions 2008, die op 13 februari in Hilversum gepresenteerd worden. ... lees meer

The lives of all of those who prepare and assure sustainability reports has just become easier. Today AccountAbility publishes the latest addition to its popular AA1000 Series of standards: A Guidance Note on the Principles of Materiality, Completeness and Responsiveness as they Relate to the AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS). ... lees meer

De regering – maar ook lokale overheden – moet het bedrijfsleven serieus nemen en toelaten bij het oplossen van dringende maatschappelijke problemen. Want één ding is wel duidelijk: de overheid kan het niet alleen. ... lees meer

The “Big Four” auditors are trying to cash in on government pressure on big business to become more socially responsible. The issue was initially raised by President Vladimir Putin, who in 2003 cited the fight against poverty as being one of his top priorities. The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, a powerful business lobby, later picked up on the idea of undertaking “massive social programs” and recommended that members adopt social accountability standards. ... lees meer

(Gepubliceerd in Het Financieele Dagblad van 20 april 2004). Respect, passie, charisma, zingeving, maatschappelijke betrokkenheid, verantwoord ondernemen . Onderwerpen die de ondernemers van vandaag bezighouden. Uitgever André Visser en hoofdredacteur Nelleke Launspach proberen in hun ‘glossy’ de optimistische kant van deze zware kost te laten zien. ‘Het leven is zo slecht nog niet’. ... lees meer

Echo Research, global specialists in reputation audit and analysis, today reveals the findings of its third international corporate social responsibility (CSR) report – ‘CSR and The Financial Community – Friends or Foes?’ Via a mix of face-to-face interviews with financial community leaders in UK, US, Australia, France, Germany and South Africa, plus an analysis of over 5,000 CSR-related media mentions, Echo reveals the trends and ways forward for greater CSR adoption and validation, and posts its influential CSR ‘saints and sinners’ listing. ... lees meer

A new WBCSD report on sustainable development reporting answers the worldwide call on companies for greater accountability and transparency by explaining why and how reporting can help turn the recent wave of boardroom scandals into renewed boardroom trust. ... lees meer

Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) has released its second annual report on the fees public companies pay to their auditors. Audit versus Non-Audit Fees: What U.S. and U.K. Companies Pay Their Auditors indicates that increasing audit failures and corporate scandals had some, but not much, impact on how and how much companies paid their auditors in 2001 and early 2002. ... lees meer

The Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) has released its extensive review and analysis of the fees public companies pay to their auditors, which were broken out into fees for audit and non-audit services for the first time last year under new SEC regulations. The Audit/Non-Audit Fee Landscape: Analysis and Benchmarks covers more than 1,200 companies in the S&P 500, S&P MidCap, and S&P SmallCap indexes. ... lees meer