5 August 2013: A global alliance of investor groups have published a report identifying that fund managers incorporate climate risks into investment decisions. The alliance includes the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the North American Investor Network on Climate Risk, the.
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Category Archives: Corporate Social Responsibility
18th July 2013: CDP (previously known as the Carbon Disclosure Project), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) today announce an alliance that will achieve greater momentum towards the evolution of better.
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The UK's The Guardian has released a new ebook of sustainable business case studies for new subscribers to their online news service which is free to join.
The ebook contains case studies including the most innovative sustainability projects at companies such as SolarAid, BskyB and M&S.
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21 June 2013,
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by Carol Adams, Monash University
Paul Druckman, the CEO of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), recently led the coalition’s global charge on corporate reporting changes to Australia, where he bolstered support and talked uptake turkey with business leaders and officials.
“We’re not about more reporting, we’re about better reporting,” Mr Druckman.
Sustainability reporting in the EU - news from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Europe plays a pivotal role in driving sustainability disclosure at a global level. Recently, the European Parliament took steps to progress the implementation of the EU strategy 2011-2014 for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), by adopting two European parliament resolutions on CSR. This advancement.
Whether you are a LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) company or a LOHAS shopper, you need to understand the megatrend of Conscious Capitalism — because it represents the larger economic context in which the critical trend of sustainability continues to unfold.
Patricia Aburdene's article explains why. She co-authored the number one New York Times bestseller.
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On 19 February, 2013, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced it has exceeded its original Skills to Succeed goal of equipping 250,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business. As a result – and to increase its impact in communities worldwide – the company has set a.
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Are environmental impact assessments (EIAs) achieving what they were designed to achieve? Do they do a good job of protecting Australia’s diverse environments and their inhabitants for future generations? If not, what can be done to improve them?
Check out the full story by Bianca Nogrady in the March edition of ECOS - Science for Sustainability,.
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By Timothy Devinney, University of Technology, Sydney
The first decade of the 21st century has heightened interest in the ethical and social positioning of companies. However, one of the real dilemmas associated with the movement toward more “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) is the lack of any clear definition of what “social responsibility” means.
Even with the.
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