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New CR index will rival DJSI and FTSE4Good
new family of corporate responsibility investment indexes has been launched by Thomson Reuters.
The Thomson Reuters Corporate Responsibility Indices are being set up as rivals to the two ma...

Adidas agrees payment to Indonesian workers
sports goods manufacturer Adidas has agreed to make a payout to around 2700 Indonesian garment factory workers who were the subject of a boycott campaign against the company.
Th...

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Iron Mountain sets its first greenhouse gas target
multinational storage company Iron Mountain has set itself a target to cut absolute greenhouse gas emissions by five per cent by the end of 2014.
The Boston-based business has set the goa...

United Airlines to focus on supplier sustainability
Airlines has set up a Sustainable Supply Chain initiative aimed at improving the environmental performance of its suppliers.

The programme will focus on measuring and evaluating the su...

Soil Association attacks supermarkets for rescinding on GMOs

worlds leading organic food organisation has attacked British supermarkets for backtracking on their longstanding bans against selling products from farm animals that have been reared on genetica...

HP reveals list of its smelters

has become the first IT company to publish a list of all the smelters it uses as part of a bid to keep conflict minerals out of its supply chain.

The list of 195 smelters shows they mainly...

G4S creates human rights policy

of the worlds biggest security companies, G4S, has launched a global human rights policy.

The policy, with related guidance, has been co-authored by Hugo Slim, a human rights expert, wit...

Howard to take helm at Uksif

senior investment manager is to take over as chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (Uksif).

Simon Howard, a former group chief investment officer with mor...

Europe agrees extractive industries transparency law

Union negotiators have agreed a plan for new rules that will require oil, gas, mining and logging companies to publish the payments they make for access to natural resources in all countries ...

Sustainability certification scheme bites the dust

North American food industry sustainability label is to be pulled out of circulation at the end of 2013 because the non-profit body that runs it has gone out of business.

Use of the Food Allian...

Coffee companies help growers hit by disease
group of North American coffee companies has set up a disaster relief programme to help Latin American organic coffee farmers who face huge losses due to a widespread outbreak of coffee leaf rust, a...

Commission is proposing mandatory sustainability reporting
proposal [http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/accounting/docs/non-financi...

Frustrated corporate giants want immediate climate change action
major companies, including eBay, Nike and L'Oreal, have signed a new 'climate declaration' urging the US government to take imm...

Virgin puts in-flight food up for sustainability rating
Atlantic Airways has become the first airline to put its in-flight catering up for a sustainability rating.
Virgin will subject its in-flight food to inspection by the UK-...

European Union set to crack down on shipbreakers
European Commission has put forward a regulation to ensure European ships are only recycled in facilities that are safe for workers and are environmentally sound<...

EU Extractive industry must open their books
companies in the EU with business in resource extraction (oil, gas, and mining) and loggers of primary forests will be required to disclose all payments and contributions to governments above 1...

FoE calls on oil firms to scrap CR programmes
of the Earth has taken the unusual step of calling on oil companies to scrap their corporate responsibility programmes in Nigeria.
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Corporate sustainability influences employee behaviour at home
in corporate responsibility initiatives at work tends to encourage employees to adopt more sustainable behaviour at home, according to a new US poll.
A survey of 2219 adults carried ou...

Bacardi sets new ethics target for suppliers
has begun a mission to ensure a 20 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of its suppliers that sign up to the independent Sedex ethical supply chain da...

Canada may get conflict minerals legislation
attempt is being made to create legislation in Canada that would force companies to report publicly on conflict minerals in their supply chains.
Opposition member of parliament Paul Dewar, of t...

Cuadrilla commits to more consultation on fracking
gas company Cuadrilla has decided to hold off trying to extract shale gas in the north west of England until it has carried out further environmental and social impact assessments...

Supplier ethics programme gets $1.7m lift
programme that helps multinationals educate their suppliers female employees on sexual and reproductive health has been given a $1.77million boost by the Netherlands government.
The HERproject...

US team to produce procurement advice
team of experts is to produce advice for the US federal and state governments on how to use their spending power to influence the social and environmental performance of businesses.
The team of...

Nike tries to scale up use of sustainable materials
has enrolled the help of the Swiss company Bluesign Technologies to accelerate the use of sustainable materials and chemicals in its products.
Bluesign speci...

Microsoft releases privacy data for first time
has for the first time publicly released data on the number of requests it has received from law enforcement agencies for information about its customers.
The data, whic...

Corporate reporters: Mark your calendars
International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) is getting set to release the first draft of their framework standard on 16 April 2013. The IIRC guideline will tell businesses w...

Chocolate firms criticised for lagging behind
multinational chocolate manufacturers US-based Hershey and the Swiss firm Barry Callebaut have been accused of lagging behind their counterparts when it comes...

APPs new forestry stance already implemented
Pulp & Paper has said its recent commitment to end all deforestation on natural forest land is already operational.
The controversial Indonesian company made its commitm...

New programme helps suppliers tackle climate change
ethical trading organisation Twin has launched an initiative called Adapt Now to help businesses shore-up their smallholder supply chains in the face of difficult...

Telecoms firms sign freedom of expression principles
major telecoms companies have signed a set of guiding principles on freedom of expression and privacy.
The principles, which are the result of two years of dialogue in the sector, set out h...

Social stock exchange due for late 2013 launch
stock exchange that invites investment into responsible businesses is to be launched at the end of 2013.
The UK-based initiative, to be called The Social Stock Exchange, is expected to open for ...

Carbon disclosures are harmonised
branded CDP (for the past 10 years calling itself the Carbon Disclosure Project) has worked out a collaboration with the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). ...

US oil firm promises to stop flaring
US oil producer has committed to reduce natural gas flaring from its oil wells to as close to zero as possible.
Continental Resources, which is the largest oil producer in North...

Packaging giant unveils responsible paper policy
multinational Avery Dennison has published a responsible paper procurement policy.
The California-based business, which has operations in more than 50 countries and empl...

Europe bans illegally logged wood
European regulation has been introduced to stop the circulation of illegally logged wood across the continent.
The EU Timber Regulation, which came into force on 3 March, prohibits the sale of i...

Nike and friends urge Peru to improve labour rights
US textile and apparel companies, including Nike, have taken the unusual step of writing to the president of Peru, urging him to repeal a law they believe encourages labour rights...

Indian cement companies set ambitious CO2 target
Indian cement companies have come up with a joint plan to cut their carbon emissions by nearly half by the middle of the century.

The roadmap has been drawn up by A...

American firms make strides in FTSE4Good
US companies have been admitted to the FTSE4Good Index Series as a result of its semi-annual review.
US businesses have traditionally been among the slowest to meet FTSE4Good ...

Chevron using 60 law firms to fight environmental fine
giant Chevron has engaged around 2000 legal professionals from more than 60 law firms to fight its case against a $19billion environmental fine in Ecuador.
The company reveal...

US companies back gay marriage
group of more than 200 businesses has taken the unusual stance of calling on the US Supreme Court to support gay marriage.
The 278 companies, which include Microsoft, G...

Unilever and Nestle top new food sustainability ranking
and Nestle have headed a new social and environmental responsibility ranking of the worlds biggest food companies.
The Oxfam ranking found that the two ...

Draft of sustainability ratings principles is issued
draft version of a set of principles designed to underpin all sustainability ratings has been issued for public consultation.
The exposure draft of the principles, which will be out f...

Reporting standards bodies cosy up
Executive Ernst Ligteringen of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and CEO Paul Druckman of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) signed a mem...

Progress too slow on palm oil sustainability
a few companies are making firm strides towards full compliance with the requirements of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), according to WWF.
In...

Chemical sector gets greenhouse gas guidance
of the worlds largest chemical companies have released guidance to help businesses in their sector to consistently account for and report upon their climate impacts.
The guidance, which is b...

Shareholder activists gaining more support
and environmental shareholder proposals are gaining increased traction at US company annual meetings, according to a new study.
The analysis of seven years worth of voting patterns at AGMs ...

Agricultural commodity traders get CR advice
International Finance Corporation has produced guidance to help banks assess and manage the social and environmental risks involved in agricultural commodity trad...

Emerging markets get new sustainability index
Sustainability Emerging Markets Index has been launched by Dow Jones Indices.
The new index the first of its kind will be run in conjunction with RobecoSAM...

BASF and Cargill work on sustainable coconut oil
programme to develop a sustainable coconut oil supply chain in the Philippines has been launched by the food industry giant Cargill and the chemical company BASF. ...

Caterpillar to help Middle East unemployed
has set up a $4.4 million, three-year programme to help young people in the Middle East find work.
The US-based multinational, which makes equipment and vehicles for t...

UK government departments to get power to boycott tax avoiders
UK is to give government departments the option of preventing companies from being awarded contracts if they have taken part in failed tax avoidance schemes.
The rules, which are proposed to c...

Call for responsible shipbreaking
are calling on European shipping companies to clean up their act when it comes to disposing of old vessels.
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a global coalition of enviro...

Oil and gas company denies plans for Amazon expansion
Argentinian oil and gas company Pluspetrol has tried to allay fears that it wants to expand its Camisea gas project in southeast Peru, which environmental campaigners say is one o...

US takes makes strides on extractive industries transparency
US government has moved a step closer towards implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative by holding the first meeting of an advisory committee on the subject. ...

Concrete producers agree rules for measuring environmental impacts
cement industry has agreed rules for concrete producers who wish to issue Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for their products.
The product category rules for unreinforced concrete h...

Unilever to shake up Vietnam supply chain ethics
is to make improvements to its ethical supply chain management in Vietnam after an Oxfam report found a number of local failings.
The household goods gia...

FoE accuses palm oil firms of land grab in Liberia
oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating the human rights of local communities in the process, according to Friends of the Earth

HP clamps down on use of temporary workers
is introducing limits on the use of students and temporary agency workers at factories it sources from in China.
In an initiative designed to protect high-ri...

Activist shareholders target nine companies on fracking
series of shareholder resolutions in the US are calling on nine oil and gas companies to be more transparent about their fracking and shale gas operations.
The resolutions, coordinated by the ...

US bank helps retrain unemployed mortgage borrowers
US financial services company is to provide unemployed mortgage borrowers with help to find jobs.
In an unusual move that it claims is a first for the financial services sector, Cincinnati-based...

European Parliament backs integrated reporting
related reports adopted in the latest plenary session of the European Parliament endorse compulsory reporting by companies of their social and environmental performance in annual ...

UK companies lead on sustainable forestry
companies are leading the way on sustainable forestry practices, according to a new analysis by the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project (FFD).
The FFDs annual review of 2012 r...

Woolworths goes for local food in Australia
supermarket chain Woolworths has launched a local food sourcing strategy in response to demands from stakeholders.
Focusing initially on 890 stores in Australia, the co...

Firms offered new insight into water risks
are being offered new water risk maps that show them where they ought to be most concerned about their impacts on local water supplies.
The free online Aqueduct Water ...

TeliaSonera CEO resigns over Uzbek failings
chief executive of the Swedish telecoms business TeliaSonera has resigned after an independent review concluded the company had failed to carry out due diligence on a supplier fro...

Security companies prepare to create ethical association
security companies are to meet in Switzerland this month to discuss the creation of a membership association that will police a global code on their ethical behaviour.
The companies and th...

India gets responsible investment body
now has its own responsible investment forum.
The Responsible Investment Research Association (RIRA) was officially unveiled in Mumbai on 29 January, although it was given a...

Half of Unilever factories now send no waste to landfill
has announced that more than 50 per cent of its factories have achieved the goal of sending no waste to landfill, even though overall productivity increased in 2012.
The...

McDonalds reaches 100% sustainable fish landmark
has become the first national restaurant chain in the US to sell 100% Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fish in its restaurants.
The fast food chain, which is ...

H&M launches global clothes collecting initiative
retailer H&M has become the first company to launch a clothing collecting initiative worldwide.
As from 1 February customers are able to hand in used garments in sele...

Fair trade programme boosts wages by at least 15%
world's first fair trade apparel project has lifted factory workers' wages by at least 15 per cent, according to a new study.
The survey of 1,300 workers in India, Liberia and Costa Rica foun...

Walmart to increase local sourcing
is to increase sourcing of domestic products in its US stores in a bid to make its supply chain more sustainable.
The retailer, which is the largest in the world, says it ...

Nestlé accepting entries for its 2014 Prize in Creating Shared Value
SA, the leading global nutrition, health and wellness company, has begun accepting nominees for its 2014 Prize in Creating Shared Value, which recognizes local efforts ...

Tea firms consider a sustainable future
second phase of a programme to assess the sustainability challenges faced by tea manufacturers has been launched with support from more companies.
The Tea 2030 initiative bega...

Corporates told to measure quality of life per square foot
mainstream body representing corporate property owners has called on companies to start measuring quality of life per square foot in their buildings.
CoreNet Global, ...

Shipping company goes electric
shipping company Norled has unveiled the worlds first electrically-powered car ferry.
The 80-metre long vessel, which can carry 120 cars and 360 passengers, will ply a ...

Coca-Cola links up with WWF for Arctic campaign
has launched a Europe-wide marketing campaign in conjunction with WWF aimed at raising awareness of the plight of the polar bear.
The multinational soft...

Siemens comes off corruption watch list
Norwegian governments huge pension fund has ended its official observation of Siemens over concerns about corruption.
The Government Pension Fund Global

Lidl opens healthy tills at UK stores
food supermarket chain Lidl has launched a trial 'Healthy Till' in each of its 600 UK stores to replace 'treat' items such as chocolate with products of a higher nutri...

Companies evade reporting guidelines
claiming to report according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) often do not follow the indicators of environmental and social performance. The discrepancies are w...

Coffee firm calls in consultants to review CR
coffee maker Green Mountain has engaged a high-profile consultancy to refresh its corporate responsibility policies and programmes.
The Vermont-based company, which employs mor...

German firm makes initial Pakistan fire payment
German discount clothes chain Kik has signed an agreement to pay an initial $1 million to victims and families of the factory fire in Pakistan that killed 289 workers in September...

First fairtrade platinum jewellery goes on sale
first ever fairtrade platinum jewellery has been certified by the Fairtrade Foundation and the Alliance for Responsible Mining.
Only small quantities of the j...

UK business stimulates ethical consumerism
businesses are beginning to play as big a role in stimulating ethical consumerism as consumers themselves, the Cooperative Groups ethical head has suggested.
Barry Clavin...

Huge NZ fund divests from firms over Palestine activities
companies have been excluded from the investment universe of the $20 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund over their involvement with construction activities in the Occupied ...

Food giant re-cooks Amazonian deal with Greenpeace
largest multinational food processing company, JBS, is to reactivate a stalled agreement with Greenpeace, signed by the company in 2009, designed to avoid us...

US security firm pays $5m to Iraq prisoners
American military support business Engility Holdings has paid $5.28million to 71 former inmates of US-run prisons in Iraq in settlement of a legal case that alleged some of the co...

Levi Strauss to avoid all hazardous chemicals by 2012
Strauss has committed to eliminate hazardous chemicals from the making of its products by 2020.
The San Francisco-based clothing company had been targeted by Greenpea...

African judgment could put pressure on polluting companies
International has hailed a legal judgment in Africa as a possible key moment in the battle to hold companies accountable for their actions on the continent.
The...

Shareholder activists target Siemens
engineering group Siemens is facing a series of shareholder resolutions at its annual meeting over its involvement in the controversial Belo Monte dam proposals in Brazi...

US investor divests from firearms makers
US investment firm has divested from a group of firearms companies that includes the manufacturer of the assault-style rifle used in the recent shooting rampage that killed 20 children at a school i...

Real estate fund open for socially minded investors
Investors Inc. (EII), a global, employee-owned firm, has launched a German domiciled mutual fund for real estate investment trusts (Reits) that meet environmental and social ...

Gold mining firm told to improve dialogue in Mongolia
Canadian government agency has cleared the gold mining company Centerra of human rights abuses in Mongolia, but has told the business to engage more effectively with local communiti...

Responsible investment on the rise in Asia
than 130 investment managers in Asia now use a sustainable investment approach, according to a new study.
The Asia Sustainable Investment Review 2012 has identified $74billion of sustainable ...

Sustainability ratings principles due out in May
set of principles to underpin all sustainability ratings is to be unveiled in May 2013 as part of a bid to create a single standard for rating the sustainability performance of companies.
The pr...

Sustainable palm oil body defends biofuels decision
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has defended a decision by the European Commission to approve its certified palm oil for use as a biofuel.
The Commission says it wil...

Electricity companies get help on climate change
global organizations have teamed up to offer electricity companies help on tackling climate change.
The World Energy Council (WEC), the World Business Council for Su...

Burger King and Liz Claiborne get stuck on climate change
one in six of the worlds leading companies have become stuck when it comes to making progress on climate change, new benchmark results suggest.
Figures from the latest annual Cli...

New AA1000 board appointed
new board has been appointed to oversee the AA1000 sustainability standards, which have become the subject of increasingly bitter disputes over their ownership and independence. <...

Vodafone and GSK team up to provide vaccines by phone
has formed a partnership with GlaxoSmithKline to use mobile phones to help vaccinate children against common infectious diseases in Africa.
Under the on...

Telefonica sets carbon goal for 2020
telecoms giant Telefonica has announced plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions associated with its networks and offices by 30 per cent by 2020.
The business, which is th...

Listed companies dodging bullet on stock exchange disclosure
exchange rules on non-financial reporting are so weakly enforced that many companies just ignore them, a new study has concluded.
An analysis by the London-based analyst firm Verdant...

ISO 14001 seems to be topping out
certifications to the voluntary environmental management system standard ISO 14001 increased to at least 267,567 in 2011, according to the International Organization...

IBLF chief executive departs
Melford has stepped down as chief executive of the International Leaders Business Forum (IBLF) after two years at the helm.
Melford, who is expecting a baby, said she had d...

MPs want human rights focus for export credits body
group of British MPs has called for widespread changes to UK Export Finance (UKEF), the government department that provides financial support to exporters.
A report from the

Brown will steer corporate responsibility course for Harrods
Brown, the wife of former UK prime minister Gordon Brown, is to oversee the corporate responsibility activities of the luxury department store Harrods.
Brown has been a...

CR crises are most damaging to share prices
responsibility disasters have a more damaging long-term effect on a companys share value than behavioural crises triggered by staff actions such as fraud or rogue trading.
T...

Global brands caught up in Bangladesh fire fallout
number of global retail brands, including Walmart and Walt Disney, have been moving to explain how some of their clothing lines were found at a factory in Banglades...

CEOs call for HIV travel bans to be scrapped
executives from some of the worlds biggest businesses have demanded an immediate end to travel restrictions for people living with HIV.
More than 40 CEOs have signed a document urging the r...

GSK is top of Access to Medicine Index
has topped the Access to Medicine Index for the third time running. But its lead at the top is shrinking, with Johnson & Johnson ...

Wolseley sets new carbon target
British construction sector business Wolseley UK has announced that it will aim to reduce carbon emissions from its energy use by 30 per cent over the next three years
The co...

Hong Kong Exchange revs up disclosures
Stock Exchange of Hong Kong has added a 54-page guide [http://www.hkex.com.hk...

Coca-Cola expands womens initiative
is to expand its female empowerment initiative to eight developing world nations and emerging economies after concluding that it produces positive results. ...

Chocolate maker injects $100m into cocoa farm initiative
world's largest chocolate company, Mondelez International, formerly known as Kraft Foods, is to put $100million of new investment into sustainability programmes f...

CRRA13 voting platform launched
sixth annual CR Reporting Awards, the CRRA13, have now been launched at www.reporting-awards.c...

Impatient investors demand climate change action
representing some of the largest global institutional investors have sent an open letter to the worlds biggest governments calling on them to come up with policies on climate change as soon as...

Oil firm is first to confess under bribery pilot
Scottish oil services firm has become the first business to come to a settlement with the UK authorities under a pilot initiative that encourages companies to self-report instances where they have p...

FTSE to create first green property index
worlds first green property investment index series is to be created by FTSE Group.
The group is teaming up with the US real estate indexing company NAREIT t...

Responsible investment on the rise in US
responsible investment (SRI) accounted for more than 11 per cent of all assets under professional management in the US by the end of 2011, according to a new report.
The study, from the <...

Ikea admits to using forced labour in 1980s
furniture multinational Ikea has conceded that it used political prisoners to make products in communist East Germany in the 1980s.
Ikea launched an investigation into the...

Fewer people think business behaves ethically
has been a sharp decline in the proportion of British people who think businesses behave ethically.
A new Institute of Business Ethics (IBE) survey found that only 48 per ce...

Bosch pulls out of solar project
German engineering business Bosch has decided to pull out of a multinational project to build giant solar power stations in North Africa and the Middle East to provide energy for ...

Waitrose achieves zero food waste to landfill ahead of target
chain Waitrose has achieved its aim of sending zero food waste to landfill after a four-year campaign.
The UK-based company reached its goal ahead of schedule at the s...

Zambia to create transparency law
is to introduce an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Act that will require mining firms operating in the country to disclose their production figures and all...

Travel firms try to combat Thai sex tourism
of the worlds leading travel trade companies have launched a joint project to combat child sex tourism.
TUI Travel (UK), Accor (France), Kuoni

Sustainability reporters to get help on materiality
Global Reporting Initiative is to draw up a list of key subjects it believes should be covered by companies in each business sector when it comes to sustainability reporting.
...

New standard for energy audits
new European standard to help organizations plan and carry out energy audits has been published by the UKs national standards body, BSI.
The standard, christened BS EN ...

GM shares its zero waste blueprint
Motors has decided to share its internal zero waste blueprint in the hope that others will learn from it.
The US giant is offering a downloadable version of the blueprint...

PwC warns of grave climate change situation
has given a stark warning that businesses need to dramatically improve their performance on reducing greenhouse gases otherwise global warming will be much wo...

M&S to eliminate hazardous chemicals from supply chain
& Spencer has announced that it will end the use of all hazardous chemicals in its textiles supply chain by 2020.
The commitments on the safe use of chemicals in textil...

Kik earmarks 1.2m for Pakistan fire victims
German discount clothes chain Kik has said it will pay around 1.2 million to victims of the factory fire in Pakistan that killed 289 workers in September.
Kik, which had bee...

Massacre case against Canadian company fails
Canadian-based copper mining company has won its fight against charges that it was at least partly responsible for a massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo seven years ago.
The Sup...

UKs biggest-selling chocolate biscuit goes Fairtrade
is to double the amount of Fairtrade certified cocoa it buys in the British Isles by introducing certification to its best-selling chocolate biscuit.
Nestle UK & Ireland

Proposal for female board quota hits buffers
European Union has postponed discussion of plans to require company boards to comply with quotas on female membership.
EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding had been hoping ...

U.S. prepares reporting rules for commerce in Myanmar
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Australian multi-stakeholder group established on integrated reporting
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2011 World Environment Day Awards
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Indra launches "Share Accessible Technologies" campaign
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Over 30,000 corporate responsibility reports now profiled on CorporateRegister.com
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Looking back at Copenhagen - KPMG Video
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King III & GRI+10: A 2009 review of sustainability reporting in South Africa
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Earth Day: L'Oréal Sets Green Goals and Promotes an Eco-Responsible Business Model
establishes a long-term environmental plan for 2005-2015

In conjunction with the celebration of Earth Day (22nd April 2009), LOréal today announces a renewed commitment to reducing its...

Unsustainable Reporting - New research paper utilises CorporateRegister.com's Disclosure Index to highlight shortcomings in CR reporting
Graham Hubbards (Adelaide University) recent research paper suggests that much of the information in CR reports from large companies is not material, not assured, not comparable and provide...

Launch event: What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn?
and The Co-operative, with support from LRQA, will be releasing the findings of this timely report, the fifth in AccountAbilitys What Assures? series.
The report presents results fro...

Cadbury Reports on Water Progress - To coincide with World Water Day, Cadbury announces progress against its 2020 Vision on Climate Change
a time when world water issues are front of mind, Cadbury has achieved a 17% reduction in water consumption since 2006 through increasing its efficiency of production, recovery, harvesting and recy...

Cadbury Dairy Milk commits to going Fairtrade
and the Fairtrade Foundation today announced plans to achieve Fairtrade certification for Cadbury Dairy Milk, the nations top selling chocolate bar, by end of Summer 2009. This groundbreaking...

Baxter Recognized Among Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations: Releases New Code of Conduct and Highlights Recent Achievements
International Inc. was recently recognized among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. This is the fifth consecutive year that Baxter has been recognized as one of the worl...

Cadbury Partners with Dairy Farmers to Reduce Carbon Footprint
today unveiled its Cadbury Dairy Strategy, a unique partnership with dairy farmers in Selkley Vale designed to help reduce the environmental impact of dairy farming.
In partnership with th...

100 Ghanaian Communities Join Cadbury Cocoa Partnership on Cadburys 100th Anniversary in Ghana
plc today announces that the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership is now active across 100 Ghanaian communities, marking the 100th anniversary of cocoa trading with Ghana.

The Cadbury Cocoa Partne...

Corticeira Amorim with Greenguard Certification
GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) has recently awarded five Wicanders cork flooring product lines its prestigious GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified® product performance certification...

Global CR Reporting Awards final week for voting
CRRA, the first global online CR reporting awards, are in their second year http://www.corporateregister.com/crra/.
Voting fo...

Vodafone CR Dialogue 'e-waste'
now can visit Vodafone's latest CR Dialogue on 'e-waste' on http://www.vodafone.com/start/responsibility/cr_...

Corticeira Amorim supports cork recycling project in Portugal
Amorim supports Green Cork, the first cork recycling campaign in Portugal, promoted by Quercus, a Portuguese environmental protection NGO. Green Cork is the first cork recycling programme d...

Research puts a figure to natural cork's green credentials
environmental benefits of natural cork stoppers over alternative wine closures have been highlighted in an independent life cycle analysis released by Corticeira Amorim.
Corticeira Amorim, ...

Cork oak forests contribute to stave off desertification
report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Centre for Applied Ecology Baeta Neves (CEABN) shows that cork oak forests are a fundamental barrier against desertification, a problem on the ...

Corticeira Amorim leads Forest Certification
certification is an important means of assuring sustainable forest management and fighting illegal trade of forest resources. Aware of this fact, Corticeira Amorim is a key promoter of Forest S...

Corticeira Amorim joins the European Business & Biodiversity initiative
worlds largest cork products manufacturer, Corticeira Amorim, has joined the European Business and Biodiversity initiative. This initiative consists in long term cooperation agreements made by co...

Amorim launches a new generation of eco-efficient cork wall and floor coverings
Amorim, in partnership with BASF, the worlds leading chemical company, launched a new generation of cork wall and floor coverings that release a significantly less amount of CO2 while keep...

Shell recognised for online Sustainability Report
accounting association awards Shell for web-based reporting.

Shell was recognised for excellence in online environmental and social reporting at the recent Sustainability Reporting Awards he...

Corticeira Amorim fights against illegal exploitation of forest natural resources
order to combating illegal logging, deforestation and climate changes, Corticeira Amorim/Amorim Revestimentos, together with almost 20 Spanish and Portuguese companies, have joined the World Wild F...

Strategic Sustainability Consulting Adds to Its Sustainability 101 Series for Business
8, 2008 (Washington, DC) Strategic Sustainability Consulting (SSC) has released five new titles in their Sustainability 101 series for business. The series, which encompasses many sectors a...

Brazilian Top 10 Raise The Bar on Sustainability Disclosure
SustainAbility, FBDS, & UNEP Report, The Road To Credibility, ranks National Top 10
Launched today, The Road to Credibility assesses approaches to sustainability reporting in Brazil and high...

Corticeira Amorim collects over one million natural corks for recycling in California
Amorim, the worlds largest cork manufacturer, has instituted a natural cork wine closure recycling campaign in California and the Pacific Northwest, called Recork America.
The Recork...

ArcelorMittal takes part in the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign
Flat Carbon Europe segment is taking part in the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign, with a project called 'Off gases management optimisation ArcelorMittal's Flat Carbon Europe.'

Baxter Highlights Recent Sustainability Achievements and Recognition
Ill., November 25, 2008 Baxter International Inc. announces several accomplishments resulting from the company's commitment to sustainability.
Baxter Named to Dow Jones Sustainability ...

VedoHera: the new newsletter on sustainability
the new Hera Group newsletter on sustainability and the issues of quality, safety and the environment, is available on the

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Pharma giant teams up with Save the Children

Blood diamond groups decide to work more closely

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Companies told: create responsible tax policy now

Coca-Cola takes obesity fight worldwide

US government lays out position on business and human rights

Chemicals giant unveils sustainability vision

Integrated reporting is thin on the ground in US

Draft of 14001 adds to requirements for public reports

Clothing brands pledge compensation for Bangladesh victims

Revised palm oil principles are accepted

Cisco makes it to top of Greenpeace ranking

India on last lap towards mandatory CR spending

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New CR index will rival DJSI and FTSE4Good

Adidas agrees payment to Indonesian workers

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Iron Mountain sets its first greenhouse gas target

United Airlines to focus on supplier sustainability

Soil Association attacks supermarkets for rescinding on GMOs

HP reveals list of its smelters

G4S creates human rights policy

Howard to take helm at Uksif

Europe agrees extractive industries transparency law

Sustainability certification scheme bites the dust

Coffee companies help growers hit by disease

Commission is proposing mandatory sustainability reporting

Frustrated corporate giants want immediate climate change action

Virgin puts in-flight food up for sustainability rating

European Union set to crack down on shipbreakers

EU Extractive industry must open their books

FoE calls on oil firms to scrap CR programmes

Corporate sustainability influences employee behaviour at home

Bacardi sets new ethics target for suppliers

Canada may get conflict minerals legislation

Cuadrilla commits to more consultation on fracking

Supplier ethics programme gets $1.7m lift

US team to produce procurement advice

Nike tries to scale up use of sustainable materials

Microsoft releases privacy data for first time

Corporate reporters: Mark your calendars

Chocolate firms criticised for lagging behind

APPs new forestry stance already implemented

New programme helps suppliers tackle climate change

Telecoms firms sign freedom of expression principles

Social stock exchange due for late 2013 launch

Carbon disclosures are harmonised

US oil firm promises to stop flaring

Packaging giant unveils responsible paper policy

Europe bans illegally logged wood

Nike and friends urge Peru to improve labour rights

Indian cement companies set ambitious CO2 target

American firms make strides in FTSE4Good

Chevron using 60 law firms to fight environmental fine

US companies back gay marriage

Unilever and Nestle top new food sustainability ranking

Draft of sustainability ratings principles is issued

Reporting standards bodies cosy up

Progress too slow on palm oil sustainability

Chemical sector gets greenhouse gas guidance

Shareholder activists gaining more support

Agricultural commodity traders get CR advice

Emerging markets get new sustainability index

BASF and Cargill work on sustainable coconut oil

Caterpillar to help Middle East unemployed

UK government departments to get power to boycott tax avoiders

Call for responsible shipbreaking

Oil and gas company denies plans for Amazon expansion

US takes makes strides on extractive industries transparency

Concrete producers agree rules for measuring environmental impacts

Unilever to shake up Vietnam supply chain ethics

FoE accuses palm oil firms of land grab in Liberia

HP clamps down on use of temporary workers

Activist shareholders target nine companies on fracking

US bank helps retrain unemployed mortgage borrowers

European Parliament backs integrated reporting

APPs new forestry stance already implemented

Progress too slow on palm oil sustainability

FoE accuses palm oil firms of land grab in Liberia

McDonalds reaches 100% sustainable fish landmark

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Lidl opens healthy tills at UK stores

Listed companies dodging bullet on stock exchange disclosure

Coca-Cola expands womens initiative

CRRA13 voting platform launched

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