New “standard” for CSR? ISO 26000 gets official November 2010
Last week, I had the opportunity to review the final draft of the International Standard ISO 26000, Guidance on Social Responsibility with Robert White, who sits as a Canadian Representative and Expert...
View ArticleFactoring CSR performance in executive pay
I stumbled upon an article recently about the summary of the recent removal of Shell from the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). According to the article in The Responsible Investor, Dow Jones and...
View ArticleThe medium sends a message…
Maybe the format of CSR reports isn’t keeping you up at night (OK, it’s not keeping me up at night either) but each year, I find it fascinating to review the CSR Trends 2010 report from...
View ArticleA CSR tale of two mines: when the path chosen makes all the difference
In November of 2010, the Canadian government rejected an $800 million copper-gold project of Taseko Mines, called “Prosperity” in my home province of B.C. Although the federal government ultimately...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Nation? How governments view CSR
Please excuse me for being a bit behind in reading my news, but I just came across the June of 2010 German Government announcement to officially adopt a National Strategy for Corporate Social...
View ArticleUpdate on ISO 26000 (Guidance on Social Responsibility)
This is an update to a post I previously wrote about the publication of ISO 26000 Since the official publishing of the long-awaited ISO 26000 (Guidance on social responsibility) code in November 2010,...
View ArticleEvery company is an energy company?
I just read a really fantastic article by one of our clients, Deloitte. The essay was written for Forbes by Nick Main (Deloitte’s Global Managing Director for Sustainability & Climate Change...
View ArticleHow Corporate America Can Benefit from a More Sustainable Healthcare System
I am posting on behalf of Robert Ludke, Managing Director Public Strategies, Inc. who is contributed this posting to ResponsAbility When people refer to “sustainability,” it is often in the context of...
View ArticleIn addition to CSR, what about “PSR?”
Guest post by: Jennifer Hamilton Account Executive, Hill & Knowlton, Tampa, Fla. Over the past 10 years, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has grown from an admirable goal for a few companies...
View ArticleAmerica “lost” the iPhone work – but maybe that’s not the worst part
I was forwarded a recent New York Times article about Apple’s manufacturing in China that really got me thinking about the scope of Corporate Social Responsibility and the entire ecosystem that exists...
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