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International, world, global awards / rankings
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Rankings of business schools, essay competitions, etc.
Rankings vs. performance debate, articles about rankings, etc.
SRI awards, awards for best research on SRI, finance
Communication awards, PR, reputation, etc.
· ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants >
o General public > Technical activities > Subject areas > Sustainability >
§ ACCA awards for sustainability reporting
· »ACCA has promoted greater transparency in the reporting of organisations' social and environmental impacts for over fifteen years. ACCA is involved in reporting awards in more than 20 countries in Europe, Africa, North America/Canada and the Asia Pacific region.«
· »ACCA Awards around the world reward companies for excellence in environmental, social and sustainability reporting. The aim of our Awards is to identify and reward innovative attempts to communicate corporate performance, although we do not comment on performance itself. Our aim is to reward transparency.«
· >
o The European Sustainability Reporting Awards (ESRA)
o The ACCA UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting: Rewarding Transparency
o The ACCA Ireland Sustainability Reporting Awards
o Ceres-ACCA North American Awards for Sustainability Reporting
o The ACCA Australia and New Zealand Awards for Sustainability Reporting
o The ACCA Malaysia Environmental and Social Reporting Awards
o The ACCA Singapore Environmental and Social Reporting Awards
o The ACCA Hong Kong Awards for Sustainability Reporting
o The ACCA-WWF Pakistan Environmental Reporting Awards
o ACCA Sri Lanka Awards for Sustainability Reporting
o The ACCA South Africa Awards for Sustainability Reporting
· Ceres »Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity« (Boston, USA) >
o What We Do >
o Since 2002, Ceres and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) have given out awards for the best sustainability reports in North America.
o >
§ Past winners (= Ceres-ACCA Winning Sustainability Reports)
· ESRA The European Sustainability Reporting Association
o The European Sustainability Reporting Awards have been held since 1995. Winners from national awards schemes are entered into the scheme and an overall European winner selected by a panel of judges.
o In 2006, for the first time, the European participants are focusing on sharing European reporting developments and best practice from both country-specific and regional perspectives. This is (perhaps temporarily, ??) replacing the European Awards scheme and the ESRA acronym now stands for "European Sustainability Reporting Association", whose purpose is "to inspire and improve sustainability reporting in Europe by sharing developments of European countries".
o For an overall picture of the European reporting situation, visitors to this site can download the General Reporting Trends table. More detailed information can be found in the individual country-reports and country statistics sheets prepared by CorporateRegister.com
§ Countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
o The CR Reporting Awards (CRRA)
§ See also related articles at:
· SocialFunds: 2008 Sees Increases in CSR Reporting and Adherence to GRI Guidelines (20 April 2009)
· CSRwire:
o Companies From Around the World Convene in Berlin for First Ever Corporate Responsibility Reporting Awards (7 March 2008)
o Global Independent CR Reporting Awards 2007 - Call for Entries (23 August 2007)
§ CR Reporting Awards 08 Official Report: Global Winners & Reporting Trends (March 2009; .pdf has 36 pp.)
§ CR Reporting Awards 07 Official Report: Global Winners & Reporting Trends (March 2008; .pdf has 36 pp.)
· The CR Reporting Awards 2007 Report details voting patterns, the winners and global reporting insights and trends.
· Winners include Vodafone (Best Report), BP, Novo Nordisk, Bayer, BMW, Coca-Cola Enterprises, and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.
· The CR Reporting Awards 2007 (CRRA) is the first in an annual programme.
· GRI Global Reporting Initiative >
o News & Events >
§ Newsletter >>
· Readers to identify the best sustainability reports worldwide in the GRI Readers’ Choice Awards (30 August 2007)
o Both the Global Readers’ Choice Awards and the survey results will be presented during ‘The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency’ (7-9 May 2008)
o See also Sustainability Reporting Blog >>
§ Back to basics (4): Who reads sustainability reports? (8 October 2007)
§ The value of sustainability information (5 October 2007)
· See also related article at Environmental Leader: Brazilian, Indian Companies Dominate GRI Reporting Awards (8 May 2008)
· CSE Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (Brussels, Athens & Dubai Office) >
o Conferences and Events >
§ CSE Launches Global Award for CSR Reporting in collaboration with The World Council for Corporate Governance (June 2007)
· »The Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, which is anticipated to become an international top event, was developed in order to provide support to the global corporate reporting efforts in the area of CSR, and at the same time to offer an international distinction for corporations that provide best practices in CSR Reporting.
· The award ceremony for 2007 will take place during the 8th International Conference on Corporate Governance, on the 20-21 of September 2007, in London.«
· See also:
o WCFCG website
o Special website for Golden Peacock Awards
§ Golden Peacock Awards have been instituted by the Institute of Directors (IOD) in 1991 have given boost to Indian Industry.
§ See also, e.g.:
· Press release at CSRwire: Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Wins Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (16 October 2007)
o »A distinguished jury chaired by former Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark selected Coca-Cola Enterprises from more than 100 global companies for this esteemed award...«
· SustainAbility (based in London and Washington D.C.) >> e.g.
o Tags: Reporting >> e.g.
§ Learn from the Leaders (searchable online database of leading sustainability reporting)
· »Extensive, searchable online database of leading sustainability reporting«
· »Invaluable material for awards schemes, investor rating research and performance benchmark studies«
· Developed in partnership with Flag
· The site on International Corporate Sustainability Reporting >
o Awards (updated ??) = The Gallery of Awards for Sustainability and Environmental Reports (Name of Award Scheme; Organizing institute(s); Latest winner; Links to more online info)
§ By countries:
· Australia / New Zealand, Austria, Belgium / Luxembourg, Canada, Denmark, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA
o Search might be useful
· BSDglobal > Current issues > Corporate Reporting >
o Reporting awards (updated ??)
· BSR Business for Social Responsibility (USA) >
o Research > Issue Briefs (??) > CSR Reporting >
§ Awards / Recognitions (two by May 2008)
· IFAC International Federation of Accountants > e.g.
§ This search engine has been developed by IFAC and its members to provide professional accountants in business, small and medium practitioners, and other accountants with access to global resources and information.
· edie (Environmental Data Interactive Exchange; Surrey, UK) is an online resource for environmental professionals, researchers and all those with an interest in green issues, bringing together practical information and in-depth yet accessible news. >
o Awards >
§ Consultancy Awards:
· Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Reporting
o >
§ Faversham House Websites include:
o also Category: Environmental / Sustainable Development Reporting (75 entries by July 2007; Emphasis on UK)
· The Green Awards (UK)
o Launched in 2006 to critical acclaim, the Green Awards were set up to recognise and reward creative work that communicates the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainable development and ethical best practice in any sector and across any marketing discipline.
o >
§ Categories:
· Best Green CSR Report Award
· FReM UK Government Financial Reporting Manual
o »The Financial Reporting Manual is the technical accounting guide that complements guidance on the handling of public funds published separately by the relevant authorities.«
o > e.g.
§ Sustainability and Environmental Reporting
· »As part of its sustainable development strategy the Government encourages both companies and public bodies to disclose their sustainability and environmental performance via their annual reports and accounts.«
· »The purpose of this web page is to provide examples of good practice and sources of further information on sustainability and environmental reporting from private and public sector.«
· BPTA Building Public Trust Awards »celebrates the commitment of the UK's largest corporations and public sector bodies to build public trust through their communication of the key building blocks of sustainable performance.«
o By: PwC & National Audit Office
o See also, e.g.:
§ FT.com Financial Times > e.g.
· Partnership Publishing >>
o Understanding Reporting (12 October 2007) >
§ Building Public Trust Awards (By Rod Newing) - Judges for the fifth annual awards to recognise excellence in corporate reporting explain the reasons behind their choices
§ Comment: Measuring success in reporting (By Sir Andrew Likierman) - Organisations will always struggle to satisfy all stakeholders
· Spada Professional Services PR Firm (London) > e.g.
o Swordplay >
§ Communication >
· FTSE 100 Sustainability: Big Report = Big Award? (17 November 2008) >
o Environmental Reporting: Trends in FTSE 100 Sustainability Reports (.pdf, November 2008, 29 pp.) - investigates the terminology, thematic content and length of Britain’s leading corporate reports on sustainability.
§ See also related news: FTSE 100 Environmental Reports: Could Do Better…
· See also related articles at:
o MallenBaker.net >> Business Respect - CSR Dispatches No 141 - 24 November 2008
§ What point the story with no plot?
o Mallen Baker's Blog: Can you have a short award-winning CSR report? (18 November 2008)
o GreenBiz: Longer Sustainability Reports Win Awards, Carbon-Intense Companies Report Less (18 November 2008)
· LSCA Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (Ireland) >
o PAA
§ The Published Accounts Awards are the premier recognition of excellence in financial reporting on this island.
§ Also category: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
· NIVRA Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut van Registeraccountants (The Netherlands)
o Thema's >
§ MVO Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen >
· Activiteiten van het NIVRA:
o ACC Award (with »Juryrapporten«)
§ »In samenwerking met het NIVRA reikt de VMA jaarlijks de ACC Award uit voor het beste Nederlandstalige milieu- dan wel maatschappelijk verslag.«
· Kauri is the Belgian multi-actor network and knowledge centre on local & global ethical, sustainable, intercultural, fair and transparent NGO & business practices. >
o CSR Awards Belgium >
§ IBR - IRE Award Best Belgian Sustainability Report (Belgium)
· Het Instituut van de Bedrijfsrevisoren, in samenwerking met Business & Society Belgium en Kauri, wenst door de Prijs voor het Beste Rapport Duurzaam Ondernemen de initiatieven inzake transparantie op economisch, milieu en sociaal vlak van de Belgische entiteiten (vennootschappen, vzw's, overheden, openbare entiteiten, enz.) te promoten.
· Globe Forum (Stockholm, Sweden) >
o Globe Award >
§ Sustainability Reporting Award
o DURA - Deutscher Umwelt Reporting Award (Germany)
· Lexikon der Nachhaltigkeit (or here: In German) >>
o Auszeichnungen für Nachhaltigkeitsberichte - European Sustainability Reporting Awards (ESRA), DURA (Germany), ASRA (Austria), ÖBU (Switzerland), Russia
· Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät >> Institut für Management > Business & Society Portal >
o Forschung > Studien > Externe Studien >
§ CSR-Ranking von Unternehmensberichten, Unternehmen und Universitäten (Emphasis on Germany, also other; updated ??)
· Ranking der Nachhaltigkeitsberichte (Germany) > also
o Ranking der KMU-Nachhaltigkeitsberichte (since 2009)
§ See also related news at Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Nachhaltigkeitsberichte des deutschen Mittelstands auf dem Prüfstand (5 February 2009)
· Oekoweb (Austria) >> Nachhaltigkeitsbericht >
o Bewertungen & Preise (Austria) >
§ ASRA (Austrian Sustainability Reporting Award; See also at KWT)
§ TRIGOS »der Preis für Unternehmen mit Verantwortung« (or directly)
o Fabrik der Zukunft >>
§ Systematische Evaluierung von Nachhaltigkeitsberichten mit dem EVANAB Tool und Strategieanalyse österreichischer Nachhaltigkeitsberichte (.pdf, Wien, Jänner 2009, 98 pp.)
· See also
o related news
o EVANAB (at Institut für Industrielle Ökologie)
· ÖBU »Netzwerk für Umwelt und Management« (Zürich, Switzerland; Website in German) > e.g.
o ÖBU-Themen > Kommunikation/Marketing > e.g.
§ ÖBU-Preis für den besten Nachhaltigkeitsbericht
· La FERPI - Federazione Relazioni Pubbliche Italiana (Italy) > Attivita >
§ »Dal 1954 l 'Oscar di Bilancio premia infatti le imprese, le organizzazioni pubbliche, le assicurazioni, le banche e le associazioni no profit che siano riuscite ad attuare la migliore comunicazione economica, sociale ed ambientale verso tutti i pubblici di riferimento. In questi anni la Giuria del Premio ha esaminato migliaia di bilanci, scoprendo e presentando al largo pubblico centinaia di best practices che sono poi divenute patrimonio comune di imprese, enti pubblici e organizzazioni no profit.«
· AECA Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas (Madrid, Spain) > Premios AECA >
o Memorias de Sostenibilidad y Medioambiental
· Deloitte Hungary > Services > Audit >>
o Green Frog Award = CEERA Central European Environmental Reporting Award
· Raporty spo³eczne (Poland) - Nagrody za najlepsze raporty z zakresu spo³ecznej odpowiedzialnoœci biznesu (CSR), zrównowa¿onego rozwoju, ochrony œrodowiska i zaanga¿owania spo³ecznego
· EWMI East-West Management Institute (New York; Budapest representative office, Hungary) »EWMI is committed to assisting economic reform in developing and transition economies.« & USAID (United States Agency for International Development) >
o Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program >
§ Areas covered >
· Capital Markets > Capital Markets Research
o Semi-Annual Surveys of:
§ Websites of the Largest Listed Companies in CEE Countries - Investor Relations Online
§ Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the Largest Listed Companies in CEE Countries
· EuroCharity (Athens, Greece) > English > Events >>
§ also category: Best CSR or Sustainability Report 2006
· CICA Chartered Accountants of Canada >
o News > Upcoming events > Corporate Reporting Awards
§ Judges' Comments Publications > also
· Sustainable Development Reporting
o Research & Guidance > Research Activities >> Corporate Reporting to Stakeholders > Blog >>
§ Label: Corporate Reporting Awards
· PR News (USA) >
o Awards/Events >
§ CSR Awards > e.g.
· Categories > also
o Annual CSR Report
§ This category recognizes outstanding CSR-and-sustainability reports for shareholders and other key constituents.
· CSR Special Issue
· The Black Book (New York, NY, USA) >
o Publication News >>
§ AR100 + CSR Entry (2007)
· New for 2007, we are welcoming Corporate Sustainability Report entries.
§ The Black Book Announces AR100 and CSR Guide and Competition (23 February 2007)
· As an addition to the already popular AR100 Award Show book, the CSR Guide will be added to the existing printed publication, which celebrates the overall design in Annual Reports. The CSR Guide will premiere as a competition of the design and content matter of Corporate Sustainability Reports, where corporations, designers, photographers, paper companies and printers can exhibit their excellence in quality while demonstrating their corporate social responsibility.
· LACP League of American Communications Professionals LLC >
o Award Programs >
§ Spotlight Awards (Print, Video & Web Comms. Competition)
§ Vision Awards (Annual Report Competition)
§ Inspire Awards (Magazine & Newsletter Competition)
· MerComm, Inc: International awards for professional communicators >
o International ARC Awards – World's Best Annual Reports
§ Also: Best Social and Public Responsibility Report
· Prêmio Balanço Social (Brazil)
· ABERJE Associação Brasileira de Comunicação Empresarial (Brazil)
· Acción RSE (Chile) >
o Actividades > Premio Mejor Reporte de Sustentabilidad
· GEF Global Environmental Forum (Japan) >
o Activities > Environment and Economy >
§ Environmental Communication Awards (in Japanese), see also here
· The Environmental Communication Awards recognize outstanding environmental reports, environmental activity reports, and environmental television spots, with the aim of promoting environmental communication by business and improving the quality of communication.
· Sustainable Future is a non-partisan, not-for-profit research organisation specialising in issues affecting New Zealand. >
o Resources >
§ Annual Reporting Awards (New Zealand, Australia)
· NZICA New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants >
o About Us > How we are structured > Special Interest Groups > National SIGs >
§ Sustainability > e.g.
· The Annual Report Awards, including the Sustainability Reporting award
· ARA Australasian Reporting Awards
o Special Awards have been introduced to encourage excellence in annual reporting in areas of: Sustainability (formerly environmental), corporate governance, occupational health and safety, knowledge capital and communication.
· The Jakarta Post (Indonesia) >> e.g.
o KPC wins 2007 sustainability award (7 September 2007)
§ Third annual Indonesian Sustainability Report Awards (ISRA)
§ Five categories: Best Sustainability Reporting, Best Environmental and Social Reporting, Best Environmental Reporting, Best Social Reporting, and Best Website.
§ Organized by IAI-KAM Ikatan Akuntan Indonesia = Indonesian Institute of Accountants
· CSR Asia >>
o Sustainability reporting awards for Indonesia (28 June 2008)
· Ernst & Young South Africa >
o Services & Solutions > Speciality Advisory Services > Governance & Sustainability >
§ Excellence in Sustainability Reporting Awards
· Ai Africa investor >>
o Awards > Categories >
· »This award is open to all companies operating in Africa that have issued a non-financial report on their business.«
· UN Global Compact > e.g.
o Communicating Progress > e.g.
· Companies selected for the quality of their COP, listed by industry.
§ Non-Communicating Participants
· CDP Carbon Disclosure Project >
o Results >
§ Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI)
· The Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) includes the companies with the highest scores in the two categories of the carbon-intensive sectors and the non-carbon-intensive sectors, and provides a valuable perspective on the range and quality of responses to CDP’s questionnaire.
o Resources >
§ CDLI Methodology
· Business & Human Rights Resource Centre >
o browse the online library, by:
§ All topics >
· Miscellaneous > e.g.
o Awards
§ Ratings & indexes: General
§ 100 Best Corporate Citizens (USA)
§ Best Companies for Minorities (USA)
§ Corporate Responsibility Index (UK)
§ Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
§ FTSE4Good
§ HRC Corporate Equality Index (USA)
§ Top 50 Companies for Diversity (USA)
§ Workplace Equality Index (UK)
· Virtuellen Kompetenzplattform Sustainability & Finance (SusFin) von Prof. Dr. Henry Schäfer und dessen Team an der Universität Stuttgart (Website in German)
o Professor Dr. Henry Schaefer and his team from University Stuttgart, Germany, have published a survey of internationally established rating systems that measure Corporate Social Responsibility.
§ See also:
· Kompetenzplattform ARGUS (Architecture of Ratings in Company Related Global CSR/CS for Users and Stakeholders)
o ARGUS ist ein Forschungsprojekt, das die Lehrstühle Finanzwirtschaft und Wirtschaftsinformatik I der Universität Stuttgart in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt als Projektsponsor durchführen.
o The study is presenting portraits, analytics and tendencies in CSR ratings on an international scale, covering 58 institutions operating an independent CSR rating.
o The survey was supported by German Bertelsmann Stiftung:
§ Wirtschaft > Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen > Projekt: Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen >
· Service > Downloads > CSR gestalten >
o Who is who in Corporate Social Responsibility Rating? - A survey of internationally established rating systems that measure Corporate Responsibility (.pdf, July 2006, 181 pp.; In English)
§ (Also English version of website):
· Economy > Corporate social responsibility (CSR) > Project: Corporate social responsibility >>
o Can corporate social responsibility be measured? - Study of transparency in rating assessment tools
· CSRwire »The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire« >> e.g.
o Every Dollar Makes A Difference: The Better World Shopping Guide (14 October 2008) - Completely revised and updated version of this 40,000-copy bestseller by Ellis Jones >
§ better world shopper is a site dedicated to providing people with a comprehensive, up-to-date, reliable account of the social and environmental responsibility of every company on the planet AND making it available in practical forms that individuals can use in their everyday lives. >
· the research - the data behind the rankings:
o Berne Declaration: Public Eye Awards
o Better Business Bureau: International Torch Awards
o Business Ethics Magazine: The 100 Best Corporate Citizens Of The Year
o Business For Social Responsibility: Membership List
o Center For Public Integrity: LobbyWatch
o CERES Principles: Signatory List, Climate Change Index & Sustainability Report Awards
o Clean Clothes Campaign: Transparency Report Card
o Co-op America: Green Business Certification & Ladders Of Responsibility
o Corporate Accountability International: Corporate Abuse Campaigns
o Corporate Knights: The 100 Most Sustainable Corporations In The World
o Council On Economic Priorities: Shopping For A Better World
o Corpwatch: Greenwash Awards
o Covalence Ethical Quotation System: Corporate Ethics Scores
o Ethical Consumer: Boycott List
o FTSE: FTSE4Good Global Index
o Global Sullivan Principles: Signatories List
o Hoover's Online: Detailed Company Information
o Human Rights Campaign: Corporate Equality Index
o Multinational Monitor: 10 Worst Corporations Of The Year & Top 100 Corporate Criminals
o People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals: Do-Test List
o Responsible Shopper: Company Profiles
o Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition: Clean Computer Campaign
o Social Venture Network: Membership List
o Transfair USA: Fair Trade Certified Products
o Union Of Concerned Scientists: Automaker Environmental Rankings
o US Environmental Protection Agency: Green Power Awards
o World Environment Center: Sustainable Development Awards
· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > e.g.
o News
o »Search« might be useful
· Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs - Practical examples to foster SMEs' competitiveness > e.g.
§ Reports for countries (& languages): Austria, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain
o Additional Information on CSR >
· UNDP UN Development Programme >
o Regions > Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States > News >>
§ EC, UNDP to promote responsible business in new and prospective EU members (11 January 2007) >>
· Special website: Accelerating CSR in New Europe >
o CSR Database > Supplemental Part >
§ CSR awards >
· Overview of CSR Award systems in Europe and advice on establishment of Government Award system in Lithuania (.pdf, October 2007, 26 pp.; Prepared by: Kaarina Dubee, Jean-Dominique Rugiero; Daxam Sustainability Services)
· CSRQuest project (Athens University, Greece) >
o Corporate Responsibility Monitor >
§ CR ratings and awards (updated ??)
· EnvironmentAwards.net »was researched, developed and produced by the RSA's Forum for Environmental and Sustainable Development Awards. Management of the awards database was transferred to Edie.net on 1 April 2005.« >
o 27 different categories (emphasis on UK)
· Design Council (London, UK) >
o Directory listings >
· Forum for the Future (UK) >
o Browse by subject >
§ Business >
· BBRC The Business & Biodiversity Resource Centre (Earthwatch Institute, English Nature, Defra) >
o Resources >
§ Grants and Awards (Emphasis on UK)
· Haymarket Events >
o Awards > e.g.
§ World Business Green Business Awards
· SNEEP Studentisches Netzwerk für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik >
o Wirtschaftsethik > Links >
§ Wettbewerbe/Aktionen (Rankings - Wettbewerbe - Preise - Projekte – Aktionen) (emphasis on Germany, also other; updated ??)
· Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät >> Institut für Management > Business & Society Portal > Forschung > Studien > Externe Studien >
o CSR-Ranking von Unternehmensberichten, Unternehmen und Universitäten (Emphasis on Germany, also other; updated ??)
· MVO Nederland (The Netherlands; Website in Dutch only) >
o MVO-bibliotheek > MVO-prijzen (Dutch awards)
· Sustainability Reporting Central (GRI Blog) >> e.g.
o Labels: Ranking
· ClimateBiz »The Business Resource for Climate Management« >
o Receiving Recognition > also
§ Related Resources >
· Organizing and Sponsoring Environmental and Sustainable Development Awards
· EL Environmental Leader »The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing« (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA) > e.g.
o See All Topics >
§ Awards
· CSRwire >
o More Information > Categories:
§ Ratings & Awards: News Items
§ Ratings & Awards: CSRlive (articles, video, audio and commentary)
o CSR Directory >
§ Search Category:
· Online Consumer Ratings Orgs
· BSR Business for Social Responsibility (USA) >
o Research >
§ Issue Briefs (??)
· These 53 Issue Briefs are grouped into primary topic areas:
o business ethics; community investment; environment; general CSR; governance and accountability; human rights; marketplace; and workplace
· The Issue Briefs are designed as primers. As such each paper provide an overview of the topic and is divided into sections covering:
o business benefits, key developments, external standards, implementation steps, leadership examples, sample polices,
o awards and recognition programs,
o and links to relevant resources.
· EthicsWorld (Sponsored by the Vogl Foundation) > e.g.
o Ethics & Employees > e.g.
§ Surveys & Trends
o Corporate Governance
o Corporate Social Responsibility > e.g.
§ Best Corporate Practices
o Public Sector Governance
o News From NGOs >
§ Awards
· CSR360 Global Partner Network
o Business in the Community (BITC) convenes this network that currently (as of September 2008) comprises 100 partner organisations from 60 different countries around the world.
o >
§ Partners >
· Search for a Partner:
o Services Offered:
§ Awards
· Bizjournals is the online media division of American City Business Journals >
o Events & Networking > Nominations
· Blog: What Do You Stand For? (Cone; Boston, MA) >>
o Cause Awards (19 October 2007)
· Industry Canada >>
o Programs and Services > By Subject > Sustainability and Environment > Corporate Social Responsibility >
§ CSR Tools > Other CSR Tools > CSR Awards (updated ??)
· Sustainable Future is a non-partisan, not-for-profit research organisation specialising in issues affecting New Zealand. >
o Resources >
§ Performance Awards (New Zealand)
· HK (Hong Kong) BEC Business Environment Council (WBCSD Regional Partner) >
o Focuses and Services > Corporate Responsibility > Business Guide to Sustainable Development >
§ Business Tools > Resources > Awards programmes >
· Hong Kong
· International
o Awards
· CII Confederation of Indian Industry >
o Strategic partners >
§ India Partnership Forum »Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue for Promoting CSR« >
· Awards (India, International; updated ??)
International, world, global awards / rankings
· Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
o »The first annual Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World was launched during the World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 28, 2005.«
o »A project initiated by Corporate Knights Inc., with Innovest Strategic Value Advisors Inc.«
o See also, e.g.:
§ SocialFunds >>
· Global 100 List Raises the Profile of Sustainability at the World Economic Forum (and Beyond) (25 January 2007)
· How to Determine the Top 100 Sustainable Companies in the World (28 January 2006)
· ICC International Chamber of Commerce & UNDP & IBLF:
o World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals (also here)
· GBC The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria >
o Events >
§ Awards for Business Excellence
o Lists & Ratings >
§ 50 Codes Ranked
§ Global Anti-Corruption Quotient 2008
§ Meet the Ethisphere Institute Advisory Committees
§ World’s Most Ethical Rankings
§ Government Contractor Ethics Program Ranking
§ 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics
· SCCE The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) >>
o Annual International Compliance and Ethics Awards
· Covalence »Ethical Quotation System« (Based in Geneva, Switzerland) > e.g.
o Products >
· Fortune Magazine >
o Rankings > e.g.
§ World's Most Admired Companies (= Global Most Admired Companies)
§ Best Companies to Work For
§ Most 'accountable' big companies
§ Global 500
· Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. »is a research and management consultancy based in the U.S. with International Affiliate offices throughout the world.«
o »We have been listening to employees and evaluating employers since 1980, to understand what makes a workplace great.«
o > e.g.
· »We use the same selection methodology for the U.S. lists as for our 25 international lists, including "Best Companies to Work for" lists in all 15 countries of the European Union, Brazil, Korea, India and a number of other countries throughout Latin America and Asia.«
· RWC Robert W. Campbell Award
o »This international Award recognizes organizations that achieve business excellence by integrating safety, health & environmental management into their business operating systems.«
· Hewitt Associates >>
· Association for the Spirit at Work >
o International Spirit at Work Awards
· WorldBlu Search for the Most Democratic Workplaces
· AccountAbility & csrnetwork >
o The Accountability Rating (since 2004)
§ The Rating draws on information companies put into their public reporting, as well as data on their actual social and environmental performance. It rates companies on four ‘domains’: strategy, governance, engagement and impact.
§ >> e.g.
· The global Accountability Rating (G50+)
o Every year, we apply the Rating to the world’s largest companies, and the headline results are published in Fortune magazine.
· Country ratings > e.g.
o for 2008: Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Turkey
o for 2007: Russia, Hungary, Turkey, Greece, South Africa
o for 2006: Russia, Hungary, South Africa
· The top 10
· Performance by sector
· Performance by region
· Performance by domain
§ See also, e.g.:
· related article at SocialFunds: 2008 Accountability Rating Finds More Companies Willing to Address Social and Environmental Challenges (28 November 2008)
· related article at Environmental Leader: BP, Barclays, ENI Top List Of World’s Most Accountable Companies (2 November 2007)
· related article at SocialFunds: Corporate Accountability Improves, Progressing on Stakeholder Engagement But Not Assurance (29 November 2006)
o »The report acknowledges limitations of the methodology, which is based primarily on corporate reporting, so actual performance (both positive and negative) can slip through the cracks if not included in sustainability or annual reports.«
· The Berne Declaration is a Swiss non-governmental organization with 19,000 members. > English version of site > Campaigns > Globalization > Criticizing Globalization >
o Public Eye Awards are given to companies that have shown irresponsible social and environmental behaviour.
§ »Beginning in the year 2000, the Berne Declaration has been casting a critical eye on the World Economic Forum with its »Public Eye on Davos« conference. While the CEOs of WEF-members wax eloquently about corporate accountability, the Public Eye takes a closer look at the everyday behavior of the corporations attending the Forum.«
· Ethical Corporation >> e.g.
o Greenwasher December 2007 – special anniversary awards (16 December 2007)
· Enviromedia Social Marketing >>
o EnviroMedia Greenwashing Index
· GreenBiz > e.g.
o All News >
§ News >
· Fiji Water, Clean Coal and Political Parties Make 2008 Greenwash List (30 December 2008)
o In a big year for green initiatives, it's inevitable that there will be some big greenwashes as well; and as part of an onslaught of year's-end lists, the Greenwash Brigade on National Public Radio's Marketplace has tallied their list of the most notable green flops of 2008…
· Corporate Accountability International (formerly Infact) >
o Corporate Hall of Shame
· Transparency International (based in Berlin, Germany) »The coalition against corruption« >
o news room > integrity awards
· One World Trust - making global governance more accountable >
o Projects >
§ Global Accountability Report (GAR)
· The Global Accountability Report (GAR) presents an assessment of the accountability of the world's most powerful organisations to the people they affect. The Report analyses organisations from the intergovernmental, corporate and non-governmental sectors, according to four dimensions: transparency, participation, evaluation, and complaint and response mechanisms.
· AccountAbility = Institute of Social and Ethical AccountAbility > e.g.
o Our work >
· Millennium Development Goals Awards (UN MDG Awards)
o The purpose of the MDG Awards is to recognize the efforts of those individuals, non-profit organizations and business entities that are working to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
· GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition), in association with the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), has created the GAIN Business Award for Innovation in Nutrition.
· UNEP United Nations Environment Programme >
o Awards >
§ The Green Star Awards
§ Champions of the Earth
§ UNEP Sasakawa Prize
§ COM+ Communications for Sustainable Development Award
§ The Seed Awards
§ Volvo Environment Prize
§ Focus On Your World - UNEP International Photographic Competition
§ International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH&RA) Environmental Award
§ Zayed International Prize for the Environment
§ Global 500 Roll of Honour for Environmental Achievement
§ The LivCom Awards: International Awards for Liveable Communities
§ Ozone Awards
§ The Green Awards
· St Andrews Prize for the Environment is an initiative by the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the international integrated energy company, ConocoPhillips.
· WEC World Environment Center (Washington, USA) »is an independent, not-for-profit, non-advocacy organization promoting sustainable development and the efficient use of natural resources in multinational corporations.« >
o WEC Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development (Established in 1985)
o Green Investing >
§ Progressive Investor »is a monthly sustainable investing newsletter, provides on-going analysis of clean technology investment opportunities: renewable energy, green building, organics and more.« > e.g.
· Back Issues >
o Issue 46 (July / August 2007) = 2007 SB20: The World's Top 20 Sustainable Stocks
§ See also related article at SocialFunds: Twenty Diverse Companies Make the Sustainability Cut (26 July 2007)
§ See also related press release at CSRwire (18 July 2007)
o Issue 37 (June / July 2006) = 2006 SB20: Sustainable Businesses Changing the World (This is the fifth year for the SB20.)
§ See also related Press release at CSRwire (12 July 2006):
· SustainableBusiness.com Announces The 2006 SB20: 20 Companies Changing the World (For The Better!)
· SB20 - The World's Top Sustainable Business Stocks
· Ceres »Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity« (Boston, USA) > e.g.
o News > Press Releases > e.g.
§ IBM, Tesco and Dell Receive Top Scores in First-Ever Ranking of Consumer & Tech Companies on Climate Change Strategies (11 December 2008)
· relating to report (Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Consumer and Technology Companies) issued by the Ceres investor coalition and authored by RiskMetrics Group that analyzes climate change governance practices at 63 of the world's largest retail, pharmaceutical, technology, apparel and other consumer-facing companies
· See also related news at GreenBiz: IBM, Tesco and Dell Earn Top Marks for Climate Change Governance (12 December 2008)
· SAM Group (Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland) > e.g.
o Publications >
§ SAM Sustainability Yearbook (in collaboration with PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers)
· »The Sustainability Yearbook is the world's most comprehensive reference work for assessing exchange-listed companies according to their economic, ecological and societal success factors.«
· See also related article at SocialFunds: Yearbook Presents Sustainability Trends and Leaders (5 February 2008)
o ...The annual Yearbook for the first time in 2008 awarded companies gold, silver and bronze classifications with one company in each sector named a "sector mover...
o ...Of the 376 companies in the 2008 Yearbook, 67 companies were placed in the Gold Class, 74 Companies in the Silver Class, and 63 in the Bronze Class...
· World Clean Energy Awards recognize achievement and innovation in the integrated use of energy efficiency (regarding both supply and demand) and renewable energy (regarding supply).
· Euromoney and Ernst & Young Global Renewable Energy Awards
o See related article at SocialFunds.com:
§ BP, John Deere, Goldman Sachs, and Allianz Among Renewable Energy Award Winners (27 September 2006)
o ClimateChangeCorp.com > Branding >
§ Top 20 companies: Climate change leaders show the way (26 July 2007; By Mike Scott)
· Fortune Magazine >>
o 10 Green Giants (March 2007)
§ These companies have gone beyond what the law requires to operate in an environmentally responsible way.
§ Related news at GreenBiz
o About Us > Technology Pioneers
§ Technology Pioneers are nominated in three main categories: Energy/Environment, Biotechnology/Health and Information Technology.
· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development >
o News >
§ New database exposes, ranks global utilities' emissions (14 November 2007)
· IW IndustryWeek (Penton Media, Cleveland, Ohio) »Connecting Manufacturing's Leaders« > e.g.
o Leadership & Strategy >
§ Best Manufacturers
o Technology & Innovation > e.g.
§ Tech & Innov. Awards > e.g.
· 2006 Technologies of the Year >
o Technology Leader Of The Year -- Winning With Sustainability (Chairman and CEO Charles O. Holliday Jr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, commits to sustainability via science and innovation...)
o Rankings
· AMR Research >
· Greenpeace >
o What we do > Eliminate toxic chemicals > Hi-Tech: Highly toxic > How the companies line up
§ Our Green Electronics Guide ranks leading mobile and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers. Companies are ranked on information that is publicly available and communications/clarifications with the companies.
· EL Environmental Leader »The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing« (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA) >> e.g.
o Uptime Institute Announces Global Green 100 List (19 February 2009) - The Uptime Institute announced its Global Green 100 list, which highlights significant energy efficiency achievements of global corporations operating major data centers.
· Consumers International > e.g.
o Media > Press releases >
§ Global consumer movement announces winners of International Bad Products Awards (29 October 2007)
· SLM Sustainable Life Media >>
o Sustainability Driving Brand Value Across All Sectors (22 September 2008; Relating to BusinessWeek/Interbrand Best Global Brands 2008 list)
· Europa >> European Commission >>
o Environment >>
§ European Business Awards for the Environment
o Enterprise and Industry > Policy highlights >
§ Corporate social responsibility >
· CSR and SMEs >
o European Award : responsible entrepreneurship (= European Enterprise Awards = Recognising excellence in promoting regional entrepreneurship)
§ Award categories:
· Entrepreneurial Trailblazer Award, Enterprise Support Award, Red Tape Reduction Award, Investment in People Award
· Responsible Entrepreneurship Award:
o Recognises responsible entrepreneurship initiatives that promote corporate social responsibility and sustainable business practices in the social and/or environmental domain.
§ (or this path) Policy highlights > Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) (= Promoting entrepreneurship and SMEs) >
· European Enterprise Awards >
o Award categories >
§ Responsible Entrepreneurship Award
· Multi-stakeholder Forum >
o Forum review meeting 2006 = European Multistakeholder Forum on CSR: Review Meeting (7 December 2006) > e.g.
§ Review of recommendations by stakeholders:
· Compendium of actions by stakeholders (.pdf, 154 pp.) > e.g.
o 10. Reward of Best Practices
· Detailed descriptions of actions taken by different organisations (= Initiative descriptions submitted by): e.g.
o CSR Europe (.pdf, 148 pp.)
· Update on CSR policies of EU Member States (.pdf, 145 pp.)
o Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities >
§ Working for you > Partners >
· Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) >
o Related Documents >
§ Corporate social responsibility - National public policies in the European Union (.pdf, September 2007, 100 pp.) >
· Business incentives (e.g. awards)
o >> (historical): Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) website > CSR at national level >
§ Compendium on national public policies on CSR in the European Union >>
· Business incentives (awards, etc.):
o Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
· See also:
o RIMAS Research Institute for Managing Sustainability (Vienna, Austria) > Projects > EU projects >
· European EMAS Awards (The European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme)
· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > e.g.
o Activities > e.g.
§ European MarketPlace on CSR >>
· Winners of CSR Solution and Laboratory Awards at the European MarketPlace on CSR 2007 (29 November 2007)
o News
o »Search« might be useful
· Corporate Social Responsibility in SMEs - Practical examples to foster SMEs' competitiveness > e.g.
§ Reports for countries (& languages): Austria, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain
o Additional Information on CSR >
· The European Business Awards is an independent Awards programme designed to recognise and promote excellence, best practice and innovation in the European business community, in line with the broad aims of the European Union and business representative groups across the member states. >
o Categories: also
§ The Award for Corporate Responsibility
§ The Environmental Awareness Award
· E-I Consulting Group (Based in Utrecht, The Netherlands) >
o Company > E-I Award = European Corporate Responsibility Award
· EFQM European Foundation for Quality Management >
o Recognition >
§ The EFQM Excellence Award »is Europe's most prestigious award for organisational Excellence.«
· The EFQM Excellence Award sits at the pinnacle of dozens of regional and national quality awards and Applicants have often been successful in these before applying for European recognition.
· Royal Awards for Sustainability
o The Royal Awards Foundation is established to recognise excellence and promote best practice within sustainable development in Europe.
o It is an independent organisation initiated by the European Environment Agency, in Copenhagen, The Copenhagen based waste-management company R98, the City of Copenhagen and Scandinavian airline company SAS.
· The Energy Trophy is an EU-wide competition for saving energy in office buildings by change of behaviour.
· EEP European Environmental Press
o The EEP is a Europe-wide association of sixteen environmental magazines.
o >
§ EEP-Award
· The purpose of the EEP Award is to recognise the efforts of those European companies that are improving the environment with their innovative environmental technologies.
· Junior Achievement - Young Enterprise Europe >>
o Responsible Business Competition (HP and JA-YE Europe Partnership)
· Worst EU Lobby Awards (organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, LobbyControl and Spinwatch.) > e.g.
o 2006 >
§ The Worst Privileged Access >
· Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Verheugen
o For installing unbalanced High Level Working Groups serving big business interests
· Commissioners Verheugen and Spidla
o For hearing only the ‘corporate’ in corporate social responsibility
· ECCJ European Coalition for Corporate Justice > e.g.
o Upcoming Events > e.g.
§ Sustainable Development Pinocchio Awards 2008
· Friends of the Earth France will organize in mid-December the Sustainable Development Pinocchio Awards 2008, within the framework of their Corporate Social and Environnemental Responsibility Campaign…
· Forum for the Future (UK) >
o Browse by subject >
§ Business >
o Read Green Futures >>
§ Holding out for a hero (6 January 2008; The Forum for the Future sustainable leadership poll was filled in by 262 respondents in the week to 2 November 2007.) - Where to find leadership in 2008? Roger East reveals the insiders’ views on who stands out on the sustainability scene.
· BITC Business in the Community (UK) > e.g.
o Programmes >
§ Recognition and Management >
o Categories:
§ Impact on Society Awards (in association with Tomorrow's Company)
· Impact on Society Award for a Small Company in association with the Institute of Directors
§ Workplace Impact
· Talent Award (in association with the Talent & Enterprise Taskforce)
· npower Skills for Life Award (supported by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in association with Investors in People)
· Healthy Workplace Award (supported by the Department of Health, in association with the Health and Safety Executive)
§ Environment Impact = Bank of America Climate Change Award in association with the Prince’s May Day Network
§ Community Impact
· Merrill Lynch Education Award (supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families)
· Active Communities Award (supported by the Department for Communities and Local Government)
· Power in Partnership Award
§ International Award
· The Coffey International Limited International Award - Recognises company programmes that can demonstrate positive impact against one or more of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
§ Marketplace Impact
· P&G Responsible Marketing & Innovation Award
· Supply Chain Award
§ Other Awards
· Northern Foods Rural Action Award (supported by the Commission for Rural Communities)
§ Leadership Awards
· CR index = Corporate Responsibility (CR) index
o Business in the Community's CR Index is the UK’s leading voluntary benchmark of responsible business.
o Resources >
· Award-winning examples of responsible business best practice from our member companies.
· >
o Filter case studies by:
§ Award Category
· National Business Award (sponsored by Orange) > e.g.
o Awards Categories > e.g.
§ The ICAEW Corporate Responsibility Award - To the organisation that can best demonstrate a company-wide commitment to CSR
· Queen's Awards for Enterprise >
o Business Award (Awards For Outstanding UK Businesses) >
§ Award Categories >
· National Energy Efficiency Awards (launched by UK CEED in partnership with EDF Energy in 2006)