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· GRI Global Reporting Initiative > e.g.
o About GRI >
§ Join GRI / OS >
· Search current OS (Organizational Stakeholders) > also
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§ Civil Society
o News & Events > Conference 2008 > Program > Arena Session & Arena Debates > e.g.
§ Arena Debate 1: Civil Society and Labor Unions’ Views on Sustainability Reporting Today
o Who are you?
§ »Access tailored GRI-resources from your stakeholder-category.«
§ >
o Participants & Stakeholders >
· ECCJ European Coalition for Corporate Justice
o The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) brings together national platforms of civil society organizations including NGOs, trade unions, consumers’ organizations and academic institutions promoting Corporate Accountability (CA) from all over Europe. ECCJ represents over 250 civil society organisations present in 15 different countries around Europe like the FIDH and national chapters of Oxfam, Greenpeace, Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth.
o > e.g.
§ About ECCJ >
· Members (as of February 2010):
o Austria
§ Netwzerk Soziale Verantwortung NESOVE
o Belgium
§ Research Group for an Alternative Economic Strategy - GRESEA
o Czech Republic
o Denmark
§ 92 Group Forum for Sustainable Development
o European organisations
§ Corporate Europe Observatory CEO
o Finland
o France
§ FCRSE Forum Citoyen pour la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises
o Germany
§ CorA
o International organisations
§ FIDH Fédération Internationales des ligues des droits de l’Homme
o Italy
§ Manitese
o Netherlands
o Norway
§ Forum for Environment and Development (ForUM)
o Poland
o Spain
o Sweden
o Switzerland
o United Kingdom
§ The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition
· SOMO »Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations« (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; English and Dutch versions of website)
· Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition
o The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition’s work is lead by a steering group of Amnesty International UK, Action Aid, Friends of the Earth, TraidCraft, War on Want and WWF (GB).
o The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition’s members believe that in order to improve how UK companies behave, there is a need for:
§ greater transparency of business operations
§ better accountability of businesses for their impacts on people and the environment
§ improved access to justice for victims of harmful corporate conduct
o Many Supporting Organisations (e.g. Charities/Campaigning Organisations, Faith-based Groups, Trade Unions)
· TJM Trade Justice Movement
o »The Trade Justice Movement is a fast growing group of organisations including trade unions, aid agencies, environment and human rights campaigns, fairtrade organisations, faith and consumer groups.«
· Corporate Watch (UK)
· ECCR The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (Oxford, UK)
o »ECCR is an ecumenical organisation and it includes within its membership representatives of many mainstream Christian denominations, corporate agencies of the churches, religious communities and orders, and many interested individuals.«
o > e.g.
§ Links (Faith-based organisations, Corporate and investor responsibility)
· Verdantix is an independent analyst firm. We offer unique strategic and commercial analysis of climate change, sustainability and energy issues. >
o Research >
§ Climate Change Strategy > e.g.
· Green Quadrant Environmental NGOs (UK) (19 November 2009)
o Provider Profiles: Business In The Community, Carbon Disclosure Project, The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Fauna and Flora International, Forrest Stewardship Council, Forum For The Future, Global Action Plan, Green Alliance, Oxfam, Tomorrow’s Company, WWF
o See also related press release at CSRwire:WWF And Forum For The Future Lead The UK Environmental NGO Market (19 November 2009)
§ To help CSR Directors select suitable partners to support their climate change, sustainability and environmental goals a new report from independent research firm Verdantix compares 12 environmental NGOs on 35 criteria.
§ The 3 month study included 30 interviews with FTSE 100 CSR Directors and in-depth discussions with 12 senior managers at NGOs.
· Germanwatch (Germany) >
o Themen > Unternehmensverantwortung, Finanzsektor & Nachhaltigkeit >
§ Unternehmensverantwortung
· econsense »Forum Nachaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Wirtschaft« (Berlin) > e.g.
o CSR Links >
§ Nichtregierungsorganisationen
· Europa >> European Commission >>
o Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities >>
§ What we do > Partners >
· Non-governmental organisations > e.g.
o Related Links:
§ Social Platform = Platform of European Social NGOs > e.g.
· Policy and Action > e.g.
o Corporate Social Responsibility >
§ News
· Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
o Enterprise and Industry >
§ Policy highlights >
· Sustainable and responsible business >
o Corporate social responsibility > e.g.
· Workshops on the disclosure of environmental, social and governance information (September 2009 - February 2010)
o Workshop 3 (4 December 2009): Civil society and NGOs, consumers, media >
§ Workshop 3: Civil society, consumer and media perspectives - Summary of discussions (.pdf, 22 pp.)
o Written submissions from participating organisations in preparation for final workshop:
§ European Coalition for Corporate Justice
§ Transparency International
o Background documents
§ 3. Position papers
§ Multi-stakeholder Forum on CSR > e.g.
· Plenary meeting 2009 = Forum Meeting, February 2009 = “CSR Review meeting” CSR Multi-Stakeholder Forum (10 February 2009, Brussels) >
o Review and recommendations from stakeholder organisations:
§ European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) (.pdf has 5 pp.)
§ Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) (.pdf has 2 pp.)
§ International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) (.pdf has 4 pp.)
§ Research Group for an Alternative Economic Strategy (GRESEA) (.pdf has 2 pp.)
· Solidar (Brussels) »is a European network of social and economic justice non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in development and humanitarian aid, social policy, social service provision and lifelong learning.«
· ACN Active Citizenship Network
o Active Citizenship Network (ACN) is a European network of citizens’ organizations created in November 2001 and promoted by the Italian NGO Cittadinanzattiva.
o ACN aims at contributing to the development of a European Active Citizenship and at promoting the participation of citizens’ organizations in European and national public policies.
o >
§ Corporate citizenship (Building / evaluating CSR partnerships)
· CEO The Corporate Europe Observatory (Netherlands based)
o »is a European-based research and campaign group targeting the threats to democracy, equity, social justice and the environment posed by the economic and political power of corporations and their lobby groups.«
o > also
§ Links
· Worst EU Lobby Awards > 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
· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > e.g.
o Activities >
§ B2B Working Groups >
· Past working groups >
o Multi-Business Partnerships with NGOs
§ CSR Solutions > Search Solutions >
· Select CSR Theme: Business Partnerships
o News
o »Search« might be useful
· CorpWatch »Holding Corporations Accountable« (USA based) > also
o Research Tools >
§ Links
· Green America (USA)
o »Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.«
o > e.g.
§ Programs >
· Living Green, Green Energy, Fair Trade, Climate Action, WoodWise, Boycotts, Sweatshops, Responsible Shopper, Shop & Unshop
· AYS As You Sow (San Francisco, California, USA)
· The Corporate Research Project (USA) is a non-profit center that assists community, environmental and labor organizations in researching and analyzing companies and industries. The Project is designed to be a resource to aid activism.
o Sea Change is a nationally syndicated weekly radio show and podcast on corporate sustainability and accountability.
o Launched in January 2009, the show evolved from Corporate Watchdog Radio, founded by Bill Baue and Sanford Lewis in 2005. Francesca Rheannon joined the CWR team in 2007 as Lewis phased out.
· C4CR Citizens for Corporate Redesign (Minnesota, USA)
o »Mission Statement: To transform the legal purpose of corporations to include responsibility to employees, communities and the environment.«
o > e.g.
§ Links
§ Read the Code = The Model Uniform Code For Corporate Responsibility
· EthicsWorld (USA; Sponsored by the Vogl Foundation)
o »A vibrant, current and inter-active website for views, comments, reports and news on governance, business ethics and anti-corruption in the United States and across the world.«
o > e.g.
§ News
§ Corporate Social Responsibility > e.g.
· SRI World Group >
o SocialFunds.com > News > News Center >> e.g.
§ Michael Conroy on Activist Campaigns and the Certification Revolution (2 June 2008) - SocialFunds writer Bill Baue speaks with Michael Conroy about his new book, Branded! How the “Certification Revolution” is Transforming Global Companies
· Business Ethics Network (Portland, USA)
o »Our strategy is to change the way citizens see corporations by leading a national strategic initiative that unites environmental, health, social justice, labor, community, religious and socially responsible investors in a movement that makes all corporations ethically and legally accountable not only to investors, but to all stakeholders.«
o e.g.
§ »Individuals in our network belong to the following organizations«
· Pollution Probe (Toronto, Ottawa; Canadian environmental organization) > e.g.
o What we do > e.g.
§ Environmental Policy Development > e.g.
· Publications > e.g.
o Comparative Study of Consumer Groups and Environmental NGOs Engaged in International Standards Work (June 2006)
o Defining Corporate Environmental Responsibility. Canadian ENGO Perspectives (October 2005)
· SynTao – Sustainability Solutions (China; Also English version of website) > e.g.
o News
o China CSR Map (or here) >
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· World Bank (Washington, USA) >
o Learning = World Bank Institute (WBI) >>
§ Business, Competitiveness, & Development = WBI Strengthening Responsible Business and Ethics Program
· >??>
o Virtual Resource Centers >
§ Business, NGOs and Development (updated ??)
o Topics >
· UN-NGLS UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service
· UNEP United Nations Environment Programme >
o Other thematic areas >
· Eldis »sharing the best in development policy, practice and research«
o »Search« might be useful
· Business & Human Rights Resource Centre »Tracking the positive and negative impact of over 5100 companies worldwide«
o = Centro de Recursos sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos = Centre de Ressources sur les Entreprises et les Droits de l'Homme
o > e.g.
§ Simple »Search« and »More search options« can be very useful.
§ Browse the online library, by:
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§ Links > e.g.
· Human rights / development / other NGOs
· HRW Human Rights Watch »Defending Human Rights Worldwide« >
o Global Issues >
§ Business
o Campaigns >
§ Economic globalization and human rights
o What we do >
§ Our campaigns >
· foei Friends of the Earth International >
o What We Do
§ Our program on Economic Justice - Resisting Neoliberalism challenges the current economic model by exposing and resisting corporate power and the new Global Europe strategy, while identifying and promoting initiatives that generate sustainable livelihoods.
o Resources >
§ Publications >
· Economic Justice - Resisting Neoliberalism
· Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) >
o Campaigns >
· FoE Friends of the Earth UK >
o Campaigns >
· FoE Friends of the Earth (USA) >
o What We Do >
§ Government and Industry >
· WWF International > e.g.
o What We Do >
§ How We Do This >
o News
· WWF UK >
o What we do >
o »is an international network of civil society organisations promoting corporate accountability. The purpose of OECD Watch is to inform the wider NGO community about policies and activities of the OECD's Investment Committee and to test the effectiveness of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.«
· Global Compact Critics is an informal network of organizations and people with concerns about the UN Global Compact.
· SOMO »Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations« (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; English and Dutch versions of website) > e.g.
o About SOMO >
§ Organisation >
· Partners
· Networks
· Transparency International (based in Berlin, Germany) »The coalition against corruption« > e.g.
o Global Priorities >
§ Private Sector > e.g.
· Business Principles for Countering Bribery
o »aim to provide a practical tool to which companies can look for a comprehensive reference to good practice to counter bribery.«
· Corporate Accountability International (formerly Infact)
· Clean Clothes Campaign »Improving working conditions in the global garment industry«
· Global Witness >
o Campaigns:
§ combating conflict diamonds, natural resources in conflict, ending impunity, forests, corruption in oil, gas and mining, banks and corruption, independent forest monitoring
· International Alert »is an independent, international NGO that works to help build lasting peace in countries and communities affected or threatened by violent conflict.« >>
o Business
· Voiceless - the fund for animals (Paddington, NSW, Australia) >
o make a difference > corporate social responsibility
· NI New Internationalist > e.g.
o Back Issues >> e.g.
§ Corporate Responsibility Unmasked (December 2007)
o »... is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century. Created by the largest global consultation process ever associated with an international declaration, endorsed by thousands of organizations representing millions of individuals, the Earth Charter seeks to inspire in all peoples a sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world.«
· NCI Natural Capital Institute (Sausalito, California, USA) >>
o WiserEarth is an online community space connecting the people, nonprofits and businesses working toward a just and sustainable world
o WiserBusiness (to come??)
· Sundance Channel »a venture of NBC Universal, Showtime Networks Inc and Robert Redford.« > e.g.
o Eco-mmunity >
§ Eco-mmunity Map
· Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States.
· NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council (USA; Headquarters: New York, NY)
o NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
o >
· EDF Environmental Defense Fund (Headquarters: New York, NY)
· Earth Portal is a comprehensive resource for timely, objective, science-based information about the environment. It is a means for the global scientific community to come together to produce the first free, expert-driven, massively scaleable information resource on the environment, and to engage civil society in a public dialogue on the role of environmental issues in human affairs.
· Guardian (UK) >
o Business >
§ A-Z of this site >
o >> e.g.
§ Earthshakers: the top 100 green campaigners of all time (28 November 2006)
· »The Environment Agency has invited experts to name the people who have done most to save the planet«
· Ethical Corporation »Magazine, Conferences, Reports« > e.g.
o Special Reports > e.g.
§ Special Report: NGO Engagement – Effective partnerships – Ten lessons for corporations working with activists (5 April 2007)
o Conferences >> e.g.
§ Business-NGO Partnerships Conferences >> e.g.
· Ethical Corporation Report: Business-NGO Partnerships (.pdf, December 2005, 16 pp.; By: Ben Schiller)
· See also:
o GreenBiz > Engage: Blogs >>
§ How Business-NGO Partnerships Can Transform Markets (July 2006; By: Shilpa Shah)
o »Search« might be useful.
§ >??> Browse By Category > e.g.
· Ethical Supply Chains
· Human Rights & Labour Standards
· Stakeholder & NGO Engagement
§ >> e.g.
· Opinion: NGO engagement: When activists attack (3 June 2010) - Brendan May suggests how to handle an ambush against your brand by a determined campaign group
· Opinion: NGOs and activists - Zealot, hypocrite or genuine article? (30 March 2010) - Brendan May takes a sideways look at the wonderful world of NGOs
· Online activism – Campaigns 2.0 (5 May 2009; By Oliver Balch, Latin America Editor)
o >
· Strategy >
o Business-NGOs: Anatomy of a partnership (26 July 2007; By Jeanette Wiemers)
· EL Environmental Leader »Energy & Environmental News for Business« > e.g.
o More Topics > All Topics >
§ Strategy & Leadership >>
· Visualizing A Green Network (17 February 2009; By Richard Seireeni, President, The Brand Architect Group)
o There’s a vast and growing network that supplies partners, support and a market for aspiring green brands. I discovered this network in the process of interviewing America’s top green business leaders for my new book, The Gort Cloud.
o The gort cloud consists of publications, like Environmental Leader. It also includes green academics, business organizations, NGOs, certifying agencies, special interest groups, green tech, trendspotters, green retailers and, ultimately, eco-conscious consumers.
§ Partnerships > e.g.
· Partnerships that Improve Corporate Responsibility (15 July 2010; By Robert Israel)
· Corporations Turn Environmental Activists Into Allies (23 March 2008)
· GreenBiz.com > e.g.
o Engage:
§ Blogs > e.g.
· 10 Green NGOs Businesses Should Know About (14 June 2010; By Tilde Herrera)
· What Do Environmental Groups Really Want from Business? (29 March 2010; By Gwen Ruta, vice president for Corporate Partnerships at Environmental Defense Fund; Relating to a book titled, "Good Cop/Bad Cop: Environmental NGOs and their Strategies toward Business")
· Building Bridges Between Business and NGOs (7 July 2009)
o >>
§ Tag: Nonprofit
· Triple Pundit >> e.g.
o Building Sustainable Partnerships Between Business and Non-Profits (15 July 2010; By Leslie Back)
· The Economist >> e.g.
o Business and NGOs: Reaching for a longer spoon - The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is straining ties between companies and activists (3 June 2010)
· Business Respect > e.g.
o Newsletter >
§ How the campaign groups now lag behind business and need to catch up (2 June 2009; By Mallen Baker) - If you consider some of the reports of the recent World Business Summit on Climate Change side by side, you would think they covered two different events.
· FT.com Financial Times > e.g.
o Special Reports >> e.g.
§ Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy (5 July 2007) - The FT provides pioneering assessments of leading nongovernmental organisations
· GEMI Global Environmental Management Initiative (Washington, DC, USA) > e.g.
o GEMI Publications > e.g.
§ GEMI-Environmental Defense Fund Guide to Successful Corporate-NGO Partnerships (.pdf, 2008, 36 pp.)
· Dalberg »Global Development Advisors« >
o News > Publications >
§ Business Guide to partnering with NGOs and the United Nations (2007; Executive summary)
· Created in partnership between Dalberg, the UN Global Compact, and the Financial Times
· The Guide provides a market-based assessment of the competencies of partners from the NGO and UN communities.
· Executive summary is available for free (.pdf has 13 pp.)
o See also:
§ CSRwire: Groundbreaking Guide for Businesses Rates NGOs and UN Agencies on Partnership Competence (5 July 2007)
§ GreenBiz: Guide Rates NGOs and UN Agencies on Business Partnership Competence (6 July 2007)
· SelectedWorks >> e.g.
o Selected Works of Maria May Seitanidi (Focusing on Cross Sector Social Partnerships with an emphasis on NonProfit-Business Partnerships)
· Stanford Graduate School of Business (California, USA) >
o Faculty & Research >
§ CSI Center for Social Innovation > e.g.
· More content:
o Magazine = SSIR Stanford Social Innovation Review
§ »Strategies, tools, and ideas for non-profits, foundations, and socially responsible business«
· Policy Innovations »online magazine features ideas for a fairer globalization and a network of innovators.« >
o Ideas > Innovations >
§ Civil Society Activism (12 June 2007; By Richard Calland) - The Demand for Change and Corporate Social Responsibility
· SustainAbility >> e.g.
o Tags: NGO
· CSRwire »The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire« > e.g.
o More Information > Categories >
§ Activism: CSRlive (articles, video, audio and commentary)
o Members
§ CSRwire Members include Corporations, NGOs, Agencies, Universities and Organizations interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, philanthropy and socially responsible initiatives to CRSwire’s global audience and participating in our influential member community.
§ Member Profiles include the organization’s description, contact information and a catalog of news, events and reports.
§ A searchable online resource guide listing more than 2,700 organizations working on all aspects of corporate social responsibility in 105 countries.
§ > e.g.
· Search Category: (60 categories) > e.g.
o Accountability and Monitoring Orgs
o Commodities Orgs & Programs
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o Food & Health Orgs and Programs
o Foundation Associations & Networks
o Foundations
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o Human Rights & Democracy Orgs and Programs
o Human Trafficking & Forced Labor Orgs and Programs
o Labor Orgs & Programs
o Online Interactive Orgs & Platforms
o Partnerships
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o Professional & Pro Bono Orgs and Programs
· Search by Organization Name
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· Search by City (worldwide)
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· You can also
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· Mapeo de Promotores de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial
o Creado en 2004, en su actual etapa el Mapeo de Promotores de RSE cuenta con el apoyo de la Fundación Carolina e incluye Promotores de Argentina, Chile, Colombia y México, y Promotores con alcance latinoamericano.
o >
§ Promotores >
· Ámbito: Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil
· Centre for Excellence on CSR at the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) - the hub of knowledge on CSR-related practices and approaches > e.g.
o Directory >
· Aboriginal/Indigenous Peoples
· Human Rights and International Development
· Environment and Sustainability
· Mining and Natural Resources
· Business, Policy, and CSR
· CSR News (Based in Hückeswagen, Germany) > e.g.
o News = csr-news.net >
§ By Organization >
· NGOs
o Directory = csr-directory.net >
§ By Organization >
· NGOs
· SNEEP Studentisches Netzwerk für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik >
o Wirtschaftsethik >
§ Links (emphasis on Germany, also other) >
o (Allgemeines und Verschiedenes; Konzernkritik und Corporate Accountability; Sozialstandards und Fair Trade; Ethischer/kritischer Verbraucher; Branchen- und themenbezogene NGOs und Kampagnen; Auf einzelne Unternehmen gerichtete NGOs und Kampagnen)
· WMI World Monitors Inc. (New York, USA) »Strategies for Responsible Business Practices in the Global Economy« > Publications & Research >
o NGO Profiler (Table of contents freely available)
§ It provides a comprehensive summary of the policies, activities, and programs of a wide variety of influential NGOs, and is designed for corporations, socially responsible investors (SRIs), and corporate social responsibility (CSR) officers and provides a comprehensive summary of the policies, activities and programs in a variety of influential NGOs engaged in CSR, human rights and environmental advocacy.
· ODP Open Directory Project > e.g.
o Society >
§ Issues >
· Business
o Business >
· The Berne Declaration (also English version of website)
o »is a Swiss non-governmental organization with 19'000 members. Through research, public eduaction and advocacy work, it has promoted more equitable, sustainable and democratic North-South relations since 1968.«
o > also
§ Campaigns >
· Globalization >
o Criticizing Globalization >
§ Public Eye Awards (and here)
· »given to companies that have shown irresponsible social and environmental behaviour.«
o »Our aim is to foster a greater awareness of spin and public relations. We also campaign against the manipulations of the PR industry and work to expose spin techniques such as media management, lobbying, corporate social responsibility, front groups, dirty tricks and spying.«
· One World Trust - making global governance more accountable > e.g.
o Projects > e.g.
§ 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.
· GSI GuideStar International seeks to illuminate the work of every civil society organization (CSO) in the world.
· CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation > e.g.
o What We Do > Civil Society Index (CSI) >
§ Phase 1 (2003-2006) >
o About CSR related issues see next chapters (dimensions) in each individual Country Report:
§ Dimension 2 – Environment
· This dimension examines a variety of factors influencing civil society, including: political, legal, institutional, social, cultural and economic factors as well as the attitudes and behaviour of state and private sector actors towards civil society.
o 7. Private sector - civil society relations
§ Dimension 4 – Impact
· This dimension measures the impact civil society has on people’s lives and on society as a whole.
o 2. Holding state and private corporations accountable
§ Phase 2 (2008-2010)
· GARDE Global Alliance for Responsibility, Democracy and Equity (Czech Republic) >> e.g.
o handbook on CSR = Taking CSR seriously (2006; .pdf has 73 pp.)
§ »intended primarily for all active citizens in non-governmental organizations and trade unions in the new member countries of the European Union«
· ifPeople »Innovation for People« (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) > e.g.
o Learn > Resources > Documents & Downloads > e.g.
· The reports available here are on 13 of the most common and internationally-accepted instruments for promoting socially responsible practices in business (also available in Spanish).
· A unique aspect of this report is its inclusion of how the tool can be used from civil society organizations as well as in businesses.
· The report, prepared by ifPeople, appears as part of the ongoing work of Red Puentes to foster CSR in Latin America.
Responsible Shopping / Ethical Consumerism
· ECRA Ethical Consumer Research Association (Manchester, UK) >
o The Magazine = Ethical Consumer magazine (online version)
§ »the UK's leading alternative consumer magazine, published six times a year by ECRA Publishing Ltd. We tell you everything you need to know, from the social and environmental impacts of a product to the ethical records of the companies that make them.«
o Research Services > e.g.
§ ECIS Research Services: Ethical Consumer's company-rating database Corporate Critic »is a database containing information on the behaviour of over 30,000 companies. It holds data on companies from anywhere in the world. It seeks to collect and categorise information in five main areas: Environment (also environmental reporting), People, Animals, Extras and Product sustainability.«
o Many Links
§ (Peace; Animal Rights; Development, Fairtrade & Human Rights; Environment; Ethical / Anti Consumerism & Multinational links; Other)
· Passionate, irreverent, positive and fun, New Consumer exists to champion fair trade and ethical living throughout the world, and to ultimately change consumer and business behaviour by illustrating the ethical alternative. New Consumer was founded by Mel Young in June 2002.
· The Co-operative Bank (UK) > our ethics > our ethical policy >
§ See also, e.g.:
· Guardian >> e.g.
o Consumers going greener (27 November 2006)
· The Fraser Consultancy is a communications research and strategy company advising clients how best to communicate their corporate values.
o The Ethical Reputation Index is the UK's first consumer opinion survey of corporate ethics.
· Time Out >> e.g.
· Guardian (UK) > e.g.
o Business >
§ Business Sectors >
· Retail
· Food & drink > e.g.
o Eat less meat and dairy: official recipe to help health of consumers – and the planet (11 December 2009) - Shrinking of food and drink industry likely, says report (SDC - Setting the Table)
§ Lord Stern: Vegetarian diet is better for the planet
§ A-Z of this site >
o Environment >
· AccountAbility (London, New York, Washington D.C., Beijing, Sao Paulo) > e.g.
o Research >
§ Consumer Assurance = What Assures? Series
· Defra UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs >
o About Defra >
§ Science, economics & statistics >
· Social research >
o Environmental behaviours (= Defra framework for pro-environmental behaviours)
· Agenda: Social Responsibility in Scotland > e.g.
o Agenda Action > e.g.
§ Agenda Events > e.g.
· Talking CSR with Consumers (2005)
· Consuming for Good? (December 2004)
§ Projects > e.g.
· Consuming for Good? The role of consumers in driving responsible business (2004)
· Ethical Corporation »Magazine, Conferences, Reports« > e.g.
o BrandWatch (??) > e.g.
§ Ethical consumers – Shepherds among the shoppers (9 January 2008; By Giles Gibbons, managing director of Good Business)
o »Search« might be useful.
§ >??> Browse By Category >
· FT.com Financial Times >> e.g.
o Ask the experts: Ethical brands >> e.g.
§ Ethical consumption makes mark on branding (20 February 2007; five-country study by GfK NOP)
· Europa >> European Commission >>
o Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities > e.g.
§ What we do >
· Partners >
o Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
§ News > e.g.
· Corporate Social Responsibility – Benchmarks for Consumers - One-day conference on Monday December 18, 2006 in Brussels
o = Closing Conference of the »CSR and Consumer awareness project«
§ The conference “CSR benchmarks for consumers” will offer an insight into the current approach of social, environmental and ethical concerns in consumer tests.
· Why and how to improve Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) testing for consumers? What shared responsibilities come up in ethical consumption? How to articulate CSR and ethical consumption in a free trade economy?
o Environment >>
§ European Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Policies >
o Enterprise and Industry >
§ Policy highlights >
· Sustainable and responsible business >
o Corporate social responsibility > e.g.
§ Multi-stakeholder Forum on CSR > e.g.
· Plenary meeting 2009 = Forum Meeting, February 2009 = “CSR Review meeting” CSR Multi-Stakeholder Forum (10 February 2009, Brussels) > e.g.
o European Commission activities to promote CSR 2007 - 2008 (.pdf, 24 pp.) >
§ 4. Consumer information and transparency.
· EurActiv >
o Policy Sections >
§ Sustainable Development >
· LinksDossiers >
o Sustainable Consumption & Production
o Mini Sections > e.g.
· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > e.g.
o Activities >
§ B2B Working Groups >
· Sustainable Marketing > e.g.
o Sustainable Marketing Guide (2008; = '4Ps for 3Ps' Guide and Toolkit)
· Imug Institut für Markt-Umwelt-Gesellschaft (Hannover) > e.g.
o Verbraucher + Verantwortung (In German)
· vzbv Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (Berlin) = Federation of German Consumer Organisations
· BMELV Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz
o >>
§ Verbraucherleitfaden zum Thema Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) = Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen: Ein Verbraucherleitfaden zum Thema Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (27 February 2009; .pdf has 32 pp.)
o >>
§ Verantwortung der Verbraucher
· Utopia (Germany) ist das Internetportal für strategischen Konsum und nachhaltigen Lebensstil.
· UmweltDialog ist ein unabhängiger Nachrichtendienst rund um das Thema Nachhaltigkeit und Corporate Social Responsibility. Der UmweltDialog gehört zur Mediengruppe macondo (Münster, Germany). >
o Wirtschaft >
· Justmeans - A Social Media Starting Point for Businesses > e.g.
o News > e.g.
o Topic Specific Forum > Sustainable Lifestyle
· alonovo.com »is a new shopping and information website and a marketforce that joins millions of “responsible buyers” and “ethical shoppers” with “socially responsible” businesses.«
· Green America (USA) > e.g.
o Hot Topics > e.g.
· »provides you with the real story about abuses by well-known companies, gives you actions to promote corporate responsibility, and helps you green your life and world.«
· »Investigate hundreds of companies on a range of issues, including: Sweatshops, Pollution, Ethics, Discrimination and more«, also on Disclosure
· NCL National Consumers League
o Our mission is to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. The National Consumers League is a private, nonprofit advocacy group representing consumers on marketplace and workplace issues. We are the nation's oldest consumer organization.
o NCL provides government, businesses, and other organizations with the consumer's perspective on concerns including child labor, privacy, food safety, and medication information.
· LOHAS »Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability«
o LOHAS describes a market segment focused on health and fitness, the environment, personal development, sustainable living, and social justice.
· NMI The Natural Marketing Institute (USA) »consulting and market research firm« > e.g.
o Tools > e.g.
§ Lifestyles of Health & Sustainability (LOHAS) Database
· New American Dream (Takoma Park, MD)
o The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice.
· Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship >
o News & Events > Blogs & Newsletter > E-Newsletter > February 2007 >
§ The Other CSR (= consumer social responsibility (CnSR))
· Consumers often say they want to be socially responsible when it comes to buying food, clothing, office supplies, and the like. But consumers’ noble sentiments are not often reflected in their actions at the checkout.
· GreenBiz.com >
o > News > e.g.
§ Taboo Talk in Green Business: Buy Less Stuff (22 December 2008; By Joel Makower)
§ Green-Minded Shoppers May Bring a Shift to 'Black Friday' (21 November 2007)
o Browse:
§ Marketing & Communications >
· Related Tags:
· Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward (Blog) > e.g.
o Green Marketing > e.g.
§ Will Radical Transparency Save the Earth? (16 June 2009; Relating to the Ecological Intelligence, the new book by Daniel Goleman)
§ News Flash: 110% of Consumers Shop Green! (10 January 2008)
§ What's Behind the Green Consumer Research? (16 September 2007)
§ 'Climate Counts' Reveals Which Companies Are Walking the Walk (19 June 2007) >
· Climate Counts - nonprofit initiative to rate major consumer brands on their climate commitments and performance
o You can view the individual company ratings alphabetically, by ranking, or by sector.
o See also
§ related sites:
· GoodGuide strives to provide the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of products and companies.
· The Greenwash Brigade >> e.g.
o Hot pix: green monitoring sites from the Greenwash Brigade (8 January 2008)
· Do the Right Thing (rank companies by impact)
· Enviromedia Social Marketing >>
o EnviroMedia Greenwashing Index
· ConsumerReports.org (published by Consumers Union, an expert, independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves. To achieve this mission, we test, inform, and protect.)
· Greenopia (Santa Monica, CA) >
o Product Ratings
o Brand Ratings
· Project Label »people-powered company nutrition labels«
· CSRHUB - a website that aggregates and organizes data and knowledge on the social, environmental and governance performance of companies to provide ratings to the marketplace.
§ Related article:
· At CSRwire: Guiding Companies -- and Consumers -- to Sustainability (18 August 2009; By Bill Baue)
§ The Many Shades of the Eco-LOHAS-Sustainable-Green Consumer (28 May 2007)
· EL Environmental Leader »Energy & Environmental News for Business« > e.g.
o All Topics > e.g.
§ Business-to-Consumer > e.g.
· Consumer Spending On Green Will Double, Reach $500 Billion In 2008 (28 September 2007)
· Has U.S. Reached Green Turning Point? Depends Which Survey You Read (23 August 2007)
§ Green Marketing > e.g.
· Consumers go to Energy Star, Consumer Reports Web Sites for Info on ‘Green’ Products (15 April 2010)
o A national survey finds that consumers are most likely to visit Web sites from Energy Star and Consumer Reports in order to get more information about “green” products or manufacturers, according to the latest EcoPulse survey from the Shelton Group.
· CSRwire »The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire«
o More Information > Categories >
§ Fair Trade
§ Health & Wellness
§ Green Products & Services
o CSR Directory >
§ Search category:
· Online Consumer Ratings Orgs
o >> e.g.
§ CSRwire and Changents.com to launch Generation Change (15 June 2010) - Program unites top corporate citizens with the world’s most exciting Change Agents in support of each other.
§ Every Dollar Makes A Difference: The Better World Shopping Guide (15 October 2008) - Completely revised and updated version of this 40,000-copy bestseller by Ellis Jones
§ New Research Reveals a Substantial Discrepancy Between What Consumers "Say" and Actually "Do" When It Comes to Living a Green Lifestyle (6 March 2007)
· Sustainable brand development firm, egg, releases new study indicating changes in green consumer landscape
· Corporate Knights Magazine – The Canadian Magazine For Responsible Business > e.g.
o Magazine Issues
o Reports >
§ Green Consumer Guide - The guide for responsible consumers
· NBS Network for Business Sustainability (The Network office is located at Richard Ivey School of Business, London, Ontario, Canada) >
o Knowledge >
· The purpose of this section is to provide authoritative and trustworthy information on both the supply and demand side of socially conscious consumerism.
· Provictus (Canada) is a Toronto-based consulting firm that helps small- and medium-sized companies lead from their mission and values. >
o Articles & Resources >
§ Proviction – Leadership Blog >
· Ethical Consumerism: Whatever You Do, Remember This! (19 October 2009)
· 22 Tools and Resources to Be a Better Consumer (16 October 2009)
· Empower Yourself to Be a Responsible Consumer (13 October 2009)
· Expand Your Buying Criteria; Save the World (12 October 2009)
· How to Be a Smarter Consumer: Be Selfish! (6 October 2009)
· Guide to Ethical Consumerism (5 October 2009; By Nick C. Morris)
· Ecolabel Index >
· UNEP United Nations Environment Programme >
o >
§ Resource efficiency > e.g.
· UNEP’s Work >
o Influencing Consumer Choices
o Other thematic areas > Business & Industry > Division of Technology, Industry and Economics > DTIE Division of Technology, Industry and Economics > Branches > Sustainable Consumption and Production > Further information >
§ Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch (SCP Branch) >
· Themes >
· Initiatives >
o youthXchange - An essential and complete toolkit to train and teach on sustainable lifestyles (directly to dedicated website)
§ UNEP/UNESCO youthXchange has been chosen as an educational tool on sustainable consumption for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development >
o Business Role >
§ Overview >
o Consumers & Consumption:
§ Sustainable Consumption Fact & Trends From a Business Perspective (December 2008; .pdf has 40 pp.)
· See also
o related article at Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward: Pondering the Sustainable Consumption Conundrum (27 December 2008)
· Consumers International > e.g.
o Programmes > e.g.
§ Corporate Social Responsibility
· GRI Global Reporting Initiative > e.g.
o News & Events >>
§ “To buy or not to buy” - The Consumer Case for Sustainability Reporting (18 October 2007) - Why should consumers buy into sustainability reporting?
· The Jus Semper Global Alliance: The Living Wages North and South Initiative (TLWNSI) = La Iniciativa Salarios Dignos Norte y Sur (LISDINYS) >
o Publications >
§ Consumer >
· How Sustainable is Our Latte? (May 2007; .pdf has 106 pp.) - An Assessment of Trends and Standards in Fair-Trade From the Perspective of a New Truly Sustainable People and Planet-Centred Paradigm
· Consumer Power in the Logic of the Market – Real and direct democracy in pursuit of CSR (December 2004; .pdf has 20 pp.; An essay by Alvaro de Regil)
o »The main argument of the paper is that because governments are not in the position to making CSR a comprehensive, mandatory and sustainable business practice, consumer power has to do that instead.«
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