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· ASrIA Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia
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o The AMRC seeks to become a strategic research, education, and information resource partner of the broad Asian labour movement in the struggle for decent jobs, equality, and dignity for Asian working men and women.
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o >
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· TBLI Group (Triple Bottom Line Investing; Amsterdam, The Netherlands) > e.g.
o TBLI Conference > TBLI Asia
· Greenleaf Publishing >> The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (JCC) > e.g.
o Issue 24: A special theme issue on Corporate Social Responsibility in Emerging Economies (India, Malaysia, Pakistan; To purchase)
· The Aspen Institute (USA) >
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§ CasePlace > e.g.
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o Directory = csr-directory.net >
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o Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (The committee is established by the (ASIC) Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001.) > Completed inquiries >
§ Corporate responsibility: Managing risk and creating value (Date Completed: 21 June 2006)
· CAMAC Corporations and Market Advisory Committee (Australia) >
o Reports >
§ The social responsibility of corporations (.pdf, December 2006, 182 pp.)
· The Australian government is studying how best to induce corporate social responsibility (CSR), weighing the balance between regulatory requirements, voluntary incentives, and market-based inducements.
§ Summary of submissions (.pdf, December 2006, 92 pp.)
o Submissions >
§ Corporate social responsibility: Summary of submissions and individual submissions
· PMCBP The Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership (Australia) = Research and Publications from the former Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership
· Australian Human Rights Commission >
o Human Rights > Human Rights Issues >
§ Corporate Social Responsibility
· St James Ethics Centre (Sydney, Australia)
o St James Ethics Centre is a fully independent, not-for-profit organisation which provides a non-judgemental forum for the promotion and exploration of ethics.
o The Ethics Centre's mission is to encourage and assist individuals and organisations to include the ethical dimension in their daily lives, and thereby help to create a better world.
o > e.g.
§ Ethics Centre projects:
· Responsible Business Practice = The HUB of responsible business practice in Australia
o Funded by the Federal Government, through Treasury, this website has been designed as a consolidated space for engagement, interaction and connectivity to help build communities of responsible business practice in Australia.
· CRI Corporate Responsibility Index
· ACCSR Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility
o ACCSR helps organisations create lasting value through responsible business strategies and productive stakeholder relationships. We are Australia’s leading management consultancy wholly dedicated to building competitive advantage and stakeholder wealth through corporate social responsibility.
· MOSS Models of Success & Sustainability (Australia)
o Seeded as an initiative from Australia’s Inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Summit (30 November – 2 December 2005), MOSS has been developed in consultation with key Australian stakeholders to support business through education, training and advice to drive sustainability and competitive business success through best practice in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
· HPO Haystac Positive Outcomes (South Melbourne, Australia)
o The HPO team have extensive experience in the areas of high-level strategy development, project management, program development, public relations, media relations, professional writing and editing, and CSR consulting.
o HPO also manages the Australian/NZ arm of the London Benchmarking Group (LBG)
· Net Balance & Net Balance Foundation (Melbourne - head office, Australia)
· CPA Australia (Certified Public Accountants) >
o >
§ News & media > also
· Publications >
o INTHEBLACK >??>
§ October 2008 (Sustainability is the focus of articles)
o Knowledge portals >
§ Environmental, social and governance > e.g.
o Corporate reporting pulse surveys
o Policy and research topics:
o Ethical Investor is owned and published by Lifecraft Pty Ltd. Our mission is to set the agenda, facilitate thought-leadership and build audiences for Australian business and investors in the sustainability arena.
· SIRIS Sustainable Investment Research Institute (Australia) is a dedicated, specialist research group, providing sustainability and governance investment research and investment product manufacture.
· Corporate Citizen – Australia's Responsible Business Magazine
· The Edmund Rice Business Ethics Initiative (Croydon, NSW, Australia) »exists to promote a conversation between business and the community on the subject of values and ethics in the workplace.
· BCA Business Council of Australia > e.g.
o Policy Agenda > e.g.
§ Corporate Community Investment (The report released in June 2007 has 149 pp.)
· ACCPA Australian Centre for Corporate Public Affairs
o ACCPA is a membership-based organisation comprising major corporations and organisations, many trading internationally, in Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
o Established in 1990, it is the only organisation of its type in the Asia Pacific region to support, advance and research corporate public affairs as a management function, encompassing government, media and stakeholder relations, corporate social responsibility/corporate citizenship, issues management, internal communications and reputation management.
· AISEA Australian Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability (??)
· »Pro Bono Australia's aim is twofold: to facilitate and increase the level of Philanthropy in Australia and to give Not for Profit organisations the resources they need to run effectively.«
· The Aspen Institute (USA) >
o Our Policy Work > Business and Society Program >> Center for Business Education (Aspen CBE) > CasePlace > Browse by Category > Region >
· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > e.g.
o Activities > CSR Solutions > Search Solutions >
§ Select Place of Implementation: Australia (9 solutions by December 2007)
· Centre for Business and Sustainable Development at Massey University (New Zealand) > e.g.
o Research Programme > e.g.
§ (annual, biannual; since 1999) Survey of Corporate Environmental and Social Responsiveness in New Zealand
· Included also short »Corporate Social Responsibility Section« (since 2005)
· Nippon Keidanren (= Japan Business Federation) > e.g.
o What's new
o Policy Proposals >
§ Corporate Social Responsibility > also
· Council for Better Corporate Citizenship (CBCC)
· Keizai Doyukai = Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Also English version of website) > e.g.
o Policy Proposals > e.g.
§ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Japan:Current Status and Future Challenges -CSR Survey 2003 (16 January 2004)
§ The 15th Corporate White Paper on " 'Market Evolution' and CSR Management:Toward Building Integrity and Creating Stakeholder Value" (26 March 2003)
· NLI Research Institute (Tokyo, Japan; Also English website) > e.g.
o Socioeconomics >
§ 2005 > e.g.
· The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in Japan -- How CSR "Swells" Have Impacted Corporate Values (Part 2; 30 May 2005; By: Masahiko Kawamura)
§ 2004 > e.g.
· The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in Japan -- Parallels with the History of Corporate Reform (Part 1; 24 May 2004; By: Masahiko Kawamura)
§ 2003 > e.g.
· Japanese Companies Launch New Era of CSR Management in 2003 (6 August 2003; By: Masahiko Kawamura)
§ 2002 > e.g.
· How Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Could Redefine Corporate Excellence in the 21st Century (2 January 2002; By: Masahiko Kawamura)
o Organization >
§ Social Development Research Group
· BERC Business Ethics Research Center (Japan; In Japanese only)
· The Reitaku University Business Ethics and Compliance Research Center (R-BEC; Also English version of website)
· CSR Archives (In Japanese only; updated ??)
· GEF Global Environmental Forum (Japan; Also English version of website) > e.g.
o Activities >
§ Environment and Economy > e.g.
· Network for Sustainability Communication (NSC)
· Corporate Social Responsibilities(CSR) in the Developing Regions
§ (more in Japanese)
· BISD Business Institute for Sustainable Development (Korea; Also English version of website) > e.g.
o BISD Symposium
· The Korea Times >> e.g.
o UNGC Campaigns for Transparent Management (17 September 2007; By Kim Sue-young) - Implementing UN Global Compact Important Mission for Korea
o Firms Take Higher Social Responsibility Profile (16 September 2007; By Ryu Jin)
· EthicsWorld >
o Corporate Social Responsibility > Surveys and Trends >
§ CSR Trends in South Korea (4 September 2008; Relating to SolAbility research)
· SolAbility is a Swiss-Korean Joint Venture, combining traditional Korean business values with the latest emerging sustainability trends.
· SynTao – Sustainability Solutions (China; Also English version of website)
o SynTao is a consulting company that focuses on promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR) and socially responsible investment (SRI) in China.
o We have offices in Beijing and Washington DC.
o SynTao is operating four CSR related websites:
§ SynTao
§ China CSR Map (or here) >
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§ China Sustainability Reporting Resource Center
· ChinaCSR.com »News & Views on Corporate Social Responsibility in China«
o »provides news and information devoted to helping corporate social responsibility professionals act on new trends and forge new paths of their own.«
o »is an online publication of BDL Media Ltd.«
· CSR-China.net China WTO Tribune's Development Center for Chinese CSR (Also English version)
· Sino-German Corporate Social Responsibility Project (Partners: GTZ & Department of WTO Affairs, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China) > also
· CSRchina.net »Supporting Sustainable Business in China« (Also Chinese version of website)
o Established by SourceAsia Ltd (Oxford, UK) and the PDA Network (Guangzhou, China). Sponsored by the British Council.
· China Corporate Social Responsibility Alliance (CSRA; or here) is an independent organization in China to raise ethical business awareness and provide solutions to ensure sustainability in supply chain. Our team consists of a group of experienced compliance experts who have a strong passion and belief in fair labor and sustainability.
· RSCA Responsible Supply Chain Association (also English version) > e.g.
o CSC9000T (China Social Compliance 9000 for Textile & Apparel Industry)
· CLW China Labor Watch
· CSRLaws = China Center for Labor and Environment (Launched by Intertek)
o Each subscription provides access to our comprehensive database of labor related and environmental law for mainland China.
o The People's Republic of China Labor Contract Law was promulgated on 29 June 2007, after months of controversy and deliberation in draft form.
· USCBC The US-China Business Council >
o Core Issues > Corporate Social Responsibility
§ See also related page at Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
· AmCham Shanghai >
· CFCSR Chinese Federation for Corporate Social Responsibility (only Chinese website)
· China Committee of Corporate Citizenship (only Chinese website)
· CEC/CEDA China Enterprise Confederation & China Enterprise Directors Association (Also English version of website)
· csrforum.com.cn (website in Chinese only)
· CBLF China Business Leaders Forum
· CBCSD China Business Council for Sustainable Development (Also English version)
· The Center for International Business Ethics (CIBE) is a non-governmental organization located in Beijing, China and hosted by the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).
· Social Resources Institute (SRI) - CSR Global (Beijing, China)
o SRI is a non-profit research institute with its actions and research centering on CSR and sustainability of non-profit sectors. SRI takes the initiative in encouraging the participation of CSOs in CSR, enriching the resources and extending the space of civil society.
o »Search« might be useful >> e.g.
§ CSR guideline spurs sustainable development (14 April 2008; By Liu Jie)
§ HK firms 'blind' to social responsibility (13 November 2007; By Nicole Wong)
· The survey of attitudes toward corporate social responsibility (CSR) was jointly organized by the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education (CPCE) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
§ CSR begins to take solid shape (27 October 2006)
· »Corporate social responsibility, or CSR, is creating a buzz in China's business world like never before. From NGOs to government institutions to the private sector, everyone's talking about it.«
§ Study: CSR boosts business (18 March 2006)
§ Corporate social responsibility in China (13 May 2005)
§ Sustainable reports make firms reliable (8 November 2004)
· Fortune China published a special edition on CSR for its August 2006 issue (In Chinese only).
o See also (at Business & Human Rights website):
§ short unofficial summary translations in English
· China Development Brief »Reporting the latest news on China's social development«
o »The China Development Brief publishes a monthly, electronic newsletter that reports on environment, development and civil society in China to a readership of decision and opinion makers in international development agencies, NGOs, research academies, policy think-tanks and mass media.«
o > e.g.
§ Corporate Social Responsibility
· Eldis »aims to share the best in development, policy, practice and research.« >
o Topics > Resource Guides > Corporate responsibility > Key issues >
§ Corporate responsibility in China
· Ethical Corporation »Magazine, Conferences, Reports« > e.g.
o Resources >
§ Podcasts > e.g.
· China briefing podcast four: Corporate responsibility and big companies in China (February 2010)
· China briefing podcast three: CR and being a Chinese factory owner
· China briefing podcast two: Chinese civil society, NGOs and the government
· China briefing podcast one: CR in China and the recession
o Special Reports > e.g.
§ Business responsibility - The China model (19 December 2005; By: Ben Schiller, Europe writer)
· »As Chinese companies “go global”, campaigners are increasingly concerned about Beijing’s model of international development«
o By Invitation > e.g.
§ Positives and negatives – 2006, a good year for China obsessives (12 January 2007)
o Columnists > e.g.
§ Ethical practices in China – Outsourcing responsibility doesn’t work (6 September 2007; By Chandran Nair, founder and chief executive of Global Institute for Tomorrow)
o EC Research >
§ Reports >
o Conducting ethical business in China >
§ Counter Supply Chain Corruption in China
§ Anti-corruption, Ethics and Compliance in China
§ See also
· related article at SocialFunds: Corruption in China Proves Difficult to Uproot, But Corporations Can Mitigate Issue in Their Supply Chains (8 April 2009)
· BSR Business for Social Responsibility (Headquartered in San Francisco; Offices in Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong) > e.g.
o Research >
§ Research & Innovation:
· Reports >>
o Sustainable Investment in China 2009 (September 2009; Commissioned by the International Finance Corporation (IFC))
o Building Capabilities to Implement CSR Management Systems at ICT Suppliers in China (July 2008; .pdf has 51 pp.)
o Water Management in China’s Apparel and Textile Factories (April 2008)
o Beyond Compliance: Assessing Water Management Practices and Opportunities in Chinese Apparel Factories (April 2008)
o CSR in China's Information and Communication Technology Sector (July 2007; .pdf has 92 pp.; Also Chinese version of the report)
§ Publications:
· China Sustainable Investment (September 2009; .pdf has 133 pp.)
o Also: China Sustainable Investment newsletter
· Leading Perspectives >
o Fall 2008: Leading Perspectives on Corporate Responsibility in China (bilingual) (.pdf, 20 pp.)
o Winter 2007/2008: Leading Perspectives on Corporate Responsibility in China (bilingual) (.pdf, 16 pp.)
o Summer 2006: CSR in China (special bilingual edition) (.pdf, 40 pp.)
§ Initiatives:
o Blog >
§ Label: China
§ >> e.g.
· Occupational Health and Safety Challenges in China’s Manufacturing Sector (8 June 2010; By Keanu Zhang)
· New Policy to Address Corporate Philanthropy in China (18 December 2009; By Pei Bin)
· Is China’s Rise a Threat or Opportunity? (25 November 2009; By Xin Zhuo)
· Building Effective Labor Relations in China (18 November 2009; By Pei Bin)
o See also
§ related press release at CSRwire: BSR Expands Global Reach with New Offices in Beijing and New York, New Leadership in Europe (3 June 2008)
· Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship > e.g.
o News & Events > Blogs & Newsletter > E-Newsletter > February 2008 >
§ Why China Will Define the Future Corporate Citizenship (By Christopher C. Pinney, Director of Executive Education)
· The Aspen Institute (Headquarters in Washington, DC; Aspen, Colorado) > e.g.
o Our Policy Work >
§ Business and Society Program >>
· Center for Business Education (Aspen CBE) >
o Business and Faculty Networks:
§ China Program = The Aspen Institute’s Chinese Business School Initiatives
o Academic Resources:
· Where Will They Lead? China 2008 MBA Student Attitudes about Business & Society was released in June, 2008 (.pdf has 44 pp.; 748 students attending leading business schools in China were surveyed).
· SustainAbility >>
o Tags: China
· AccountAbility >> e.g.
o Responsible Competitiveness in China 2009: Seizing the low carbon opportunity for green development (November 2009)
§ Report is available in English (.pdf has 98 pp.) and in simplified Chinese
§ This report was researched and written by AccountAbility and the China WTO Tribune, with support from the Sino Swedish CSR Cooperation Project, China's only ministerial-level CSR cooperation
· OECD >>
o OECD Investment Policy Reviews: China 2008 >
§ Chapter 4: Encouraging Responsible Business Conduct in China (.pdf, 114 pp.)
· European Commission >>
o Information Centre >
§ Quality & Standards >
· CSR
· CEIBS China Europe International Business School >
o The website is a result of a project that has been supported financially by the EU programm called Asia Invest.
· ORSE Observatoire sur la Responsabilité Sociétale des Entreprises (France; also English version of website) >> e.g.
o Corporate Social Responsibility in China (.pdf, October 2006, 58 pp.; In English; In partnership with CSR Europe)
· CSR Europe >
o News >> e.g.
§ CSR in China - building responsible competitiveness (28 May 2009)
· Imug Institut für Markt-Umwelt-Gesellschaft (Hannover) >
o CSR + Stakeholder >
§ CSR in China (In German)
· SocialFunds.com >
o News > News Center >> e.g.
§ US-based Verite Helps Build Coalitions to Improve Working Conditions in China (10 December 2008)
§ Bank of China International Investment Managers Launches First SRI Fund in China (6 June 2006; By: Bill Baue)
· BankTrack »is a network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the private financial sector (commercial banks, investors, insurance companies, pension funds) and its effect on people and the planet.« >
o focus >
· Worldwatch Institute (Washington, D.C., USA) »Independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.« >
o Online Features > China Watch >
§ Choose a category: Business
· ResponsibleChina.com »A blog about environmental sustainability, social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility in Greater China«
· Crossroads »A Review of Corporate Social Responsibility in China«
· Global Asia »A journal of the East Asia Foundation« >>
o Winter 2007 Issue (Raising the Heat: Asia Confronts Climate Change) > e.g.
§ Corporate Social Responsibility with an Asian Face (.pdf, 8 pp.; By Aron Cramer and Jeremy Prepscius)
· GIFT The Global Institute for Tomorrow (Hong Kong based; Founder: Chandran Nair) »is an Asian policy think tank and a platform for debate on global issues and the business, socio- and geo-political drivers.«
· Community Business (Hong Kong) is a charity committed to working with companies on corporate social responsibility in Hong Kong.
· HK (Hong Kong) BEC Business Environment Council (WBCSD Regional Partner) > e.g.
o Focuses and Services >
§ Corporate Responsibility
· Oxfam Hong Kong
· Corporate Social Responsibility in Taiwan
o As a holistic and sustainable approach to bring forward the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) movement in Singapore, the National Tripartite Initiative (NTI) on CSR was launched in May 2004 by Mr Cedric Foo, Chairman of SPRING Singapore and Minister of State for Defence…
o …The national steering committee has since founded a society known as Singapore Compact for CSR, in bringing the CSR movement forward.
· The CSR MalaysiaTM Community Portal is a unique forum which aims to identify and promote a clear understanding of the CSR issues that concern all stakeholders in Malaysia.
· Bursa Malaysia (The Exchange) >
o About Us > Organisation >
§ CSR
· EMIT CSR = European-Malaysian Alliance and Capacity Building of Malaysian Intermediary Institutions in European Management Information Systems (MIS) to Enhance Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Export Oriented Malaysian SMEs (Project duration: January 2007 – August 2008)
· OWW Consulting (Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur and Singapore-based)
o »a specialist Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) research company«
· The Edge Daily >> e.g.
o CSR moves from option to necessity (17 March 2008; By Kathleen Tan)
o CSR challenges for Malaysian PLCs (23 November 2007; By Sharon Tan)
· The Star Online (Malaysia) >> e.g.
o CR needs to be driven from the top (31 October 2009; By Eugene Mahalingam)
o Propelling corporate responsibility awareness (15 August 2009; By Elaine Ang and Eugene Mahalingam)
o Local corporate social responsibility not good enough (14 August 2009; By Vanmala Subramaniam)
o CR-ucial link to business growth (16 August 2008; By Eugene Mahalingam)
o Report: Local listed firms still lagging in CSR (8 April 2008; Relating to the CSR 2007 status report commissioned by Bursa Malaysia)
o Pushing for CR reform (26 April 2008; By Chan Ching Thut)
o The next wave of CSR (3 September 2007; By Susan Tam)
· The CSR Digest is Malaysia’s pioneer publication in corporate social responsibility and sustainable and responsible investment and development. The online web magazine explores corporate behavior in the marketplace, workplace, community and environment, revealing exemplary as well as regrettable performances of businesses.
· CSR International (London) »is a community interest company, conceived in 2008 and formally launched in March 2009 by social entrepreneur, writer and academic, Wayne Visser« > e.g.
o Blog > e.g.
§ The State of CSR in Malaysia: A Supply Chain Time Bomb? (10 April 2010; By Wayne Visser)
· KIAsia Kenan Institute Asia (Bangkok, Thailand) »strives to be a US-Thai institute of excellence that brings together the resources and skills of the private sector, governments, and universities to promote sustainable partnerships in Asia for economic development.«
· CSRI Corporate Social Responsibility Institute (Thailand)
· Bangkok Post (Thailand) >> e.g.
o Poll: Ethics, sufficiency, environment key concerns (11 August 2008; Relating to the Thailand Corporate Excellence Survey 2007)
· PBSP Philippine Business for Social Progress
· AIM Asian Institute of Management (Philippines) > e.g.
o Research Centers > e.g.
§ AIM-HGC Hills Governance Center
§ AIM-RVR Ramon V. del Rosario, Sr. Center for Corporate Responsibility
· Newsbreak (Philippines) >
o News > Business/Economy > e.g.
§ Getting Out of Public Relations and Philanthropy (10 December 2007) - Newsbreak survey on CSR in the Philippines shows that it is still largely experimental
§ >>
· Corporate Social Responsibility in the Philippines site
· Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility
· IBL Indonesia Business Links »Resource Centre for Corporate Citizenship«
· NCSR National Center for Sustainability Reporting (Jakarta, Indonesia; Or here)
o NCSR has been declared on June 23, 2005 by 5 (five) major independent organizations which are the Indonesian Management Accountants Institute (IAMI / prev. IAI-KAM), the Indonesian-Netherlands Association (INA), National Committee on Governance (KNKG), Forum for Corporate Governance in Indonesia (FCGI) and the Public Listed Companies Association (AEI).
· Latest Trends in Social & Environmental Responsibilities in Europe (LASER; Secretariat: Nagpur, Maharashtra, India) is an initiative within the European Union’s Asia Invest Programme. (updated ??)
o The Programme provides assistance to intermediary organizations to facilitate mutually beneficial partnerships between EU and Asian companies, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…
· CSM Centre for Social Markets (India) »is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to making markets work for the triple bottom line - people, planet and profit.«
· PiC Partners in Change (India) »Making Corporate Social Responsibility Your Business«
· BCF The Business & Community Foundation (India)
· CII Confederation of Indian Industry > e.g.
o Centres of Excellence > e.g.
§ CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
o Strategic Partners > e.g.
§ India Partnership Forum (IPF) »Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue for Promoting CSR« (updated ??)
o >??>
§ Social Initiatives (updated ??)
· FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry > e.g.
o Media Room > e.g.
§ Speeches and Presentations
o Portals > e.g.
§ FICCI-SEDF Socio Economic Development Foundation
· WCFCG The World Council for Corporate Governance
o »was established as an independent, not for profit international network aimed to galvanise good governance practices worldwide. It was eastablished at the first International Conference on Corporate Governance held in January 2001 in New Delhi.«
· ACCG Asian Centre for Corporate Governance (Mumbai, India) = Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability (ACCGS)
· IOD Institute of Directors
o »is a registered non-profit apex association of company directors committed to improving the competitiveness of Indian Business through development of its leadership.«
· TERI The Energy and Resources Institute (India)
· TERI-BCSD (Business Council for Sustainable Development; India)
· India Resource Center (Ex CorpWatch India) »works to support movements against corporate globalization in India«
· IndianNGOs.com > e.g.
o Corporates = CSR (access to some pages only to members)
· Center for Social Responsibility (Or here; New Delhi, India)
· CSRWorld »CSRWorld is a Social Accountability firm in India.«
· SustainAbility >
o Consulting Services > Emerging Economies Program > India
o >>
§ Tags: India
· BT >
o Society & environment > Better World for business > BT Sustainable Development Index
§ Developed in partnership with GlobeScan - an independent public opinion and stakeholder research company - the SDI is an annual survey of senior opinion leaders and IT employees.
· DIE Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik = GDI German Development Institute (Bonn, Germany) >> e.g.
o Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility in India – Assessing the UN Global Compact’s Role (.pdf, 2007, 134 pp.; By Tatjana Chahoud et al.)
· UNRISD UN Research Institute for Social Development >>
o The Political Economy of Corporate Responsibility in India (November 2006; .pdf has 82 pp.)
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o Potential One (Founder: Elaine Cohen) and Arkada Initiatives (Founder: Liad Ortar) merged to form BeyondBusiness in January 2009
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§ Socially committed with a strategic vision… (By Jamal Haddad)
§ Palestine’s Companies Are Generous, But Is Their Giving Effective?
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· Tamkeen Development & Management Consulting (Saudi Arabia) is a company specialized in the field of human, social and economic development. It is the first company to cater professional Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. > e.g.
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§ Saudi Companies in the 21st Century (CSR Study; February 2007; .pdf has 50 pp.)
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· TKYD Türkiye Kurumsal Yönetim Derneği = Corporate Governance Association of Turkey
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§ The role of social responsibility in Turkey's EU accession - Why Turkish businesses must adopt CSR (2005; .pdf has 11 pp.; By: Michael, B.; Öhlund, E. / Oxford Business Knowledge)
§ Implementing CSR programmes in Turkish companies: how to do it and why (2005; Word doc. has 4 pp.; Authors: Michael, B.; Riedmann, J.; Dinler, S.)
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