· Responsible Business (17 March 2008) - Report launched on Responsible Business to look at ways companies can play a central role in securing a better future for British society. >

o A light but effective touch - Final report of the Conservative Party working group on responsible business (March 2008; .pdf has 24 pp.)

§ See also related post by Mallen Baker: Dealing in responsibility (19 March 2008)

§ Ethical Corporation >

· Politics: Rebalancing the market – How government can better encourage responsible business (10 April 2008) - Ethical Corporation Institute directors Toby Webb and Peter Davis describe how responsible business could be enhanced by a future Conservative government in the UK

· CBI Confederation of British Industry >

o Sitemap > Policy Work > e.g.

§ Corporate social responsibility

· BCC British Chambers of Commerce > e.g.

o Policy > Policy Topics > Business & Your Community

· Small Business Journey (SMEs) is a way for small businesses to realise more value by behaving responsibly.

· UK Network of the UN Global Compact

· BCSD-UK Business Council for Sustainable Development – United Kingdom (WBCSD member)

· BITC Business in the Community

· BITC Business in the Community >

o What we do > Where we work >

§ Northern Ireland

· SBC Scottish Business in the Community

· Agenda: Social Responsibility in Scotland

· Tomorrow’s Company »is a not-for-profit research and agenda-setting organisation committed to creating a future for business which makes equal sense to staff, shareholders, and society.«

· LBF London Business Forum »holds events covering a huge variety of business topics and featuring some of the world's leading experts and gurus.«

· Personal website of David Grayson

· MallenBaker.net

· BITC Business in the Community >

o Resources > Training >

§ CSR Academy

· Launched in 2004 by Trade and Industry Minister Stephen Timms, supports companies develop the skills and competences to integrate CSR into their businesses.

· EABIS European Academy of Business in Society > e.g.

o Education > Directory >

§ Search by country >

· United Kingdom

· Ashridge Business School >

o Research & Faculty >

§ Ashridge Centre for Business and Society > e.g.

· Corporate Responsibility Research

· The University of Nottingham >>

o ICCSR International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility

· Cranfield University >> Cranfield School of Management >

o Research > Research Centres >

§ Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility

· SRRNet Social Responsibility Research Network

o This site is managed by David Crowther, Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

· European Business Ethics Network >

o EBEN UK

· IBE Institute of Business Ethics

· CORE The Corporate Responsibility Coalition

· Friends of the Earth (FoE) UK >

o Campaigns > Corporates

· Amnesty International UK >

o What we do > Our campaigns >

§ Business and Human Rights

· csrnetwork »is a consultancy that helps companies around the world do business in a responsible way.«

· Next Step Consulting is a London-based consultancy specialising in corporate environmental and social communications, policy and strategy... We bring a major resource to the field, a unique free on-line directory of global corporate reporting:

o CorporateRegister.com is a global directory of CSR related resources, currently incorporating:

§ CSR Report Directory - The world's largest online directory of company issued CSR, Sustainability, and Environment reports from around the world.

§ etc.

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o »We are strategic advisors on risk associated with business responsibility, typically in the areas of governance, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development.«

· Sd3 »We are specialist business sustainability advisors. We work with a range of organisations ranging from the world's largest industrial corporation to local authorities, government and NGO's.«

· NCBS National Centre for Business and Sustainability (Manchester)

o »is a solutions-oriented consultancy, set up to help organisations improve their environmental and social performance in ways which make business sense.«

· CO3 »A unique and specialised communications service« (London, UK)

o »The company is a member organisation of Community Action Network (CAN) and Social Enterprise London. It is also an associate member of the UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF).«

· RY Radley Yeldar

o »We help our clients communicate through a range of specialist services including brand identity, corporate reporting, corporate responsibility, digital media, internal communication, marketing communications and online investor relations.«

· Addison Corporate Marketing has been established for 30 years and is part of WPP. Based in London, we are one of Europe’s leading corporate marketing agencies, providing a broad range of communication services for our clients.

· Corporate Culture »We are here to use our skills and experience in strategy, organisational change and campaigning, to help clients achieve change for good.«

· Design Council > e.g.

o About design > Business essentials >

§ Sustainability

§ Corporate social responsibility

· IVCA International Visual Communications Association (London)

· Futerra »Creative and Strategic Communications for Sustainable Development«

· The Compass Network

o »aims to improve the quality of sustainability communications worldwide. We encourage people to share best practice and to support each other in building specialist communications expertise.«

o »is run by specialist communications consultancy Futerra and the Sustainable Development Commission, the UK government’s independent advisor on sustainable development, with the support of the UK Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).«

· The Sustainable Development Commission is the Government's independent watchdog on sustainable development, reporting to the Prime Minister and the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales. Through advocacy, advice and appraisal, we help put sustainable development at the core of Government policy. > e.g.

o What you can do >

§ Help for business

· UK Government's Sustainable Development Unit (SDU)

o Advice & support > For business

· HRH The Prince of Wales (UK) >> Accounting for Sustainability Project (launched in December 2006) >

o Sustainability at Work (website launched on 12 December 2007)

§ This website provides guidance, tools, links and case studies to help you integrate sustainability into your organisation's decision making.

§ It also provides a framework to enable organisations to report on their performance in a more consistent manner.

§ This website is designed to provide practical and accessible advice for any public, private, or third sector organisation.

· Forum for the Future - the sustainable development charity - works in partnership with over 120 leading organisations in business and the public sector. Our vision is of business and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally sustainable and socially just.

· nef New Economics Foundation »is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being. We aim to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues. We work in partnership and put people and the planet first.«

· IIED International Institute for Environment and Development (London; UK) > e.g.

o Research > Sustainable Markets >

§ Business & Sustainable Development (formerly Corporate Responsibility for Environment and Development - CRED) > e.g.

· Publications >> e.g.

o Corporate Social Responsibility at a Crossroads: Futures for CSR in the UK to 2015 (.pdf, August 2006, 50 pp.; Authors: Halina Ward, Craig Smith)

· The ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS; Cardiff)

· AccountAbility »was launched in 1996 as the Institute for Social and Ethical AccountAbility. It's purpose then, as it is now, was to promote accountability for sustainable development.«

· CRG Corporate Responsibility Group

o »Formed in 1987, the group acts as a forum for corporate professionals working in the field of corporate responsibility and community involvement to debate relevant issues and enhance business practice.«

· Corporate Citizenship (London, New York) was formed by the merger of leading CR consultancies The Smart Company and The Corporate Citizenship Company at the end of 2007.

· LBG London Benchmarking Group

o The LBG is run by its members but managed by The Corporate Citizenship Company (CCC). The LBG consists of leading international corporations who have come together to manage, measure and report their involvement in the community (CCI).

· Volunteering England >

o What We Do > Employer Supported Volunteering > e.g.

§ Employers > e.g.

· CSR and CCI

§ Resources

· PersonnelToday.com > e.g.

o Browse by Topic > e.g.

§ Strategy > Corporate social responsibility

· Management-Issues (London, UK) »is an independent online resource which focuses on the leadership, management and people issues that are at the heart of the changing workplace.« >

o Hot topics > CSR

· Ethical Corporation »Analysis, Comment, Conferences«

· Guardian Unlimited (UK) > e.g.

o Business >

§ Green Business

o Environment >

§ A-Z of this site >

· Corporate social responsibility

· Ethical living

o Money >

§ Ethical money

o Society >>