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· EthicsWorld (USA; Sponsored by the Vogl Foundation) »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.« > e.g.
o Ethics & Employees > e.g.
o Corporate Governance > e.g.
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§ Best Corporate Practices
o Public Sector Governance (prime focus is on corruption) > e.g.
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§ Corporate Surveys & Reports (global, external links)
· Wayne Visser > Research >
o monthly Sustainability Facts (updated ??) > Archive of previous editions
§ See also »Sustainability Research Digest« at the University of Cambridge Programme for Industry (CPI)
· The Cambridge Sustainability Research Digest is a monthly briefing on a selection of the latest global research on leadership in sustainability, prepared by Wayne Visser.
· EL Environmental Leader »The Executive’s Daily Green Briefing« (Fort Collins, CO, USA) > e.g.
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· GlobeScan (Global Public Opinion and Stakeholder Research)
o GlobeScan is a Canadian company with offices in Toronto, London, and Washington.«
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· CSR Research > e.g.
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§ Research Services > e.g.
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o Each year, GlobeScan interviews over 50,000 average citizens and experts from across the world on a range of timely and strategic topics. The majority of these results and analysis of these quantitative surveys are available exclusively to our clients on a subscription basis. We are pleased, however, to share some of these research findings with you as part of our commitment to ensuring reliable research findings are available to inform ongoing public policy debates.
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§ Global Issues
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§ Views of Sustainability Experts
§ GlobeScan News Center >> e.g.
· Sustainability Experts Survey on Climate Change (29 August 2006)
o A Survey of Sustainability Experts and in-depth Interviews with Climate Change Solution Providers
o See also, e.g.:
§ WBCSD >> e.g.
· Survey predicts private sector to play important role in solving climate change (31 August 2006)
o »The survey, conducted by GlobeScan with the support of the COM+ Alliance, explored sustainability experts' views on approaches to climate change for the post-2012 period, after the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol.«
· High Expectations of Global Companies in the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (10 August 2006)
o New findings from the 2006 African in the New Century study...
· 30-Country Poll Finds Growing Worldwide Concern over Climate Change (24 April 2006)
o New findings from the 2006 Corporate Social Responsibility Monitor...
· Sustainability Experts evaluate WEF on Global Governance (20 January 2006)
o John Elkington of SustainAbility discusses the findings of GlobeScan's Survey of Sustainability Experts on global governance and the future agenda for the World Economic Forum, which meets in Davos this week.
· Geneva: Trust in Governments, Corporations and Global Institutions Continues to Decline (14 December 2005)
o Latest World Economic Forum Poll on Trust, conducted by GlobeScan...
· >> News Archives >
o 2004 and earlier > e.g.
§ Corporate Social Responsibility:
· Corporate Responsibility in Japan as published in the US and Asian editions of the Wall Street Journal (September 2004)
· Update - Public Trust Is Recovering: Survey Reveals Trust in Global Companies at Pre-Enron Levels (March 2004)
· Guess What? People Do Read CSR Reports
· Public Still Can't Name a Socially Responsible Company (June 2003)
· CSR Europe interviews Doug Miller on the growing CSR phenomenon and business' vital role in the future (July, 2002)
· American Public Support for Greater Regulatory Oversight of the Economy Is Up Sharply
· 3rd Annual CSR Monitor Released (May 2002)
· USA, Canada, UK and Mexico are the Most Demanding Markets for CSR (July 2001)
· Corporate Social Responsibility Monitor 2001: Executive Brief (June 2001)
· American Companies Face Growing Pressure to Deliver the Social Goods (Feb 2001)
· Millennium Poll on CSR: Executive Brief (Sept 1999)
§ Environmental Monitor (International, Canadian), etc.
· Weber Shandwick »is one of the world's leading public relations and communications management firms.« > e.g.
o insights > ReputationRx > Visit ReputationRx > Reputation Care >
· Industry Canada >> e.g.
o Corporate Social Responsibility > Supportive Information and Links >
§ Corporate Social Responsibility Monitor 2004 – Executive Brief (May 2004)
· APCO Worldwide »is a global communication consultancy specializing in building relationships with an organization's key stakeholders« >
o Services >> Corporate responsibility > e.g.
§ Global CSR Study (= »Communicating CSR: talking to people who listen«; .pdf has 4 pp., September 2004)
· APCO Worldwide's Global CSR Survey is part of a broader five-year research endeavor to understand society's expectations for corporate responsibility and reputation. The study was conducted through APCO Insight's Insightpoll.com Opinion Elite Panel, which is a representative and scientific sample of the most active and informed citizens within each country. Panelists for the survey were recruited through random-sampling techniques and screened to include only the top 10 percent of each country's population based on their news consumption frequency, level of interest in public policy issues and civic engagement.
· The Economist > e.g.
o Special Reports > e.g.
§ Corporate social responsibility - Just good business (17 January 2008) > also
· survey (.pdf, 7 pp.) carried out for this report by the Economist Intelligence Unit
o This global online survey was conducted in November-December 2007.
o Of the 1,122 respondents, 42% were based in Europe, 23% in Asia-Pacific and 19% in North America (US and Canada).
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§ EIU Economist Intelligence Unit > e.g.
· Press releases > e.g.
o UK companies failing to engage their workforce on sustainability (31 October 2007) >
§ Action or Aspiration: Sustainability in the British workplace (Sponsored by BT)
o Energy efficiency not yet on IT department’s radar, despite soaring energy prices and environmental concerns (27 September 2007) >
§ IT and the environment: A new item on the CIO's agenda?
o Just one in ten businesses globally are fully monitoring their overall carbon impact (14 May 2007)
o Human capital risks seen as the most significant threat companies face, says Economist Intelligence Unit (25 April 2007)
o Four out of five companies say threats to corporate reputation are rising (8 December 2005)
o Japan behind US, Europe in adopting CSR (18 July 2005)
o The importance of corporate responsibility (January 2005; .pdf has 46 pp.; An EIU white paper sponsored by Oracle)
§ »Our research drew on two main initiatives: We conducted two global online surveys on the topic of corporate responsibility in October 2004. One survey of senior executives gathered 136 respondents. The other of institutional investors received 65 responses. To supplement the survey results, we also conducted 17 in-depth interviews with senior executives and analysts.«
§ See summary at GreenBiz: Survey: Vast Majority of Execs Say CSR Guides Investment Decisions
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o Doing good: Business and the sustainability challenge (February 2008; .pdf has 55 pp.; Or here)
§ The report, which is sponsored by A.T. Kearney, Bank of America, ExxonMobil, Jones Lang LaSalle, Orange, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAP and SunGard, illustrates the growing importance of corporate sustainability in enabling companies to compete and to attract customers.
§ The research is based on a global survey of 1,254 senior business executives, including more than 300 CEOs.
§ See also
· related article at Environmental Leader: Better Performing Companies Do Better On CSR (15 February 2008)
· related news at CSRwire: Companies with Buoyant Share Prices are More Proactive on Corporate Sustainability Issues (12 February 2008) - Benefits of introducing socially and environmentally responsible policies “outweigh the costs” - But the majority say their firms are still performing poorly on sustainability
· FT.com Financial Times >> e.g.
o World > UK >>
§ Top executives slow to adopt climate change strategy (19 February 2008; Relating to the survey by YouGov Stone for KPMG)
§ Climate change ‘not a business priority’ (4 June 2007)
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§ A responsible balancing act (1 June 2005; At CorpWatch)
· »Public expectations of companies are rising everywhere - but consumers' top concerns vary substantially between countries and regions, according to a new study by GlobeScan« (see also related topics at Business & Human Rights Resource Centre)
· IHT International Herald Tribune >> e.g.
o Survey finds indifference in Europe and U.S. to climate change (12 July 2007; Survey by HSBC)
· GMI (Global Market Insite) »Integrated solutions for market research« > News >>
o GMI Poll > Press Releases > e.g.
§ 90% of Americans Concerned About Environment (28 March 2006)
§ GMIPoll Finds Doing Good Is Good For Business (19 September 2005)
· »Community involvement important to Americans; Generation Y likely to spend more on socially responsible products«
· see also related news on GreenBiz: Consumer Survey Finds Doing Good Is Good for Business
· IFC International Finance Corporation >
o Sectors > Related Departments > Financial & Private Sector Development >??> Corporate Social Responsibility >??>
§ Research (Publications) > Business Survey >
· Race to the Top: Attracting and Enabling Global Sustainable Business (.pdf, October 2003, 37 pp.; Also at Ethical Corporation)
o Interviews with executives of 107 MNEs in the extractive, agribusiness and manufacturing sectors were conducted by PELC & Ethical Corporation to explore two related issues:
§ (a) how CSR issues influence the investment and purchase decisions of MNEs around the world and
§ (b) how governments in the developing world can create environments that companies will find attractive from a CSR perspective.
· IBLF International Business Leaders Forum > e.g.
o Resources > Publications > e.g.
§ The Responsible Century? (June 2000; .pdf has 6 pp.; Summary of an international opinion leader survey on CSR.)
· 100 opinion formers in the UK, France and Germany were questioned on the current relevance of CSR to their business.«
o »Search« may be useful
· 2020 Fund »Creating a sustainable world for everyone's children«
o In order to build a compelling vision and action plan for achieving the future people want, we are inviting leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government, and business to participate in our 2020 Global Stakeholder Panel >
§ GSP Results (updated ??)
· ICCSR International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (University of Nottingham, UK) >
o Research Papers >> e.g.
§ No. 47-2007: Managing Company Stakeholder Responsibility: Why it might be easier within countries than between countries (.pdf, 40 pp.; By Geoffrey Williams and John Zinkin)
· In order to evaluate our propositions we used data from an extensive survey of stakeholder attitudes to CSR, which is published annually by GlobeScan Ltd...
· EIRIS Ethical Investment Research Services > e.g.
o EIRIS publications > Research publications > e.g.
§ The state of responsible business: Global corporate response to environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges (.pdf, September 2007, 98 pp.; By Bob Gordon)
· EIRIS researched thousands of companies across the globe to compile this report. Looking at company annual reports, sustainability/CSR reports, company websites, survey responses and third party materials.
· The companies examined are constituents of the FTSE All-World Developed Index and the data presented was extracted from databases maintained by EIRIS in March 2007. The data is presented by country/region and contextual analysis is provided. The issues covered are corporate governance, equal opportunities, human rights, supply chain labour standards, environmental responsibility and community involvement.
· See also:
o MallenBaker.net >>
§ So what is the state of responsible business in the world today? (30 September 2007)
o EthicsWorld >>
§ Key Differences Seen In CSR Performance by Companies from Different Countries (20 September 2007)
o SocialFunds >>
§ Where in the World is Corporate Responsibility? (15 September 2007) - EIRIS’ new report “The State of Responsible Business” details growing corporate responsibility in businesses worldwide.
§ Surveyed Managers Emphasize Socially Responsible Issues (24 January 2007; By Anne Moore Odell)
· »EIRIS’ newest survey asserts that both SRI and mainstreams investors view specific environmental, social, and governance factors as important when applied to certain sectors.«
o The Independent >>
§ US firms fall behind Europe in ethical standards, says Eiris (14 September 2007)
· WEF World Economic Forum > e.g.
o Initiatives > e.g.
§ GCCI Global Corporate Citizenship Initiative > e.g.
· Reports > e.g.
o Partnering for Success: Business Perspectives on Multistakeholder Partnerships (18 January 2005)
o CEO Survey (2003):
§ Responding to the Leadership Challenge: Findings of a CEO Survey on Corporate Citizenship (.pdf has 32 pp.)
§ Questionnaire: how is your CEO and company addressing the challenge of corporate citizenship?
· The Business Case for Corporate Citizenship
o A growing number of research projects and surveys highlight the links between the quality of a company’s stakeholder relationships and/or its wider economic, social and environmental performance
o Media Centre >
§ Press Releases >> e.g.
· Worldwide Survey Highlights Lack of Faith in Leaders in an Uncertain World (16 January 2007)
· Development challenges cannot be met without public-private partnership, according to CEO survey (18 January 2005)
· Separate surveys of leaders attending the World Economic Forum and of world citizens, show eradicating poverty and hunger a common aim (11 January 2005)
· Why Global Corporate Citizenship Matters for Shareholders: A Survey of Leading CEOs (8 January 2004)
· GIA Gallup International Association
· Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) »A survey of the thoughts and opinions of over 7,800 privately held businesss in 34 countries.« > e.g.
o Reports >
§ Focus reports >
· Corporate Social Responsibility = Corporate Social Responsibility: a necessity not a choice. (February 2008; .pdf has 20 pp.)
o This report focuses on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and what is driving privately held businesses (PHBs) to adopt CSR related practices. We also examine what initiatives are being adopted and which countries are adopting CSR programmes formally.
o ...Sixty-five percent of PHBs cite recruitment and retention pressures as their main CSR driver, closely followed by cost management concerns (63%),...
o ...While multinational companies may engage in CSR activities to manage their reputation, PHBs are ignoring expensive PR campaigns and focusing on the basics - making themselves more attractive as employers and suppliers...
o Note: IBR surveys medium to large privately held businesses.