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News about sustainability/CSR reporting; Other corporate social responsibility news

 

 

 

CSR websites

 

 

 

·        The International Corporate Sustainability Reporting Site (Since 1997) > e.g.

o       News >

§         International

§         Dutch

o       Free newsletter

 

 

 

·        GRI Global Reporting Initiative > e.g.

o       News & Events > e.g.

§         Press Resources

§         Newsletter

§         Subscribe to Newsletter

§         Conference & Events > e.g.

·        Events (Upcoming events involving the GRI)

 

 

 

·        CorporateRegister.com

o        »is the world's largest online directory of corporate non-financial reports. These include Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, environmental and social reports.«

o        > e.g.

§         CSR Reporting Items (Recently published CSR reports)

§         General CSR News Items (Aggregated CSR news items)

§         CSR Events (Upcoming CSR events)

o        >> 

§         News

·         Companies can post their CSR announcements on these webpages…

§         Expert Reviews

§         ReportAlert.info »report announcement and dissemination service for the global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) community«

§         EventAlert.info »the event announcement service for the global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) community. Use this site to find out about the latest CSR/SRI events, sign-up for email bulletins, or announce your organisation's CSR event«

 

 

 

 

·        WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development > e.g.

o        About the WBCSD > e.g.

§         Partnerships >

·        News & Content

o       Regional Network (RN) >

§         WBCSD Regional Network partners

§         RN Publications

§         RN News

§         RN Newsletters:

·        WBCSD Regional Network newsletter

·        E-newsletters by Regional Network partners

o       several WBCSD Regional Network partners regularly publish e-newsletters (Subscription information and Archives are available)

o       Focus Areas >

§         Energy & Climate

§         Development

§         Business Role

·         »The Business Role Focus Area builds on the work of the Tomorrow’s Leaders group as well as on previous WBCSD projects such as Accountability & Reporting, Corporate Responsibility, Financial Sector, Health Systems, Innovation & Technology, Risk, and Sustainability & Markets.«

·        

o        Overview

o        WBCSD news

o       International news

o       Publications

o        Case studies

o        Speeches

§         Ecosystems

o       Projects/Initiatives >

§         Energy Efficiency in Buildings

§         Water

§         Sustainable Value Chain

§         Capacity Building

§         Eco-Patent Commons

o        Sector projects >

§         Cement, Electricity Utilities, Forest Products, Mining & Minerals, Mobility, Tire Industry

o       Advanced Document Search (located at the bottom of the page) might be useful

o       News > also

§         Newsletters & Services >

·        E-Newsletters > (short registration required)

o        Business & Sustainable Development (weekly)

o        Energy & Climate

o        Sustainable Livelihoods (Development)

o        Sustainable Mobility

o        Water & Sustainable Development

o        WBCSD Update

o        WBCSD Press Update

o        WBCSD Regional Network News (monthly)

o        Etc.

·         WBCSD Toolbar

·         WBCSD NewsBox (for website/blog owners)

·         WBCSD on your toolbar

·         WBCSD on your page

o       Publications & Reports

o        Case Studies

o       Events

§         also »search events« by keyword (e.g. »reporting«)

 

 

 

 

 

·        GreenBiz.com > e.g.

o       Marketing & Communications >

§         Corporate Reporting

o       Resources >

§         Event Calendar

o       GreenBuzz (Free Weekly E-Newsletter)

 

 

 

 

·        CSRwire »The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire«

o       CSRwire is the leading source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news, reports, events and information.

o       Members are interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience. > also

§         »Subscribe to Alerts«

§         CSR Directory > e.g.

·         Search Category, e.g.:

o       Annual conferences

o       Publications & Broadcast & Cable Media (also newspapers, magazins, journals, etc.)

 

 

 

 

·         Business Wire > e.g.

o        News > News by Subject >

§         Corporate Social Responsibility News

 

 

 

 

·         Alltop >>

o        All the top Corporate Responsibility news

 

 

·         APEsphere is a news and networking organization devoted to bringing about change - change in the place of business in society.

 

 

 

 

 

·         SRI World Group >

o        OneReport »The Sustainability Reporting Network«

o       SocialFunds.com >

§         News >

·        By category >

o       Reporting;

o        Mutual Funds; Shareholder Activism; Community Investing; Education; Business Ethics; Corporate; Community Economic Development; Corporate Governance; Environment; Human Rights; Workplace; Corporate Volunteerism & Philanthropy; Stock Indexes

·        Complete List of Articles by Category

·        Subscribe to weekly e-mail alerts

§         Sustainability Reports

 

 

 

 

·         ASrIA Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia > e.g.

o       News & Events (Asian and Global news separately)

o        ASrIA Publications

o       E-Bulletin (Asian news; Global news; Conferences & Events)

 

 

 

·         Eurosif European Social Investment Forum > e.g.

o        Publications > also

§         Newsletter (also by e-mail)

·         Eurosif update, EU update, Member affiliate news, News from SIFs, SRI news (European & main global), Upcoming Events

o        Press & Events > e.g.

§         Eurosif Press Releases

 

 

 

·         RI Responsible Investor provides institutional investors with a comprehensive online magazine and information resource which recognises the growing requirement to achieve investment returns within an environmental, social and corporate governance framework. (published by Response Global Media Limited, UK)

o        also by e-mail

 

 

 

·         Oekom Research - Sustainability rating firm (Munich, Germany; Also English version of site) > e.g.

o        English > info center > also

§         Newsletter

 

 

·          Clear Profit »Responsible investment insight« (free trial; subscription; also alerts by email)

o         »Since July 2002 Clear Profit has provided unrivaled, independent monthly coverage of efforts to align investment decisions with social, environmental and ethical concerns.«

 

 

·         SAM Group (Sustainable Asset Management; Zurich, Switzerland) > e.g.

o        Indexes

o        Events

o        Publications > e.g.

§         SAM Sustainability Yearbook

o        Also »Subscribe to the Newsletter«

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants > e.g.

o       General public > Technical activities >

§         Subject areas >

·        Sustainability

§         Research programme > e.g.

·         Published research > e.g.

o       Sustainability research

§         Technical library >

·        Sustainability library > also

o       Accounting & Sustainability newsletter

§        also Archive of past issues

o        Accounting & Climate Change Newsletter

 

 

 

 

·         PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers > e.g.

o        Today's challenges > e.g.

§         Creating a sustainable business (or here) > e.g.

·         Services > e.g.

o       Reporting and assurance of non-financial information

·        Sustainability Publications > e.g.

o        Sustainability Yearbook

·         The Corporate Responsibility Report (Newsletter)

§         Reporting Performance

o        Our services > e.g.

§         Audit and assurance > e.g.

·        Sustainability reporting

o        Country/teritory >

§         USA >

·         Our Services >

o        Sustainability and climate change

·         >??>

o        ValueReporting

o        >> 

§         World watch: Governance and corporate reporting (newsletter, containing also »Broader reporting hot topics«)

 

 

 

 

·        KPMG Sustainability -The Netherlands

 

 

 

 

 

·        Ethical Corporation

o        »is an independent publisher and events producer on business ethics and corporate responsibility. We publish a monthly print magazine, a daily website, hold conferences around the world, and produce reports on business ethics in big firms.«

o        > also

§         Resources >

·        Weekly newsletter

§         >??> Browse By Category >

·        Codes and Guidelines; Corporate Governance; Corporate Responsibility Communications; Corruption & Lobbying; Environment; Ethical Consumerism; Ethical Supply Chains; Human Rights & Labour Standards; Non-Financial Reporting; Regulation, Taxation & Legal Developments; Socially Responsible Investing; Stakeholder & NGO Engagement

 

 

 

 

·         Ethical Performance (produced by Dunstans Publishing Ltd; Canterbury, UK)

o        »the global independent business newsletter on corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. Europe/Americas and Asia Pacific have the latest news and analysis for your region on how companies are addressing human rights, ethics in the supply chain, the environment and related issues.« (30 day Free-trial; Subscription payment)

o        > also

§        Events

§         receive regular bulletins on events in the fields of CSR and SRI

§         printed Ethical Performance newsletter

§         Marketing Services >

·         Direct mail

o        »Use our mailing services to target the global audience of 11,000 corporate social responsibility professionals, opinion formers and interested parties. This service is ideal for promoting and distributing your social report.«

 

 

 

·         CSR News Europe (produced by Dunstans Publishing) »is a Europe-based portal for the latest news on corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment«

o        Also »subscribe to alerts«

 

 

 

·         CorporateResponsibility.Net (By Fabian Pattberg, manager of the SustainabilityForum.com)

o        »I am subscribing to most of the news services in this field and hand pick the news items I feel are news worthy and relevant to a person interested in Corporate Responsibility.«

o        Also »get the news directly to your Inbox«

 

 

 

 

·        CSRinfo provides information about corporate social responsibility and sustainable development (with the particular focus on the Central and Eastern) Europe (CEE). >

o       News

o        Resources >

§         Reports

§         Publications

o        Tags:

§         Reporting

o        Newsletter

 

 

 

·        CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > e.g.

o       News > also

§         Search News > Select CSR Theme >

·        Innovation

·        Entrepreneurship

·        Skills and Competence Building

·        Equal Opportunities and Diversity

·        Health and Safety

·        Environment

·        Mainstreaming CSR

·        Stakeholder Engagement

·        Leadership and Governance

·        Communications and Reporting

·        Business Partnerships

·        Other Themes

o       Events

o       Sign up for our newsletter

 

 

 

 

·        EurActiv

o       At each Policy Section:

§         News, Interviews & Profiles, LinksDossiers, Analyses, Overviews.

o       Policy Sections > e.g.

§         Environment

§         Innovation & Growth

§         Social Europe > e.g.

·        CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility

§         Sustainable development >

·        Corporate Sustainability

§         etc.

o       Also e-Newsletters (many different categories)

 

 

 

 

·         Europa >> European Commission >>

o       Enterprise and Industry > e.g.

§         Policy highlights > e.g.

·        Corporate social responsibility > e.g.

o        News >

§         More News

o       European Responsible Entrepreneurship Bulletin (also by e-mail)

§         Newsroom

§        

·        Enterprise and Industry on-line Magazine

o       Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities > also

§         Working for you >

·         Partners >

o       Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) >

§         Further Information:

·         News

·        Events

§         (historical): Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) website

o        >> 

§         Bulletin of the European Union provides an insight into the activities of the European Commission and the other Community institutions. It is supplemented by the annual General Report on the Activities of the European Union. (also notification by e-mail)

 

 

 

 

·        EABIS European Academy of Business in Society > also

o        Resources >

§         EABIS Newszine

o       Gateway >>

§         Directory

§         Resources

§         Spotlight

·         = latest thought leadership from the field of corporate social responsibility in Europe. Every month, an editorial theme highlights the topic of importance and profiles relevant resources, directory entries and events.

§         Events

o       >> 

§         News

 

 

 

 

·         EBEN European Business Ethics Network (Leuven, Belgium) > also

o        National Networks

o        EBEN Annual Conference

o        Research  Conference

o        EBEN-net E-Newsletter

 

 

 

 

·         EUROCHAMBRES > e.g.

o        What we do > e.g.

§         European Affairs >

·         Competitive Europe >

·         Education & Training > e.g.

o        Corporate Social Responsibility - CSR

·         Female Economic Development

·         Innovation

·         Institutional Affairs

·         Regional Policy

·         SMEs & Entrepreneurship

o        Publications >

§         Newsletter

o        Press

 

 

 

 

·        ECCJ European Coalition for Corporate Justice

o       also e-Newsletter

 

 

 

·         Europa >> European Commission >>

o        Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities > Working for you > Partners > Non-governmental organisations > Related Links:

§         Social Platform = Platform of European Social NGOs > e.g.

·         Policy and Action > e.g.

o        Corporate Social Responsibility >

§         News

 

 

 

·         Eurofound European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin, Ireland) >

o        Areas of expertise >

§         Business and society > also

·         Corporate social responsibility

o        Observatories >

§         EIRO European industrial relations observatory

§         EMCC European monitoring centre on change (European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)) > also

·         Browse by:

o        Matrix > e.g.

§         Subject (also Corporate Social Responsibility)

§         EWCO European working conditions observatory

o        Events, Press, Current research, Surveys

o        Publications (By: Date, Subject, Language, Author)

o        Eurofound News (also e-Newsletter)

 

 

 

·         CSR Vaderegio

o        CSR Vaderegio is a platform for public policies for promotion of CSR at regional level. This European platform reflects the need for sharing as widely as possible the experience and good practices of CSR policies promoted by regional and local authorities.

o         Regions (by July 2006):

§          Andalusia, Estonia, Flanders, London, Nord Pas De Calais, North Rhine-Westphalia, Scotland, Sicily region, The Banska Bystrica region, The Basque Country, The South Danish region, Tuscany, Yorkshire and Humber

 

 

 

 

 

·         MVO Nederland (The Netherlands; Website in Dutch only) > also

o        Aanmelden nieuwsbrief

 

 

 

·         NIVRA Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut van Registeraccountants (The Netherlands)

o        Thema's >

§         MVO Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen

o        Also shorter English version of website > e.g.

§         Publications

 

 

 

·         CSR i Praktiken.se (Sweden; In Swedish only)

 

 

 

 

 

·         ORSE Observatoire sur la Responsabilité Sociétale des Entreprises (France; also English version) > e.g.

o        News

o        Publications

o        Newsletters (also by e-mail)

 

 

·         Novethic, filiale de la Caisse des Dépôts, est un centre de recherche sur la Responsabilité Sociale et Environnementale des entreprises (RSE) et l'Investissement Socialement Responsable (ISR) et un media expert sur le développement durable. (France)

o        Also English version of website (novethic.com)

o        Also »La Lettre de L'Economie Responsable«

o        Also »S'inscrire à la newsletter«

 

 

 

 

 

·         Sodalitas Associazione per lo Sviluppo dell'Imprenditoria nel Sociale (Italy; In Italian only) > also

o        Le Newsletters digitali >

§         Sodalitas Informa News

§         CSR Monitor

 

 

·         RSI News »Responsabilita Sociale delle Imprese: notizie e documenti«, a news service about CSR in Italian

o        Also e-newsletter (Bollettino CSR)

 

 

 

 

 

·         IESE Business School (University of Navarra, Spain; Also English version of website) > e.g.

o        News & Magazine > e.g.

§         CSR

§         Related Links:

·         IESE Insight > e.g.

o        Knowledge Areas >

§         Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

o        Also:

§         Subscribe to IESE Insight

o        Knowledge>

§         Centers and Chairs > e.g.

·         Chairs > e.g.

o        Chair of: Business Ethics: Domènec Melé

o        "La Caixa" Chair: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance: Antonio Argandoña

·         Centers and Initiatives > e.g.

o        CBS - Center for Business in Society

o        IRCO - International Research Center on Organizations

 

 

 

·         Responsables.biz »Semanario digital de la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial« (Spain; In Spanish only) > also

o        Suscripcion Gratuita

 

 

·         ep Europa Press (Spain; In Spanish only) >

o        Responsabilidad Social Corporativa

 

 

·         Diario Responsable (Spain; In Spanish)

 

 

·         Ser Responsable (Madrid; In Spanish)

 

 

·         Media Responsable (Barcelona; In Spanish)

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Magazin forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften (oder hier) > also

o        forum CSR international (English version) is the leading magazine to present the latest trends in sustainable management, CSR basic information and the most innovative best practice examples. >

§         Newsletter

 

 

 

·        CSR News (Germany) >

o       News = csr-news.net

§         Also News Alert and Newsletter

o       Search = csr-search.net

 

 

 

·         Institute 4 Sustainability (Germany, Berlin; The founder: Thomas Loew)

o        Aktuell

o        Downloads

o       Also English (International) version of website > e.g.

§         Sustainability Reporting

§         Downloads (publications in English)

·         Also »Please join our mailinglist«

 

 

 

·         Bertelsmann Stiftung > e.g.

o        Wirtschaft >

§         Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen > e.g.

·         Projekt: Corporate Social Responsibility >

o        Service >

§         Weblinks >

·        Newsletter (also International)

o        English >>>

§         Corporate Social Responsibility >

·         Service >

o        Web links >

§         Newsletter

 

 

 

·         Glocalist »Nachrichten von und für NGOs und NPOs« (Dr. Christian Neugebauer, Herausgeber und Verleger) > e.g.

o        Nachrichten > e.g.

§         Wirtschaft

 

 

 

 

·         respACT »austrian business council for sustainable development« (Austria) > auch

o        Themenschwerpunkte > Nachhaltigkeitsberichte

o        E-Newsletter

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         INSEAD »The Business School for the World« (Fontainebleau, France) > e.g.

o        Faculty & Research >

§         Centres of Excellence >

·         ISIC INSEAD Social Innovation Centre

 

 

 

·         ICCA Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs (Based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) > e.g.

o        News (Also Calendar on non-ICCA Events)

o        ICCA Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Harvard University >

o        John F. Kennedy School of Government >

§         Research >

·         Programs > e.g.

o        Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (Cambridge, USA) >

§         Programs >

·        CSRI Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative > e.g.

o       Publications

o       Calendar

o       also »Sign up for E-mail List to receive info about CSRI events and updates.«

 

 

 

·         HBS Harvard Business School >>

o        Working Knowledge > Browse by Topic > Social Enterprise & Nonprofit >

§         Corporate Social Responsibility

 

 

 

 

 

·        Lifeworth annual review of corporate responsibility

o        With support from the ICCSR at the University of Nottingham

o        Based on the JCC (Journal of Corporate Citizenship – Greenleaf Publishing)

o        »It provides you with international analysis of the main trends of the year, insights into the future, as well as some proposals for future work on corporate responsibility.«

 

 

 

·         Paul Hohnen Sustainability Services (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) >

o       Materials (some of his recent articles, publications)

 

 

 

 

 

·        Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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:

·        Companies (over 4000)

·        Issues

·        Countries (over 180)

·        All topics > also

o       Company policy/steps > also

§         Reporting > e.g.

·         Company reporting: General

o       Principles > also

§         Global Reporting Initiative

§         Weekly Updates (In English, Spanish, French)

§         Custom Alerts (paid) »Subscribe to automatic alerts about companies or subjects of your choice.«

 

 

 

 

·         foei Friends of the Earth International >

o        Campaigns >

§         Corporates

o        Publications >

§         Corporates

 

 

 

·         FoEE Friends of the Earth Europe >

o        Campaigns >

§         Corporate Accountability

 

 

·         FoE Friends of the Earth UK >

o        Campaigns >

§         Corporates

 

 

 

·         CORE (the COrporate REsponsibility coalition; UK) >

o       News

o        Subscribe to mailing lists

o        Resources

o         Events

 

 

 

·         WWF International >

o        News & Facts >

§         Publications (emphasis on environment)

 

 

·         WWF UK >

o        What we do >

§         Working with business

 

 

 

 

 

·         Maplecroft Consulting (UK)

o        Resources >>

§         Digest of news and events: Ethical Insight (since October 2004) - a fortnightly digest of corporate responsibility news, publications and events:

·         Environment

·         Corporate governance

·         Conflict and political risk

·         Socially responsible investment

·         Labour and human rights

·         Development

·         Science and ethics

§         Global Risks Briefing

·          (A fortnightly review of current global events and analysis of potential future outcomes – across the risk spectrum)

o        Maps >

§         Interactive Maps (also Tailored maps, Cartograms, Data, Movies)

 

 

 

 

 

·        IBLF The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum > e.g.

o       Resources > e.g.

§         Publications

§         EBulletin (online and by email)

o        Events and Awards

o        Media Room >

§         News

§         In the News, Editorials, Speeches, Videos

 

 

 

·         Chatham House - The Royal Institute of International Affairs (St James's Square, London) > e.g.

o        Events

o        Research > e.g.

§         Energy, Environment and Development > e.g.

·         Reports and Papers

 

 

 

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

o        Research > Sustainable Markets >

§         Business & Sustainable Development

§         Publications

o        Publications >

§         Browse our Publications by Catalogue Topic >

·         Corporate Responsibility

 

 

 

 

·         GDRC Global Development Research Center >

o        Information >

§         Newsletter »The "GDRC Mosaic" is a monthly email newsletter«

 

 

 

 

·        Eldis »sharing the best in development policy, practice and research« > e.g.

o       Topics > e.g.

§        Resource guides > also

·        Corporate responsibility > also

o        Frameworks and tools > also

§        Reporting and auditing

o       Country Profiles

o        Events & Announcements

o        Jobs

o       Subscribe

§        »Regular email updates. What’s new on the subjects you are interested in.«

o        Contribute

§         »Share your publications. Advertise your jobs and events.«

 

 

 

·         ISEAL Alliance - The International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance >

o        What's New

o        Subscribe to Updates

 

 

 

·         One World Trust – making global governance more accountable

o        Also AinA Newsletter (Accountability in Action)

 

 

 

·         openDemocracy »Free thinking for the world« > e.g.

o        globalisation

 

 

 

·         SOMO »Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations« (Netherlands; English, Dutch and Spanish versions of website) >

o        News > also

§         Newsletter

 

 

 

·          Origo (San Francisco, USA) »works to build businesses that are powerful economic engines, environmental assets, and socially valuable resources.« >> e.g.

o        Origo News (= Cross Sector News)

 

 

 

 

·         University of Cambridge - Programme for Sustainability Leadership > e.g.

o        Resources >

§         Publications >

·        Sustainability Research Digest

o        Compiled by Wayne Visser of CSR International

o        See also: CSRI CSR International (London)

 

 

 

·         CSRI 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       CSR Research

§         Every month, we issue four CSR Research Digests - for CSR, Environment, Ethics and Social Issues. Each digest summarises our selection of between 6 and 10 research surveys, reports or journal papers, with links to further information or downloadable pdfs. We also produce a monthly CSR Book Review Digest.

§         We have summaries of CSR-related research reports and surveys published over the past five years (over 400 and counting), which are included in the searchable content of the CSR International website.

o       Sign up for our free newsletter

 

 

 

·        BITC Business in the Community (UK) > e.g.

o       Media Centre > also

§         Media Roundup

·        Sign up to receive daily summaries of CR related news direct to your inbox.

o       Events

o       Resources > e.g.

§         Knowledge:

·        Publications

·        Responsible Business E-newsletter

o       Monthly summary of responsible business news from Whitehall, Brussels and globally.

 

 

 

·        CSR360 Global Partner Network

o        Business in the Community (BITC) convenes this network that currently (as of September 2008) comprises 100 partner organisations from 60 different countries around the world.

o        > e.g.

§         Partners

§         News

§         Events

§         Magazine

§         Our monthly newsletter - Sign up to receive monthly news on CSR related stories, events and more.

 

 

 

 

·        MallenBaker.net > also

o       Business Respect Newsletter

 

 

 

 

·        SustainAbility (based in London and Washington D.C.) >

o       About SustainAbility >

§         News > News Homepage

 

 

 

·        AccountAbility (London, UK, Washington, D.C.) = Institute of Social and Ethical AccountAbility

o        Also »Sign up for AccountAbility's Newsletter«

 

 

 

 

·        Forum for the Future (UK) > also

o       Browse by subject > e.g.

§         Business > Communications/Reporting

o        Media Centre > also

§         Get forum news in your inbox

 

 

 

·         HRH The Prince of Wales (UK) >> e.g.

o        Accounting for Sustainability Project (launched in December 2006) > e.g.

§         Sustainability at Work (website launched in December 2007)

 

 

 

 

·         Article 13 Ltd (UK)

o        »We help organisations identify and implement best social, ethical and environmental practice through business responsibility and governance programmes.«

o        > e.g.

§         What's new on the site this month

§         The Issues >

·        Archive

§         »Article 13 looks at a new topic area every 6 weeks, so to be sure you don't miss an update, sign up here to receive our timely email reminder about what's new at www.article13.com«

 

 

 

 

·        IBE Institute of Business Ethics (UK) >

o       Ethics Events & Resources (also new websites, documents; also about reporting, CSR, environment)

o       Ethics News

o        Publications (free accessible are only Summaries)

 

 

·         EBEN UK

 

 

 

 

·         Two Tomorrows

o        Two Tomorrows is the name of the new sustainability consultancy formed by the merger of Csrnetwork and Sd3 on 1 January 2009.

o        Two Tomorrows operates globally with offices in Bath, London (UK); San Francisco (USA) and Seoul (Korea).

o       

§         News & Views

§         Also »register for email updates«

 

 

 

·         csrnetwork (Bath, UK) »is a consultancy that helps companies around the world do business in a responsible way« > e.g.

o        News & Views > also

§         Vision newsletter

 

·          Sd3 (UK)

o         Sd3 is joining forces with Csrnetwork from 1st January 2009.

o        

§          Explore Sustainability > Step Three (Share) >

·          News Snippets (in .pdf format; Emphasis on UK, also European and global focus)

o         Special section on Reporting

o         Other sections:

§          Automotive Sector and Sustainable Mobility, Financial Services Sector, ICT / Electronics Sector, Local Authority, Sustainability Management / CSR, Environment & Climate Change, Extractive Industry, Construction, Food & Drink Sector, Product/Packaging/Supply Chain/Logistics

 

 

 

 

·         Cranfield University >> Cranfield School of Management >

o        Research > Research Centres >

§         Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility > also

·        Whats new

·         Join our Mailing List

 

 

 

·         University of Nottingham >>

o        ICCSR International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (UK)

 

 

 

·         The ESRC Centre for BRASS (Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability, and Society; Cardiff, UK) > e.g.

o        Outputs

 

 

 

·         Ashridge Business School (UK) >

o        Research & Faculty >

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

·         Current Corporate Responsibility Research >

o        Publications

§         Publications >

·         Research Publications Database >

o       Subject Area: Corporate Social Responsibility

 

 

·         SRRNet (Social Responsibility Research Network; Prof. David Crowther)

 

 

 

·         MHCi MHC International Ltd (UK; Managing director: Michael Hopkins) > e.g.

o        Publications > e.g.

§         Monthly Features (also by e-mail)

§         General

 

 

 

 

·         MT Management Today (UK) > e.g.

o        Governance & CSR

 

 

·         Management-Issues (London, UK)

o        »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 >

o        Latest on CSR

 

 

·         PersonnelToday.com > e.g.

o        Browse by Topic > e.g.

§         Strategy > Corporate social responsibility

 

 

 

·         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. > e.g.

o        Publications

o       News > also

§         email newsletter

o        >> 

§         Corporate Citizenship Briefing (or directly) > e.g.

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·        RY Radley Yeldar (London, UK)

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

 

 

·         Black Sun (UK) >

o        News > also

§         E-Newsletter

 

 

·         Accountancy Age (UK) > e.g.

o        News

 

 

 

 

·         CSS Corporate Sustainability Services at Mott MacDonald (UK based) >

o        News and Events

 

 

 

·         CIPR Chartered Institute of Public Relations (UK) >

o        CIPR Groups > Sectoral Groups >

§         CSR Network (launched in November 2002; Updated ??)

 

 

 

·         Addison (London, UK) is the corporate marketing arm of WPP – one of the world’s largest communications services groups >

o        Our thinking (publications)

 

 

 

·         Arthur D. Little - Global Management Consulting >

o        Services >

§         Sustainability & Risk > e.g.

·         Thought Leadership

 

 

 

 

·         Pleon Germany (Website in German) > e.g.

o        Practices >

§         Functional Practices >

·         Corporate Responsibility

o        Wissen > e.g.

§         Newsletter (= Communication Agenda)

§         Studien

·         Pleon »is the EMEA part of the expanded global network Brodeur|Pleon Worldwide« >

o        Insights >

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·         Guardian (UK) > e.g.

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§         Full A-Z >

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o        >> 

§         Special reports >>

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·         FT.com Financial Times > e.g.

o        Special Reports > Previous reports > e.g.

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·         The McKinsey Quarterly is the business journal of McKinsey & Company. > e.g.

o        Functions > e.g.

§         Strategy

o        Big Ideas >

§         Business in Society

o        Also by e-mail

 

 

 

 

·         The Economist > e.g.

o        Research Tools: Articles by Subject > e.g.

§         Corporate Leadership

 

 

 

·         Forbes.com >

o        Leadership >

§         Corporate Citizenship

·         Also »E-Mail Alerts«

o        >> 

§         Special Report: Corporate Social Responsibility

 

 

 

·         Holmes Report »exists to provide competitive insight and intelligence to public relations professionals.« > e.g.

o        Advanced Search Options > e.g.

§         Subjects > e.g.

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o       Research > e.g.

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·        Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship (USA) > e.g.

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·         Ethical Globalization Initiative

o        Our Bookstore >

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·         Future 500 (San Francisco, USA) »forging links between corporations and stakeholders to advance global citizenship« >

o        Publications > also

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·         Framework:CR (Consultancy; Wilton, Connecticut, USA) >

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·         Covive, Inc. »research, writing and design of corporate sustainability reports« (San Francisco, CA) > e.g.

o       News

 

 

 

 

·         TCB The Conference Board USA > e.g.

o        Programs > e.g.

§         Citizenship & Sustainability

§         Diversity, Ethics, Governance, Human Resources, etc.

o        Events/Forums > e.g.

§         Conferences (many, worldwide, different topics)

o        Products > e.g.

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·         Research Reports (mainly to purchase)

o        Our Website > e.g.

§         Press

 

 

 

·         U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USA) >

o        Programs >

§         BCLC Business Civic Leadership Center > also

·         Learn > also

o        The Corporate Citizen E-Newsletter

·         Events > also

o        CCI Conference (National Conference on Corporate Community Investment)

·         Media

 

 

 

 

·        CRO Corporate Responsibility Officer (USA)

o        The CRO publishes

§         CRO Magazine

§         weekly e-newsletters

o        > e.g.

§         Topics >

·         Business Ethics, Communications, Compliance & Governance, Environment, International, Politics & Legislation, Social Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing

§         Specials > e.g.

·         100 Best Corporate Citizens

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§         Tools >

·         Event Calendar

§         CRO Conferences

 

 

 

·         Ethisphere Magazine

 

 

 

·        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       

§         News

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§         Corporate Governance

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§         News from NGOs

o        > also

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·         ISBEE International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics

o        »ISBEE is the first world-wide professional association to focus exclusively on the study of business, economics, and ethics.«

o        > e.g.

§         ISBEE World Congress

§         Related Events

§         ISBEE Newsletter (published three times a year; sent also by email)

 

 

·         ECOA The Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (Based in Waltham, MA, USA) »is a non-consulting, member-driven association exclusively for individuals who are responsible for their company’s ethics, compliance, and business conduct programs.«

 

 

 

·          IBEI International Business Ethics Institute (Washington, London; ??) »Fostering global business practices that promote equitable economic development, resource sustainability, and just forms of government.«

 

 

·          CEBC Center for Ethical Business Cultures (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)

 

 

·         Santa Clara University (California, USA) >> Markkula Center for Applied Ethics >

o        Focus Areas > Business Ethics > Online Resources > e.g.

§         Business Ethics Articles

 

 

 

 

·         Natural Logic (Berkeley, CA, USA) > e.g.

o        News

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·         CSI Center for Sustainable Innovation (USA; GRI Organisational Stakeholder; Founder: Mark W. McElroy) > e.g.

o        Publications

 

 

 

·         UNC's (North Carolina) Kenan-Flagler Business School > Kenan Institute >> CSE Center for Sustainable Enterprise >> also

o       CSE quarterly electronic newsletter (= Sustainable Enterprise Quarterly)

 

 

·         SNC Sustainable North Carolina >

o        News > also

§         Newsletter

 

 

 

·         IW IndustryWeek (Penton Media, Cleveland, Ohio) »Connecting Manufacturing's Leaders«

 

 

 

 

·         LOHAS »Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability«

o        LOHAS describes a market segment focused on health and fitness, t