‘Global Citizenship’
News on groups, NGOs, companies seeking to take responsibility for the common good and whole human family and the planet.
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EthicsWorld News: April 15, 2008
EthicsWorld carries key pages of recent NEWS...And, we have launched a NEWS ARCHIVE that goes back more than two years of news summaries that can provide you with direct links to stories Corporate Governance * Five American Companies Blacklisted for Corporate Governance Failings - CalPERS, the largest U.S. institutional investor, listed [...]
NEW ON ETHICSWORLD – April 22, 2008
This Week at www.ethicsworld.org SPECIAL EDITION --- This week at EthicsWorld, many of our reports focus on the business role in public health. Although EthicsWorld covers four main categories, upcoming editions may be more industry specific or feature special topics. Check back each week to see what's new! Analytical reports [...]
Cool Corporate Citizen
Our civilization’s central organizing project is to transform our adverse impact on the climate system before we reach an irreversible tipping point. Al Gore calls our current situation a “planetary emergency.” To accomplish this transformation requires a boldness, innovation and speed unlike anything humanity has ever faced. It requires [...]
Company Profile – GrainPro, Inc., Concord, MA, a “Green Company”
GRAINPRO is one of the most responsible companies we know. For full disclosure, that’s why two principals of our company, Ethical Markets Media, have been patient investors in GRAINPRO for more than 10 years. Now this amazing company is profitable and has paid its first dividend. Founded in 1992, GrainPro, Inc. aims to improve the quality [...]
NextBillion.net Tackles the Issues of Scale and Talent at the BoP Level
============================================================= NextBillion News Vol. 23 March 31, 2008 ============================================================= 1. Taking a BoP Venture to Scale, Part 1 By Moses Lee "How are we going to scale this enterprise?" "What is our scaling strategy?" "What are the building blocks needed to take [...]
Environmental Finance Online News
UN climate chief warns Bangkok meeting must deliver (from Carbon Finance) 13 March: UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has warned that upcoming UN talks in Bangkok must reach agreement on a detailed work plan, if the world is to meet the Bali roadmap deadline of endorsing a new global pact at Copenhagen in 2009. More... EU politicians urge more [...]
“TEN YEARS AFTER:" Georg Kell's speech at Chatham House
Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Prepared for Chatham House Corporate Responsibility 2008 Conference 13 March 2008 Good morning, it is a great pleasure to be here. I could not think of a better venue to review and debate corporate responsibility (CR) and its economic and political context. Chatham House has long played a [...]
New facts about employee ownership in March 2008
EFES NEWSLETTER - MARCH 2008 Europe – USA and the hedge funds USA: Some days ago, we got the "Statistical Profile of Employee Ownership" from the National Center for Employee Ownership in the USA. Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are the most popular employee ownership scheme in the US – they have now 9.774 ESOPs, with 11.2 millions [...]
EthicsWorld News
Februrary 26, 2008. Ethics and Employees: ILO Emphasizes the Business Role in Stopping Forced Labor Corporate Social Responsibility: Intel Ranks First in CRO's 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008; Working with Local Populations - 2 articles for governments and corporations; Two New Guides for Ethical Conduct in Small to Medium-Sized [...]
CSE's Fortnightly News Bulletin – February 21, 2008
An e-bulletin from CSE, India, to our network of friends and professionals interested in environmental issues. INSIDE: Editorial: (By Sunita Narain) * Witness to opposition More in Down To Earth magazine * Cover story: How to spread bird flu * Related article: A bird flu over the commie nest * News: Goa's citizenry make themselves [...]
