ITUC Condemns IKEA Anti-union Discrimination Practices in USA

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 088/260411 ITUC Condemns IKEA Anti-union Discrimination Practices in USA Brussels, 27 April 2011 (ITUC OnLine): As a follow-up to its meetings on multinationals held in Washington D.C., the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) representing 175 million workers in 151 countries and territories is alarmed …

Broadening Fiduciary Duty – Flexible Corp And Benefit Corp Explained

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Editor’s note: The New York Times is finally catching up with this story. See “A Scorecard for Companies with a Conscience” and “Ethical Businesses with a Better Bottom Line”. BROADENING FIDUCIARY DUTY IN CALIFORNIA One proposal unleashes capital for impact investing and the other creates more accountability for corporate social …

Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Dick Bromley

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An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Dick Bromley, Group Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Business Wire – April 22, 2011 By Geoffrey on April 22, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The …

SJF Institute News April 2011: Green Jobs Award and Cleantech Mentorship Program Accepting Applications

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SJF Institute is excited to be announcing its call for applicants for both the Green Jobs Award and the expanded SJF Cleantech Mentorship Program this Earth Week! And we’re thrilled that entrepreneurship has been receiving recognition as a key driver of economic growth and that our areas of focus – …

London mayor accused of dumping pensions liabilities on protection fund

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A publication from Investment & Pension Europe London mayor accused of dumping pensions liabilities on protection fund Assembly that oversees Boris Johnson demands investigation into potential breaches in pensions regulations. 21/04/11 Major Dutch pension schemes continue to boost coverage ratios Pension funds take on RWE over nuclear controversy Members of …

Blacks and Latinos Urge President Obama to Question Facebook and Silicon Valley on its Hiring Practices: Why Are There So Few Who Look Like the President?

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April 20, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Black Economic Council Latino Business Chamber of Greater LA National Asian American Coalition Blacks and Latinos Urge President Obama to Question Facebook and Silicon Valley on its Hiring Practices: Why Are There So Few Who Look Like the President? The Black Economic Council and …

UK Companies Act Provides Guidance for Investment Fiduciaries

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An article from Sustainable Financial Markets Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT Catherine Howarth and Christine Berry write: There’s a fundamental inconsistency at the heart of the UK corporate governance framework. Company directors’ duties under the Companies Act are based on the concept of ‘enlightened shareholder value’: the UK …

Small-scale farmers increasingly at risk from ‘global land grabbing’

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New research on the global rush for agricultural land shows that small-scale farmers will increasingly lose out to major corporations as land deals ignore local tenure rights. by Jun Borras, Ian Scoones, David Hughes Fresh evidence from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the former Soviet Union was presented last week …

Sustainability experts call for smarter regulation on transparency

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Sustainability experts are calling on regulators to ask companies for information on how sustainable they are – or explain why if they choose not to provide it. Today the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launches the Report or Explain Campaign Forum to encourage more companies to be transparent about their impacts …

Save the Date: CSR Asia Summit 2011 Returns to Malaysia

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Save the Date: CSR Asia Summit 2011 Returns to Malaysia CSR Asia Summit, the region’s premier conference for corporate social responsibility, will return to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 27th to 28th September 2011. The Summit will deliver the most cutting-edge CSR issues, case studies, tools and knowledge to challenge your …