The World Economic Forum has just published its Global Risks 2011 report, which suggests that global governance cannot cope with more shocks to the system. We should expect that such shocks will nevertheless be delivered, writes Mallen Baker The report suggests that risks of particular concerns focus on crime, corruptions …
Shareholders take stand on pay at Aberdeen Asset Management
RI News Alert: › Shareholders take stand on pay at Aberdeen Asset Management Click here to read the newsletter.
Denmark’s Lærernes Pension awards ESG bond mandate to giant US manager
RI News Flash: › Denmark’s Lærernes Pension awards ESG bond mandate to giant US manager Click here to read the newsletter.
Coming soon – A new CSR Asia Strategic Partner Programme
HIGHLIGHT Coming soon – A new CSR Asia Strategic Partner Programme Over the past five years, CSR Asia’s Strategic Partner Programme has offered organisations across the region a unique opportunity to get support for their CSR activities. With over 60 leading organisations, the programme is now the leading cross-sectoral CSR …
New World Bank Report on Global Economic Prospects
INTERNATIONAL TRQDE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC Online Brussels/Washington 13 January 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement has criticised today’s World Bank report on Global Economic Prospects (GEP) http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/GEPEXT/0,,contentMDK:22804940~pagePK:51087946~piPK:51087916~theSitePK:538110,00.html for advocating fiscal austerity in the face of high unemployment. However,the report’s call for “the re-regulation of the financial sector” is …
The Great Food Crisis of 2011
By Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2011/update90 As the new year begins, the price of wheat is setting an all-time high in the United Kingdom. Food riots are spreading across Algeria. Russia is importing grain to sustain its cattle herds until spring grazing begins. India is wrestling with an 18-percent annual food …
IDB Issues Poverty Reduction Bonds
Supporting better living conditions for new generations in Latin America and the Caribbean The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (rated Moody’s: Aaa / S&P: AAA) and Daiwa Securities Group announce an issuance of the Poverty Reduction Bonds (the “Bonds”) to support poverty alleviation and improve living conditions of new generations in …
Stakeholder Engagement in Practice: Global Challenges, Possibilities and Limitations
Overview In partnership with Euromed Management, the Bentley Center for Business Ethics and Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility proudly present this year’s Bentley Global Business Ethics Symposium, sponsored by the State Street Foundation. The seventh in a multi-year partnership, the event brings together international academicians, corporate and civil …
OECD calls on Japan’s giant Government pension fund to integrate ESG
RI News Alert: › OECD calls on Japan’s giant Government pension fund to integrate ESG › India’s new Responsible Investment Research Association gets OK Click here to read the newsletter
How to Embed CSR in 2011
How to embed CSR in your company, this year: 1) A free pdf of selected findings from Ethical Corp’s report on how to embed CSR in the company: downloadable here: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/rbs/embedding-csr-report-findings.asp 2) Our 10th Annual Responsible Business Summit (the one and only!) on 3-4th May 2011, in London.