New publication released: Engaging Business on Human Rights

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

     18 March, 2015   New publication released: Engaging Business on Human Rights This new paper by csr Asia outlines some of the human rights risks that face businesses who operate global value chains and looks at the opportunities for responsible and inclusive business practices. It offers practical recommendations for how …

2015’s Winning Coalition

Jay OwenWealth of Networks, Articles by Hazel Henderson

By Hazel Henderson (c) 2015 for CSRWire Talkback, Jan. 7, 2015 The incoming Republican Congress in the United States, elected by the smallest voter participation since World War II, provides a new opportunity for galvanizing a winning coalition on tax reform.  This new Congress faces the spate of tax-avoiding “reversion”: …

SRI Pioneer Amy Domini Takes Impact Investing to the Public Markets

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By Ellie Winninghoff SRI pioneer Amy Domini last week celebrated the launch of Nia Global Solutions (Nia), a new type of portfolio that takes impact investing into public stock markets. Co-founded with Oakland-based Kristin Hull, a seasoned entrepreneurial philanthropist and impact investor, Nia consists of narrowly focused firms whose sole …

Companies with Certified Sustainability Practitioners Increase their CSR Performance: 2014

Jay OwenSustainability News

Companies with Certified Sustainability Practitioners Increase their CSR Performance: 2014   Following last year’s study, the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence, CSE, has just completed its 2014 global study on determining Certified Sustainability Practitioners (by CSE) contribution towards the overall Sustainability rating score of the corresponding companies, based on CSRHub …

Miami under water | Interview with Ikea’s CSO | Is natural capital next?

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

        8 November 2013 Share           What’s been happening?           As Ben Strauss from Climate Central predicts more than 25% of Boston, Miami, New Orleans, and Atlantic City could be under water by 2100, we look to the threat rising …

CSR Asia Weekly: Unilever’s Supply Chains in Vietnam / Post-2015 development agenda

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Vol. 9 Week 7 | 27 February 2013     HIGHLIGHT Real-time online training: Effective CSR Communications CSR Asia is hosting a live web training session on 11 April on effective CSR communications. The 2-hour training session will outline success factors that can increase companies’ visibility around CSR initiatives. Get practical tips …

Taking integrated reporting to another level

kristySRI/ESG News

Taking integrated reporting to another level KLP – Kommunal Landspensjonskasse – Norway’s largest life insurance company, present their sustainability reporting for 2011. In accordance with the KLP philosophy of integrated reporting you will find extensive sustainability reporting in the quarterly non-financial accounts, which cover the most material indicators and are …

Alliance: A role model for the good ship philanthropy?

kristySRI/ESG News, Global Citizen, Sustainability News

An Indigenous-Led Organization Thank you for all of your responses to our June newsletter! We’ve had a busy couple of months. We are in the final stages of preparing to launch our new website! This new and improved version has been redesigned to help streamline applications to the Keepers of …

Five Questions about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – Special Interview with Karen Maas, Scientific Director, Executive CSR Courses, Erasmus School of Accounting & Assurance, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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An interview with Emerging Markets ESG September 3, 2012 By Geoffrey on September 3, 2012 On the first Monday of each month Emerging Markets ESG publishes a special interview with an academic, expert or practitioner about a specific topic with relevance to environmental, social and/or governance (ESG) issues. This month’s …

Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Priya Bala-Miller

kristySRI/ESG News, The Power of Yin

An interview from Emerging ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Priya Bala-Miller, Director, International Programs, Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE), Vancouver, Canada – August 10, 2012 By Geoffrey on August 10, 2012 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about …