May 26, 2011 – News Releases Successful examples of corporate social responsibility highlighted in business event More than 800 entrepreneurs and international experts participated in the second day of the CSRAméricas conference ASUNCION, Paraguay ? Presentations of successful examples of corporate social responsibility in the region as well as a …
Broadening Fiduciary Duty – Flexible Corp And Benefit Corp Explained
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 …
Save the Date: CSR Asia Summit 2011 Returns to Malaysia
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 …
Shareholder engagement: A promising SRI practice
Paris, 22 February 2011 ? Novethic is releasing a study on shareholder engagement practices. In this approach, investors take position on sustainable development issues (Environmental, Social and Governance: ESG) towards companies in order to require from them to improve their reporting or strategy on these areas. This study surveys shareholder …
CSR Asia Weekly: Master degree programme in CSR / Green jobs / Business and Human Rights
Carbon Footprinting Workshop 8 March 2011, 9:30am – 12:30pm, Hong Kong For a company to reduce its climate change impact, it first needs to understand its carbon footprint and the core elements needed for a credible climate change strategy. This training will provide a step-by-step approach to measure and manage …
The Blue Economy NEWS 32
The Blue Economy – Report to the Club of Rome 100 innovations – presented weekly over 2 years Last week, the Blue Economy was introduced at two conferences: Gunter Pauli presented at the JCI World Congress in Osaka, and Markus Haastert spoke at the Entrepreneurship Summit in Berlin. Both presentations …
Social Media, Technology & Change
Only 19 days remain until the Justmeans conference Social Media, Technology & Change on November 1st in New York City. Join thought leaders in discussions about the latest use of technology and social media to promote not only stakeholder engagement and transparency but also key sustainability and corporate social responsibility …
Demand for CSR drives record attendance at Summit
Demand for CSR drives record attendance at Summit by Angel Ng Over 400 CSR practitioners and thought-leaders from around the globe gathered at the CSR Asia Summit held on 14-15 September 2010 in Hong Kong to exchange ideas on key CSR issues and strategies in the Asia-Pacific region. The CSR …
Supreme Court’s Shocker Makes CSR Key Buttress of Democracy
From CSRwire.com Talkback Jan. 25, 2010 Is the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC to treat corporations as “persons” a debacle for democracy — or an opportunity for corporate social responsibility? Hazel Henderson of Ethical Markets has some creative answers. By Hazel Henderson If the worldwide movement for …