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EFES NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2008
80% of all European largest companies have employee share plans 80% of all European largest companies had employee share plans in 2007, coming from 50% in 2000, 20% in 1994, 10% in 1986… A quick and recent development. All European countries are involved without any exception. However, some of them …
IS YOUR INVESTMENT REALLY GOING TOWARD THE "GREATER GOOD"?
THIS NEWS FROM OUR RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, Prof. Michael K. Dorsey , Dartmouth College.” Dear Professor/Staff Member, It’s morning in America—do you know where your pension fund assets were last night? Would it upset you to know that TIAA-CREF—the nation’s largest retirement fund—is a major investor in companies like …
ENS World News
INVESTORS REQUEST DISCLOSURE OF CLIMATE EMISSIONS, STRATEGIES *LONDON, UK, February 6, 2008 (ENS)* – The Carbon Disclosure Project, a collaboration of 385 institutional investors with assets under management of $57 trillion, has issued its 2008 information request to the world’s largest corporations. Companies are requested to measure and disclose their …
Ethics World News
Februrary 5, 2008. From Heather Risley, Editor. ====UPCOMING EVENT: Money, Politics, and Corporate Risk on Feb. 28-29 in New York. See details at EthicsWorld News from NGOs.==== Ethics and Employees * National Government Ethics Survey Shows Employee Misconduct Is High – According to the Ethics Resource Center, employee misconduct in …
The Future 500 in 2008
Dear friends and colleagues, Thank you for giving me and the Future 500 team — now thriving in China, Japan, and the U.S. — the opportunity to do multi-sector stakeholder engagement work that advances the triple bottomline. I have so much to be excited about as we move into the …
Reduce the Impact of Environmental & Social Risk On Your Bottom Line
Apply now for this quarter’s online courses on environmental & social risk assessment: * Africa: 4 – 22 February 2008 * Latin America : 11- 29 February 2008 * Central and Eastern Europe: 25 February – 14 March 2008 On-line applications: http://www.unepfi.org/onlinetraining/index.php
Carnegie Council Policy Innovations
COMMENTARY: The Melting Pot, the Salad Bowl, and the Confucian Ideal By James FarrerMany have argued we are entering a multipolar world. Yet, this competition will not simply take place in terms of varying approaches to foreign policy but also as a result of internal policies toward minorities. COMMENTARY: Latin …
Ethics World News
January 31, 2008. From Heather Risley, Editor. ====UPCOMING EVENT: Money, Politics, and Corporate Risk on Feb. 28-29 in New York. See details at EthicsWorld News from NGOs.===== This Week at www.ethicsworld.org: Ethics and Employees National Government Ethics Survey Shows Employee Misconduct Is High – According to the Ethics Resource Center, …
The BoP Movement Goes Mainstream
NextBillion News vol.21 January 29, 2008 1. Bill Gates Calls for Capitalism That Serves the Poor 2. Featured Blog Posts: Google.org: Fuel the Growth of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises by Rob Katz Emerging Market Multinationals: BoP or Not? by Abigail Keene-Babcock Will 2008 Be the Year of ‘Next Billion’ …