NEWS HEADLINES: NOVEMBER 17TH, 2009 › RI round-up Nov 17 FEATURES: Theme of the Month: ESG practices in Africa are improving
Sompo Japan releases its 8th annual CSR report
One of Japan’s largest insurance and financial groups, Sompo Japan Group, has launched its eighth annual report “Corporate Social Responsibility Communication 2009”.
Other News: The International Forum for Leaders of the Social Economy
The 4th Mont Blanc Meetings Meeting in Chamonix in 9 and 10 November, 200 leaders from 35 countries looked into the world food crisis along with representatives from several UN institutions (UNPD, ILO, WFP, FAO) along with representatives of the ICA, the AIM, and research centres.
News from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics 11/09
This e-mail updates you on Center events and new material available on the Web site of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Center News Leading an Ethical Business Life Center Executive Director Kirk O. Hanson discusses how to behave ethically in an unethical world, Nov. 15.
Opportunity Collaboration E-Communiqués — November 2009
First Opportunity Collaboration Rocks On October 17th, approximately 270 social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, religious leaders, nonprofit executives, foundation officers and political activists arrived in Ixtapa, Mexico for a four-day business retreat to share their diversity and to uncover compelling ways of collaborating to reduce poverty.
Sustainability initiatives can help drive corporate growth, according to Economist Intelligence Unit survey
For immediate release: Monday, November 9th 2009 Business initiatives that link sustainability and corporate growth are often dismissed by sceptics as mere window dressing. But executives say the link is significant, according to a global online survey of 183 respondents, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by SAS. …
Investors Urging Cisco to Respond to Human Rights Risk in its Global Operations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2009 Contact: Dawn Wolfe, Boston Common Asset Management; Office 617-720-5557; Mobile 617-721-2315; [email protected] Boston, MA – In a shareholder proposal led by Boston Common Asset Management, 17 investors representing over 24 million shares of Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) totaling over $580 million USD are …
BBC World Service Poll Wide Dissatisfaction with Capitalism – Twenty Years after Fall of Berlin Wall
Monday 9 November 2009 The BBC World Service today released our latest poll on views towards free enterprise and the economic role of the state. Suffice it to say that recent events are putting strain on the market’s social contract with average citizens. Almost one in four (23%) across 27 …
PRI sign-ups buck financial crisis – Bloomberg joins and launches ESG data on screens
At last, ESG , i.e. Triple Bottom Line accounting goes mainstream! – Ed. UN investor initiative continues to broaden across asset classes. by Hugh Wheelan | November 1st, 2009 The $19 trillion United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment has signed up 55 new institutional members since the end of August, …
CSR Asia Weekly
Posted November 11, 2009 The Asian Sustainability Rating™ by Erin Lyon [email protected] The ASR™ is a simple, open-source benchmarking tool for use by Asian companies, investors and other stakeholders. It was launched in October 2009 and currently covers the top 20 companies, by market capitalisation, in ten Asian markets: Australia, …