Communications & Reporting

People On The Move - March 2011

Claire Manuel, (Feb 25, 2011)

With thanks to Miriam Heale, Allen & York Recruitment

Asia Pulp and Paper: Pulp fiction

Oliver Balch, (Feb 25, 2011)

Faced with criticism from campaign groups, companies can fight with facts, engage or hide. APP has tried all three, none with much success

ISO 26000’s certification problems

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 25, 2011)

USCIB’s Adam Greene says that ISO’s member organisations are creating further confusion around the 26000 standard

Nordstrom Cares: Care-free or careless reporting?

Alex Parkinson, (Feb 25, 2011)

Nordstrom’s web-based continual reporting model needs refinement

Gazprom Sustainability Report 2008-09: Read between the lines

Elaine Cohen, (Feb 25, 2011)

The Russian gas giant’s first sustainability report is a solid piece of work, if lacking a little sparkle

Sustainable agriculture, Europe’s carbon markets, corporate responsibility in France and the future of eco labels

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 23, 2011)

Ethical Corporation's March 2011 issue focuses on sustainable agriculture, the current state of CR in France, Europe’s carbon markets, certification of commodities and much more.

CEOs from Timberland, AkzoNobel, Interface and Veolia Water gather in New York this June to discuss CR, sustainability and their business value

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 23, 2011)

International business leaders from Europe and America are heading to New York in June to discuss the most pressing corporate responsibility issues of 2011.

Codes of conduct and standards: the pick of the bunch

Deborah Leipziger, (Feb 21, 2011)

Deborah Leipziger has picked her top ten codes and standards. In the first of a two-part report, here she gives her views on five

The UK leads the way in corporate responsibility

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 4, 2011)

UK’s perceived leading global position is highlighted in Ethical Corporation’s newly published 10-page management briefing

Philips 2009 Annual Report: Where integrated reporting breaks down

Zoë Cokeliss 2, (Jan 27, 2011)

Some vital sustainability information is missing from Philips’ integrated report

Essay: ageing society - Grey skies thinking

David Grayson, (Jan 27, 2011)

David Grayson says that companies can benefit from recognising that society is ageing

Letter from America: Why business shouldn’t have to give back

Peter Knight, (Jan 27, 2011)

If companies didn’t exploit resources in the first place then they wouldn’t feel they needed to give something back, argues Peter Knight

Corporate values: Keep hold of hard-won business responsibility

Mallen Baker, (Jan 27, 2011)

Making ethical choices is harder in tough economic times, but we still need to make them, says Mallen Baker

Sustainability news roundup - February 2011

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 27, 2011)

Moves from Italy, Northern Europe, WWF, and all the latest from other brands in corporate responsibility and sustainability this month

People On The Move - February 2011

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 27, 2011)

By Claire Manuel

Vodafone Group Sustainability Report 2009-10: Forward thinking

Aleksandra Dobkowski-Joy, (Jan 27, 2011)

Vodafone’s developing world focus is reflected in its reporting

CEOs from TNT, Panasonic, PepsiCo, Innocent Drinks, Kraft UK, Johnson Matthey, Seventh Generation and Chairman from Alliance-Boots discuss CSR best practice at May summit in London

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 26, 2011)

CEOs from some of the world’s highest performing responsible businesses will gather in London in May to discuss sustainability and CSR strategy at Europe’s leading summit on corporate responsibility.

The ever-changing currency of trust

Mallen Baker, (Jan 26, 2011)

The language of trust is, as far as I can see, the common language marketers and corporate social responsibility teams. By and large, they have very different perspectives on the dynamics of business but the one thing they will agree on - if you lose trust, your job just got a lot harder.

Carbon pricing: UK government wants floor price certainty

Jane Burston, (Jan 24, 2011)

Energy intensive businesses face bigger bills if the UK government sets a minimum price for carbon, says Jane Burston

View from the Middle: Aid and development – The evolving role of business

EC Newsdesk, (Jan 24, 2011)

Welcome to the first of a regular series of articles that are going to look at aid, development, natural and man-made emergencies and the role in all of this of companies and the private sector

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