Stakeholder Engagement

China briefing Part 3: The role of NGOs – Smoke and mirrors disguise true corporate activism

Paul French, (Mar 8, 2010)

In western terms, NGOs do not exist in China as the government’s control extends into civil society

Sustainability news roundup – March 2010

EC Newsdesk, (Mar 8, 2010)

Moves from the European Union, Church of England, IBM, Intel and all the latest from other brands in corporate responsibility and sustainability this month

The last word: Toyota – Car crash with the world watching

Jon Entine, (Mar 8, 2010)

The hysteria is unnervingly consistent – Toyota put profit before safety. But did it? Jon Entine investigates

Analysis: green Scotch – Islay’s tipple point

Ben Cooper, (Mar 7, 2010)

Islay has a history of green energy initiatives. Now one of its famous distilleries is generating power from waste

Analysis: Haiti – Business-backed survival

Felix von Geyer, (Mar 6, 2010)

Ethical brands are taking the lead in the long-term regeneration of Haiti

People on the move – March 2010

Allen & York, (Mar 3, 2010)

By Miriam Heale, Allen & York

Heavy industry briefing Part 1: Overview – Sustainable heavy industry’s hard choices

Eric Marx, (Mar 3, 2010)

Extractive industries have developed initiatives that can defeat the ‘resource curse’

Business and human rights: How to cut a deal when things go wrong

EC Newsdesk, (Mar 2, 2010)

Martyn Day considers the power of mediation in international claims, and how it can bring governments and companies to the table

China column – It’s Expo time in Shanghai

Paul French, (Mar 2, 2010)

City life is the focus of China’s next giant international event. Paul French, China editor, will be there

John Lewis Partnership CSR report 2009 – Surprisingly under-told

EC Newsdesk, (Mar 2, 2010)

The John Lewis Partnership’s report has the right ingredients, but not enough detail

Letter from America – As you were, world’s largest economy

Peter Knight, (Mar 2, 2010)

Peter Knight says that the economic crisis should have been the chance to really change US corporate behaviour, but the reset never came

Big interview: Fabio Barbosa, CEO of Grupo Santander Brasil – Brazilian blend of bank profits and sustainability

Oliver Balch, (Mar 2, 2010)

The financial sector is in need of ethical leaders. And it has one in Fabio Barbosa, who is using his long-standing experience in sustainability to forge the future for Brazil’s third largest bank

Business school bulletin – March 2010

Oliver Balch, (Mar 1, 2010)

Insight into business-NGO collaboration, some arguments on shareholder primacy and why mining mountain tops is bad

Essay: Chemicals – Plastic defamation?

Jon Entine, (Mar 1, 2010)

A plastic additive has attracted activist wrath. But science says it is safe

Corporate takeovers – Surviving being swallowed

Rajesh Chhabara, (Mar 1, 2010)

Kraft Food’s takeover of Cadbury has renewed the ‘is big necessarily bad?’ debate

Analysis: Sri Lanka clothing industry – ‘We will have ethics but no business’

Rajesh Chhabara, (Mar 1, 2010)

A change in EU tariffs will impact Sri Lanka’s garment industry

Analysis: US export credit agencies – Credibility crunch

Rajesh Chhabara, (Mar 1, 2010)

The new legislation has created new hopes among the NGOs that things will start to improve at Opic.

Stakeholder engagement – Must everything important be measured?

Mallen Baker, (Mar 1, 2010)

As physicists know, if you measure something you change it. In the case of your relationship with customers, you’ll probably spoil it, says Mallen Baker

Business and human rights: Ruggie’s progress – The crucial test of grievance mechanism access

Oliver Wagg, (Mar 1, 2010)

John Ruggie’s proposed grievance mechanisms – now being trialled – are central to his goal of establishing a business and human rights framework

Cap-and-trade legislation: Underpinning the success of US renewables?

EC Newsdesk, (Feb 25, 2010)

Voluntary renewable portfolio standards are falling short of the mark, progress on mandatory cap-and-trade legislation has stalled and US cleantech investment has taken a dip. What will it take for the US to maintain its lead in cleantech investment?

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