Stakeholder Engagement

Corporate responsibility – Embedding ethics

Ian Welsh - Editor, (Nov 4, 2009)

The secret to taking corporate responsibility seriously is making it part of normal business for all departments and functions

Financial crisis – Ethical banks emerging stronger

Rajesh Chhabara, (Nov 4, 2009)

Banks with stronger sustainability credentials have shown greater resilience during the global financial crisis

Analysis: pharma payouts – Pfizer coughs up $2.3bn

Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Nov 3, 2009)

Marketing unapproved drugs has landed Pfizer in big trouble

Analysis: Google – World domination just a click away

Leon Gettler, (Nov 3, 2009)

Unease about Google’s power and influence is deepening

People on the move – November 2009

Ruston Wheb, (Nov 3, 2009)

By Victoria Jordan, Ruston Wheb

Letter from America – Hit business reset

Peter Knight, (Nov 3, 2009)

It would be nice to believe the economic crisis had jolted business into better ways of thinking, but there is plenty of evidence that silliness still abounds, says Peter Knight

Greenwasher – November 2009

"Greenwasher", (Nov 3, 2009)

This month Greenwasher considers types of corporate responsibility managers, pressure on astroturfing and shifts towards sustainability as core business

Coffee: UK coffee houses – Brewing a better café culture

Oliver Balch, (Nov 3, 2009)

UK consumers love their caffeine kick, but are coffee accreditation and certification programmes giving small producers a boost?

Starbucks: Darcy Willson-Rymer – Shouting about ethical connections

Oliver Balch, (Nov 3, 2009)

Starbucks’ UK head is proud of the company’s credentials and wants to spread the word

Tuna fishing – Net decline

Stephen Gardner, (Nov 3, 2009)

Tuna – the sandwich shop staple – has become a poster-fish for the rampant over-exploitation of the oceans. Can the destructive trends be reversed?

Book review – Green Recovery

EC Newsdesk, (Oct 29, 2009)

Despite sometimes losing focus, this book provides some useful green solutions for economic revival

Sustainability news roundup – October 2009

EC Newsdesk, (Oct 29, 2009)

Moves from Trafigura, Shell, Vattenfall, Total and all the latest from other brands in corporate responsibility and sustainability this month

Carbon labels – Engaging customers with reporting nuggets

Mallen Baker, (Oct 29, 2009)

There are flaws with carbon labelling, but it’s a way of getting a clear message on a company’s sustainability efforts into the hands of the consumer

Letter from America – New energy economics

Peter Knight, (Oct 29, 2009)

For technology to provide climate change solutions that are economic requires energy to become more expensive, which Americans won’t stand for, argues Peter Knight

CSR for corporate communications - A how-to guide is now available

EC Newsdesk, (Oct 28, 2009)

A recent report from Ethical Corporation includes a detailed section on what corporate responsibility means for communication professionals

Business school bulletin – October 2009

Oliver Balch, (Oct 27, 2009)

Harvard Business School addressing sustainability, why tax is unavoidable and the benefits of eco-innovation

Stakeholder dialogue – Become engaged

Rajesh Chhabara, (Oct 27, 2009)

Managing stakeholders for risk mitigation only is a short-sighted approach. Smart companies engage

Analysis: sovereign funds – Northern light

Eric Marx, (Oct 27, 2009)

Norway’s huge sovereign wealth fund could influence global sustainability practices with its new investment guidelines

Kimberly-Clark and Greenpeace – Sorting the good from the trees

EC Newsdesk, (Oct 27, 2009)

Kimberly-Clark and Greenpeace have gone from combatants to collaborators and it could pave the way for improving the behaviour of other consumer goods titans

Locust: Investment advice – Game over for pay to play

Locust, (Oct 27, 2009)

Locust dissects a proposed new rule from the US financial watchdog to counter corruption from public pension fund investing

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