Environment reports by some of the world’s biggest companies are routinely including wrong statistics and leaving out vital information, according to the most comprehensive study yet carried out.
The examination of more than 4,000 corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports and company surveys by a team at Leeds University found “irrelevant data, unsubstantiated claims, gaps in data and inaccurate figures” – a finding that will cast serious doubt over the burgeoning sector.
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The Lage Landen wins the Green Lessor of the Year award for the 2nd year in a row. The award was presented at the annual Asset Finance awards dinner in Munich, Germany on November 3th 2011.
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Results from the “BSR/GlobeScan State of Sustainable Business Poll 2011,” yesterday at the BSR Conference 2011, show that global businesses remain highly committed to sustainability. For the second straight year, more than eight in 10 respondents (84 percent) are optimistic that global businesses will embrace CSR/sustainability as part of their core strategies and operations in the next five years. BSR and GlobeScan surveyed nearly 500 business leaders drawn from BSR’s global network of nearly 300 member companies.
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The European Commission has published a new policy on corporate social responsibility. By taking steps to better meet their social responsibility, enterprises can help themselves and help society as a whole.
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NEWSWEEK heeft de grootste ondernemingen geranked op het gebied van milieu.
Munich Re, IBM en Australian Bank vormen in deze editie de top 3. In de ranking van vorig jaar stonden drie Nederlandse ondernemingen op in de top 100 van de lijst (ING op 15, Unilever op 65 en Shell op 88). Nu staat Philips hoog genoteerd op plaats 9. Verder staan in de top 100: KPN op 36, EADS op 55, ING op 64 en Aegon op 83.
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A worrying trend is emerging, according to a new survey by SustainAbility and GlobeScan: sustainability experts and practitioners are not feeling the sense of urgency they once did.
In the survey of experts from 64 countries, the five most urgent issues on the sustainability agenda – climate change, water scarcity, food security, poverty, and biodiversity loss – were all perceived as less urgent challenges than they were in 2009.
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has launched a new publication The OECD Sustainable Manufacturing Toolkit. This publication is designed to help businesses around the world, particularly supply chain firms and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), develop a more viable, socially responsible business approach and make the most of green growth opportunities.
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The Discussion Paper Towards Integrated Reporting – Communicating Value in the 21st Century considers the rationale for Integrated Reporting, offering initial proposals for the development of an International Integrated Reporting Framework and outlining the next steps towards its creation and adoption. Its purpose is to prompt input from all those with a stake in improved reporting, including producers and users of reports.
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today announced that its Executive Committee has approved the appointment of Peter Bakker as its new President effective January 1, 2012. Mr. Bakker, the former CEO of Dutch logistics giant TNT, succeeds Björn Stigson who will retire.
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Concern about climate change/global warming among online consumers around the world took a back-seat to other environmental issues such as air and water pollution, water shortages, packaging waste and use of pesticides, according to Nielsen’s 2011 Global Online Environment & Sustainability Survey of more than 25,000 Internet respondents in 51 countries.
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Many do not equate the environmentally focused activities of composting, recycling and using rechargeable batteries as primary activities of the highÃ??\income American jet set. But, according to a new report from Scarborough Research, the Ã??Ã??Super GreenÃ??Ã?? Ã??C those consumers who engage in the highest amount of environmentallyÃ??\friendly activities as measured by Scarborough Ã??C are top earners with a taste for luxury.
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The majority of businesses say that the benefits resulting from their sustainability initiatives have exceeded expectations, according to an international survey by Accenture (NYSE:
ACN). But a hard core minority of businesses does not see sustainability as a critical or strategic investment.
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