The Foundation Sustained Responsibility (FSR) issues the CSR Performance Ladder the English version of an initiative for managing and certification of CSR within organisations of all kind. Issued November 2010, the ISO 26000 on CSR is not a management system standard and not for certification purposes, the CSR Performance Ladder is both.
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TNT is met een 15de positie het meest duurzame Nederlandse bedrijf in de top-100 van de meest maatschappelijk verantwoorde ondernemingen wereldwijd. De Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations wordt jaarlijks samengesteld op basis van prestaties op het gebied van milieu, diversiteit en transparantie, en gepubliceerd tijdens het World Economic Forum in Davos.
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ORSE publishes report on Sustainable Procurement reporting. This study, produced in partnership with Ecovadis, focuses on Sustainable Procurement practices of 125 Asian, American and European companies from the Global 500.
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On November 29-30, the European Commission (EC) organised the European Multistakeholder Forum Plenary Meeting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI). The meeting gathered EC representatives, the private sector, investor and company associations, NGOs, trade unions and academia to discuss the future of EU CSR Policy, to be framed in the upcoming 2011 EC Communication on CSR.
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ISO, developer of the newly published ISO 26000 standard giving guidance on social responsibility, and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) have issued a joint statement reinforcing the point that ISO 26000 is not able to be and may not be used for certification. Further, the two organizations indicate that they will take action against claims of certification to the standard
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SAM, the investment boutique focused exclusively on sustainability investing, and Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the creation of the Dow Jones SustainabilityWorld Enlarged Index (DJSI World Enlarged). The new index will be launched on November 30, 2010, and is designed to accommodate increasing investor demand for a broader sustainability benchmark. As such, the DJSIWorld Enlarged tracks the performance of the most sustainable 20% of companies out of the largest 2,500 companies in the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index.
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CDP Water Disclosure, a new program from the Carbon Disclosure Project, today launches its first report on the impact of water constraints on the world’s largest corporations, clearly illustrating the significance and immediacy of water as a corporate issue.
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In a report published this month, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) examines the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of the world’s 100 largest transnational corporations (TNRs), as well as the sustainable investment practices of the world’s 100 largest institutional investors.
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In een artikel in Sprout wordt aan de hand van een interview met Willem Lageweg (directeur MVO Nederland), Folkert van der Molen (marktmanager duurzaamheid bij DHV) en Leen Zevenbergen (CEO Quirius) ingegaan op wat 10 jaar MVO heeft gebracht.
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Scot Frank has won the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2010 for the affordable portable solar concentrator SolSource. His Royal Highness Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, the honorary jury chair,
announced the American as the recipient of the €500,000 grand prize.
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Carbon management is becoming a strategic business priority and competitive driver for the largest global companies, despite the lack of global agreement on climate change. These are among the findings of the 2010 Global 500* report and leadership index released today by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), produced by PwC and sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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ISO 26000, which gives organizations guidance on implementing social responsibility (SR), has successfully passed the last development phase and been approved for publication as an ISO International Standard. ISO targets publication on 1 November.
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