Unilever comes out top in corporate responsibility rating
A new ranking of major food and beverage companies by their corporate social responsibility is published, with Unilever, Nestle and Danone occupying the top three spots.
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New Report Offers First Guidelines for Companies on How to Communicate about Climate Policy Engagement
On the heels of last year’s failed climate negotiations in Copenhagen, more companies worldwide are attempting to advance national and international policies around climate change. Now, a new report from BSR offers the first concrete guidelines on how business can communicate to customers, investors, and the public on these climate policy engagement efforts.
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Urgent Need to Prepare Developing Countries for Surge in E-Wastes
Sales of electronic products in countries like China and India and across continents such as Africa and Latin America are set to rise sharply in the next 10 years. And, unless action is stepped up to properly collect and recycle materials, many developing countries face the spectre of hazardous e-waste mountains with serious consequences for the environment and public health, according to UN experts in a landmark report released today by UNEP.
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Largest Companies Fall Short in Managing, Disclosing Water Scarcity Risks
Despite growing water-scarcity risks in many parts of the world, the vast majority of leading companies in water-intensive industries have weak management and disclosure of water-related risks and opportunities, according to a first-ever report issued by the Ceres investor coalition, the financial services firm UBS and financial data provider Bloomberg.
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AkzoNobel and DSM negative value in Chemical Industry Sustainable Value Ranking
Global chemical companies could gain about one billion Euro ($1.4 billion) in cash flow if they increase their sustainability performance, according to a new study that evaluates the performance of nine global chemical companies through 2004 to 2007.
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SAMs 2010 Sustainability Yearbook Published
SAM, the investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, has produced its annual Sustainability Yearbook in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The Sustainability Yearbook 2010 gives an overview of the results of SAM’s annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment. It has been carried out for eleven consecutive years. The number of assessed companies has risen from 468 companies to 1,237 companies, since the SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment was first established 1999.
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Nearly 60 Companies Test New Product, Supply Chain Emissions Measuring Tools
More than 50 corporations, including Kraft Foods, IKEA, Ford, GE and SC Johnson, are measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of their products and entire supply chains with two new standards from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative.
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Carbon management becomes key part of corporate supply chain strategy for major global companies
Suppliers are now expected by some of their global customers to demonstrate greenhouse gas emissions management, awareness and action, in order to maintain business relationships, a Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) report shows.
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The three most important Sustainable Development Key Performance Indicators for 68 industries
On behalf of the German Federal Environment Ministry and with participation of leading sustainable investors/analysts, who influence sustainable assets of c. Euro 2 trillion with offices in all important industrial countries, Dr. Axel Hesse (SD-M) has defined the three most important Sustainable Development Key Performance Indicators (SD-KPIs) for the business development of 68 industries in the next five years (according to the MSCI/S&P Global Industry Classification Standard, GICS).
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Survey Shows Disconnect Between the Strategic Value and Measurement of Sustainability Initiatives
A recent survey of corporate sustainability leaders shows that while sustainability initiatives are seen as having significant strategic value to organizations, the reporting on these initiatives is challenging. The survey found that 72 percent of respondents believed that boards of directors place a high priority on sustainability and 74 percent say their organizations link their sustainability initiatives to company strategy. However, more than half of the respondents also said they thought measurement for the initiatives was lacking.
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A guide to CSR in Europe
CSR Europe, the European business network for corporate social responsibility (CSR), has released A Guide to CSR in Europe based on contributions by its national partner organisations across Europe.
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European companies lead on setting greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, but still not on track to achieve EU requirements
European companies are set to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 2.2% per annum, with 84% of responding companies reporting emissions or energy reduction targets. There is strong evidence of considerable investment being made to cut emissions. 54 companies report planned investments totalling some €100 billion in the coming years, aimed at reducing carbon intensity. Among energy intensive sectors, Transportation and Utilities demonstrate both the largest financial commitment and the most aggressive reduction targets. The results were launched today in London at an event hosted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, one of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) global sponsors.
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