It can sometimes take a while for new concepts and ideas to become integrated into the business psyche. Anyone involved with promoting a sustainability or Corporate Social Responsibility agenda in recent years may be justified in feeling they have certainly served their time in this regard.
Now though, evidence of the complete acceptance of the sustainability concept may be coming from an unexpected quarter; the ruthlessly hard-nosed and commercial world of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). Eric Collard of KPMG’s Advisory practice explains.
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Industries that have been under high levels of government regulation and public scrutiny have the most effective sustainability communications, according to a review of S&P 100 companies.
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Global corporations view climate change as a driver of risk and opportunity and have cited clear regulation as key to managing the impacts, in this year’s findings from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which includes exclusive data from 1550 of the world’s major companies on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change related strategies.
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A new survey from EcoSecurities and ClimateBiz released today shows how large, multinational corporations are addressing their carbon footprints from within, and what strategies they’re using to offset the emissions they can’t avoid.
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After changing the world of computers, ‘open source’ is helping companies in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and creating social entrepreneurs who are determined to take on the challenges that face the world.
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Uit de vandaag bekend geworden review van de Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) blijkt dat de Nederlandse ondernemingen TNT en Unilever hun wereldwijde sectorleiderschap hebben geprolongeerd. TNT blijft super sector leider voor de sector “Industrial Goods & Services” en Unilever in de sector “Food & Beverage”.
AirFrance/KLM is wederom sectorleider voor de sector “Travel & Leisure”. Akzo Nobel, dat vorig jaar DSM passeerde, werd van de troon gestoten door BASF voor de sector “Chemicals”. Ook Philips moest het veld ruimen voor een Duitse onderneming. adidas AG nam namelijk de koppositie over in de sector “Personal Household & Goods”.
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Successful CSR communication is about the right message, the right amount of information delivered through the right vehicle, according to the Natural Marketing Institute. Most consumers prefer to learn about CSR through news media, a favoring likely due to the media’s third party reference point.
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Energy giant accused of leaning on authors of independent environmental report to help secure financial backing for controversial oil and gas extraction project.
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Is corporate social responsibility dead? Yes, says Harvard Business Review’s “Conversation Starter” blog. CSR will increasingly be seen as a public relations sham, the bloggers say.
Yes, says my colleague Stefan Stern, who recently predicted on this page that companies would abandon CSR in favour of “sustainability”.
No, says the European Commission, which commends companies that “go beyond minimum legal requirements to address societal needs” and has just spent three years and €1.4m ($2m) producing a 108-page report on CSR.
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Corporate boards can and should influence their companies’ social and environmental performances finds a new report.
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Slightly more companies than last year are using green procurement policies, says TerraChoice’s latest Ecomarkets report, but the bigger change is in what environmental issues are most important.
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ArcelorMittal, Citigroup, Chevron, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), ExxonMobil, Nestlé, Samsung, Shell, Total, and Wal-Mart were red-flagged by ECOFACT as the most controversial companies in the world. The companies were routinely in the news and criticized by non-governmental organizations in the first half of this year.
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