Dutch Sustainability Research (DSR) and Respect published findings of a benchmarking study on climate change best practice. The research indicates that corporations are taking part in numerous interesting and innovative climate change related initiatives. However, overall climate change disclosure remains patchy and inconsistent and it therefore remains difficult to determine real leadership.
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BASF’s corporate website – www.basf.com – is the most complete and web savvy in the field of online sustainability communications. Jungle Rating – a Dutch internet consultancy – concludes this after having investigated all sustainability websites of the European sustainability leaders, listed on the DJSI STOXX index. The short list of the top 53 companies has been announced today.
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Half-a-hundred options for cleaning up your business, from the universal (catch that rainwater!) to the specific (lose the plastic bowls!). Mix, match–join in. Imagine asking today how the Internet affects business. It’s an absurd question, like asking how electricity changed business. Asking the same about sustainability, it turns out, is equally absurd. Like the Internet, sustainability spurs innovation in everything, from how you see your business model to whether you see your employees (why not let them work at home more?). Here are our favorite ways companies today are greening up–and saving money and making better widgets in the process.
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Companies who have jumped on the “green” bandwagon have to support their green marketing by improved transparency and verifiable environmental and sustainable products, according to the newly released “BBMG Conscious Consumer Report.” BBMG, a marketing agency that specializes in working with socially minded organizations, found that consumers are becoming more conscious of the environmental and social impacts of the companies whose products they buy.
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In een toespraak voor Rotterdamse studenten op 31 oktober 2007 onderstreept minister Bos dat duurzaamheid een onlosmakelijk deel vormt van economie.
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Research conducted by the Kenexa Research Institute (KRI), a division of Kenexa(R) , a leading provider of talent acquisition and retention solutions, evaluated workers’ perceptions of their organizations with regard to corporate social responsibility. The report is based on the analysis of data drawn from a representative sample of workers surveyed in 2007 through WorkTrends(TM), KRI’s annual survey of worker opinions. The survey included workers from Brazil, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Thousands of companies issue sustainability reports each year – but who reads them? What do these readers think of reports? Do reports meet the needs of communities, investors, employees, customers, journalists, and non-governmental organizations? The GRI Readers’ Choice Award was designed to find answers to these questions and give all sustainability report users worldwide a voice on sustainability reporting today. After extensive preparations by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and their partners – all leaders in the field – the first world wide online sustainability reporting awards scheme is close to launch. Mark your calendar for 1 October 2007.
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Global sustainable investment specialists EIRIS today published The state of responsible business: Global corporate response to environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges which provides a snapshot of the state of responsible business around the globe.
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De resultaten van de jaarlijkse review van de Dow Jones Sustainability Indices zijn bekend gemaakt. Voor de Nederlandse ondernemingen zijn de wijzingen beperkt: Wolters Kluwer is toegevoegd aan de Dow Jones World Sustainability Index. Océ is helaas verwijderd uit de Dow Jones Stoxx Sustainability Index. Akzo Nobel heeft het stokje overgenomen van DSM als “supersector leader” in de Dow Jones World Sustainability Index.
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Brown-Wilson Group’s newest “Black Book of Outsourcing” reports that businesses are including more environmental factors when choosing suppliers.
Companies, shareholders and other stakeholders are asking for suppliers to follow stricter environmental standards. The Brown-Wilson Group, an outsourcing industry consulting firm, finds that corporations are shifting their responsibility for environmental concerns to the supply chain in their “Black Book of Outsourcing: 2007 Green Outsourcer Report.”
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The rapid acceptance of Green products by mainstream consumers has created an unprecedented flood of companies competing to get their “Green” message heard by a growing number of journalists. From biofuels to organic baby food, media outlets are being tasked with explaining and exploring the significance of a variety of subjects related to this movement, all while separating legitimate Green companies and products from “Greenwashing” imposters.
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Eurosif (European Social Investment Forum) publishes today two reports covering social and environmental challenges for companies in the Food Production and Insurance sectors. These are the fourth and fifth such notes in Eurosif’s series of publications aimed at raising awareness among a wide European audience on the nature and understanding of social and environmental issues, as well as related business opportunities potentially affecting long-term returns and productivity within these sectors.
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