corporate responsibility

NaturCert, the global independent organisation which has developed the NaturCert Certification Program for the environment and society, is announcing its launching.

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Responsible Retailing: whats in store for 2008

M&S and Oxfam have teamed up to launch the UK's biggest clothing recycling campaign.   The Exchange is designed to both raise money for Oxfam's work to tackle poverty and injustice and to reduce the one million tonnes of clothing sent by the public to landfill in the UK each year

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and IBM are initiating an effort in partnership with Nokia, Pitney Bowes, and Sony have come together to help the environment, unleashing dozens of innovative, environmentally responsible patents to the public domain. The pledged portfolio, dubbed the "Eco-Patent Commons," is available on a dedicated, public Web site hosted by the WBCSD (http://www.wbcsd.org/web/epc).

Jeff Lopez, Recycling Dock Operator, Anheuser-Busch, talks about the company's recycling program. Recycling has been an Anheuser-Busch priority since the 1890s when the company would reuse grain left over from brewing to feed its livestock.

John Replogle, CEO and President, Burt's Bees, speaks as part of the 2007 Net Impact conference at Vanderbilt University. The theme of the NetImpact Conference, hosted by the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, is "Building a Sustainable Future, What Will You Do Next?" dealing with corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, international development, and non-profit and environmental management.

Blog advocacy encouraging South African companies to embrace carbon accountability, and to start demanding carbon-offsetting from their supply chains.

Corporate America is cashing in on their customer's desire to do good by selling more products through corporate responsibility campaigns. Is this concept a movement that could transform American business, or are consumers seeing through it?

Corporate social responsibility is an ever growing task for companies, and with today’s “green” movement, this concept takes on a whole new dynamic.

SBC and AT&T plan to force at least 10,000 workers back into their cars. The costs for fuel, pollution, and increased office space must be incredible. Even worse is the terrible example they are setting for other firms. A few years ago, my old employer used AT&T lines to support our telecommuting program. I will contact my friends in their IT department to encourage them to take their business elsewhere. Let's shed some light on this act of corporate irresponsibility!!

Toyota Europe's General Manager of Corporate Affairs Mike Hawes discusses the importance of reaching consumers with genuine environmental messages at the International Visual Communications Association (IVCA) Clarion Awards 2007.

Richard Ellis, Head of Corporate Responsibility for the health and beauty group Alliance Boots, discusses how consumers are demanding environmentally responsible products and services from businesses at the International Visual Communications Association (IVCA) Clarion Awards 2007.

how to ensure that companies are really doing good

The world's 2nd largest mining company and one of Brazil's largest multinationals, has notified several of its clients that they have 30 days to prove that they are in compliance with Brazil's environment and labor laws or else be cut off from all iron ore shipments. CVRD controls about half of Brazil's iron ore and much of the higher grade ore. Will CVRD be applying similar standards to its bauxite, aluminum, copper, nickel, manganese and potash clients? Will other mining firms follow its example?