Mike Scott finds the banking sector embarking on a series of initiatives to show how seriously it takes the impact of projects on the environment When it comes to unsustainable businesses, the financial services sector used to consider itself pretty >>> read more

To inaugurate a major pan-European campaign to raise awareness about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Commission is hosting a launch event in Brussels today. Speakers include Commissioner Olli Rehn, British MEP Philip Bushill-Matthews as >>> read more

A coalition of 17 socially responsible investment firms recommends that companies disclose social and environmental data using the Global Reporting Initiative. Yesterday, 17 socially responsible investment (SRI) firms representing over $147 billion in assets issued a joint statement urging companies >>> read more

Two Finnish multinationals have begun using new software to manage and report on their sustainability performance. Finnforest, which is one of Europe’s biggest wood products groups, and the manufacturer Wärtsilä Corporation are both now using the EnQ CSM software to >>> read more

The Global Environmental Management Initiative has released a new tool been designed to provide approaches that a company may consider as it addresses transparency-related challenges and opportunities. Transparency: A Path to Public Trust" consists of a six-step process designed to >>> read more

ISO has assigned the leadership of the working group that will develop an International Standard giving guidelines for social responsibility collectively to the national standards institutes of Brazil (ABNT) and Sweden (SIS). This twinning of a developing country member of >>> read more

Today, the PFS Program publishes its third semi-annual Survey of Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the 10 Largest Listed Companies (by Market Capitalization) in Central and Eastern Europe. Companies in Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia >>> read more

Friends of the Earth have announced the nominees for our annual Xposé Awards, which congratulate big business and their lobby groups for their efforts to ruin the planet. The winners will be announced on 27th September at the Labour Party >>> read more

Less than a quarter of FTSE All Share companies make any quantitative environmental disclosures in their annual reports and accounts, despite new DTI regulation calling for this from January 2005. The Environment Agency has revealed results of the first study >>> read more

This report presents the results of a project to identify the number of Australia’s largest companies that have undertaken a sustainability report or are planning to launch their first sustainability report in 2004. A broad range of corporate non-financial reports >>> read more

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) September News Update. GRI issues clarification note on "in accordance" expectations 23 September 2004 In the two years since the release of the Guidelines the use of the "in accordance" option for reporting has generated much >>> read more

Legislators and other financial rule-makers across the world are telling companies and institutional investors to say what part, if any, social responsibility plays in their business plans. Here are some of the most significant measures to date: AUSTRIA: Voluntary guidelines >>> read more