The Government of Canada announced today a new initiative on corporate sustainability reporting that will challenge Canadian businesses to report on their social and environmental practices and performance. This initiative is sponsored by four ministers: the Honourable David Anderson, Minister >>> read more

The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) launched the CSR Standard-Making Initiative as a new project of the Japanese Standards Association (JSA). The purpose of this initiative is to explore what kinds of CSR standards are the most >>> read more

The Social and Environmental Reporting Research Institute in France surveyed the 2002 annual reports of every company of the SBF 120 (the 120 largest French groups listed on the Paris Stock Exchange) according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) grid >>> read more

A new report, Strengthening Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Supply Chains, issued by Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), and the Copenhagen office of PricewaterhouseCoopers, assesses barriers to the implementation of CSR >>> read more

In the wake of huge corporate scandals in Japan and the United States, companies are under pressure to be more socially responsible. The trend has fed demand for universal guidelines for firms to use in filing reports on how they >>> read more

Corporate boards are putting more pressure on CEOs to build corporate reputation, which is perceived as more important than it was four years ago by global company CEOs, presidents and chairmen who responded to the survey conducted by recruitment firm >>> read more

Novo Nordisk won the award best Sustainability Report 2003 – given by FSR (The Danish Association of Chartered Accountants) and the Danish financial newspaper Børsen. As a national winner, Novo Nordisk is now also an entrant for the European Sustainability >>> read more

CSR Europe has invited key stakeholders to explore the concept of sustainable trade and what it means for the business community. Background: Globalisation, WTO and the Doha round of trade negotiations… What do all these mean for business? How is >>> read more

In a July 2003 report, the Institute for Sustainable Management of the Technical College Aargau (CH) published the results of a comparative study of the corporate sustainability reporting of 76 larger Swiss companies. The institute analysed the content of several >>> read more

British Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell received strong ratings for their policies in ethics, transparency and corporate social responsibility. Both got B ratings on a scale of A (highest) to D (lowest). These are the first ethics ratings to be >>> read more

A number of developments relevant to CSR have happened at the ISO level over the past few months: (1) the ISO Advisory Group on Corporate Social Responsibility has met, and worked out a process for selecting a service provider to >>> read more

The October 2003 update of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Contents: * Quote of the month * Japan tops reporter league table – 60! * Dutch government funds work on boundaries * New Interact Forum topic: Boundaries * Interact Forum: >>> read more