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

Echo Research, global specialists in reputation audit and analysis, today reveals the findings of its third international corporate social responsibility (CSR) report – ‘CSR and The Financial Community – Friends or Foes?’ Via a mix of face-to-face interviews with financial >>> read more

Although Nike reached an agreement with Marc Kasky to end his lawsuit, the settlement’s effect on corporate social responsibility reporting remains to be seen. Last Friday, Nike (ticker: NKE) and Marc Kasky settled the lawsuit that pitted the company’s claim >>> read more

In a joint announcement today, the parties to Kasky v. Nike, a lawsuit which prompted a U.S. Supreme Court review exploring the question of what constitutes free versus commercial speech, have agreed to settle the case. The two parties mutually >>> read more

A new survey released today by business network CSR Europe shows that a majority of respondents to a recent web survey expect the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to set overall global standards on the social and environmental aspects of international >>> read more