AccountAbility, the leading professional body promoting accountability standards for sustainable development, today releases its report, Redefining Materiality: Practice and Public Policy for Effective Corporate Reporting. Redefining Materiality proposes a new approach to defining materiality in corporate reporting. It is particularly >>> read more

Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Thursday by Nike in the Marc Kasky lawsuit. The lawsuit brought by the social activist alleges that the companys public statements on its overseas labour practices violated a California false advertising law. Nike had appealed >>> read more

Tighter laws in the US are making it easier to tap telephones and monitor people reading material that is critical of the US. These and other inroads into civil liberties have contributed to the US falling eight places to 25th >>> read more

The development of the FRP reporting framework is a multi-stakeholder process for which Tellus and CERES serve as conveners and technical support. The framework is properly the product of this process, not of Tellus Institute or CERES. This spring, the >>> read more

An international study released today reveals that increasing numbers of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are making strategic decisions to engage with business and governments in an effort to reform market systems – in sharp contrast to the confrontational posture that has >>> read more

Sustainability—management for the long-term vitality of the business, through attention to its economic, environmental, and social performance; its governance; and its business ethics—is receiving a high level of attention from executives of multinational companies on both sides of the Atlantic, >>> read more

A new study explores how well companies understand the economic impacts of their activities on poor communities, and what actions businesses take to manage those to achieve the desired outcomes. With its major share in global economic activity, the corporate >>> read more

Amnesty International UK, Christian Aid and Friends of the Earth are among a coalition of more than 40 charities, trade unions and church groups backing draft legislation put before Parliament today (19 June 2003), which seeks to firm up rules >>> read more

When 45 corporate social responsibility (CSR) thought leaders from around the world were asked how they think CSR will evolve in the future, the majority agreed that 5 – 10 years from now it will be increasingly integrated into business >>> read more

The positive impact that business can make by tackling social problems in partnership with Japan’s growing network of non-profit organizations (NPOs) is highlighted by a new report, published today. The report also identifies the social issues of most concern to >>> read more

Investors and companies are still not having a meaningful dialogue about the business value of Corporate Responsibility (CR), according to research published today (Wednesday, June 18) at an event hosted by Derek Higgs, Chairman, Business in the Environment. The research >>> read more

According to the fourth annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Monitor survey of over 21,000 consumers, shareholders and corporate employees in 21 countries, significant proportions of people in most countries are unable to name a socially responsible company. People have a >>> read more