The first academic study of social investment returns in Canada disputes the conventional wisdom that socially responsible investment underperforms conventional investment. The study, entitled Socially Responsible Investing: Better for Your Soul or Your Bottom Line?, was carried out by Paul >>> read more

Companies with less than ten employees may be losing money and opportunities as a result of lack of knowledge of environmentally-friendly work practices, suggest researchers at Cardiff University. Investment in environmental training is unlikely to be a priority for many >>> read more

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) launched its Business Charter for Sustainable Development in 1990. The Charter consisted of a short introduction and a set of 16 principles for environmental management and has been one of the most discussed ICC >>> read more

A trend-monitoring report released by the Institute of Business Ethics, in partnership with corporate reputation consultancy Fishburn Hedges, reveals that staff are increasingly held to account by employers regarding ethical business practice – yet are less likely to receive training >>> read more

The Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) has released its extensive review and analysis of the fees public companies pay to their auditors, which were broken out into fees for audit and non-audit services for the first time last year under >>> read more

Oekom Research recently conducted a study that evaluates the sustainability of governments that issue bonds popular with investors. In order for institutions to implement sustainability investing, they need information about the social and environmental performance of potential investments. With regard >>> read more

The analysis of nearly one thousand environmental, health and safety regulatory initiatives taken in 2001 in more than 40 countries indicates that industry should prepare for more stringent requirements with regard to emergency planning, corporate transparency and climate change. This >>> read more

The Internet has had a great impact on how companies communicate with their stakeholders. Companies now have the means to be more transparent than ever before, if they choose to be. And stakeholders have learned to use the Internet for >>> read more

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met today with key leaders from the German business community and non-governmental organizations to encourage their continued participation in the Global Compact, his signature initiative to promote corporate citizenship and cooperative responses to the challenges >>> read more

ACCA is launching two Environmental Reporting Awards schemes (ERA) in Asia in July. The first launch will be the ACCA Malaysian ERA on July 16. A three-day Malaysian GRI briefing and conference in Kuala Lumpur will follow this, July 17-19. >>> read more

In a new law, the French Government is obliging listed companies to publish information on the environmental and social impact of their activities. France has taken up the challenge from the Commission’s Green Paper on corporate social responsibility. It has >>> read more

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting institution, will be formally inaugurated at a luncheon event to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 4 April 2002 at 13:00. Incubating under the auspices >>> read more