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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:27:50 +0000
International Seminar on Business and Human Rights
The registration is now open for the International Seminar on Business and Human Rights which will take place on 4 & 5 December 2008 in Paris, France to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This will be a key international opportunity to review global progress on this issue over recent years [...] 
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:56:12 +0000
The Billionaires? Club ? and the Rest of Us
In June, the Century Foundation and the The New York Times Foundation invited Corporate Watchdog Radio to a seminar for a select handful of journalists on “Billionaires and Their Impact.” There, CWR co-host Francesca Rheannon heard Chuck Collins speak on a panel about the “Billionaires’ Club” and the impact of extreme wealth on the rest [...]
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:42:47 +0000
Reducing Poverty and Protecting the Environment: Can the World Bank Do Both?
The World Bank Group’s mission is to reduce poverty. The Bank also works toward environmental sustainability. What’s the link between them, and does its practice on the ground promote both priorities? That’s the question posed by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group or IEG in a recent audit of the Bank’s funding projects. The results? [...]
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:56:53 +0000
Marketing Before Medicine: Drug Companies Gamble with Our Health
Every five minutes, another American dies from taking their prescription medicine – as prescribed. Kids as young as preschoolers are taking powerful prescription drugs, like Ritalin and antipsychotics, whose safety has never been tested in children. And doctors are on the take, feted at junkets costing thousands of dollars, paid tens of thousands to sign [...]
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:01:07 +0000
The Community-Building Power of Wind
When it comes to renewable energy, wind is taking the lead–at least at this stage of technological development. But what’s the best model for developing it? Should we follow the centralized utility model with big wind farms set up in a few places — offshore Massachusetts or the state of Texas — and then send [...]
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:43:29 +0000
New Generations in Sustainability
Each generation reinvents the world inherited from the previous generation. A new generation is inheriting a wounded planet and a dysfunctional economy. Youthful energy seeks to heal our world and revitalize our economy using new strategies and adapting existing tools. Today, we focus on new generations in sustainability. First, we hear from Tim Cohen-Mitchell of [...]
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:01:35 +0000
Kingfisher: Steps to Sustainability
London > Kingfisher, Europe’s leading home improvement retail group, has recently published its Corporate Responsibility Report 2007/08, entitled ‘Steps for a sustainable future’. With the report the company sets up a sustainability strategy that prepares the business for the future. The ambitious objective is to ‘fully integrate sustainability into business-thinking and to be the customer [...]
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:19:06 +0000
OPENSRI TO LAUNCH THE FIRST COLLABORATIVE WEB PLATFORM ON SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS
Paris, France – June 26th, 2008 - Intertek, the leading global provider of certification, Corporate Social Responsibility, quality and safety services to a wide range of global and local industries, today announced that OpenSRI has launched the first collaborative web platform on Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at www.opensri.com. [...]
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:01:39 +0000
CSR: A Multifaceted Concept
By Sabine Braun for FORUM CSR international.
Launched by politics as a way out of regulatory powerlessness and then adopted by the industry: Many companies see the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a guiding light in an increasingly complex world, while others still regard it as a PR gimmick.
With its 2001 Green Paper [...]
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:27:38 +0000
Greg Palast Links Spitzer Bust with Bernanke Bailout of Banks Behind Subprime Meltdown
CWR co-hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with investigative journalist Greg Palast, who notes the coincidental timing of revelations of Eliot Spitzer’s hiring of a prostitute on the eve of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s $200 billion bailout of banks implicated in the subprime meltdown. The former New York Governor was set to unveil [...]
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:17:59 +0000
Post Carbon Cities: Planning for the Convergence of Peak Oil and Climate Change
CWR co-hosts Francesca Rheannon and Bill Baue speak with Daniel Lerch, author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty and manager of the Post Carbon Cities project of the Post Carbon Institute. Lerch discusses the overlap as well as the distinctions between peak oil and climate change. He also responds to the [...]
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