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16.04.2013
Corporate Responsibility in Europe: Government Involvement in Sector-specific Initiatives

The sector-specific approach to Corporate Responsibility (CR) has attracted little attention so far, although the industrial sector is a key variable in any company’s economic environment. Therefore, this book introduces sector-specific CR as a way to increase the success and impact of business engagement.


Further News

12.04.2013
Social Marketplaces go international – New website launched


Berlin (csr-service) - Cross sector cooperations of business-, civil society and government increasingly proof to be promising pathways towards innovative solutions to solve social challenges and to shape sustainable communities. As a breeding ground to spread shared responsibility Social Marketplaces provide an easy to step



09.04.2013
Better Storytelling Means More Value


Greenwashing is a big problem in CSR. But so is boring communication.

26.03.2013
Scaling up to global levels employer-led CO2 and energy reduction measures by employees


The ultimate goal of the European Climate-KIC innovation project 'Off4Firms' is to scale up efforts in individual companies to global corporations as well as SMEs across Europe. For this a new business unit is being created at South Pole Carbon.

15.03.2013
New Study of the Bertelsmann Stiftung: Fostering Corporate Responsibility through Self- and Co-regulation


The study introduces sector-specific corporate responsibility initiatives with government involvement as forms of self- and co-regulation and complements to traditional governance. It highlights sector-specific initiatives as an appropriate response to the governance challenges to sustainable development and presents five success factors for good performance for setting-up and managing of such initiatives.

12.11.2012
What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?


What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? This video clip tries to give competent but also entertaining answers to this question. The video is part of series "in a little green bag" at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.

08.10.2012
The future of CSR? 5th International Conference in Berlin


What is the future of Corporate Social Responsibility? More than 500 CSR practitioners, scholars, business executives, consultants, students, politicians and NGO representatives from 50 countries gathered at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin last weekend to discuss this open question at the 5th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility – and came up with a wide range of answers, but no single solution.

18.08.2012
‘A Strategy for the Commons’ – New publication by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the UN Global Compact


The Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Global Compact Office of the UN collaborated on a study entitled 'A Strategy for the Commons. Business-driven Networks for Collective Action and Policy Dialogue – the Example of the Global Compact Local Networks'

27.06.2012
Rio+20: Business Models for Small-Scale Farmers and Solutions for Big Cities among the Innovations Put Forward at Private Sector Track to Rio+20


(Rio de Janeiro) – New ways to bring energy, light and water to the world´s rapidly expanding cities, and possibilities for small-scale farmers to emerge from poverty and feed the world´s growing population, emerged from the third day of the private sector track to the Rio



27.06.2012
Rio+20: UN Global Compact and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce A Framework for Action on Social Enterprise and Impact Investing


New Model Designed to Scale Up Global Social Enterprise Movement  Across Key Sectors – Food, Water, Energy, Health  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – A new Framework for Action launched today offers investors, large corporations and Governments a valuable resource for engaging with and supporting an escalating global



27.06.2012
Rio+20: 300 Leading Business School and University Representatives Worldwide Agree on a Roadmap for Responsible Management Education


(Rio de Janeiro) – A series of measures to inject sustainability principles into management and business school curricula were announced today at the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Outcomes of the Third Global Forum for Responsible Management Education include: Comprehensive Anti-Corruption Guidelines for Curriculum



27.06.2012
Rio+20: Business Leaders in Rio Respond to UN Secretary-General’s Call for “Tipping Point” in Corporate Sustainability


(Rio de Janeiro) –The first full day of the private sector track to Rio +20 opened with business schools stepping up sustainable development curricula, investment firms backing natural capital accounting, and corporate action on biodiversity. “Corporate sustainability is an idea whose time has come”, UN Secretary-General Ban



27.06.2012
Rio+20: Business Leaders to Deliver on Strategies for Sustainability at 15-18 June Forum, Ahead of the Rio+20 Summit


(Rio de Janeiro) – “Innovation and collaboration are driving a bottom-up change process across many critical areas of contemporary life,” UN Global Compact Executive Director Georg Kell said at the opening of a business forum that precedes the United Nations sustainable development conference in Rio de



27.06.2012
Toward Rio: Global Compact LEAD Launches Guide to Social Investment and Philanthropy


(New York) – A new report from Global Compact LEAD released today takes a close-up look at various approaches to social investment practices in the context of corporate responsibility. The good practice guide, titled New Paths to Performance, was developed by the Global Compact LEAD Taskforce on



27.06.2012
Toward Rio: New 3.2m Euro Program to Boost Sustainable Business in Developing Countries


(New York) – A new 3.2 million Euro program that aims to build capacity of local businesses in developing countries on corporate sustainability management and reporting is being launched by the UN Global Compact, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic



27.06.2012
Toward Rio: Global Compact Launches Local Network Report 2011


(New York) – The Global Compact Local Network Report 2011 was released today, in advance of the Annual Local Networks Forum (ALNF) to be held during the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum in Rio de Janeiro (15-18 June). The Annual Report features an overview of 2011 Network-related activities




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29.06.2010
Siemens Sustainability Report 2009

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22.09.2010
General Assembly Reaffirms Critical Role of Private Sector in Advancing the Millennium Development Goals
Siemens published its new Sustainability Report 2009 here. The report makes it clear: For Siemens, sustainability is the path to profitable growth and long-term value creation. To achieve these goals, the company is intensifying its efforts in various areas: innovation,

csr-reporting.net closing a gap on sustainability information >>
The future of green >>
CR expert and author, Deborah Leipziger, to lead Human Rights Solutions Forum research in the Americas >>
The Concept and Business Case of Sustainability >>
Siemens Sustainability Report 2008 published >>
(New York) – At the conclusion of its High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG Summit), the UN General Assembly stressed the critical role of the private sector for development and called on businesses everywhere to contribute to

UN Secretary-General Urges Business to Embrace “Development Compact” for the Millennium Development Goals >>
CEO Water Mandate Convenes Special Session in Stockholm >>
Emerging Markets Take the Lead in Promoting Sustainable Stock Exchanges >>
Governments Renew Support for the Global Compact >>
Global Compact Encourages Business Contribution to Humanitarian Efforts in Pakistan >>


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22.09.2009
Report Urges New Approach to Valuing Businesses

Barcelona, 22 Sept – For many years there have been inconclusive attempts to prove that improved environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance positively affects overall business performance. Now a new report from a European research team proposes that companies

Hewitt Best Employers in Canada Study 2010 >>
How aware do you live your life? >>
CSR EMERGING AS A GOVERNANCE ISSUE FOR BOARDS >>
EABIS Annual Colloquium – CR and Sustainability: Leadership and Organisational Change >>
BSR 2006 Conference >>


Zeitschriften

09.12.2010
New Issue of Business & Society Review (115/4)



Veranstaltungen

18.06.2010
Congress on Experiential Learning

The recent issue of Business & Society Review (115/4) contains: The World Guide to CSR: A Country-by-Country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility - Edited by Wayne Visser and Nick Tolhurst, by Moskowitz, M. , in: Business & Society Review, volume

New issue of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship (volume 38) >>
New Issue of Business Ethics Quarterly (20/4) >>
Call for Papers: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: EUROPEAN AND TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVES >>
New issue of Business & Society Review (volume 115/3) >>
Global Standards: Between Regulation, Normativity, and Rhetoric (Call for Papers) >>
How does today’s management education use experiential learning to improve management development and executive education? This will be the most important though not only question addressed by the Congress on Experiential Learning organised by EABIS on 25/26 November 2010; supported

Workshop: Academy of Management Meeting in Montreal >>
Workshop on CSR Regulation and Global Governance >>
Symposium: “The Future of Economics and Management” >>
Ethics in Crisis: A Call for Alternatives (EBEN Conference) >>
PRME/CBS International Conference on “Responsible Management Education: Sustainable Leadership in the Era of Climate Change” >>



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Kurzmeldungen

20.05.2013
The rise of Islamic politics – just another mode of global capitalism?
Ever since the Iranian revolution up until the aftermath of the Arab Spring most of us were made to believe

17.05.2013
Rejecting the Bangladesh Safety Accord
It’s easy to villainize a company like Walmart for being unwilling to sign an agreement seeking to improve safety for

16.05.2013
Hiring the Donor’s Daughter
Nonprofit and charitable organizations face many of the same ethical challenges that other organizations face, but they may also bump

07.05.2013
Why HR Management is Always Ethically Relevant
Ethics should be thought of as the heart of your organization’s HR function. Likewise, HR is likely to be the

30.04.2013
Joe Fresh: is Compensation for Bangladesh an Admission of Guilt?
Loblaw Companies Limited, the company that owns the Joe Fresh retail clothing line, has announced that it will pay compensation


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23.05.2013
Gebäudebesitzer Hauptschuldiger bei Fabrikeinsturz in Bangladesch
Dhaka (afp) - Der Untersuchungsausschuss zu dem folgenschweren Einsturz eines Textilfabrik-Komplexes in Bangladesch sieht in dem Besitzer des Gebäudes den Hauptschuldigen. Der Eigentümer Sohel Rana sei "der Hauptschuldige und wegen ihm sind 1127 Menschen gestorben", erklärte Ausschussleiter Main Uddin Khandaker am Mittwoch in Dhaka. "Er wurde durch Schwarzgeld reich und

23.05.2013
Deutschland verwertet mehr als drei Viertel seiner Abfälle
Wiesbaden (afp) - Deutschland verarbeitet mehr als drei Viertel seiner Abfälle zu neuen Stoffen oder erzeugt daraus Energie. 77,6 Prozent der Abfälle oder rund 300 Millionen Tonnen seien 2011 verwertet worden, teilte das Statistische Bundesamt am Mittwoch in Wiesbaden mit. Insgesamt hätten sich in Deutschland 2011 knapp 387 Millionen Tonnen

22.05.2013
OECD: Ausbau nachhaltiger Verkehrssysteme
Paris/Leipzig (csr-news) > In Zeiten knapper öffentlicher Kassen sollten Regierungen verstärkt darauf setzen, die Privatwirtschaft von Investitionen in Infrastrukturen für nachhaltigen Verkehr zu überzeugen. Der aktuelle OECD-Bericht “Mobilising Private Investment in Sustainable Transport Infrastructure: The Case of Land-based Passenger Transport Infrastructure” verweist darauf, dass Investitionen in Transportsysteme langfristiges Wachstum entscheidend

22.05.2013
Spannungsfeld Beruf und Ehrenamt
Berlin (csr-news) > Das freiwillige Engagement von Mitarbeitern wird in Unternehmen oftmals gerne gesehen. Schwierig wird es, wenn das Ehrenamt während der Arbeitszeit ausgeübt werden muss. So geht es den Helfern des Technischen Hilfswerks, wenn sie zu ihren Hilfseinsätzen ausrücken müssen. Bundesinnenminister Friedrich lud deshalb vor wenigen Wochen zum THW-Unternehmerforum. „Im

22.05.2013
SAP schafft hunderte Jobs für IT-Spezialisten mit Autismus
Walldorf (afp) - Der Software-Konzern SAP will verstärkt Menschen mit Autismus als IT-Spezialisten einstellen. Bis 2020 wolle das Unternehmen weltweit 650 Autisten als Softwaretester, Programmierer und Spezialisten für Datenqualitätssicherung beschäftigen, sagte ein SAP-Sprecher am Dienstag im baden-württembergischen Walldorf. Der Bundesverband zur Förderung von Menschen mit Autismus rief andere Konzerne auf,

22.05.2013
Zehn Verletzte bei Streikaktion vor Lanxess-Mine in Südafrika
Johannesburg (afp) - In Südafrika sind zehn streikende Minenarbeiter des deutschen Chemiekonzerns Lanxess bei Auseinandersetzungen mit dem Sicherheitsdienst ihres Arbeitgebers verletzt worden. Die Wachleute schossen am Dienstag mit Gummigeschossen auf die protestierenden Angestellten einer Chrom-Mine in Rustenburg, wie ein Polizeisprecher der Nachrichtenagentur AFP sagte. Zuvor hatten sich dort im Morgengrauen

21.05.2013
Apple weist Vorwurf der Steuertrickserei zurück
Washington (afp) - Der US-Elektronikkonzern Apple hat den Vorwurf der Steuertrickserei zurückgewiesen. Noch vor der Anhörung von Konzernchef Tim Cook im Senat erklärte Apple am Dienstag, das Unternehmen zahle eine "außerordentliche Summe" an Steuern in den USA und sei der "vielleicht größte Unternehmensteuerzahler" in den Vereinigten Staaten. Im vergangenen Steuerjahr

21.05.2013
Grüner Freizeitspaß – TÜV zertifiziert Vergnügungspark
München (csr-news) > Rund 4,5 Millionen Besucher pro Jahr und mehr als 100 Millionen Fahrten kennzeichnen den Europapark Rust. Er gehört mit seinen 94 Hektar unzähligen Attraktionen und mehreren Hotels zu den großen Freizeitparks in Deutschland. Für die Betreiberfamilie Mack hat Nachhaltigkeit einen hohen Stellenwert. Die hat sie sich jetzt





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