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The Royal Bank of Scotland: new parliament, new challenges
With the Scottish Parliament sitting again in Edinburgh, leading businesses face growing demands to play a full role in society 'north of the border'. Here we examine how one of the biggest is meeting the challenge.
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Editorial Comment: Acting
together for the common good
Rarely do companies work publicly together as an industry grouping.
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Comment: tinkering with
Taxes
In macro terms, the Budget did little to threaten expectations among the pundits for an economic `soft landing', avoiding a major recession.
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Acting together for the
common good
Companies are increasingly seeking not just business benefit but also competitive advantage from community and wide social engagement. Yet in tackling issues of common social concern, working together more makes good sense.
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Socially challenged:
trends in social reporting
Corporate social accountability and reporting are roaring up the business agenda. John Elkington and Franceska van Dijk from SustainAbility explore the trends and priorities in their latest report for the United Nations, offering six points of advice.
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Comment: Regions come
centre stage
Slowly the geography of corporate community involvement is starting to shift.
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Regions come centre stage
Changes to the governance of Scotland, Wales and the English regions will affect the organisation of community involvement. Demands on companies to get involved are growing, but can the downsized community affairs departments cope?
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Why not report? Lessons
from the environmental front
John Elkington from SustainAbility has led the way in helping companies to improve their environmental reporting. His latest study, looking at why the majority of multinational companies still do not report, offers pointers to the development of wider social accounting and reporting.
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Major award schemes for
companies
Award schemes help companies achieve leadership status, while publicising best practice and encouraging more involvement. This briefing note describes the main schemes and highlights their sponsors and closing dates.
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Comment: The business of
a sustainable future
As the world's governments gathered in Kyoto, Japan, juggling the fate of humanity in their hands, companies continue the slow process of facing up to their environmental responsibilities.
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The business of a
sustainable future
As the world's governments gathered in Kyoto, Japan, juggling the fate of humanity in their hands, companies continue the slow process of facing up to their environmental responsibilities
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