CSR management

Daily CSR Media Briefing

The headlines:

  • AT&T applauded for commitment to Hispanic inclusion
  • Network Rail chiefs donate bonuses to improve safety
  • Colgate-Palmolive releases sustainability report and strategy through 2015
  • UN spent £50million in food aid on wheat from Glencore International
  • The Walmart Foundation donates $9.5 million to help families live healthier lives

What do we think? Peter Truesdale has his say on big business and the global food market

Industry News

The latest news from the key industries;

  • Finance: Dutch pension giant excludes Wal-Mart and PetroChina
  • Textile / Apparel: Patagonia registers as first California ‘Benefit Corporation’
  • Food & Beverage: Coke steps up drive for plant-based bottles
  • Natural resources: Gas boom has Youngstown (Ohio) making steel again
  • Partnerships: Disappearing barriers between business and nonprofits driving innovation
 
Strategy
Comment by Tara James for October/November CCB 120.
“How not to be an
Ostrich: CSR and
Sustainability managers
face up to the challenge
of managing Corporate
Ecosystem Services”
When faced with risk, the Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) is famously believed to bury its head in the sand. Whilst this belief might not be strictly accurate, an ostrich may certainly try to avoid detection by lying lowin response to a possible threat, a strategy not dissimilar to that of some major companies and industrial sectors in response to the challenges posed by major ecological risks.
 
Community and
contributions news and
comment
Comment by Stephanie Caun for March/April CCB 117
Strategy news and comment
Comment by Richard Hardyment for March/ April CCB 117
 
Human rights and business
ethics news and comment
Comment by Francesca Hicks for February / March CCB116
Strategy news and comment
Comment by Richard Hardyment for December / January CCB 115
 
Strategy news and comment
Comment by Nicole Clucas for October / November CCB 114
Lessons from the
Deepwater disaster
Its reputation in tatters, facing $20 billion compensation costs and with the share price halved, can any good come out of BP’s Gulf of Mexico debacle?
 
Don't forget to talk to
your workers
When things go wrong, well-informed employees can be an organisation's best advocates. So why, asks Liam FitzPatrick, are they often treated as second, or even third, priorities?
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