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Held to account
As the debate about stakeholding continues, two companies make dramatic moves: Britain's largest company promises to undergo social auditing, while America's most aggressive oil company is held to account by its black employees.
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Held to account: social
auditing and reporting
Suddenly everyone's talking about it: new how-to-do-it guides, a clutch of new institutes and a commitment from BT are just some of the signs of interest in social accountability. So what is social accounting, auditing and reporting and does it matter?
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Reporting community
engagement
Drawing on the work of John Elkington, this article describes SustainAbility's five stage process to corporate environmental reporting, draws a parallel with reporting of corporate citizenship and asks how far advanced is your company?
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Regulation and reporting:
time to stop the free riders
As companies reveal more information about their management of environmental risks, the sterile debate over more or less regulation is moving on to set minimum standards and prevent free loaders.
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Setting standards for
sustainability
As three noted environmentalists found a "positive" new initiative, attention focuses on the need for 'green' data about the sustainability of the economy.
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Accountability: publish
or be dammed
In the same month that Marks & Spencer finds itself under unaccustomed attack over allegations of unethical business practices by a supplier, new techniques are pioneered to permit fair scrutiny of good business behaviour.
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Held to account for green
growth
Steadily more companies are reporting the impact of their activities on the environment, but progress is slow while the standards expected are rising
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Twenty Green Reporting
Tips
Many companies are responding to the green agenda by published corporate environmental performance reports, but some are so poorly prepared they become counter-productive; here is how to get it right.
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Communities &
Community Development
The Community Development Foundation has just published its second annual report examining key national issues facing communities in the light of developments over the last year.
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