Corporate Social Responsibility
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New Report Lays Out Potential Implications of Global Warming Carbon Allowance Proposals on Consumers and Power Companies
May 1, 2008
Report details rising CO2 emissions from 100 largest U.S. power companies; company-by-company exposure to proposed greenhouse gas limits before congress.
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Socially Responsible Fund Assets on Rise
April 18, 2008
Shareholders show increased resolve to support proxy ballots.
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Proxy Season Preview 2008
April 16, 2008
The 2008 Proxy Preview highlights key issues, describes current social and environmental proposals, identifies key investors and organizations filing them, provides a list of companies and upcoming proxy votes, features new reports, and offers a resource section that will further enable foundations to learn more about what their colleagues in the philanthropic community are doing to align investment and mission.
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Strictly Business: Marks & Spencer's 100 Point Plan
March 28, 2008
Stuart Rose, the chief executive of Marks & Spencer is, well, unconventional. For the past few years, his company has lagged behind arch rivals such as Tesco and AS DA in the fight to lead the British retail industry. Instead of battling to increase M&S market share by cutting the bottom line or smearing his competitors, he decided to rely on a relatively new, untested tactic: corporate social responsibility.
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Shareholder Activists Try New Tactic in Divestment Campaign
March 5, 2008
Activists are bringing resolutions to shareholder meetings of mutual funds in a bid to widen pressure on companies doing business with the Sudanese government.
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World Bank’s GGFR: Middle East Should Join Global Efforts in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Gas Flaring
March 5, 2008
The World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction partnership called on oil producing countries and companies in the Middle East to join worldwide efforts in reducing the burning of natural gas or flaring, and in increasing energy efficiency to mitigate impact on climate change. The partnership estimates that globally at least 150 billion cubic meters of gas are flared or wasted every year, adding about 400 million tons of greenhouse gases in annual emissions. This is equivalent to almost all the potential yearly emission reductions from projects currently submitted under the Kyoto mechanisms.
