Corporate Citizenship

Water, water everywhere, or so it used to be.
Following on from the UK Government’s White paper, ‘Water for Life’ announced earlier in December, DEFRA’s committee of MPs have urged businesses to respond to its proposals before the consultation ends on 23rd of January.
Water for Life’s wide ranging proposals are designed to overhaul the water industry, [...]

I saw the headline.
I read it.
It said: “’Green deal’ will fail, government’s climate advisers warn”.
I thought: “They’re at it again. The green lobby moan. Moan, moan, moan”.
But no.
It turns out that the attack on the government comes not from a sandal-wearer with a flat in Kemptown. It is from Lord Turner former CEO of the [...]

BP have come a long way since their “beyond petroleum” re-brand in 2001 (which is still in use, complete with sunny logo). The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has forced an aggressive restructuring on the company. Today, they revealed they are closing their solar business, stating: “over the last six months we have realised that [...]

The unexpected gets me thinking.
As a result of correspondence about something else I found myself reading Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing: An analysis of the sustainability performance of automobile manufacturers worldwide The title is so long I had to have a coffee break after reading it. But I ploughed on. I’m glad I did.
What got [...]

Or at least it wakes up to the inequitable share of bank spoils between the owners of banks and their top employees.
Now they’ve got that in hand they can move on to the pay of Premier League footballers.

And here’s the proof.
Calls for equality in the workplace can often go unnoticed. It’s something we know we are meant to strive for but that businesses are reluctant to adopt. A recent Harvard study finds that women are good for businesses and their CSR efforts. We should be sitting up and taking notice.
The study says [...]

After years of gestation, ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility was launched at the start of November 2010. The intellectual framework offered is valuable both for enriching corporate programmes and corporate reporting, but it is difficult to get the most out of for the average company.
Accordingly Corporate Citizenship has devised a cost-effective product to ensure [...]

With a breadth of CEO Surveys, stock-price tracking, and many more best-practice case studies, the sustainability sector has found more than one way of demonstrating the business case for responsible business practices. The big question remained, however: beyond devoted sustainability teams, do senior business leaders genuinely see sustainability as a core priority for them? Or [...]

While all the world is caught up in the daily dramas of Wiki-leaks, I can’t help thinking the time is right for an Eco-leaks spin-off for disgruntled CR practitioners whose companies’ and clients are saying one thing and doing another? Or who change their goal posts and hope that no-one notices? Progressive or destructive? Discuss!

Went to a sustainable agriculture conference yesterday and heard a lot about companies’ ‘engaging with farmers’ to be more sustainable – by reducing their environmental impacts and increasing productivity and efficiencies in their supply chain… everything from carbon footprints and certification, to irrigation technologies for our water-scarce world. With a few notable exceptions, I left [...]