South Africa and Ethical business
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- The human, environmental and financial cost of paper
- C. Lang / Pulp Mill Watch, 2007
- This report examines the pulp industry’s current expansion plans as well as the implications of these plans for people and the environment. The report argues that pulp mills have severe impacts on biodiversity, water, land right...
- How effective are voluntary CSR initiatives in the mining sector?
- War on Want, 2007
- This report documents the performance of the world’s second largest mining company with regard to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Despite Anglo American’s participation in various voluntary CSR initiatives, it ...
- The impact of the platinum mining industry on local communities in South Africa
- Bench Marks Foundation, 2007
- This report discusses corporate responsibility issues around the platinum mining industry in Rustenburg, South Africa. It examines mining companies against internationally accepted standards of socially responsible business practices ...
- Reducing poverty through wildlife tourism in South Africa’s Kruger National Park
- Anna Spenceley; Harold Goodwin / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Tourism is the fastest growing sector in the South African economy. The government’s tourism policy recognises the potential to reduce poverty and has national guidelines for responsible tourism. When applied, the guidelines incr...
- Does Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) feature in Nigeria and South Africa?
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2007
- This document assesses the extent to which environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues feature in South African and Nigerian credit risk assessment policies. It also provides guidance for implementing ESG issues in credit risk a...
- Are South African retailers following good labour practices?
- N. Ascoly / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2007
- This report explores the labour standards and corporates social responsibility (CSR) codes of South African garment retailers. Short profiles of several South African retailers are presented, along with available information on their ...
- Potential benefits of adopting sustainability as a business strategy for financial institutions
- International Finance Corporation, 2007
- The report shows evidence of the potential benefits of adopting sustainability as a business strategy. It also shows a dramatic shift in banks' awareness of these benefits. The report argues that banks can tap vast benefits by reasses...
- Shell's problem projects
- Friends of the Earth International, 2007
- This report presents nine cases of socially and environmentally problematic projects in which Shell is involved. Each case contains concrete proposals and demands detailing how these problems can be addressed. The report focuses on ca...
- Mixed findings on the effectiveness of voluntary labour codes
- S. Barrientos; S. Smith / Ethical Trading Initiative, UK, 2006
- This report, commissioned by the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), aims to assess whether its own private sector code of conduct approach has had demonstrable positive effects for workers. The fieldwork comprised six case studies in I...
- Laws, norms and mechanisms governing companies' breaches of international law
- A. Ramasastry; R. Thompson / Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2006
- Based on a number of surveys examining the jurisprudence of a total of sixteen nations - Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, UK, and U...
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