- Elimination of workplace discrimination is essential for poverty reduction
- International Labour Organization, 2003
- This report is the fourth Global Report under the follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. It examines the diverse forms of discrimination at work that have been identified and formally condemned ...
- How many UK charities invest funds ethically?
- D. Green / Ethical Investment Research and Information Service, 2003
- This document reports on a survey of the major UK charities that asked about their ethical investment policy and practice. Both the UK government and charities commission have recently encouraged charities to follow the pensions secto...
- Keep intellectual property protection out of the FTAA
- P. Amat; M. Fried; K. Daniels; S. Ticehurst; K. Maia / Oxfam, 2003
- This paper focuses on the plan to integrate Latin America and the Caribbean into the Free Trade Area of the Americas and stresses that some areas of the plan go further than the most worrisome WTO rules - as in the case of investment ...
- Impacts of supermarkets on producers in Latin America
- J. Farrington; L. Goldberg / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2002
- This paper identifies why supermarkets have grown so rapidly in Latin America, what the impacts on producers have been, and whether the pattern might be repeated in other regions. The policy conclusions are: Supe...
- Rewriting global trade rules to better suit the poor
- M. Curtis / Christian Aid, 2001
- This report assesses the global trade rules and asks how they can be rewritten in order to benefit poor people. The paper argues that trade should not be driven by a theoretical model whose impact on poor people, they claim, is...
- Corporate accountability in the South African petrochemicals sector
- M. Butler; D. Hallowes / Groundwork, 2002
- This report seeks to describe the present state of governance for corporate accountability in the South African context. It focuses on the petrochemicals sector on the one hand and on air pollution management on the other. It i...
- Global CEOs predict that environmental and social credibility will impact on the future reputation of Multinational Corporations
- A. Brody / Cambridge University, 2003
- This is the summary of a survey gauging CEO views of the impact of commitment to environmental and social values on corporate reputation and value. The CEOs of the Global Fortune 500 were asked to rate the significance of seven elemen...
- Why the oil industry is bad for poor countries
- Christian Aid, 2003
- This report argues that for many developing countries, oil reserves are more likely to prove a curse than a blessing. Poor countries dependent on oil revenues have a higher incidence of four great and interconnected ills. Oil, in thes...
- Proposed WTO investment agreement will undermine pro-poor development policies
- C. Charvériat; M. Hutjes; T. Leung; D. Perez Gavidia / Oxfam, 2003
- This paper argues that despite EU members and other rich countries failing to fulfil their obligations from previous WTO negotiations, they are nonetheless pressuring developing countries to accept new investment rules in the next Rou...
- Poverty alleviation effects of fair trade coffee
- L. Raynolds / Fair Trade Research Group, Colorado State University, 2002
- This is a background paper for a research paper on the poverty alleviation effects of fair trade coffee. It describes a review of the research. The author poses the following questions: what problems and opportun...
- Ethical Trade for Horticulture
- Z. Bainbridge; A. Malins; G. McGowan; M.E. Blowfield / Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998
- Summary of work with European retailers and importers, and African producers and traders to develop ethical standards that not only reassure the consumer, but also make a positive contribution to local people and their environment. Fo...
- Examining Local Currency Systems: A Social Audit Approach
- G. Seyfang / International Journal of Community Currency Research, 1997
- The Local Exchange Trading System (LETS) is a form of local currency which is non-tangible, interest-free, freely created, and restricted to the local community. It is advocated by 'green' economists as a tool for enabling more sustai...
- Business and environment case studies: annotated guide
- World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1998
- Bibliographical database (with abstracts) of case-study materials, to be used as a business and environment teaching resource. Case listings are organized by publisher and by business discipline. The actual report may not be online, b...
- Ethical Trading Initiatives and Forest Dependent People
- Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998
- Discusses some of the schemes that promote environmentally sustainable trade in forest products and highlights some concerns about their impact on forest dependent people. The trading chains of many forest products, particularly non-t...
- Jeans: the new stitch up
- New Internationalist, 1998
- Articles on the impact of jeans production on the environment and the working conditions of textile workers
- ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work
- International Labour Organization, 1998
- ILO declaration of members' committments to : freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; the effective abolition of child la...
- The Cocoa Chain
- New Internationalist, 1997
- Fair trade and production methods in the cocoa to chocolate chain
- Labelling Child Labour Products: a preliminary study
- J. Hilowitz / International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 1997
- Study aims to describe labelling programmes and to review their possible effects on child labour, industry and consumer behaviour in the industrialized and developing countries. Part One contains a general discussion of what la...
- Principles for Trade and Sustainable Development
- Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1994
- Series of principles, intended to guide trade and trade-related environment and development policies, practices and agreements, to help ensure that they work to achieve sustainable development. Drafted over the course of a year by a n...
- Beyond Regulation: Exporters and Voluntary Environmental Measures
- R. Kerr; A. Cosbey; R. Yachnin / Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1998
- Until recently legislation and regulation have been the main policy tools used to achieve environmental objectives. Now, however, many organisations have begun to develop other policy tools, including voluntary and non-regulatory init...
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
- IDH accelerates and upscales sustainable trade by building impact oriented coalitions of front running multinationals, civil society organisations, governments and other stakeholders. Through convening public and private interests, strengths and knowledge, IDH programs help make sustainability the new norm and deliver impact on Millennium Development Goals 1, 7 and 8.
- Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
- The Verified Carbon Standard is a greenhouse gas accounting programme used by projects around the world to verify and issue carbon credits in voluntary markets.
- ephemera
- ephemera is an independent journal, supported by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
- Ministry of Energy, Kenya
- The Ministry of Energy was formed in 1979 upon Kenya Government’s realization that energy was a major component in the country’s development process. The new Ministry is assigned the following functions: Energy policy development Electric power development Oil and other fossil fuels exploration and development Explor...
- Judge Business School
- Previously known as Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge Judge Business School offers a variety of teaching programmes including the Cambridge MBA, the Cambridge Master of Finance, PhD, MPhil and undergraduate degrees together with a suite of Executive Education courses.
- Baker and McKenzie
- International law firm. See website for individual country office contact details.
- Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)
- The Network for Business Sustainability enables business sustainability by fostering collaboration between industry and academia. The Network is comprised of over 300 researchers and reaches over 1000 practitioners from different sectors in English- and French-speaking Canada and beyond. Objectives: Build community: Build relationships between researchers, ma...
- Boston University International Law Journal
- The Boston University International Law Journal publishes articles on international law written by professional authors and practitioners, and note and case comments written by student authors. As one of the US's leading international law journals, ILJ seeks to maintain the highest editorial standards and to produce a professional quality publication worthy of international recognition. Published...
- 3BL Media (3BL)
- At 3BL Media, we are committed to the Triple Bottom Line: people, planet, profit. Our mission is to advance and promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability through effective communications. We offer our clients the largest distribution for their multi-media communications to focused professionals, journalists, and consumers.
- Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Transport, NHV University for Applied Sciences (CSTT)
- The NHTV Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Transport is an international centre of knowledge and education for the benefit of the sustainable development of tourism and recreation industries. The CSTT constitutes a critical think tank on the interfaces of a healthy economic, ecological and social development of tourism. It provides education and training programmes worldwide, contribut...
