- Survey of Nigerian employers' startegies on HIV
- S. Rosen / Department of International Health, Boston School of Public Health, 2002
- The author argues that an understanding of why some firms take action on HIV/AIDS and other do not is essential for policy makers attempting to address the pandemic and involve the private sector. To this end a survey was conducted of...
- Are businesses avoiding shouldering the burden of HIV/AIDS?
- S. Rosen; J. Simon / Department of International Health, Boston School of Public Health, 2003
- As the economic burden of HIV/AIDS increases in sub-Saharan Africa, allocation of the burden among levels and sectors of society is changing. The private sector has more scope to avoid the economic burden of AIDS than governments, hou...
- How is South African business responding to HIV/AIDS?
- South Africa Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, 2003
- This site presents the results of a survey of business responses to HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The concise version of the results are presently separately along the following subject divisions: prevention treatm...
- Guidelines for employers to address HIV/AIDS in the workplace
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2002
- This handbook is aimed at employers and employers' organisations and outlines the rationale for businesses addressing HIV/AIDS and provides guidelines on creating a response strategy. It begins by outlining the economic impacts, both ...
- HIV reporting guidelines
- Global Reporting Initiative, 2003
- This is part of the wider reporting guidelines produced by the GRI to assist companies in reporting on issues of accountability and to become more transparent. The document offers a practical reporting framework for: or...
- Handbook for companies writing sustainability reports
- Global Reporting Initiative, 2002
- This document provides company guidelines for reporting on sustainability. These guidelines are for voluntary use by organisations and have been developed over a number of years by the GRI, an international group whose aim is to devel...
- Right to know campaign details US corporate abuses abroad and calls for transparency in all US company activities.
- Friends of the Earth, 2003
- This campaign document begins by describing the Bhopal disaster and uses it as an example of US companies failing to disclose information, in their operations abroad, that affect the health of workers, neighbours and other citizens. T...
- Governance gap in the accountability of TNCs in the Sudan
- G. Gagnon; A. Macklin; P. Simons / Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2003
- This paper examines the existing governance gap in the accountability of TNCs for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law associated with their extraterritorial operations. It assesses the adequacy of efforts at ...
- Women bear the brunt of mining operations in Indigenous Australia and abroad
- I. Macdonald; C. Rowland / Oxfam, 2002
- Provides practical examples of situations where women and children have consistently suffered disproportionately from the negative impacts of mining projects due to the policies and behaviour of the companies involved. The foll...
- What should hoteliers be doing to address key social and environmental business issues?
- J. Sweeting; A. Sweeting / Tour Operators Initiative for Sustainable Tourism Development, 2003
- This handbook for accommodation providers is organised by issues. It provides an overview of ten environmental and social issues that the authors consider critical to the long-term success of the accommodations sector. For each issue,...
- Alternatives for the Americas
- Global Exchange, 1998
- an international effort to create positive alternatives to the neoliberal model imposed from above by international capital. The document addresses the major topics on the official agenda of the Free Trade Area of the Americas ...
- Environment benefits from removing trade restrictions and distortions: background for WTO negotiations
- S. Page / Overseas Development Institute, 1999
- The interaction between environmental policies and trade policies emerged as an issue at the end of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations in 1994. It has been feared by developing countries as a potential excuse for protection, but ...
- Fair trade or free trade, the EU-US banana dispute
- OneWorld.net, 1999
- Background information on the trade dispute.
- Trade liberalisation and women
- United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1999
- WWW site for UNIFEM programme on women and international trade. Aims to bring together relevant data on trade issues and their gender-differentiated impact on women Includes an overview of issues, list of acronyms, calandar of ...
- Sweatwash: The Apparel Industry's Efforts to Co-opt Human Rights
- Corporate Watch, 1998
- Commentary on the formation of the USA Fair Labor Association (FLA) to monitor use of sweatshop labour in the textile/clothing industry. Argues that their award of fair trade labels will only lead to cosmetic changes in working practi
- Assessing Environmental Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): An Analytic Framework (Phase II) and Issue Studies
- NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 1999
- methodology for examining the environmental effects of NAFTA. This methodology represents the ongoing work of a team of more than two dozen people, with advice from dozens of other experts and stakeholders from the three countries. In...
- Tree Trade: Liberalization of International Commerce in Forest Products: Risks and Opportunities
- N. Sizer / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1999
- Analyzes the risks and opportunities associated with proposed liberalization of international commerce in forest products, focusing in the negotiations at the WTO Seattle conference. Notes that unless countries that export fore...
- A social conscience in the global marketplace?: Labour dimensions of codes of conduct, social labelling and investor initiatives
- J. Diller / International Labour Review, ILO, 1999
- Focuses on private-sector initiatives that address labour prac-tices in transnational enterprise operations, and comments on their effective-ness. Specifically, it examines codes of conduct, social labelling programmes and investor in...
- Employment and working conditions in the Ecuadorian flower industry
- Z. Palán; C. Palán / Sectoral Activities Programme, ILO, 1999
- The flower industry is a new employment-generating activity in Ecuador. Its spread in rural areas has not only helped slow down the migration process, but also significantly incorporated women into the labour force and become the poin...
- Possibilities for the Identification, Certification and Control of Diamonds
- Global Witness, 2000
- Outlines recommendations for a global diamond certification and verification system to be monitored by an independent diamond verification organisation and to be backed up by industry self-regulation and government legislation. This s...
- 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...
