- Are businesses really making ‘green’ progress?
- J. Makower / Green Biz, 2008
- This report reviews progress to date among key businesses and their commitment towards ‘green issues’. It argues that amidst the hype there is progress, but it’s not always obvious or straightforward. And the progres...
- Are South African multinational hotels following labour regulations?
- National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2007
- This paper presents a number of case studies exploring working and employment conditions in a selection of South African Multinational Corporations (MNC’s) in sub-Saharan Africa comparing and contrasting their behaviour. ...
- Ecological responsibility as part of executive professional identity
- H Timur / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2008
- This paper argues that in addition to rational factors, the dispositions of management also decisively affect business decisions. Thus business executives’ mindset and behavioural patterns should be the target of the influence o...
- Recommendations to EU on child labour, trade relations and CSR
- G. Oonk / Child Rights Information Network, 2008
- Building to a large extent on the existing consensus of the European Parliament for stronger policies and certain forms of regulation on Corporate and Social Responsibility, this policy paper provides recommendations on what the Europ...
- Explaining corporate governance realities in Bangladesh
- F. Haque; C. Kirkpatrick; T. Arun / Centre on Regulation and Competition, Manchester, 2006
- The issue of corporate governance in financial and non-financial firms has received attention and recognition as one of the most critical developmental issues in Bangladesh. This paper draws on two of the recently proposed political e...
- India's future lies in renewable energy
- A. Ringwald / Centre for Social Markets, UK, 2008
- India has developed to a stage where it is generally recognised that renewable energy is the most substantial and sustainable solution to its future needs. This paper provides an objective analysis of present day trends in renewable e...
- Are PPP’s good at CSR?
- J. Roche / MHC International, 2008
- This paper calls into question, the consistency of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) with Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR). It looks at examples of where PPP’s have not worked well and suggests the introduction of CSR ...
- Global Union Research Network (GURN)
- The GURN is a cooperation project of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) , the Global Union Federations (GUFs), the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) and the ILO's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV). Currently, the ITUC, TUAC and ILO/ACTRAV form the steering committee of the GURN. The aim of...
- Does sustainable forestry management improve conservation efforts?
- R. Dennis; E. Meijaard; R. Nasi; L. Gustafsson / Ecology and Society, 2008
- This paper assesses the tools and guidelines that have been developed to promote sustainable forest management (SFM) and the progress that has been made in Southeast Asia toward better logging practices. It specifically focuses on pra...
- Ranching in the Amazon: a brief look at unprecedented growth
- R. Smeraldi; P., H. May / Amazonia, 2008
- Ranching in the Amazon spread at an unprecedented rate over the last five years. This brief documents this recent growth and argues that it now requires additional and undivided attention on the part of government authorities, the mar...
- Status of Corporate Responsibilty in supply chains in Bangladesh
- International Federation for Human Rights, 2008
- This report assess labour rights in Bangladesh's export garment industry. It notes that working conditions in export garment factories had substantially improved over the last two years. Compliance with minim...
- Indonesia’s palm oil industry- the way ahead.
- Greenpeace International, 2008
- This paper looks at the effects of Indonesia’s palm oil industry. It focuses on the activities of Unilever and other major organizations in dealing with the carbon liability issue. The paper concludes by discussing the way ahead...
- Can community-based tourism reduce poverty?
- J. Mitchell; P. Muckosy / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- This paper looks at the key issues surrounding community-based tourism in Latin America. The authors argue that tourism can help reduce poverty in Latin America, but community-based tourism (CBT) is not the answer. Instead, communitie...
- Assessing the reproductive health of women working in China
- Asia Monitor Resource Center, 2007
- After new China was founded, a social welfare system was put in place based on the administrative separation of city and country. Under this system, the reproductive health and rights of women workers in the cities were protected thro...
- Towards legal sustainable timber and wood products: a guide to public procurement policies
- D. Brack / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2008
- The shared responsibility of timber-consuming and timber-producing countries in restricting trade in illegal timber has been recognised since the early days of the international focus on illegal logging. Consumer countries contribute ...
- How credible are corporate claims to "carbon neutrality"?
- B. Burtis (ed); I. Watt (ed) / Forum for the future, 2008
- As concerns about climate change grow, the concept of “carbon neutrality” has captured the corporate imagination and is being embraced by organisations as diverse as airlines, ice-cream makers and reinsurance giants. Howev...
- Food industry restructuring at the national level: evidence from eight country case studies
- T. Reardon; J. Huang / Sustainable Markets Group, IIED, 2008
- Rapid changes are taking place in the structure and governance of national and regional agrifood markets in developing countries, affecting the agricultural sector's ability to contribute to economic growth, poverty reduction and sust...
- Develoment impact of doing better business
- C. Ashley / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- This paper discusses how the impact of business on development can be measured. It argues that international businesses are looking at how to boost their impact on local economies in developing countries. Leaders on this curve are goi...
- The role of business in development.
- S. Maxwell / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- Business interests do not always coincide with social interests. But interests do not have to be perfectly aligned for a productive partnership to develop. Opportunities must be seized to build new kinds of relationships with the priv...
- CSR initiatives are not enough- utilising the potential for businesses to assist development
- K. Ellis / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- This paper explores the issues behind business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and development. It questions the true impact of CSR initiatives and provides suggestions on the best way forward to maximise the potential for bus...
- Foreign Policy Centre, London
- The Foreign Policy Centre is an independent think-tank committed to developing innovative thinking and effective solutions for our increasingly interdependent world. It was launched in 1998. The Centre is setting up an exciting North-South programme which will address issues of democracy promotion, trade liberalisation and corporate social responsibility between the developed and the developing...
- Strategic Business Partnerships for Growth in Africa (SBP)
- The Small Business Project (SBP) is an independent, private sector, specialist support and research unit engaged in small business development. It aims to expand the role of the corporate sector in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) development. The Small Business Project has established a corporate SME development program known as the Private Sector Initiative. Its objective is to deve...
- International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
- Information on the cooperative movement
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
- The “Global Reporting Initiative” refers to the large multi-stakeholder network of thousands of experts, in dozens of countries worldwide, who participate in GRI’s working groups and governance bodies, use the GRI Guidelines to report, or contribute to the development of the GRI reporting framework in other ways – both formally and informally. GRI's vision is that reporting on economic, environm...
- Investors in Social economy [Les Investisseurs de l'Economie Sociale] (INAISE)
- INAISE is an international network of "social investors" which was created in 1989 building up a network of currently 43 member organisations from 18 different countries (with a European dominance). The explicit goal of the association and its’ members was, and still is, to foster and support the development of financial organisations which invest in enterprises of an ethical, ecological, cultural...
- Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC)
- Supports democratic and independent labour movements in Asia
- Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC)
- Company aiming to provide the highest quality impartial research on companies and shareholders world-wide. Provides research, software products and consulting services. Offers guidance and advice on proxy voting, enabling clients to make informed, considered decisions that reflect their investment philosophies. IRRC also offers company profile information for portfolio screening and other purpo...
- Trade and Development Centre, WTO - EDI
- Focuses on how social and economic development objectives are related to trade
- Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD
- Research and advocacy programme to find those areas of synergy (and conflict) where trade, environment and development can be mutually beneficial (or harmfull). WWW site includes policy research papers, documentation of WTO issues, the Winnipeg Principles, and proposals for Standing Conference on Trade and Environment (joint IISD/IUCN initiative).
- European Union Eco-Label
- EU Ecolabel programme is a scheme to certify goods produced in an environmentally sustainable manner. Uses the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method, developed to support Integrated Product Policy (IPP). WWW site has background information on the methodology, listing of currently issued standards/products, contact information
