Sustainable Development Commission

Socially responsible investment and its impact to your company

– 20th Jul 2009 by Richard Gunawan

Companies that fail to disclose their ESG performance will find it more difficult to obtain funds from institutional investors. Several pension funds, for example, consider climate change a key criterion and will exclude companies that cannot substantiate their environmental commitments.

The absence of a proper management system, policy and review will deter fund managers. Investors are more savvy in their selection of companies that prove a genuine commitment to sustainability issues.

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ISO sends Social Responsibility Standard Draft to Committee

– 28th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released its Social Responsibility Standard to the committee stage, moving it one step closer to being an official ISO standard.
Nearly 400 experts and observers from around the world met at the ISO Social Responsibility Working Group, held September 1-5 in Santiago, Chile. There they agreed that sufficient progress had been made in developing the draft international standard on social responsibility for the “working draft” to be taken to “committee draft” level.

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Restoring Trust in CSR

– 26th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs

This video interview with Alan Knight offers insight into the new AA1000AS standard. The standard will be launched in London on the 24th of October.

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Supply Chain Security/Food Safety Video

– 16th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs

This link is to a flash movie on the key issues surrounding food safety and supply chain security.

The presentation is from O. Keith Helferich, Ph.D. -Professor, Supply Chain Management at Central Michigan University and
Instructor, Supply Chain Management, Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, and John Spink, MS., Director
Packaging for Food and Product Protection Initiative.

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Are Standards the answer to the Biofuels Debate?

– 15th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs

The Gallagher Review, commissioned by the UK government and released in July, concluded the EU’s biofuels target of 10% of all fuels by 2020 could not be met sustainably and advised that targets be scaled back.

The report concluded that, while the current targets are not realistic under the existing regulations,

if robust, comprehensive and mandatory sustainability standards are implemented now, a genuinely sustainable industry could evolve.

This ClimateChangeCorp.com article goes on to discuss existing standards, as well as introducing the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels “Version Zero” proposed standard.

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PepsiCo Honored With 2008 Energy Star Partner of the Year Award

– 2nd May 2008 by Raz Chaudary

Pepsico has won an Energy Star Partner of the Year Award for its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiencies

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In Latin America, Companies Are Becoming More Interested in Social Corporate Responsibility

– 18th Apr 2008 by Raz Chaudary

The main CSR drivers in Latin America are:

Education,
Social Action & Poverty Programs
Ethical Labour
Healthcare
Childhood Development

For more information please follow this link http://www.wharton.universia.net/index.cfm?

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Corporate Social Responsibility increasingly key issue for firms

– 17th Mar 2008 by Raz Chaudary

How do Taiwanese companies support their CSR decision making?

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Wal Mart to pay more for sustainably sourced products

– 4th Feb 2008 by Alex Briggs

Lee Scott, CEO and President of CEO commented,

“The drive will see the retailer favour - and in some cases even pay more - for suppliers that meet our standards and share our commitment to quality and sustainability”.
“Paying more in the short term for quality will mean paying less in the long term as a company. Higher quality products will mean better value, fewer problems, fewer returns and greater trust with our customers,”

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CHR Hanson focuses on sustainability in new Environmental report

– 25th Jan 2008 by Alex Briggs

CHR Hanson has published their environmental report, with the focus being around sustainable business.
We need to improve our monitoring capacity further to ensure that our baseline measurements are correct and comparable,” the company stated.

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