Archive for CSR

The Hospitality Industry Gets Serious about Sustainability

May 25, 2011 1 Comment by

Leon Kaye recently interviewed Eric Ricuarte, principal of Greenview LLC, a sustainability consultancy that focuses on the hospitality industry. We discussed on what hotels are doing on the sustainability front and the complexities involved with CSR reporting.

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Latest #CSRChat Roundup: CSR & Human Rights

May 24, 2011 1 Comment by

Fenton as always hosted a great #CSRChat last week on Twitter: this time the issue was on the business of human rights and corporate social responsibility (CSR). A feisty debate indeed!

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Give To Get Jobs Posts CSR Jobs and Optimism

May 24, 2011 1 Comment by

Stacy McCoy recently launched Give to Get Jobs, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) portal that not only aims to be a leading portal for CSR jobs but an innovate content site, too.

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Campbell’s Raises the Bar High, Vows to Decrease Water Footprint

May 23, 2011 5 Comments by

When your company has been making food products–including, of course, soup–the last 140 or so years, instilling change within an organization has it challenges.

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DSK Saga a Lesson in CSR, Leadership, and Transparency

May 20, 2011 No Comments by

The way in which DSK conducted himself over the years is a lesson in how international organizations like the IMF can do more to be take the lead in both transparency and organizational, or corporate, social responsibility (CSR).

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Philadelphia Nuns Fail to Convince McDonald’s Shareholders to Kill The Clown

May 19, 2011 No Comments by

The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia have been a stalwart shareholder activism organization for years. While they only hold a tiny sliver of stock in large corporations, they more than make up for that in chutzpah.

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Bank of America Pledges 15 Percent Reduction in GHG Emissions

May 19, 2011 1 Comment by

Bank of America announced yesterday that it set a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 15 percent by 2015 based on the company’s 2010 baseline.

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MasterCard Now Makes Carbon Accounting for Biz Travel Priceless

May 18, 2011 No Comments by

The sustainability consultancy Brighter Planet has partnered with the credit card giant MasterCard Worldwide to provide an carbon accounting solution for business travel.

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