Month of April, 2010

Despite economic conditions over the past year and the failure of the Climate Accord, drawn up as an outcome of the Copenhagen COP-15 meeting, to reduce uncertainty at the international level, the manufacturing industry continues to internalize carbon as a compliance focus and a cost of doing business. Sustainability is also increasing in significance across the manufacturing community in response to multiple stakeholders and regulators.

Do companies and investors agree on which sustainability factors are material ? Why do these issues remain outside most dialogues between company managers and mainstream asset managers? Are investors asking the right questions?

This report is an initiative of the Emerging Markets Disclosure Project (EMDP) Korean team and aims to further emerging market investors' understanding of Korea's Responsible Investment(RI)/Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) landscape; explore trends in Korean companies' environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting; and promote greater ESG disclosure.

The British economist Stern, here argues for global action to avert severe and, in Stern's view, severely dangerous climate change and, in the process, lay the technological and economic foundations for new industries.

The report, published by Global Subsidies Initiative, provides insights into how developing nations might do things differently and come out ahead by removing fossil-fuel subsidies.

The publication highlights the issue of corporate governance: what it means, what approaches are used to define the term and how companies can measure the one.

Provides an overview of how companies in the FTSE All World Developed Index are managing ESG issues at board level and analyses how performance has evolved between 2005 and 2008.

Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be one of the most important, and most effective, steps that a company can take to reduce its environmental impact and save money. But deciding where to start has become more complicated than ever.

How businesses and government can work together to cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce carbon footprints and stimulate a green economy

The artice highlights the debates between Matthew Bishop and Bunker Roy on the beforementioned question

The aim of these case studies is two-fold. First, they are intended to help support the implementation of RI in private equity through sharing best practice. But the second purpose is to help raise awareness that RI is ultimately a component of fiduciary duty.

This comparative study is based on contributions from national correspondents in the 27 EU Member States (EU27) together with Norway, comprising the network of the European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO).

The article highlights the notion of "green supply chain" in interpretation by David Dornfeld

A guide for linking sustainable goals to executive incentives

This guidance document provides Mining Association of Canada (MAC) member companies and other mining companies with an easy-to-use guide to energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions management.

The report aims to provide a representative overview of the types of sustainable investment business strategies that can be observed amongst WFE’s members, with a particular emphasis on  some of the more notable and innovative examples.

This publication examines the results of socio-economic research projects on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funded under the European Union’s Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. In this review, the research carried out is put in the context of developing the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility as well as the evolving European Union policy in this area.

Commentary, information and resources related to green manufacturing and sustainability in the US and abroad

The aim of this paper is to understand the connection between the motivations that drive firms to adopt green commitments and the impact of these engagements on firm performance.

This paper by Heiko Spitzeck seeks to explore patterns of integrating corporate responsibility issues into corporate governance mechanisms and their development over time.

Business ethics, corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship, values-driven management, corporate governance and ethical leadership are necessary horizons for legitimacy of corporations in the process of globalization.