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The Strategic Guide to Aligning Corporate Responsibility and Brand

Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts

Brand protection and cost management are still the driving factors behind Sustainable Procurement initiatives, but compliance with environmental regulations has taken on increased importance.

This manual stimulates the SME entrepreneur in his efforts to strengthen the social, economic and ecological components of his company maintaining a good relationship with all the stakeholders.

CSR and HR provides HR managers with a thorough understanding of the drivers and principles of CSR and a practical step-by-step guide to the way CSR interfaces with every HR function

An American-owned apparel factory in the Dominican Republic has committed to pay a living wage — three times the average for the industry there.

The global energy sector is at a crossroads. Key issues such as a lack of energy independence, the security of energy supplies, and climate change have become important items on the agendas of governments everywhere. This has sparked a heated debate about the most appropriate energy mix. These issues were discussed during a panel session on the future of energy at the recent Wharton Global Alumni Forum in Madrid.

Produced by BCG in collaboration with MIT Sloan Management Review, this report presents findings from a global survey of more than 1,500 corporate leaders and in-depth interviews with more than 50 thought leaders on how sustainability is affecting business.

Eric Cornuel, on how companies (and organisations in the broadest sense of the term) must be much more integrated into professors’ teaching and research concerns and not only as fields of investigation. This is a pre-requisite if we ever hope to see companies become important actors in institutional funding and governance.

This study examines the importance of external monitoring and public reporting on the performance of firms in the global apparel industry. By focusing on the relevance of company reputation in the global community, the authors examine financial performance and stock market reaction to the release of information describing the manufacturing practices of firms made available by a third-party monitor.