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Opinion: SEC on ESG?(0)
When do you know that ESG (or factoring environmental, social, and governance issues into investment and corporate decisions) has gone mainstream? One signal would be the agenda of last week’s meeting of the Securities and Exchanhe Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee, which included items such as “ESG Disclosure Work Plan” and “Proxy Voting Transparency.”
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Apple Increases Its Monitoring of Suppliers
The company says it conducted on-site audits at 102 facilities in 2009, up from 83 in 2008, and trained 133,000 workers, supervisors and managers, a sharp increase from 27,000 a year earlier.
How To Lead in Corporate Citizenship
Two new reports from the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship examine what’s needed in implementing and maintaining effective corporate citizen leadership. They also put forth “unique competency models” for those working in the corporate citizenship field.
Harvard Law School Launches Public Service Venture Fund
In what it said was “the first program of its kind at a law school,” Harvard Law School announced creation of Public Service Venture Fund, which will start by awarding $1 million in grants every year to help graduating students pursue careers in public service.
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