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Commitment to Gulf Cleanup Will Be True Measure of BP
Environmental activist Mark Tulay thinks there are lessons to be learned from comparing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – now the largest in American history – to the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. Instead of hedging and dodging, he says, BP would be well served to take the high road on settlement issues.
Opinion: The Corporate Responsibility Commitment
The rhetoric surrounding corporate responsibility can be off-putting to companies with many firms assuming they can never live up to such grand claims. But taken in achievable steps, every company can embark upon the corporate responsibility journey. Patrick Jelly, managing director of Pitney Bowes UK, assesses the reality of corporate responsibility adoption and outlines some of the do’s and don’ts of such a strategy.
BNY Mellon To Increase Social Investing Options
Fiduciary responsibility “has often been defined exclusively in financial terms, such as maximizing returns to provide for retired employees,” the firm said. “However, there is growing discussion that the way in which those returns are achieved is just as important.” BNY Mellon has $22.3 trillion in assets under custody or administration and $1.1 trillion under management.
Kellogg’s Corporate Responsibility Report: “Watch the Salt!”
It’s fascinating to watch as major global businesses engage, however imperfectly, in the process of reporting on matters that only a few years ago would have been left for legal counsel to explain and defend in courts or regulatory hearings. How should a food giant like Kellogg handle a sticky health problem involving salt? Or a supply chain issue involving peanuts?
Sustainability: 20 Expectations for Companies by 2020
A major new paper from Ceres, the investor and environmental group, “is a guide to companies on their journey to comprehensive sustainability – from the boardroom to the copy room – and throughout the supply chain,” says the organization’s president.
Opinion: SEC on ESG?
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.”
Corporate Sustainability Ranking Gets a Face Lift
Last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saw a major upgrade in the quantification of corporate sustainability with the unveiling of what the author calls the “second generation” of a list of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World.
Nike: Corporate Responsibility at a “Tipping Point”
Nike’s latest report on the company’s corporate responsibility initiatives features a slick multimedia display and a 176-page written document. You can see Nike grappling, in public, with some tough choices. Labor and human rights continue as a top priority and corporate worry.
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