Global bank picks DHL to pioneer carbon neutral courier service

DHL’s pioneering carbon offset solution DHL GOGREEN Carbon Neutral service is a positive new asset for environmentally-savvy financial institutions. DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has contracts with several major banks for DHL GOGREEN Carbon Neutral services regionally and recently secured one global account. The fully-audited service... [Read more...]

Conservation International Expands Presence in Singapore

Leading global NGO Conservation International (CI) is expanding its presence in Singapore, after receiving positive response from governments and corporations based here and across Asia. The move reflects an increasing need for sustainable development in this part of the world, and recognition that many development choices that affect the environment... [Read more...]

Korean companies lead in Asia in sustainability disclosure

South Korean companies are still leaders in Asian ESG reporting (ex-Japan). Chinese companies are improving and companies in the Philippines now take the bottom spot, according to the findings of the 2011 Asian Sustainability Rating™ (ASR™), launched recently at the CSR Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur. [Read more...]  Read More →

Over 40% of Hong Kong businesses support higher short-term energy costs for long term benefits

Following the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, and its impact on oil prices, the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) reveals that 42% of Hong Kong privately held businesses are advocates of supporting higher energy costs in the short term in order to reduce Hong Kong’s reliance on oil and have more stable energy prices... [Read more...]

International Singapore Compact CSR Summit 2011 takes off

Mr S Iswaran, Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade & Industry, launches the International Singapore Compact CSR Summit 2011 recently, against a backdrop of CSR gaining momentum in Singapore. [Read more...]  Read More →

CSR Programs have little impact on stock performance, according to Ben-Gurion University

Stocks of companies that are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies perform statistically similarly to those corporations that do not have these programs, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers. [Read more...]  Read More →

Landmark UBS-INSEAD study reveals changing face of Asian philanthropic giving

Asia’s wealthy engage in philanthropy primarily to ensure the continuity of core family values and to create a lasting legacy in areas such as health and education, according to a study on family philanthropy in Asia published recently by UBS in association with leading business school, INSEAD. However, among younger and second-generation philanthropists,... [Read more...]

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