The sweatshop on your conscience: How consumers and marketers are more responsible than they’d like to think

Courtesy of INSEAD Knowledge, by N. Craig Smith and Elin Williams

Fact 1: On May 26 2010, Apple overtook Microsoft as the world’s largest technology company (by market capitalisation).

Fact 2: On May 28 2010, workers began fitting “suicide nets” at Foxconn Electronics’ factory in southern China, after at least 12 employees jumped to their deaths in just five months. Read more

Social responsibility must be integral to business strategy to succeed

Walmart unveiled its global sustainable agriculture goals recently, with which the company seeks to help buy more from small and mid-sized farmers around the world; reduce food waste and sustainably source key agricultural products. Read more

The Story of Electronics

The Story of Stuff project released its newest movie, “The Story of Electronics”, a look at the ‘design for the dump’ mentality so prevalent in the electronics industry. Read more

The Demand on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Drives CSR Summit Record Attendance

Over 400 corporate social responsibility professionals from around the globe gathered at the CSR Asia Summit 2010 held on 14-15th September, 2010 in Hong Kong to exchange key CSR issues and strategies in the Asia-Pacific region, breaking its record since the first edition. The CSR Asia Summit is the flagship event of CSR Asia Ltd., which is one of the most innovative and thought-provoking conferences on corporate social responsibility (CSR) across the region. Read more

EABIS 2010 Colloquium: Corporate Responsibility and Emerging Markets

While the EABIS Colloquia from 2002 to 2009 took a disciplinary perspective on the corporate responsibility (CR) agenda, the Colloquia in 2010 and 2011 will take a geographic approach, to take place from 20-21 September 2010 at St. Petersburg State University GSOM. Read more

Breaking the Constraints of GDP Accounting: The Happy Planet Index

By Jack Hall, courtesy of CSR Malaysia.

In 1947, the development of the United Nations System of National Accounts marked the point in time when nations across the world started to become judged on their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ahead of all other factors. Read more

GRI’s Reader’s Choice Awards In Second Round

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced on 16 March 2010 the organizations that are still in the running for the Reader’s Choice Awards. Readers can now continue to vote on the shortlisted organizations from 13 different countries. They determine who deserve recognition for their sustainability reporting.

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