Environmental Activism and Corporate Social Responsibility

Stanford Graduate School of Business video with Sarah Soule, who discusses her research and insights on the environmental movement in the United States, and how states and firms respond to the movement. Her research is distinguished by the fact that she examines activist movements against the business sector and not just against the state or [...]

Global HR Forum: New Strategy for Sustainable Growth

Here a two years old but still very interesting video recording of the 2007 Global HR Forum session “New Strategy for Sustainable Growth” with Iwao Taka (Professor, Reitaku University), Vivienne K. Tan (President, Entrepreneurs School of Asia) and Hyung-Cheol Kim (Professor, Yonsei University).
Global HR Forum is an annual HR Development forum in Korea. Hosts are [...]

Building and Integrating a CSR Agenda - Stanford Panel

Many companies now acknowledge the financial benefits of socially responsible behavior over the long term. Such commitments, however, are managed with levels of involvement spanning from a centralized CSR office to a fully integrated approach calling on all mainstream operating departments in the organization. This panel discussion explores strategies to advance corporate social responsibility in [...]

Paul Hohnen on non-financial corporate reporting

Paul Hohnen, CEO Sustainability Strategies and Senior International Associate, ACCSR, discusses the imporatance of non-financial information in corporate reporting and the steps the Global Reporting Initiative has taken to help businesses capture a wholistic view of an organisation. Paul also explains why accountants are critical to the success of corporate social responsibility.
Paul has worked [...]

CSR panel held at Standford

Standford Graduate School of Business shares 2.5h of their recent CSR panel.
In the past few years, several international reporting standards have emerged. But are they actually changing corporate behavior? With particular emphasis on labor standards, this panel explores the effectiveness of current efforts to monitor and improve labor conditions abroad, the role of verification groups, [...]

CSR on a Global Scale

In this Boston University School of Management faculty roundtable discussion “Corporate Social Responsibility: Is the Triple Bottom Line More Than a Trend?” several faculty members from the School discuss the myriad implications of CSR initiatives in the private, public, and nonprofit spheres.

Arabia Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2008

The Emirates Environmental Group - a voluntary, non-government organization (NGO) devoted to protecting the environment through the means of education, action programs and community involvement - shares the full Arabia Corporate Social Responsibility Awards DVD 2008 online.
The DVD is presenting the corporate profiles and CSR initiatives of various socially responsible and environmentally conscious companies [...]

Ray Anderson on Sustainability at Dowling Focus Green Maui ‘09

Ray Anderson, Founder and Chairman of Interface Inc, is one of the world’s leading change agents in business and industry. He is also patron of One at a Time Foundation, an independent, entrepreneurial, not for profit organisation dedicated to fostering change to reduce and halt global warming. I personally support One at a Time Foundation [...]

Impact of the financial crisis on not-for-profit organisations and CSR

The end of corporate social responsibility? Professor Peter Shergold, Macquarie Group Foundation Chair, Centre for Social Impact, discusses the impact of the global financial crisis on not-for-profit organisations and corporate social responsibility.

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Green Marketing Vs. Green Washing: Penny Burgess (Ketchum)

Penny Burgess, MD of Ketchum Shanghai, sits down to discuss the fine line of communicating CSR programs in China.
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