Tag Archives: Corporate Responsibility

Thatcher’s inadvertent corporate responsibility legacy

[Originally published on Ethical Corporation.] The explosion in the private sector’s importance since the 1980s is why companies now need to take the lead on sustainability.

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Why sector-based initiatives will take sustainability into the future

[Originally published in The Guardian Sustainable Business Blog.] CSR and sustainability departments of emerging market and mature market multinational companies face very similar and familiar challenges. Internally, these include difficulties convincing CEOs and CFOs of the business relevance of CSR. Externally, … Continue reading

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My biggest mistake: What we all can learn from the Ford Pinto Case

“Your daddy drives a pinto” was a classic schoolyard put-down in my semi-rural, American hometown. Never then, would I have imagined that years later I would be enjoying a collegial and informative dinner with Dennis Gioia, Mr Pinto himself.

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The retreat of CSG: the power of social licence in action?

[Post originally published on the CSRConnect.ed LinkedIn Group] Last week, Metgasco announced that it was suspending its coal seam gas (CSG) exploration activities in northern New South Wales. While this news disappointed some who were anticipating economic benefits, it has … Continue reading

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Transforming business from the inside

Very few significant New Zealand businesses need to be convinced that adopting a strategy that ensures they have a positive operating impact for consumers, employees and other stakeholders, as well as the environment, is good business. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) … Continue reading

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The ACCSR Conference on Responsible leadership – the summary

The ACCSR Conference on Responsible leadership – summarised on twitter. This year our 6th Annual Conference ‘The State of CSR’ explored the issue of leadership in an age of  responsibility. Our speakers inspired and challenged us with endless ideas and hints … Continue reading

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CSR wears a shiny new suit

Mark Kramer’s recent visit to Melbourne has once again stirred welcome discussion on the role of business in society. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have by now read, or at least heard of, Kramer’s article in … Continue reading

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The coming of age of Life Cycle Assessment?

[Originally published in The Guardian Sustainable Business Blog.] A recent international conference in France that I had the honour to chair provided a fascinating glimpse of how far Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) have come, and of their future potential. For many … Continue reading

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Time for a social media policy? One billion users can’t be wrong

The day my mom sent me a Facebook friend request was the day I knew social media had gone mainstream. Besides the scary realisation that my mother was using the interwebs, this moment confirmed for me that social media was no longer the … Continue reading

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Defining Report Content and Boundaries: Get Ready for G4: Second Bite

This is the second in our ‘Get Ready for G4’ series of posts in which we will help you to understand upcoming changes to the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. For those of you who didn’t get indigestion from my first … Continue reading

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