China
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Europe
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Responsible Investment
UNCTAD hosted in China the 2nd global dialogue on Sustainable Exchanges – Witnesses the rise of emerging markets in promoting sustainable stock exchanges
Chinese Securities Index Company (CSI) and ECPI launch 1st of its kind ESG (CSR) Index – Includes 40 best-performing listed Chinese companies
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Friends of the Earth release report on Socially Responsible Investment (report, in French)
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CSR Reporting
Syntao releases 3rd report on Sustainability reporting in China – Number of reports have surged from 23 in 2006 to 533 in 2009 (report)
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Research analysing ESG/CSR reporting of 746 European companies shows Eastern Europe is gearing up. Leaders (in order) are: Sweden, France, Netherlands, UK
Article published in Journal of Corporate Citizenship shows that CSR reporting fails to take into account economic inequality – Only 3% of GRI A+ (highest reporting level) CSR reports available online mention it
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Company practices
China Mobile partners with 53 large suppliers to improve environmental performance across its supply chain |
Société Générale launches its 2010 CSR challenge for students: Citizen Act (French) – Students from all over the world can enter the contest
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Women
Businesswomen show mettle in man’s world
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Consumer goods’ CSR
Report: China will upgrade its food security risk control system (French)
Toilet paper: microbes found in 18 local brands (French)
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EU Parliament calls for EU legislation to guarantee fair prices across food supply chain – To re-balance bargaining power of farmers against retailers and other big players
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Campaigning for CSR
Greenpeace China releases report on electricity in China (article in French): « The true cost of coal » (report in English)
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Campaign for European CSR legislation: Rights for people, rules for business |
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Public policy
European Commission launches dialogue process on CSR of pharmaceuticals – Includes better access to medicines |
Workplace
China fines first company for hepatitis B discrimination – On the ground of Regulations on Employment Service and Management (2008)
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