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Book review: Taming the corporation
Author: Anne Simpson, senior specialist in corporate governance at the World Bank and a director of Pensions Investment Research Consultants, in Financial Times
Anne Simpson says a new book identifies a central obstacle to improving corporate governance but does not offer a full solution - review of The New Global Investors: How Shareowners Can Unlock Sustainable Prosperity Worldwide by Robert A.G. Monks
Americans are Looking for Good Corporate Citizens, But Aren't Finding Them, According to Hill and Knowlton 2001 Corporate Citizen Watch
Author: Hill and Knowlton, CSR Wire
A survey conducted by Hill and Knowlton through Harris Interactive found that a majority of Americans consider corporate citizenship - the impact a company has on society - when making investment and purchasing decisions. The bad news is that...
- Related companies: Hill + Knowlton Strategies
ARESE Launches New European Sustainability Index
Author: Mark Thomsen, SocialFunds.com
ARESE, a Paris-based firm that conducts research on corporate social, environmental and sustainability performance, recently announced the introduction of the first of a series of new indexes. The first index, the ASPI Eurozone, will track the...
Corporations Feel Heat on Global Issues; Record Votes in 2001 Annual Meeting Seasons
Author: Investor Responsibility Resource Center [IRRC]
Shareholders in record numbers want companies to adopt global labor standards to ensure fair, decent working conditions for overseas employees, according to an analysis of 2001 proxy votes by the Investor Responsibility Research Center.
Companies reject disclosure pleas [UK]
Author: Vanessa Houlder, Financial Times
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE: Nearly half the country's largest companies have rejected repeated requests by the government to disclose information about their environmental and social performance, according to a report published today
FRIENDS IVORY AND SIME - Socially Responsible Investment
Author: Ethical Performance magazine
Fund manager Friends Ivory & Sime argues that institutional investors have a responsibility to encourage companies to improve their governance of ethical and environmental issues. Its new Responsible Engagement Overlay [REO] service enables...
China: Investors warned off Three Gorges bonds
Author: Inter Press Service, in Asia Times
Continuing with their effort to block financing of China's Three Gorges Dam, environmentalists are warning investors that bonds to be sold soon will indirectly finance the mammoth hydropower project that critics say will be a social and environmental...
Judge dismisses Indians suits against Texaco
Author: Reuters
A federal judge [U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff] this week dismissed lawsuits against Texaco brought by rainforest Indians of Ecuador and Peru who alleged the oil company contaminated their water and land
- Related stories: Texaco/Chevron lawsuits (re Ecuador)
- Related companies: Chevron Texaco (part of Chevron)
Activists Warn Investors about Banks of the Yangtze
Author: Danielle Knight, Inter Press Service
Continuing with their effort to block financing of China's Three Gorges Dam, environmentalists are warning investors that bonds to be sold soon will indirectly finance the mammoth hydropower project that critics say will be a social and environmental...