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Article

26 Mar 2007

Author:
Deborah Doane (The Corporate Responsibility Coalition) and Alison Holder (Save the Children UK)

[PDF] Why Corporate Social Responsibility is failing children

In the last decade, voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies have become the primary means of tackling problems such as poor labour standards, aggressive marketing of products for children, and environmental harm resulting from company action or inaction. Save the Children and The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition have become increasingly concerned that, while governments around the world increasingly favour these approaches, such strategies may have only limited application. [also refers to Nestlé, Gerber (part of Novartis), Talisman, Newmont, Statoil, Wal-Mart, Tesco]