29 Online Resources found

This is an online dictionary of terms that pertain to sustainability. A product of the Presidio School of Management, this site is an educational tool created to increase the vocabulary of the user. Each entry supports users comments as well.

Content: Online Resource | Source: “Presidio School of Management” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

SustainableBusiness.com aims to accelerate the spread of sustainable business practices by increasing market penetration of sustainable products, services, and the companies that produce them. SB.com covers the field as a whole, bringing together businesses from such diverse industries as renewable energy, organic products, social investing, and green building and construction.

By providing businesspeople direct access to the information and tools they need, meaningful employment and resources … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: “SustainableBusiness.com” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

Can business become a positive force for global transformation? That is the issue addressed in this special feature of the What Is Enlightenment? (WIE) magazine. Find audio/video interviews, articles and downloadable white papers. Authors/participants include: Richard Barrett, Don Beck, Peter Senge, Dee Hock, Brian Swimme, Otto Sharmer, Jeremy Rifkin, Jessica Roemischer, Steve Trevino, Elisabet Sahtouris, and Frank Dixon.

Editor’s Note: WIE claims it is “not … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: “What Is Enlightenment? (WIE)” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

Businesss Ethics magazine has released its annual survey of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens.” The closely-watched survey has gained national recognition as an indicator of best practices in the area of corporate social responsibility.

The 100 Best Corporate Citizens survey is based on a database maintained by KLD Research & Analytics, a Boston-based social research firm. All companies listed on the Russell 1000 Index … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Authors: Samuel Graves, Sandra Waddock | Sources: “Businesss Ethics”, “KLD Research & Analytics” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

IdealsWork helps consumers compare the social and environmental performance of thousands of product brands according to the user’s own individual values. Consumers get to select whatever values are important to them from various categories, such as the environment, women’s issues, minority issues, labor practices, animal rights, weapons, nuclear energy, and so on.

After selecting a set of values, the consumer can then see rankings of … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: “IdealsWork Inc.” | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Social Responsibility (ESG)

The U.S. Department of Energy collaborates with U.S. industry to implement energy-efficiency demonstration projects in operating plants. BestPractices participates in plant-wide assessments and the demonstration projects. Once an assessment or project is complete, BestPractices publishes a case study, which often shows that the project:
– Yields significant energy and cost savings
– Reduces energy consumption
– Improves productivity
– Reduces environmental impacts … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: “U.S. Department of Energy” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a first-of-its-kind report detailing current environmental performance in 12 major business sectors. The agency hopes the report will create a baseline by which to assess progress in the years to come. How does your industry stack up? Find out by downloading the report today.

Content: Online Resource | Sources: “GreenBiz.com”, “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

The Corporate Social Responsibility Program promotes corporate responsibility by engaging publicly held companies to adopt more progressive social and environmental policies – using the power of ownership to promote positive change. We engage in dialogue with selected companies, file shareholder resolutions, build coalitions, and conduct shareholder solicitation and media initiatives to raise awareness and promote more responsible corporate behavior.

Content: Online Resource | Source: “As You Sow” | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Since 1996, former U.C. Berkeley finance professor and Wall Street trader Mark Latham has offered the Vancouver-based Corporate Monitoring Project as a kind of Internet samizdat at which he posts dissident shareholder resolutions excluded from proxy material sent to investors.

Content: Online Resource | Author: Mark Latham | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Social responsibility can be a difficult concept to get your arms around, so it helps to see how other companies and nonprofits approach the challenge. The CSR Newswire offers links to news accounts and PR statements on the good deeds announced by companies to further social and environmental goals. Of course, if you want to get the word out about your own efforts, releases can … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: “SRI World Group” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

CSRwire has launched the CSR Directory: Resources for Promoting Global Business Principles and Best Practices, a directory of worldwide organizations working on all aspects of corporate social responsibility.

The interactive directory provides contact information for more than 700 organizations, with listings of the senior leaders and websites for each organization. Searchable by organization and key contact, the directory provides cross-referenced entries in 25 categories and … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: “CSRwire” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

A decade of explosive growth of new U.S. charities, combined with a stick-to-your-knitting economy, has led to a shortage of board diretors at nonprofits. Worst off are organizations with budgets under $10 million, which account for 95 percent of all U.S. nonprofits. As many as 3 million board seats are collecting dust, according to a report by the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and Volunteer … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: “Volunteer Consulting Group” | Subjects: Nonprofit, Social Responsibility (ESG)

This research center disseminates information from the “study of pressing global problems stemming from interactions between human activities, natural resources, and the environment.” Abstracts describe research papers in global systems, land use, water, agriculture, ecosystems, human health, science, and policy. Also included are computer models and datasets, an Atlas of the Biosphere, and categorized links.

Content: Online Resource | Source: “University of Wisconsin-Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

U.K. consultancy SustainAbility claims to have coined the phrase “triple bottom line,” which refers to a framework for measuring and reporting corporate performance against economic, social, and environmental parameters. Its Web site offers an introduction to the concept, along with details on the organization’s efforts to promote it. The site also serves as an international clearinghouse for information and news related to sustainable development.

Registered … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: “SustainAbility” | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

TechnoServe helps entrepreneurial men and women in poor rural areas of the developing world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth for their families, their communities and their countries.

If you:
– travel to the developing world and find the poverty unconscionable
– do business in Africa or Latin America and want to have a positive impact
– are an … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: “TechnoServe” | Subjects: International, Social Responsibility (ESG)