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Do Corporate Responsibility “Best Practices” Really Exist?
Sustainable Business Forum
By Richard J. Crespin, Executive Director of the CROA and Michelle Greene, VP & Head of Corporate Responsibility, NYSE Euronext In short, no. Although there are a growing number of examples of “successful practices”. More often than not, companies are ...

Worldhotels launches sustainability initiative
RusTourismNews
“Corporate responsibility and sustainability are clearly of growing importance to hotel guests, so for that reason alone our affiliate hotels recognise the importance of engaging in sustainable practices,” said Robert Hornman, Worldhotels' Managing ...

James Colman to Join Gatwick as Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
... Management team as Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director, taking up the post in April. He will lead a team of 22 people spanning media and PR, Public Affairs, Internal Communications, Airport Communications and Corporate Responsibility.

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J SAINSBURY PLC : Every drop counts
4-traders
The Defra Water Summit chaired by Caroline Spelman - Secretary of State for DEFRA took place Monday 20th February and on the same day Sainsbury's held a Corporate Responsibility dinner which focused on the water used by our suppliers and customers.

Hormel Foods Reports First Quarter Results
MarketWatch (press release)
... Standard & Poor's 500 Index, Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes, Global 1000 Sustainable Performance Leaders and was named one of "The 100 Best Corporate Citizens" by Corporate Responsibility Magazine in 2011.

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Worldhotels launches sustainability initiative
Travel Daily News International
“Corporate responsibility and sustainability are clearly of growing importance to hotel guests, so for that reason alone our affiliate hotels recognise the importance of engaging in sustainable practices,” said Robert Hornman, Worldhotels' Managing ...

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Worldhotels launches new sustainability programme
Breaking Travel News
“Corporate responsibility and sustainability are clearly of growing importance to hotel guests, so for that reason alone our affiliate hotels recognise the importance of engaging in sustainable practices,” said Robert Hornman, Worldhotels' managing ...

IDEX Online
Cairn India comes out tops at Blue Dart CSR Awards, India
The CSR Digest
... Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods, LiQVID, etc to successfully implement various projects across its assets. For more information on Cairn India's Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, please visit our website at www.cairnindia.com.
Blue Dart, DHL Acknowledge CSR Champions In IndiaLogisticsWeek

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AmmoLand.com (press release)
Stephanie Bennett Joins Outdoor Industry Association
Transworld Business
... to expand support of corporate responsibility both within and outside the outdoor recreation industry. “I am thrilled at the opportunity to help support the amazing work that is being accomplished by the Sustainability Working Group,” said Bennett.
Stephanie Bennett Joins OIA as Corporate Responsibility ManagerAmmoLand.com (press release)

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BusinessWeek
Q&A: Meet Adam Pervez, the Happy Nomad
BusinessWeek
He'd focused on corporate social responsibility and sustainability while in business school and realized he wanted to have a direct impact on poor people in developing countries, rather than help the developed world become more energy efficient.

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Keeping It Clean
Corporate Counsel
Last year it was named one of Corporate Knights 's global 100 most sustainable companies for the seventh consecutive year, and it was similarly honored by Corporate Responsibility Magazine and Newsweek . Responsibility for Intel's green-mindedness ...

Sustainability Amidst Austerity, Resource Scarcity and a Limited Growth World
CSRwire.com (press release)
These Young Minds is a service based social enterprise that provides an inclusive platform for stakeholders to learn about management issues in general and corporate responsibility, sustainability issues in particular. This free seminar is sponsored by ...

AmmoLand.com (press release)
Stephanie Bennett Joins OIA as Corporate Responsibility Manager
AmmoLand.com (press release)
BOULDER, CO --(Ammoland.com)- Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has hired Stephanie Bennett as corporate responsibility manager. With this new position, the OIA corporate responsibility department grows to two full-time employees, reflecting the ...

BLUE DART EXPRESS LIMITED : Blue Dart and DHL are Living Corporate ...
4-traders
The World CSR Day/Global CSR Awards were in conjunction with DHL's first Corporate Responsibility Day in India and comprised of two panel discussions - CSR: The Way Forward and Public-Private Partnership for a Greener Planet.

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TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED : Tata Chemicals wins Mother Teresa Award for Corporate ...
4-traders
For the company's outstanding social commitment and commendable involvement in programmes of corporate responsibility far beyond the call of duty. For its unflinching adherence to its vision of leveraging science to deliver new and innovative offerings ...

AccountAbility-certified Sustainability Corporate Responsibility Training Course
eco-business.com
Do you need a solid grounding in the highly specialised and rapidly changing field of corporate responsibility? Whether you're a CR, marketing, comms, PR or procurement professional or an academic, consultant or auditor, corporate responsibility ...

Making the case for engagement through corporate responsibility
Malta Independent Online
Jonathon Porritt, director of the non-profit organisation Forum for the Future, highlighted Marks and Spencer's Plan A sustainability programme as a leading example of the value that CSR can add. He explained how this retailer who launched this ...

Korea Times
Sustainable office buildings
Korea Times
Driving the need for green buildings is a combination of legislation, incentive programs, education, corporate responsibility and long term costs savings. For landlords the effects of legislation are immediate. In Australia and Singapore governments ...

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The Co-operative approach raises ethical bar yet again
PR Urgent (press release)
The Co-operative Group's latest ethical plan, first launched 12 months ago as the most radical sustainability programme in UK corporate history, shows how many of the original targets, particularly in relation to environmental issues, ...

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Environmental Leader
Lilly Sustainability Report: Scope 1,2 Emissions Fall, Scope 3 Rise
Environmental Leader
... Company achieved a three percent reduction in its Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions from 2009 to 2010, but its Scope 3 emissions rose 11 percent over the same time period, according to the company's 2010 corporate responsibility report.