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"Of the 1,003 investors surveyed, nearly half (49%) said that over the next 12 months they were likely to invest in a company or mutual fund looking to provide solutions for environmental problems."
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Allianz Global Investors
   
(USA) January 2008

"The survey finds that three-quarters of those interested in finding out more about the ethical credentials of a financial product or service said they are likely to take this into consideration when next buying a financial product or service."
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(UK) November 2009

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Organizations Promoting Corporate
Ethical, Social & Environmental Responsibility 

Suggested websites are denoted with an asterisk (*).         

*Accountability-Central                                   (U.S.A.)
"In A-C the editors focus on news, commentary, research, trends, and actions of key players shaping "accountability" and the impact on individuals, business organizations, public agencies and social institutions."

Avanzi                                                          (Italy)
Avanzi assists organizations in economic, environmental and social sustainability.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre           (U.K. & U.S.A.)
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre tracks the positive and negative impacts of over 4,000 companies worldwide. It claims to be the world's leading independent resource on the subject.

*Business for Social Responsibility                      (U.S.A.)
"Business for Social Responsibility is a global organization that helps member companies achieve success in ways that respect ethical values, people, communities and the environment."

*Canadian Business for Social Responsibility         (Can.)
The Canadian Business for Social Responsibility provides a leading voice for corporate social responsibility.

Canadian Centre for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility           (Can.)
Canadian Centre for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility is dedicated to promoting an ethical orientation and culture in Canadian companies.

*CBERN                                                        (Can.)
"The Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN) was developed through a SSHRC project funded in 2004... The team aims to create a 'website of websites' to link existing cross-sectoral Canadian resources in business ethics."

Center for Corporate Policy                               (U.S.A.)
"Center for Corporate Policy... working to curb corporate abuses and make corporations publicly accountable."

Centre for Excellence in CSR                             (Can.)
"The Centre for Excellence on Corporate Social Responsibility is being developed by CIM as one of the four pillars of the Canadian government's action plan on CSR. Over the coming year, this site will become the hub of knowledge on CSR-related practices and approaches as they apply to the extractive sector."

Centre Info                                                    (Switzerland)
Centre Info offers advice and research into corporate responsibility.

*CERES                                                          (U.S.A.)
CERES: The leading U.S. coalition of environmental, investor and advocacy groups for a sustainable future.

ChinaCSR.com                                                 (China)
"ChinaCSR.com offers news & views on Corporate Social Responsibility in China."

CorpGov.net                                                    (U.S.A.)
"Since 1995 the Corporate Governance site at CorpGov.net facilitated the ability of institutional and individual shareowners to better govern corporations, enhancing both corporate accountability and the creation of wealth."

CorporateResponsibility.net                                 (U.K.)
Offers news related to corporate responsibility without the spin of a normal press release.

Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO)                   (U.S.A.)
"The Corporate Responsibility Officer... dedicated to increasing the professional capacity of the newest corporate leadership role—the Corporate Responsibility Officer."

Corporate Watch                                               (U.K.)
"Corporate Watch undertakes research on the social and environmental impact of large corporations."

CSR-Pedia                                                        (U.S.A.)
"CSR-pedia is a fully searchable website that categorizes, catalogs, and describes corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs developed by companies to help solve social and environmental problems around the world."

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)  (Norway)
"The EITI sets a global standard for transparency in oil, gas and mining. It is...* An effort to make natural resources benefit all; * A coalition of governments, companies and civil society; * A standard for companies to publish what they pay and for governments to disclose what they receive."

ELDIS                                                               (U.K.)
"ELDIS provides a corporate Social Responsibility Resource Guide."

Ethical Consumer                                                (U.K.)
"The Ethical Consumer... UK's only alternative consumer organisation looking at the social and environmental records of the companies behind the brand names."

*EthicScan Canada                                             (Can.)
EthicScan Canada is a consultancy, research house and resource center for consumer and corporate ethics.

*EthicsWorld                                                     (U.S.A.)
EthicsWorld: "This is the forum on the web for business ethics, governance, and anti-corruption."

Ethisphere™ Magazine                                         (U.S.A.)
"Ethisphere is the new ‘must-read’ publication for all things ethics and compliance."

GoodCorporation                                                 (U.K.)
GoodCorporation: "Helps organisations to develop, manage and monitor their corporate responsibilities."

Global Compact Critics                                         (Netherlands)
"Global Compact Critics is an informal network of organizations and people with concerns about the UN Global Compact."

Global Reporting Initiative                                     (Netherlands)
"Global Reporting Initiative's mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines."

International Business Ethics Institute                     (U.S.A. & U.K.)
"International Business Ethics Institute promote(s) equitable economic development, resource sustainability, and just forms of government."

Knowmore.org                                                     (U.S.A.)
"... a vast database of easily searchable corporate and political info designed to aid responsible citizens, progressive thinkers and activists."

Lifeworth Annual Review                                        (U.K./Australia)
Conducts annual surveys and reviews the status of global corporate actions pertinent to social and environmental sustainability.

Maplecroft                                                          (U.K.)
"Maplecroft specialises in the calculation, analysis and visualisation of global risks. Our comprehensive portfolio of data sets and interactive maps provide clients with innovative and easy to access tools for understanding, measuring and monitoring both inherent risk exposures and risk management competences."

Make Trade Fair                                                   (Multinational)
Make Fair Trade Fair is sponsored by Oxfam International. Promotes fair trading practices to help the world's poor.

Olive Arbor                                                          (U.S.A.)
"Olive Arbor is an aggregator of the myriad of information that is out there on how responsibly corporations are behaving. Our role is to make this information easily accessible for people so they can be their own judge how ethically businesses are behaving."

Pensions & Investment Research Consultants Ltd. (PIRC)           (UK)
"PIRC is the UKs' leading independent research and advisory consultancy providing services to institutional investors on corporate governance and corporate social responsibility."

SustainAbility                                                      (U.S.A. & U.K.)
“SustainAbility is a sustainable development business consultancy.”

SustainableBusiness                                              (U.S.A.)
SustainableBusiness.com "... provide[s] global news and networking services to help green business grow."

Sustainable Development International                      (U.K.)
"Sustainable Development International provides unique publishing services for business to raise awareness about CSR in practice to influence effective sustainable development policy."

*The Natural Step                                                 (U.S.A.)
The Natural Step successfully helps companies implement sustainability.

UK Government's Corporate Social Responsibility website           (U.K.)
UK Government's Corporate Social Responsibility website: "We have an ambitious vision for UK businesses to consider the economic, social and environmental impacts of their activities, wherever they operate in the world."

World Business Council for Sustainable Development                 (Switz.)
"World Business Council for Sustainable Development is a coalition of 170 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development."

 

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