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BUSINESS RESPECT
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Arguments against CSR and some answers
Definitions of Corporate Social Responsibility
Discussion
The Global Reporting Initiative - is it fit for purpose?
Translations
Companies in the News
Case studies of managing a crisis
Odwalla
Johnson & Johnson
and Tylenol
Exxon Valdez
Snow Brand Milk
Products
Emerging Issues
Drugs companies and AIDS
When to quit a bad country
The Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index
The Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index seeks to meet the financial markets demands for an investable index to benchmark the performance of investments in companies which are striving to become more sustainable.
It includes around 200 companies said to represent the top 10% of leading companies committed to sustainable practices.
The Index recognises the importance of integrating economic, environmental and social factors in business strategy and places particular stress on innovative technology, corporate governance, the interests of shareholders, industry leadership and corporate responses to changes in society.
At its core is the sustainability assessment. The assessment includes general sustainability criteria which are applied to all industries and industry group specific criteria which take into account the characteristics of certain industries. The criteria relate to strategy, policy and management. They reflect sustainability opportunities (to assess a company's ability to exploit them) and sustainability risks (to assess a company's ability to reduce or avoid sustainability-related costs and risks).
The Index is reviewed annually by an advisory committee which consists of experts from both the financial sector and in corporate sustainability.
For further information, visit the website at http://indexes.dowjones.com/djsgi/index.htm
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This page is part of the Corporate Social Responsibility site of Mallen Baker. It is constantly updated with analysis and opinion pieces on different aspects of CSR - with a mostly international focus, with some particular interests on the UK.
Initiatives such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index will be covered, and updated, periodically on the site, and in the free CSR fortnightly email newsletter associated with the site, Business Respect. The easiest way to keep in touch is to subscribe.
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Site last updated on 28th August 2008