Civil society and corporate sector, which would contribute to the initiative, ruled by principles of corporate responsibility and social, cultural, environmental and technical sustainability.

Corporate responsibility

Yet at the same time, the corporate sector lobbies aggressively to gut environmental regulations, slash corporate tax rates, and avoid their own responsibility for ecological destruction.

Whose Corporate Social Responsibility?

(iii) Inviting industry to make financial contributions to Strategic Approach implementation, emphasizing project activities that are consistent with good corporate social and environmental responsibility

(l) Forest ethics and corporate responsibility

In the ensuing discussion, questions were raised regarding the precise definitions of general terms such as corporate responsibility , corporate social responsibility and positive corporate contribution , and regarding the notion of a corporate responsibility for development, as well as UNCTAD's mandate in this regard.

The concept of corporate responsibility (CR) involves a broad range of fundamental social and economic development issues, including human rights, labour rights, environmental protection and good governance.

It would also need to help poor countries cope with the quasi generalization of social and environmental responsibility standards that are increasingly shaping corporate practices and consumer demand.

Young people are committed to the principles of corporate social responsibility, as well as setting up environmental enterprises such as ecotourism and the wider adoption of green technologies.

Corporate responsibility has been established at the highest level.

Initiatives to promote corporate social responsibility should be voluntary.

Nevertheless, many corporate responsibility initiatives currently came directly from industry.

Programme Component D.6 SME Export Consortia and Corporate Social Responsibility

This document will also contribute to the implementation of the Global Compact principles in United Nations procurement practices by addressing the issue of corporate social responsibility, environmental and sustainable procurement and corruption.

(c) Social and environmental responsibility as an organization

It was also important to place corporate responsibility in its proper context.

WISER stands for World Index for Social and Environmental Responsibility.

Total shareholder return (TSR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) often seem completely divorced from each other.

The classical concept of corporate responsibility (CR) involves a broad range of social and economic issues that are fundamental for the promotion of economic development, including human rights, labour rights, environmental conservation, and the fight against political and administrative corruption.

Corporate responsibility was reflected under subprogramme 2, in response to paragraph 58 of the São Paulo Consensus.

The European Union welcomed the ongoing international debate on corporate social responsibility, business ethics, accountability and transparency.

14. Reaffirms the need to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

IFPMA and its member organisations (as well as individual corporations) do carry out Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

Recognizing further the role played by the private sector and civil society including non governmental organizations in supporting the efforts of Governments to achieve sustainable development and, in this regard, reiterating the need for enhancing corporate environmental and social responsibility and accountability,

12. Further reaffirms the need to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

11. Further reaffirms the need to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

The flavor of the week in Rio is sustainability indexing for corporations, by way of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

In addition, the importance of ensuring corporate social responsibility, including with regard to the rights of workers, was stressed.

The panellist from the UN Research Institute for Social Development reflected on the institutional and policy dimensions of corporate responsibility.

Bayer's Program for Legal Compliance and Corporate Responsibility does, however, mention the Chemical Weapons Convention, export controls, and genetic engineering.

Developing countries demand not only that foreign investors should exercise corporate responsibility they need to be transparent in their operations.

The importance of ensuring corporate social responsibility and accountability, including with regard to the rights of workers, was also stressed.

You know, it's now time for corporate responsibility to really look at what they feed or make available to their staff.

Where there was a need for corporate standards and regulatory enforcement, it was the responsibility of the particular Governments to act.

As the environmental consequences of human activity become increasingly apparent, so does humanity s responsibility to mitigate them.

NEW YORK Increasingly, corporations are under pressure, often from activist non governmental organizations, to take on specific corporate social responsibility (CSR) obligations.

To properly address this issue would not only require appropriate measures to promote FDI but also be a question of corporate responsibility.

To engage in a pro active dialogue on matters related to corporate developmental responsibility and good corporate governance of Transnational Corporations, which entails maximizing their contribution to the economic and social development of host developing countries.

(a) Differences in philosophy and approach between civil and common law traditions concerning management or control of corporate groups and related companies and in approaches to director responsibility and liability in the context of corporate groups

Rich countries' larger contribution to environmental damage means that they must shoulder greater responsibility for fixing the problem.

WASHINGTON, DC In an era in which conventional models of finance, corporate governance, and corporate responsibility are increasingly debated, if not called into question, it may be time to revisit the alternative approach taken by economic cooperatives.

These were a review of the comparability and relevance of existing indicators on corporate social responsibility, and a review of the implementation status of corporate governance disclosures and the role of such disclosures in adding sustainable value.

(a) To identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights

(a) To identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights