Social Responsibility
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
"The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests."
BSR works with its global network of nearly 300 member companies to build a just and sustainable world. From its offices in Asia, Europe, and North and South America, BSR develops sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration.
On the website: find sustainability insights and case studies.
Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and sustainable economy. We make the business case for action on the greatest sustainability challenges facing our world today: climate change, water scarcity and pollution, and nature and biodiversity loss.
Has research reports and news and insights.
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Corporate ESG ratings can be viewed in LSEG.
- For individual companies: Go to the company's home page. Then click ESG at the top.
Large Datasets:
- Contains scores and underlying data points (over 600 data points).
- Covers public companies from 2002+ worldwide (coverage increases over time).
- LSEG ESG Scores are an enhancement and replacement of legacy ASSET4 ratings. In the past, academic access to this data was available through Datastream. Now LSEG ESG Scores are available in Datastream, the LSEG Workspace platform, and the Refinitiv Excel add-in.
- Data is collected from public sources only (e.g. company released reports, SEC filings, press releases, etc.).
"NAEM is a professional association that empowers corporate leaders to advance environmental stewardship, create safe and healthy workplaces, and promote global sustainability. As the largest network for Environmental, Health and Safety, and Sustainability decision-makers, we provide peer-led educational conferences and an active community for sharing solutions to today's corporate EHS and Sustainability management challenges."
Contains research reports on areas such as sustainability management, health and safety, and environmental management.
News
Business Ethics is an online magazine with a strong heritage in the fields of ethics, governance, corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing.
Inc. Corporate Social Responsibility
Interviews and analysis of leading corporate social responsibility organizations, individuals, and topics by Inc. magazine.
News, blogs, and forums on the latest in corporate social responsibility from the Guardian newspaper.
CSRwire is the leading source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability news, reports, events and information.
Members are interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience.
See their reports by industry.
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