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    More Corporate Social Responsibility Resources at www.BSR.org Image

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    06-27-02

    More Corporate Social Responsibility Resources at www.BSR.org

    SAN FRANCISCO, California - Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) announced new features and content on its website, www.bsr.org, a global point of access for information and resources on corporate social responsibility. The redesigned website offers BSR members and the g...

    BSR Unveils Labor Law Database Image

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    05-21-02

    BSR Unveils Labor Law Database

    SAN FRANCISCO, California - Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) today unveiled Labor Law, a unique Internet database of labor law reports and supply chain compliance resources. Compiled from hundreds of primary sources, Labor Law will provide users with independently ve...

    Global Reporting Initiative Announces Move to Amsterdam Image

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    04-22-02

    Global Reporting Initiative Announces Move to Amsterdam

    AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting institution that was formally inaugurated at a United Nations ceremony on 4 April 2002, has announced that its permanent Secretariat headquarters will be opened later th...

    Investor Coalition Finds U.S. Corporations Face Multi-Billion Dollar Risk from Climate Change Image

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    04-18-02

    Investor Coalition Finds U.S. Corporations Face Multi-Billion Dollar Risk from Climate Change

    WASHINGTON, DC - There is mounting evidence that failure to respond to the risks posed by climate change could result in multi-billion dollar losses for U.S. businesses and investment portfolios, and this failure could represent a breach of fiduciary duty on the part of corp...

    Global Reporting Initiative Inaugurated at U.N. Event Image

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    04-04-02

    Global Reporting Initiative Inaugurated at U.N. Event

    NEW YORK-The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting institution, was formally inaugurated at a luncheon attended by over 200 guests at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 4 April 2002. The GRI was convened in 1997 by the ...

    Over 100 Facilities Certified to SA8000 Humane Workplace Standard Image

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    03-15-02

    Over 100 Facilities Certified to SA8000 Humane Workplace Standard

    Social Accountability International (SAI) announced today that more than 100 facilities are now certified to the SA8000 humane workplace standard. Just three years after the first certificate was issued, there are now 118 facilities employing more than
    70,000 workers t...

    Global Reporting Initiative to be Officially Inaugurated at United Nations Headquarters Image

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    02-28-02

    Global Reporting Initiative to be Officially Inaugurated at United Nations Headquarters

    BOSTON, USA - The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting institution, will be formally inaugurated at a luncheon event to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 4 April 2002 at 13:00. Incubating under the auspice...

    Global Reporting Initiative Announces First Board of Directors Image

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    01-24-02

    Global Reporting Initiative Announces First Board of Directors

    Boston, USA - The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), convened to develop an internationally accepted framework for sustainability reporting for businesses and other organisations, announced today the appointment of fourteen members to its first Board of Directors. This annou...

    Socially Screened Assets Grew 1.5 Times Faster Than all U.S.Managed Portfolio Assets Since 1999 Image

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    11-28-01

    Socially Screened Assets Grew 1.5 Times Faster Than all U.S.Managed Portfolio Assets Since 1999

    The market may be in a slump, but socially responsible investing is growing at a strong rate. Assets in socially screened investment portfolios under professional management rose by more than a third from 1999 to 2001 to top the $2 trillion mark for the first time ever, acc...

    BSR’s Annual Conference Examines How Responsible Business Practices Address Global Challenges Image

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    10-22-01

    BSR’s Annual Conference Examines How Responsible Business Practices Address Global Challenges

    Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) invites business leaders everywhere to attend the BSR 2001 Annual Conference and actively advance shared values in the face of both immediate and long-term economic, social and environmental challenges. To be held November 7-9 in Seat...

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