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Ethical Performance
Since 1999 Ethical Performance has been working with and providing news to those who are responsible for leading CSR and sustainability practice and those who need to understand, learn and be influenced by that practice. Our network covers a wide range of industries and organisation types around the world.
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04-03-18
Ocado Reduces Food Waste Through Redistribution Initiatives
Food waste is a huge global issue. Every year, UK households throw away £13 billion worth of food. A staggering 7.3 million tonnes of household food waste was t...
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11-01-17
Walgreens Boots Alliance Aligns Its Strategies, Targets, and Policies With UN SDGs
Since the beginning of the year, the world’s businesses and governments have been rallying to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals.
Launched to great fanfare as a set of 17 global ambitions, the Goals offer the world a useful ‘...
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10-10-17
Landsec Leads the Way with Science-Based Targets
As environment, industry and finance ministers gathered in Paris to sign what was about to become a historic climate deal, Landsec executives were plotting their own move to take responsibility for our changing planet. For it was at the UN’s COP 21 gathering in ...
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08-24-17
UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner: Businesses Must Lead the Fight Against Modern Slavery
The UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has called upon businesses to take the lead in combatting modern slavery. Speaking to Front Group Ltd about the role of business in eradicating forced labour, Kevin Hyland OBE, said: “The Modern Slavery Act has sparked the beginnings of a much needed...
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08-08-17
Ashridge Executive Education: 'Action Research' Method Trains Business Leaders to Make Impact
The challenges facing us – population growth, migration, globalisation, shifting centres of economic power, increasing inequality of life and the deterioration of the environment – are pressing. Now, many advocates for change have realised that change and innovation is predominantly a socio-techn...
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08-07-17
City Developments Limited: The Singapore Sustainability Academy Launches as Training and Networking Hub
Singapore Sustainability Academy (SSA), a major training and networking hub dedicated to achieving a cleaner, greener and more sustainable future, opened in June.
Focusing on the key areas of advocacy, building capacity and collaboration, education and training, information and resourc...
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08-02-17
Tetra Pak Aligns Its Environmental Goals with Paris Climate Agreement
Former UK Education Secretary Michael Gove’s assertion that “people have had enough of experts” came to symbolise last summer’s Brexit referendum debates. But when it comes to the business response to global warming, it is the experts – in this case, the climate scientists – that are starting to ...
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02-13-17
Barclays Partners with Unreasonable Group to Support Entrepreneurs
The bank’s joint programme is part of its Shared Growth Ambition strategy to improve lives while providing returns to shareholders. Tom Idle reports…
As global financial institutions double down on programs to earn public trust, Barclays’ roots in the Quaker movement give it a unique cont...
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02-10-17
GSK Creates a New Business Model with Innovative Marketing and Sales Practices
The pharmaceutical company ranks first in both trust and customer value, according to a survey of 4,000 US healthcare professionals. Tom Idle reports…
It is hard to think of a more contentious business practice than the one historically used to sell pharmaceuticals. For the past 50 years,...
