CSR Ratings Trends: Does No Change Mean No Change?
What does stability over the past year mean for companies, their CSR ratings and their CSR performance?The post CSR Ratings Trends: Does No Change Mean No Change? appeared first on Triple Pundit:...
View ArticleBP Cuts a Deal on the Deepwater Horizon Spill
Just days before BP was set to go to trial with a group of more than 100,000 plaintiffs, the company announced over the weekend that it would agree to a settlement of $7.8 billion dollars.The post BP...
View Article5 Metrics You Probably Won’t See in the 10-K (But Wish You Did)
5 types of metrics – Health, Wealth, Earth, Equality, & Trust – are frequently ignored in financial reports & by traditional stock analysts. These metrics are seen as “soft” when they actually...
View ArticleSocial Media: A New Tactic for Corporate Sustainability?
Companies are increasingly using social media as a tactic for corporate social responsibility and sustainability communications.The post Social Media: A New Tactic for Corporate Sustainability?...
View ArticleBP’s Cover-up of Previous Blowout Revealed
We have breaking news today on the oil industry . Ecowatch.org claims to have uncovered evidence of a Deepwater Horizon-type blowout of a BP rig in the Caspian Sea, in September 2008, two years before...
View ArticleBP Agrees to Major Pollution Cuts at Tar Sands Refinery
Back in the waning days of the GW Bush administration, the EPA approved a permit issued by the State of Indiana, long known for its laxity in environmental affairs, to BP, to expand a refinery used to...
View ArticleFour Top Corporate Giving Programs
Did you know that thousands of companies offer corporate employee giving programs? These charitable programs are setup by corporations as a way to give back to local organizations where employees are...
View ArticleBP Getting Deep Into Cellulosic Ethanol
BP took a step towards sustainability this month with the announcement of a major new commitment into alternative energy. This is not the company’s first step in that direction. BP Solar has been...
View ArticleEight Companies with Best-in-Class Employee Matching Gift Programs
Did you know that over 65% of Fortune 500 companies offer employee matching gift programs? Here are eight companies that offer best in class corporate employee matching gift programs.The post Eight...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Friedmans: CSR and Risk
Things have changed in 40 years and it makes little sense in 2012 to grumble about Milton Friedman’s treatise any longer. Acceptable corporate standards have changed because society has forced change,...
View ArticleALEC Looking to Turn the Clock Back on Renewables
The Electricity Freedom Act is nothing more than a shameless attempt to repeal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) legislation in any and all of the 29 states (plus DC) in which it exists, for the...
View ArticleBP to Pay Record Fines for Deepwater Disaster
BP has reached an agreement with the federal government to accept criminal responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster and to pay over $4.5 billion in fines. Still, BP's legal troubles...
View ArticleSustainability Reporting and the Law: Practical Considerations for Avoiding...
With the steady rollout of corporate filings in 2012, the sustainability reporting movement remains strong. Social pressure and the desire to market green initiatives are common themes fueling the...
View ArticleHawaii Switches on 21MW Auwahi Wind Farm on Maui
Last week Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy launched the 21 megawatt (MW) Auwahi Wind Farm on the island of Maui.The post Hawaii Switches on 21MW Auwahi Wind Farm on Maui appeared first on...
View ArticleBP and Sempra Unleash Two New U.S. Wind Farms
BP and Sempra flipped the switch on two new wind farms in Pennsylvania and Kansas at a cost of over $1 billion.The post BP and Sempra Unleash Two New U.S. Wind Farms appeared first on Triple Pundit:...
View ArticleFour Companies with Unique Employee Giving Programs
Since grant-matching and time off to volunteer have become commonplace, many companies are raising the bar with unique programs to inspire employees.The post Four Companies with Unique Employee Giving...
View ArticleShell and BP Halt Opposition to Renewable Fuel Standard
The renewable fuel standard (RFS), legally requires that gasoline producers include a minimum percentage of ethanol in every gallon sold, an amount that could grow to 15% in the near future, and...
View ArticleBP Research Shows Global Emissions Will Jump 29 Percent By 2035
BP released its fourth annual BP Energy Outlook which predicts that global carbon dioxide emissions from energy use will increase by 29 percent by 2035.The post BP Research Shows Global Emissions Will...
View ArticleSurvey: In the ‘Mainstreaming’ CSR Era, Unilever Rules (And Polman is the King)
Unilever is leading the CSR pack in a new survey by Globescan & SustainAbility. But how much longer will they last at No. 1?The post Survey: In the ‘Mainstreaming’ CSR Era, Unilever Rules (And...
View ArticleFormer BP CEO Makes the Business Case for LGBT Equality
A few years before Tony Hayward resigned as head of BP after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the previous BP CEO, John Browne, was forced to bow out from the company over a much...
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