Showing that it can pay to be ethical, Ethisphere Magazine graphed its “WME Index,” or all publicly traded 2011 World’s Most Ethical Company honorees, against the S&P 500 since the initial World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition from 2007. Even in a recession, ethical companies outperformed the S&P 500; however considerably greater returns (in excess of 30%) […]
Corporate Responsibility Magazine recently released its 12th annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens List,” according to CSRwire.com’s press release. The list takes into account performance in seven key areas: environment, climate change, human rights, philanthropy, employee relations, financial and governance. See which US companies are leading the pack in corporate citizenship:
Last month Fortune Magazine released its annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” which is based largely on employee surveys regarding their work environment. It made me think of how often CSR focuses on the “planet” aspect of the triple bottom line and perhaps not the “people” component. However the 2011 Edelman Trust Barometer found that […]
Three universities collaborate to release an evaluation of the relative environmental impact of 228 countries. Ever wonder which countries are killing the planet and which countries are not. Researchers from the University of Adelaide, the National University of Singapore and Princeton University wondered the same thing. Earlier this month, they published an interesting study ranking […]