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This is the next part in the “People I follow in Twitter“ series I started several weeks ago.

Today’s post is about the people or better in this case, the organizations I follow to when I am looking for news relating to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The following list is a good mix of interesting organizations and websites.

CSR News on Twitter

• 3blMedia: The CSR Feed from 3blmedia

• Apesphere: A good all around news website on sustainability and CSR topics

• CSR Wire: One of the most important CSR News agencies

If you feel that I have missed someone that provides equally good information on CSR News please feel free to suggest them here.

Environmental and climate Change topics is the focus of this weeks Top 5 Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility news stories. This is not intentional but merely a reflection of the interesting new I came across during that week.

Here are the Top 5 of this week:

EU announces next eco-design product priorities
The European Commission has unveiled a list of ten priority energy-using product groups for which it wants energy-efficiency standards to be established in the next three years.

Top 10 sources of pollution named and shamed
Mining and material extraction have health risks that could be avoided with relatively small investments.

UNEP plans green version of the New Deal spacer
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a ‘Green New Deal’ initiative, which it hopes will give governments the tools to perform an environmental overhaul of their economies.

Crunch fails to crush cleantech investment
Money invested globally in green technology has grown strongly this year, despite the downturn.

Calif. Efficiency Laws Saved State Big Bucks
A report from the University of California, Berkeley, reaffirmed research recently released by the state Air Resources Board: Strong energy policies will become a key driver for improving job creation, household incomes and the Gross State Product.

This weeks Top 5 Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility news are really a mix of technology topics, communication and responsible business. I really liked the communications article listed here as the first one.

Here are the Top 5 of this week:

Survey of S&P 100 Identifies Best Practices for Sustainability Communications
Interactive marketing agency imc2 looked at the 86 Companies on the S&P 100 that have some level of sustainability communication, concluding that companies overall would benefit from increased stakeholder engagement and transparency. Imc2 argues that providing more information is one of the best routes to effective communications.

How green is Apple now?
Apple touted its new MacBooks unveiled on Tuesday as the “industry’s greenest notebooks,” and on reduction of toxic chemicals they may be. But environmental groups point to greenhouse gas emissions and recycling as areas where more needs to be done.

When Green Becomes Inc.
The author of a new book argues that the biggest conservation organizations are compromised by corporate dollars.

Sustainable business at the base of the pyramid – a new opportunity for development
Good article on the new opportunities of sustainable development.

Unethical companies suffer in the long run
Using a reputational risk index compiled by Ecofact, found companies scoring highly in the index (critical press coverage) outperformed in the short term but underperformed over a longer period.

This weeks Top 5 Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility news stories focus more on Climate Change topics. I noticed that there where a lot of interesting climate change studies published this week. Next to the interesting Climate Change topics I particularly like second article on the importance of brand strength for sustainability.

Here are the Top 5 of this week:

Combating climate change could create millions of jobs, says UN-backed study
Tackling climate change could potentially generate millions of new employment opportunities, according to a new United Nations-backed study – the first of its kind on the emergence of a “green economy” and its impact on labour.

Sustainability credentials essential to brand strength
Authors of top 100 brand report argue that good environmental performance is becoming an increasingly important factor in a company’s brand power.

Global carbon emissions still rising
Man-made C02 emissions are increasing four times faster than pre-2000 figures.

Study: GM Gets Thumbs Up for Eco-Friendly Practices
In Web discussions and blogs centred on environmental health and sustainability, Toyota and Honda have an unlikely stable mate: General Motors, a bane of environmentalists for spending millions to lobby against fuel economy mandates.

Consumers Say Business Should Take Leading Role in Fighting Climate Change
Consumers believe businesses should bear the heaviest load of the burden to address climate change and while companies acknowledge the problem, they haven’t done as much as they could to address it, say two recent studies.