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Top 5 Sustainability & CSR News Stories This Week – 07.11.2008

top5 Top 5 Sustainability & CSR News Stories This Week   07.11.2008This week has obviously been a big politics week seeing the new president-elect Barack Obama win the US Election. So how much damage can Bush still do? Take a look at the first link. Interesting article.
Otherwise has this week seen a mix of environmental and economic news items. The big fear is the financial crisis. Only the future will tell whether the outlook is really that bad. The third article tackles this to some degree.
But my favourite of this week is the last article. NetImpact, an international NGO, has published its BusinessAsUnusal student guide to graduate business schools. This time focusing on the sustainability of business schools across the globe.

My Top 5 News stories of the week:

How much environmental damage can Bush do in last 100 days?

US House of Representatives committee warns Bush administration could use last few months in office for huge roll back of green legislation.

Budgets Squeezed, Some Families Bypass Organics

As budgets of consumers decrease what will they do when it comes to organic food? Nice NY Times article.

UK: Climate change to take formal role in planning decisions
The UK Government moves to address renewables project bottleneck by forcing all national planning strategies to make it clear how they will mitigate climate change

Brazil sees carbon market saving Amazon
Growing concern over climate change, and the potential of the carbon credit market, could give the Amazon forest a financial value rivaling the lucrative activities that are eating it away, Brazilian officials believe.

Choosing the right business school – From a Sustainability point of view
Bainbridge Graduate Institute tops rankings as study reveals burgeoning demand for green MBAs. Very useful publication from NetImpact.

Top 5 Sustainability & CSR News Stories this week – 16.10.2008

top5 Top 5 Sustainability & CSR News Stories this week   16.10.2008This 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.