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Barnes & Noble bookend 2010 with CSR commitment

Shining the light on the excellent CSR work done by companies is a continuing theme on the Miratel blog. As Corporate Social Responsibility continue to become more firmly embedded in the overall approach taken by corporations and small companies it's...

January 18, 2011 Read More

Four CSR trends to watch in 2011

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices continue to expand and evolve as companies marry their CSR policies more and more efficiently to their daily practices. Four trends that I expect to see accelerating throughout 2011 have already shown promising signs in...

January 11, 2011 Read More

Hertz and Enterprise add electric vehicles to their CSR platforms

When assessing the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) programs that companies operate some are better positioned to make a large environmental difference than others. If you focus on the automotive industry for example many feel that car technology provides ample room...

December 30, 2010 Read More

CSR red flag – Chevron say Utah oil spills ‘highly unusual’ despite two issues in 6 months

While the giant BP oil 'spill' disaster quite rightly caught the attention of the international media plus of course governments and environmentalists yet another smaller accident is almost being ignored by the media. Should the size of the spill actually...

December 16, 2010 Read More

Our urban future and CSR in the year 2040

When looking at issues concerning CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) we tend to look at the present and near terms issues. How can companies modify their behaviour today and tomorrow to better integrate worker's rights, fair trade, sustainable practices and global...

December 8, 2010 Read More

World Cup awards to Russia, Qatar contradict any sense of CSR

If you happen to follow football (soccer) then today marks a special day on the calendar as the host nations for the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 were both announced. I've written before about how CSR is now naturally...

December 3, 2010 Read More

Will the World Climate Summit herald rapid change?

I'm rather excited about the upcoming inaugural 'World Climate Summit', if the objectives of the conference are met it could be the most promising breakthrough concerning climate issues outside of UN meetings yet seen. One significant difference versus a UN...

November 25, 2010 Read More

Unilever CSR report “..growth and sustainability. We have to do both”

In conjunction with the global release of their very bold "Sustainable Living Plan" last week, I was greatly encouraged by the words chosen by Unilever CEO Paul Polman when asked to summarize what the corporation hopes to achieve: “Many would...

November 23, 2010 Read More

The Carbon Disclosure Report can help level part of the CSR playing field

Evaluating the overall CSR performance of companies is a little bit hit and miss as there are few established benchmarks but the rapid growth of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) might be changing all of that specifically for corporate performances...

November 19, 2010 Read More

Putting responsibility into CSR should be an expectation

When you define exactly what corporate responsibility entails a certain piece of the expectation must align itself with preparation and studies specific to the industry concerned. While I wanted to write about a new study released by the Pew Environment...

November 16, 2010 Read More

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