Business & Society Highlights 2008

Michael J. Kane

kane.michael@epa.gov

December 31, 2008

New Organizations

• Volans Ventures (re: social entrepreneurship) (March 2008)
• http://www.volans.com/

• Network for Sustainable Financial Markets (April 2008)
• http://www.sustainablefinancialmarkets.net/

o International Renewable Energy Agency (October 2008)

http://www.irena.org/

International Business Policy Organizations

• Eco-Patent Commons collaboration by IBM, Nokia, Pitney Bowes and Sony; web site hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (January 2008)

- http://www.wbcsd.org/web/epc/

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/10706.html

• the World Economic Forum, Business for Social Responsibility, AccountAbility, the Harvard CSR Initiative, the International Business Leaders Forum and 14 corporate leaders release report Partnering to Strengthen Public Governance: The Leadership Challenge for CEOs and Boards (January 2008)

- http://www.weforum.org/documents/PR/GCCI_Report_20080111.pdf

• the Corporate Executive Board and Innovest release their report Sustainability Benchmarking Report (in PowerPoint) (January 2008)

http://www.sustainability.executiveboard.com/case.html

• the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the World Resources Institute, and others release the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (March 2008)

- http://www.wbcsd.org/

o Business for Social Responsibility launches HERproject to promote partnerships in emerging economies to improve women workers’ health (March 2008)

- http://www.herproject.org/

• International pharmaceutical manufacturers network launches Global Health Progress web site to coordinate initiatives (April 2008)

- http://www.globalhealthprogress.org/

• Business for Social Responsibility launches initiative to protect the rights of international labor migrants along global supply chains in Asia, the Middle East and Africa (July 2008)

- http://www.bsr.org/

• Business for Social Responsibility launches Web 2.0 report Software Accelerates Sustainable Development (August 2008)

- http://www.bsr.org/

• the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 26000 standard for social responsibility moves from working draft (by experts) to committee draft (for consideration by 84 national standards bodies) (September 2008)

- http://www.iso.org/sr

• Business for Social Responsibility releases report International Labor Migration: A Responsible Role for Business (October 2008)

- http://www.bsr.org/research/reports.cfm

National Business Organizations

• the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification launches report Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility Management System (January 2008)
• http://www.aenor.es/

o the American Society of Association Executives releases draft Guiding Principles for Associations in Social Responsibility (October 2008)

- http://www.asaecenter.org/srprinciples

• the American National Standards Institute coordinates comments on draft ISO Social Responsibility Standard 26000 (December 2008)

- http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story.aspx?menuid=7&articleid=2063

Human Rights and Labor Organizations

• Verite chairs Secretariat for new International Cocoa Verification Board, based on Harken-Engel Protocol (US law) (January 2008)
• http://www.csrwire.com/News/10889.html

• Human Rights Watch and NYU Law School’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice release On the Margins of Profit (February 2008)
• http://hrw.org/reports/2008/bhr0208/

• Social Accountability International’s 10 th Anniversary Report (February 2008)

- http://www.sa-intl.org/

• Oxfam America and the Economic Community of West African States launch code of conduct for mining industry in West Africa (April 2008)

- http://www.oxfamamerica.org/newsandpublications/

• Slavery Map launched (June 2008)

- http://www.slaverymap.org/

• American Rights at Work releases it fourth annual report The Labor Day List: Partnerships That Work (September 2008)

- http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/

• the International Commission of Jurists Expert Legal Panel on Corporate Complicity in International Crimes releases final report (September 16, 2008)

- http://www.icj.org/

- http://www.business-humanrights.org/Updates/Archive/ICJPaneloncomplicity

Environmental Organizations

• the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development launch Sustainable Procurement of Wood and Paper-Based Products (April 2008)

- http://www.sustainableforestprods.org/

• the Sierra Club launches annual Green Energy and Green Livelihoods Achievement Award of $100,000 in India (April 2008)

- http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2008-04-03.asp

o the Environmental Defense Fund releases its first Innovations Review 2008 with

examples of products and technologies that are good for business and good for the environment (May 2008)

- http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=1594

o the World Resources Institute releases Voice and Choice: Opening the Door to Environmental Democracy (June 2008)

- http://www.wri.org/publication/voice-and-choice

National Government Programs and Initiatives

• China’s State Environmental Protection Administration launches first China Pollution Source Census (January 2008)

- http://english.sepa.gov.cn/News_service/news_release/200801/t20080124_116772.htm

• US SEC allows shareholders to file petition with Fidelity Mutual Fund re: human rights and genocide (January 2008)
• http://investorsagainstgenocide.googlepages.com/sec

• US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation establishes new investment policy for $55 billion (February 2008)

- http://www.pbgc.gov/media/news‑archive/news‑releases/2008/pr08‑19.html

• China’s State Environmental Protection Administration releases new “green securities” policy on listing of securities for companies: Directory Proposals on Strengthening Supervision over Environmental Protection of Listed Companies (February 2008)

- http://www.zhb.gov.cn/

• China Securities Regulatory Commission releases document requiring SEPA environmental assessment with new public securities listings (February 2008)

- http://www.csrc.gov.cn/

o China’s State Environmental Protection Administration establishes new “Measures on Open Environmental Information for Trial Implementation” (effective May 1, 2008)

- pdf: http://www.epa.gov/ogc/china/open_environmental.pdf

o Denmark’s Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs releases Action Plan for Corporate Social Responsibility (May 2008)

- http://www.samfundsansvar.dk/sw42800.asp

• US Institute of Peace panel event Promoting Business and Peace in Conflict-Affected Countries (June 9, 2008)

- panel audio: http://www.usip.org/events/2008/0609_business_conflict.html

o US Environmental Protection Agency convenes National Dialogue with Financial Firms (June 19, 2008)

- summary report published in August 2008

- http://registration.casals.com/epa%2Djune19%2Dmeeting/

- http://www.epa.gov/nationaldialogue/summaries/financial.html

• US Congressman Barney Frank introduces HR 6066, the Extractive Industries Transparency Disclosure Act, which would require companies to disclose payments to foreign governments (May 2008)

- http://thomas.loc.gov

- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-6066

• US SEC launches 21 st Century Disclosure Initiative (June 2008)

- http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/disclosureinitiative/plan.shtml

- public comments promoting more attention to environmental, social and governance matters: http://www.sec.gov/comments/4-567/4-567.shtml

- final report in early 2009

• US SEC moves toward International Financial Reporting Standards (August 2008)

- http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-184.htm

• US Congressional Human Rights Caucus holds hearing on investment in Sudan and on preventing investment related to genocide (September 10, 2008)

- http://investorsagainstgenocide.net/chrc

• China’s People’s Bank of China and WWF release Towards Sustainable Development: Reform and the Future of China’s Banking Industry (September 2008)

- http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/news/index.cfm?uNewsID=146221

• US Agency for International Development launches Global Development Commons web site to promote technology for development (October 2008)

- http://www.globaldevelopmentcommons.net/

o Denmark’s Parliament amends the Financial Statements Act to require Denmark’s 1,100 largest companies listed on stock exchange to report their CSR programs (December 2008)

- http://www.samfundsansvar.dk/sw42800.asp

State and Regional Government Programs and Initiatives

• State of Vermont’s new Low-Profit Limited Liability Company (2008)

- http://www.sec.state.vt.us/corps/dobiz/llc/llc_l3c.htm

• State of California’s proposed legislation AB 2944, the California Business Leadership and Innovation Act; approved by the Assembly (2008)

- http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_2901-2950/ab_2944_bill_20080822_amended_sen_v95.html

background: http://www.newvoiceofbusiness.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=520&parentID=475

International Organizations

• IFC and SustainAbility report Market Movers: Lessons from a Frontier of Innovation (January 2008)
• http://www.csrwire.com/News/10739.html

• the UN Global Compact releases Africa: An Inspirational Guide to Implementing the United Nations Global Compact (17 business case examples; January 2008)

- http://www.unglobalcompact.org/newsandevents/publications.html

• the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings enters into force (February 4, 2008)
• http://www.coe.int/t/dg2/trafficking/campaign/

• IFC report on business and human rights (Spring 2008)

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/9387.html

• UNDP and partners release Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor (July 2008)
• http://www.growinginclusivemarkets.org/

• International Monetary Fund releases draft guidelines for sovereign wealth funds (October 2008)

- http://www.iwg-swf.org/

- SWF analysis: http://www.responsible-investor.com/home/article/sovereign_wealth1/

• Independent High Level Panel report on the African Development Bank: Investing in Africa’s Future – the ADB in the 21 st Century (March 2008)

- http://www.cgdev.org/doc/events/3.27.08/HLP_Report_Investing_in_Africa.pdf

• the Inter-American Development Bank and Innovest launch the Opportunities for the Majority Index to encourage investment in Latin American and Caribbean companies with high environmental, social and governance performance (April 2008)

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/11633.html

• UN Special Representative John Ruggie’s report Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development (April 7, 2008)

- http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/965591

• OECD releases report Overview of Selected Initiatives and Instruments Relevant to Corporate Social Responsibility (June 2008)

- pdf: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/56/40889288.pdf

• UN Principles for Responsible Investment establishes an academic network (September 2008)

- http://academic.unpri.org/

• The European Union’s European Investment Bank releases a revised Statement of Environmental and Social Principles and Standards (Fall 2008)

- http://www.eib.org/about/news/public-consultation-on-eibs-eib-statement-of-environmental-and-social-principles-and-standards.htm

• The African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) announces plans for an African Socially Responsible Investment Index (September 2008)

- http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2008/080916_Africa.doc.htm

• the UN World Food Programme and the Gates Foundation launch Purchase for Progress to give small farmers access to markets (September 2008)

- http://www.wfp.org/p4p/

• The UN Global Compact and other UN organizations release report Food Sustainability – A Guide to Private Sector Action (September 2008)

- http://www.unglobalcompact.org/NewsAndEvents/publications.html

• the Principles for Responsible Investment (a joint program of the UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact) merges with the Enhanced Analytics Initiative (October 2008)

- http://www.unpri.org/

• UNEP Finance Initiative and the Global Reporting Initiative release new standard for reporting of environmental and social factors for financial products and services (October 2008)

- http://www.unepfi.org/work_streams/reporting/index.html

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum addresses corporate responsibility at annual conference (November 2008)

- http://www.apec.org/

Investment Organizations

• Ceres launches report Corporate Governance and Climate Change: The Banking Sector (January 2008)

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/10696.html

- report: http://www.ceres.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Document.Doc?id=269

• Dow Jones launches Dharma Indexes (January 2008)

- http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/?event=showDharmaOverView

- http://www.socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/2455.html

• the Social Investment Research Analyst Network releases Sustainability Reporting in Emerging Markets: An analysis of the sustainability reporting in selected sectors of seven emerging market countries (January 2008)

- http://www.siran.org/emd/

• SAM Group and Pricewaterhouse Coopers launch The Sustainability Yearbook 2008 (January 2008)
• http://www.sam‑group.com/yearbook/

• Standard & Poor’s, CRISIL (of India) and KLD launch the ESG India Index (January 2008)
• http://www.standardandpoors.com/indices

• the Association of British Insurers releases Governance and Performance in Britain (February 2008)

- http://www.abi.org.uk/Newsreleases/viewNewsRelease.asp?nrid=15815

• the Investor Environmental Health Network releases Mutual Neglect: How the Largest Institutions in the Stock Market Ignore Health Problems and Financial Threats Stemming From Toxic Product Liabilities (March 2008)

- http://www.iehn.org/publications.reports.mutualfunds.php

o Goldman Sachs launches business education initiative for 10,000 women worldwide (March 6, 2008)

- http://www.10000women.org/

• the Investor Environmental Health Network releases Toxic Stock Syndrome: How Corporate Financial Reports Fail to Apprise Investors of the Risks of Product Recalls and Toxic Liabilities (April 2008)

- http://www.iehn.org/publications.reports.toxicstock.php

• Responsible Investor and Investment & Pensions Europe launch RI Landscape 2008 (May 2008)
• http://www.responsible‑investor.com/home/article/ri_landscape/

• China launches the Taida Environmental Index with 40 listed companies (Spring 2008)
• http://www.csr‑asia.com/index.php?p=11106

• the New York Mercantile Exchange launches The Green Exchange (March 2008)
• http://www.greenfutures.com/

• RiskMetrics launches Governance Policy Exchange (March 2008)
• http://www.riskmetrics.com/pdf/2008Policy_Exchange_PR.pdf

(free registration required)

o the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Disney, McDonalds and other investors release report on code of conduce compliance in China: Project Kaleidoscope (March 2008)

- http://www.iccr.org/news/press_releases/2008/pr_projectK05.06.08.htm

• the Equator Principles initiative announces its 5 th anniversary membership of 60 financial institutions (May 2008)

- http://www.equator-principles.com/documents/EP_5th_anniversary_press_release.doc

• Principles for Responsible Investment, an investor initiative (381 signatories) in partnership with the UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact, releases Report on Progress 2008 (July 2008)

- http://www.unpri.org/report08/

• Investor network launches campaign to fight child labor in cotton industry in Uzbekistan (August 2008)

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/12867.html

• Investor Advocacy Networks summarized by CSRwire (August 2008)

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/12897.html

• National Association of Insurance Commissioners Climate Change Task Force releases proposal to disclose climate risk (August 2008)

- http://www.naic.org/committees_ex_climate.htm

• Ceres and fourteen institutional investors ask the US SEC to require improved corporate climate risk disclosure and address a broader range of environmental, social and governance risks in disclosure requirements (October 2008)

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/13537.html

• UK Social Investment Forum releases report Sustainable Alternatives re: investment in various asset classes (November 2008)
• http://www.uksif.org/uksif?1=1&blockid=5377516
• http://www.uksif.org/sustainablepensions

• Aviva Investors CEO calls for all stock exchanges to add listing requirements with environmental, social and governance factors (November 2008)

- http://www.aviva.com/index.asp?PageID=44&category=csr&year=Latest&newsid=4556

• International Corporate Governance Network releases ICGN Statement and Guidance on Non-financial Business Reporting (December 2008)

- http://www.icgn.org/

Foundations

o Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors releases Philanthropy’s New Passing Gear: Mission-Related Investing, A Policy and Implementation Guide for Foundation Trustees (March 2008)

- http://rockpa.org/ideas_and_perspectives/publications/

• the Goldman Fund announces its annual Goldman Environmental Prize Awardees (April 2008)

- http://www.goldmanprize.org/

• the UN Foundation and the Vodafone Group Foundation release Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use (May 2008)

- http://www.unfoundation.org/vodafone/communications_publication_series.asp

o the Rockefeller Foundation plans to launch the Global Impact Investing Network (early 2009)

- http://www.rockfound.org/efforts/impact_investing/impact_investing.shtml#top

Partnerships

o SustainAbility and others launch The Social Intrapreneurs: A Field Guide for Corporate Changemakers (April 2008)

- http://www.sustainability.com/insight/article.asp?id=1457

• the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Google launch Google Earth Outreach mapping for humanitarian operations (April 2008)

- http://earth.google.ch/outreach/

- http://www.unhcr.org/googleearth/

• the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels releases its first draft of Principles on Sustainable Biofuels Production (August 2008)

- http://www.bioenergywiki.net/

Principles

• the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Economic Forum release Guiding Principles for Public-Private Collaboration for Humanitarian Action (January 2008)

- http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/AMMF‑7B6DBP?OpenDocument

• broad coalition launches the Global Network Initiative on freedom of expression in the information and communications technology sector with principles, guidelines, and learning framework (October 2008)

- http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/

- http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/GlobalNetworkInitiative-responses

Accountability and Monitoring

• The Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism Criteria (October 2008)

- http://www.sustainabletourismcriteria.org/

• CBS 60 Minutes Scott Pelley exposes electronic waste fraud (November 2008)

- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/06/60minutes/main4579229.shtml?source=newsletter

Public Policy Organizations

• Worldwatch’s 2008 State of the World annual report on sustainable finance (January 2008)
• http://www.worldwatch.org/

• Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (Spring 2008)
• http://www.ncifap.org/

• UK’s Conservative Party Working Group on Responsible Business releases A Light but Effective Touch (March 2008)

- http://www.conservatives.com/pdf/responsiblebusiness.pdf

• the Aspen Institute releases its first Guide to Socially Responsible MBA Programs (June 2008)

- http://www.bkconnection.com/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9781576756669

• Light Years IP (Intellectual Property) releases report on promoting intellectual property in Africa (June 2008)

- http://www.lightyearsip.net/scopingstudy/

Academia

• INSEAD and others release report Understanding and Responding to Societal Demands on Corporate Responsibility (January 2008)

• http://www.insead.edu/v1/ibis/response_project/

• the University of Geneva launches a Certificate of Advanced Studies on CSR (January 2008)
• http://www.unige.ch/formcont/csr

• University of London’s Birkbeck School launches institute of corporate governance and ethics (Spring 2008)
• http://www.bbk.ac.uk/ce/

• the Institute for Responsible Investment of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship releases report on non-financial reporting (Spring 2008)
• http://www.bcccc.net/

• Deloitte creates IFRS University Consortium to develop curriculum to teach International Financial Reporting Standards (May 2008)

- http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,cid%253D206187,00.html

• Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies launches online magazine Yale Environment 360 (June 2008)

- http://e360.yale.edu/

• Babson College receives $10.8 million for new Lewis Institute for Social Entrepreneurship (October 2008)
• http://www3.babson.edu/Lewis/

• Columbia University’s Earth Institute receives $15 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation to create new Master’s in Development Practice degree program with other universities (October 2008)

- http://mdp.ei.columbia.edu/

• University of Chicago’s Business School receives $300 million from alum David Booth (November 2008)

- http://www.chicagogsb.edu/

Professional Organizations

• the Society of Investment Professionals in Germany releases KPIs for ESG: Key Performance Indicators for Environmental, Social and Governance Issues (March 2008)

- http://www.dvfa.de/die_dvfa/kommissionen/non_financials/dok/35683.php

• the CFA Institute releases Environmental, Social and Governance Factors at Listed Companies: A Manual for Investors (April 2008)

- http://www.cfainstitute.org/

• The Securities & Investment Institute (UK) and Hawkamah (UAE) create the SII and Hawkamah Code of Conduct (July 2008)

- http://www.hawkamah.org/code_of_conducts/

Trends and Surveys

• Corporate Knights and Innovest release fourth annual survey The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (January 2008)
• http://www.global100.org/

• Joel Makower launches inaugural State of Green Business 2008 (January 2008)
• http://stateofgreenbusiness.com/

• Edelman, Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, Net Impact and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development release Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Communications (January 2008)
• http://www.edelman.com/expertise/practices/csr/

• CRO (Corporate Responsibility Officer) and IW Financial release 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008 (February 2008)
• http://www.thecro.com/node/615

• the Social Investment Forum releases Socially Responsible Investment Trends in the United States (March 2008)

- http://www.socialinvest.org/resources/research/

- http://vcr.csrwire.com/node/6120

o Responsible Investment Metrics releases Responsible Investment 2008: an analysis and measurement of the competencies and practices of leading asset managers (May 2008)

- http://www.rimetrics.com/

• Eurosif releases its 2008 socially responsible investment study (October 2008)

- http://www.eurosif.org/publications/sri_studies

• KPMG International releases KPMG International Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2008 (October 27, 2008)

- http://www.kpmg.com/Global/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesAndPublications/

New Publications, Broadcast Media and Film

o Discovery cable channel launches Planet Green Channel (Spring 2008)

- http://planetgreen.discovery.com/

• Justin Dillon’s film Call + Response re: slavery and human trafficking (Fall 2008)

- http://www.callandresponse.com/

New Newsletters

• Greenpeace China launches Green Investment (March 2008)

- http://www.greenpeace.org/china/en/green-investment

• Sustainable Development International and UNEP launch Climate Action (April 2008)

- http://www.climateactionprogramme.org/

Books

• Gary Hirshberg, Stirring it Up: How to Make Money and Save the World (January 2008)
• http://www.hyperionbooks.com/

• John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan, The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World (February 2008)
• http://www.csrwire.com/News/10781.html

• Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn, Earth: The Sequel (March 2008)

- http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/spring08/006690.htm

o Gus Speth, The Bridge at the End of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability (March 2008)

- http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300136111

• Alex Counts, Small Loans, Big Dreams: How Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance are Changing the World (April 2008)

- http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470196327.html

o Sandra Waddock, The Difference Makers: How Social and Institutional Entrepreneurs Created the Corporate Responsibility Movement (May 2008)

- http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/

• Tom Friedman, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – And How It Can Renew America (September 2008)

- http://www.fsgbooks.com/

• Joel Makower, Strategies for the Green Economy: Opportunities and Challenges in the New World of Business (October 2008)

- http://www.mhprofessional.com/contributor.php?id=37445

• Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins, Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long-Term Performance (November 2008)

- http://www.earthscan.co.uk/

• Matthew Kiernan, Investing in a Sustainable World: Why Green Is the New Color of Money on Wall Street (2008)

- http://www.amanet.org/books/book.cfm?isbn=9780814410929

Leaders’ Remarks

• Bill Gates calls for Creative Capitalism (January 2008)

- http://www.gatesfoundation.org/MediaCenter/Speeches/

• Klaus Schwab’s article Global Corporate Citizenship: Working with Governments and Civil Society (January/February 2008)

- http://www.weforum.org/pdf/schwab_article.pdf

• Al Gore’s newest speech and slides (video: 28 minutes running time) at the annual TED Conference in Monterey, CA (April 2008)

- http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/243

• Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott’s speech at Wal-Mart Sustainability Summit in Beijing with 1,000 suppliers, Chinese government officials and NGOs (October 22, 2008)

- http://walmartstores.com/FactsNews/NewsRoom/8696.aspx

- http://walmartstores.com/Sustainability/8685.aspx

New Online Interactive Platforms

• Harvard Business Review launches HBR Green (January 2008)

- http://www.hbrgreen.org/

• Greenopolis (beta)

- http://greenopolis.com/beta/

• JustMeans

- http://www.justmeans.com/

• GreenBiz Executive Network (November 2008)

- http://greenbizintelligence.com/

• dotSUB: Any Video Any Language (2008)

- http://dotsub.com/

• Business and Society Exploring Solutions (December 2008)

- http://www.baseswiki.org/

Innovative Policy Reports and Research

• Report and web site with video and audiocasts: A New Mindset for Corporate Sustainability (January 2008)
• http://www.biggerthinking.com/en/sustainability/innovation.aspx

Special CSR-Related Publications

• BusinessWeek publishes special edition Green Business Innovations: The Latest Trends in Corporate Greening (April 2008)

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/11469.html

• BusinessWeek publishes special edition CSR As A Business Strategy (September 2008)

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/12601.html

• BusinessWeek publishes special edition Greening the Supply Chain (November 2008)

- http://www.csrwire.com/News/13369.html

• the Financial Times publishes special reports on a range of themes on business and society during the year

- http://www.ft.com/reports

My thanks to contributors. This paper is in the public domain.