Values and Value
Jan 04 – This report explores how CEOs, CFOs, and investor relations officers communicate the strategic importance of social and environmental performance to shareholders and investors.
The Learning Curve
Dec 03 – This management primer explores and promotes good practice in corporate community engagement.
Responding to the Leadership Challenge
2003 – Following the launch of the CEO Statement on Corporate Citizenship at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in 2002, this new report for Davos 2003 offers practical steps that chief executives, board directors and executive management teams can refer to in directing their company’s impact on society and its relationship with stakeholders.
The Buck Stops Where: Managing the Boundaries of Business Engagement in Global Development Challenges
Rebuilding Bridges: Opportunities and Challenges for Responsible Private Sector Engagement in Iraq's Reconstruction
2003 – This briefing paper by Jane Nelson and Jonas Moberg focusses on some of the business risks and opportunities that foreign companies face and it proposes eight steps they can take to minimise their own risk exposure, rebuild trust and play a responsible and creative role in the rebuilding of Iraq.
Rebuilding Bridges: Opportunities and Challenges for Responsible Private Sector Engagement in Iraq’s Reconstruction
2003 – This briefing paper by Jane Nelson and Jonas Moberg focusses on some of the business risks and opportunities that foreign companies face and it proposes eight steps they can take to minimise their own risk exposure, rebuild trust and play a responsible and creative role in the rebuilding of Iraq.
Economic Multipliers
2003 – Given the growing emphasis on the costs and benefits of globalisation and a heightened awareness of the need for local solutions, this IBLF policy paper revisits eight ‘core business multipliers’ – identified by the IBLF in 1996 – in an effort to emphasise their potential contribution to spreading economic opportunity and supporting sustainable […]
Human Rights: Is It Any of Your Business?
2000 – This publication, published jointly by IBLF and Amnesty International, offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to a subject now on the agenda of responsible companies and at the forefront of public attention.
Business & Human Rights: A geography of corporate risk
2002 – Amnesty International and IBLF have collaborated to produce a series of seven detailed world maps, which depict where human rights abuses and violations exist and where leading North American and European multinational companies are at risk of being associated with them.
Food for Thought: Corporate Social Responsibility for Food and Beverage Manufacturers
2002 – This publication is an introduction for policy-setters and operational managers, featuring best practice from eight leading companies in the food and beverage sector.
Business and human rights: Policy commitments and disclosure in the extractive sector
Business and Poverty: Bridging the Gap
2002 – In 1999, a group of nine UK-based organisations came together, with support from the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID), to establish the Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice. Through the Resource Centre, the organisations sought to investigate the links between business and poverty, to marshal the arguments for […]
The Business of Peace: The Private Sector as a Partner
2000 – This publication provides a comprehensive and practical overview of the linkages between business and conflict, outlining why the private sector can no longer afford to ignore the causes and costs of conflict and some of the key factors that determine whether business plays a negative role by creating or exacerbating violent conflict.
The Power to Change: Mobilising board leadership to deliver sustainable value to markets and society
2001 – The Power to Change report explores how boards need to be engaged both internally and externally in responding to changing societal expectations of the role of business and communicating what they consider to be realistic expectations of what business can and cannot achieve.
Selling Sustainable Success: A Guide to Corporate Responsibility for Consulting and Professional Services Firm
2001 – This report discusses the meaning and significance of corporate responsibility for consulting and professional services firms. In particular, it focuses on the distinct sectoral drivers and challenges, gives an overview of current good practice and provides a framework for understanding the sector’s potential to contribute to sustainable development.
The Business Response to HIV/AIDS: Innovation and Partnership
1997 – This report, published in conjunction with UNAIDS, and researched and written by Corporate Citizenship International, makes the business case for corporate involvement in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Executive Summary: Business as Partners in Development – Creating Wealth for Countries, Companies and Communities
1996 – Published in collaboration with the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, the executive summary of this publication is aimed at every level of an organisation, and seeks to stimulate consideration of the new way of doing business.