News and views
Latest news and press releases
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Csrnetwork assures 2007 CSR report of Finnish retail giant, Kesko
02/05/2008This is Kesko's eighth report and the second to be assured by csrnetwork who used the principles of the AA1000 Assurance Standard, and provided comment against the principles of materiality, completeness and responsiveness.
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CSR: a catalyst for change?
01/05/2008How to get top management support for CSR, and how to communicate CSR in a low-trust world - those were two key talking points when managers from top UK and global companies met last week at the inaugural Catalyst for Change workshop in London.
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csrnetwork support certified carbon offset scheme in Southern India
26/03/2008In partnership with CarbonOffsets, csrnetwork has committed to support a Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) scheme - 3.6 megawatt wind farm in Tamil Nadu, providing local people with energy from a renewable source and replacing reliance on fossel fuels.
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Thomas Krick joins as senior consultant
18/03/2008Thomas Krick joins csrnetwork as senior consultant. He takes on the key role of managing the global Accountability Rating, now in its fifth year, and will also work with international clients in areas including benchmarking, stakeholder engagement and non-financial reporting.
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Creative treatment for CSR Initiative
13/03/2008csrnetwork launches a new series of CSR Management Workshops, commencing with 'Catalyst for Change' in the creative and atmospheric environment of the London Art House.
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Our views
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Benchmarking: turning the focus inwards
14/08/2007External benchmarking is a useful way of gauging your organisation's CSR performance and learning from practices among your peers. But comparing your company with the outside world is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to benchmarking
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Telling your sustainability story
01/07/2007Ten tips drawn from our many years of experience developing, evaluating and assuring CSR and sustainability reports for companies around the world
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Why don't sustainability reports talk about sustainability?
01/02/2007Sustainability reports are not doing enough to address the role of companies in global issues such as poverty, argues csrnetwork director Mark Line.
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Independent assurance: false sense of security or real test of transparency?
01/04/2006'The truth is an ambition which is beyond us,' said Peter Ustinov. The recent shift away from the term 'report verification' (which implies 'truth') towards 'report assurance' is a better reflection of the nature of the task.
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