US Chamber demands good governance, but doesn't support environmental reforms
In an effort to outline the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act, the US Chamber of Commerce on March 2 hosted a day-long event calling...
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Shareholders' call for climate change louder than ever
According to the study, which was conducted by Ceres, a Boston-based public interest coalition that addresses sustainability...
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Navigating the voluntary sustainability reporting maze
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)estimates that human use of environmental goods and services in 2008 caused an...
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The changing role of the chief compliance officer
If Bernie Madoff’s now-defunct firm had had adequate and effective compliance procedures in place, would his Ponzi scheme have...
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Bacardi report raises spirits
Bermuda- based Bacardi is putting its best foot forward on the social responsibility front. In its 2010 social responsibility...
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SEC takes corporate counsel to task
The SEC on Friday filed administrative proceedings against a company’s counsel for altering the offering documents the company...
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NYC CFO advocates environmental reforms
Siemens AG, Europe’s largest engineering company, has been called upon by John Liu, NYC’s comptroller to cut all relations to the...
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NY firms slammed for false representation
The SEC today charged three affiliated New York investment firms and four of its senior officers with fraudulent activity and a...
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Governance in the age of WikiLeaks
The world of ‘new media,’ as exemplified by WikiLeaks, has caught the attention of directors at public companies across the US who...
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Advocacy group goes green with innovative annual report format
In a first for the organization, the CFA Institute released its annual report via an interactive website. The ‘micro-site’...
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