Business Respect - Corporate Social Responsibility NewsBusiness Respect covers international news around corporate social responsibilityBritish American Tobacco under fire for practices in Africa- (Found July 8, 2008 ) A BBC investigation has alleged that British American Tobacco is breaking its own marketing code in selling single cigarettes, thought to be particularly attractive to under-age smokers, in Nigeria, Malawi and Mauritius. (29 Jun 2008)http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/CSRfiles/page.php?Story_ID=2138 UK: Tesco to stop sourcing from Zimbabwe- (Found July 8, 2008 ) British retailer Tesco has said that it will stop sourcing products from Zimbabwe so long as the current political crisis persists there. The company currently buys around 1m UKP of goods from the country. (30 Jun 2008)http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/CSRfiles/page.php?Story_ID=2139 France: Caisse d'Epargne launches sustainability labelling- (Found July 8, 2008 ) French bank Caisse d'Epargne has launched a labelling system to rate the sustainability of financial products, with a plan to extend the scheme to insurance and loan products by the end of the year. (3 Jul 2008)http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/CSRfiles/page.php?Story_ID=2141 Austria: Former bank boss jailed for fraud- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The former head of Bank Fuer Arbeit und Wirtschaft (Bawag) has been jailed for over nine years for fraud following the collapse of US firm Refco. (4 Jul 2008)http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/CSRfiles/page.php?Story_ID=2140 What makes for leadership in CSR- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Having run three workshops on corporate social responsibility across three very different countries in the South Caucasus during the last week, the key theme again and again has been leadership. Unfortunately, to be precise, the lack of it. (5 Jul 2008)http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/CSRfiles/page.php?Story_ID=2143 |