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FIRST CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY INDEX SURVEY ISSUED TO FTSE 350 COMPANIES
On Monday, September 23, over 500 companies including the FTSE 350 are invited to participate in the new Corporate Responsibility Index. The Corporate Responsibility Index is the only business-led tool for benchmarking corporate responsibility that covers all sectors of industry. The new Index incorporates the 7th Business in the Environment (BiE) Index of Corporate Environmental Engagement. It will build on the latter's success in engaging board members, by raising awareness of the full range of corporate responsibility issues that are relevant to a company's business. Companies will have the option of completing the BiE Index only, or completing the new overall Index and being reported in both indices. The deadline for returning the completed survey is 15 November 2002, and the results will be published on 11 & 12 March 2002.
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CITY FIRMS THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET ON ENVIRONMENT RISK
6th Business in the Environment Index of Corporate Environmental Engagement.
In the BiE Index rankings, Lattice comes in for the first time to joint first place along with IBM and Scottish Power, followed by Shields Environmental and Unilever equal second ahead of a strong group of leading performers. The top five new entrants after Lattice are Jaguar, Innogy Holdings, Volkswagen and GlaxoSmithKline. Dow Chemical is not only a new entrant but also achieves first place in the Chemicals sector. Other highly-placed new entrants are Ford Motor Company, hard on the heels of Jaguar and Volkswagen; and Pfizer hard on the heels of GSK. Manchester United is the first football club to enter the environment league.
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'Bridging The Gap' Conference - Tuesday, October 2, 2001 COMPANIES RISE TO CITY'S CHALLENGE ON CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY ISSUED TUESDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2001
A conference organised by Business in the Environemnt will give clear guidance to companies on how to 'bridge the gap' between investment in environmental and social responsibility, and the value attributed to this by shareholders. The conference follows research published in May which showed that although companies' investor relations managers believed they were communicating effectively on these issues, investors did not agree.
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'3M WINS BUSINESS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AWARD' ISSUED WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2001
3M UK plc has been chosen as the 'Example of Excellence' for this year's Business in the Environment Award, one of twelve Business in the Community Awards for Excellence 2001. The announcement was made by Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, before an audience of 800 business leaders at the annual dinner held in London.
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'THREE SHORTLISTED FOR BUSINESS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AWARD'
ISSUED FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2001
3M UK plc, Severn Trent Plc and Union Railways (South) Ltd - which built the Channel Tunnel Rail Link - have been shortlisted for this year's Business in the Environment Award. The award recognises innovative environmental performance integrated into a company's sustainable development strategy.
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'GREEN COMPANIES SELL THEMSELVES SHORT IN THE CITY'
ISSUED THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2001
Listed companies that are leading the way with their environmental and social policies are selling themselves and their shareholders short by failing to make the case to the City, according to research published today (Thursday, May 24) by Business in the Environment (BiE).
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'RESULTS OF THE 5TH INDEX OF CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGAGEMENT'
ISSUED WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2001
The 5th Business in the Environment Index of Corporate Environmental Engagement is published today (Wednesday, 21 February). Shell Transport & Trading heads the league table of 184 environmentally responsible FTSE companies and other global businesses, after taking part in all five surveys. However, the Index reveals that the contribution of the corporate sector in general towards the reduction of global warming emissions is pitiful.
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The Hague Conference on Climate Change
'DON'T WAIT FOR THE HAGUE'
BiE CALLS FOR FAST TAKE UP OF NEW TECHNOLOGY
ISSUED WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2000
Research reveals four out of five businesses do little or nothing to reduce global warming emissions
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