Archive for 'Reports & Surveys'
Cost of Coercion
Posted on 30. May, 2009 by International Labour Organization.
The Global Report on forced labour, published in 2005, provided figures to show the truly global scope of the problem, which affects virtually all countries and all kinds of economies. Some 12.3 million persons worldwide were in some form of forced labour or bondage. Of these, 9.8 million were exploited by private agents, including more [...]
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Corporate Triple Bottom Line Reporting in Pakistan
Posted on 30. May, 2009 by Muhammad Arshed Rafiq.
“The companies can no longer afford the luxury of ambiguity,” states WBCSD report titled ‘Corporate Social Responsibility: Making Good Business Sense’. The trend of environmental reporting started in 1990s and a few reports came out from some very progressive companies in the world. This became a fashion with the turn of the century. In 2002, [...]
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Going Beyond: Leveraging Corporate Social Responsibility
Posted on 12. Apr, 2009 by Rutaba Ahmed.
TNS Kumari leaves her shift at the Bodyline plant in rural Horana in the afternoons to get home to her daughter and infant son. Her husband takes care of the children in the morning and he works the afternoon shift at the same plant. They have a new house, a car, some land and even [...]
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Around The World in 100 days…
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Admin TBL.
Since its relaunch in February 2009, the number of visitors to tbl website continues to grow steadily. tbl has an expanding international network, including CSR specialists who regularly contribute original research-based articles and content in the publication and a number of international strategic partners, which share its goals and Vision. With a diverse readership of about [...]
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Reporting On Community Impacts
Posted on 09. Feb, 2009 by GRI, The University of Hong Kong And CSR Asia.
Over recent decades there has been a growing awareness by business, government and other agencies regarding the impact that business can have on society. Increasingly, companies are stating their commitments to being an agency for positive change for society and for the environment. At the same time there exists a growing emphasis on understanding the [...]
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Water and Corruption: a destructive partnership
Posted on 21. Oct, 2008 by Transparency International.
The Global Corruption Report 2008 is the first report to assess how corruption affects all aspects of water – and reflects on what more can be done to ensure that corruption does not continue to destroy this basic and essential resource, one that is so fundamental to the lives of people all over the planet. [...]
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Behavioural Safety At Workplace
Posted on 18. Jul, 2008 by Attock Refinery Team.
A safety culture is directly dependent on the attitude of employees towards safety – proposes Attock Refinery Limited (ARL). Below it presents an initiative to encourage, promote and instill safe behaviour among its employees, in this case, through the introduction of behavior-based safety concepts and customized process control solutions. The most commonly used definition of safety [...]
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Confronting Climate Change: Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration
Posted on 14. Jul, 2008 by Clearcarbon Consulting.
The Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration (SCLC) is an effort to help companies better understand the climate impacts within their supply chains. In October 2007, the CDP created the SCLC with the aim of creating a standardized process for supply chain reporting of carbon emissions, risks, opportunities and strategies. The SCLC seeks to [...]
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Indus Basin Irrigation System of Pakistan
Posted on 10. Jul, 2008 by Fazlur Rahman Siddiqi.
Pakistan, a country of enchanting landscapes offers a combination of beaches, mountains, beautiful deserts and valleys. Its vast farm lands are sustained by the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS), the largest contiguous irrigation system in the world. The IBIS irrigates 45 million acres of farm land which produces wheat, rice, fruits, vegetables, sugarcane, maize and [...]
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The Role of The Food & Beverage Sector in Expanding Economic Opportunity
Posted on 17. May, 2008 by Ramya Krishnaswamy.
This report by Harvard University John Kennedy School’s CSR Initiative and FSG Social Impact Advisors reveals that the food & beverage industry plays a unique role in expanding economic opportunity because of its universality to human life and health. The industry operates at multiple levels of society where billions of people grow, transform, and sell [...]
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The Pakistani Perspective on Sustainability Reporting
Posted on 17. Mar, 2008 by Katherine Miles Hils.
It’s true that with 73 percent of the population living on below US$ 2 a day and 17 percent of the population living on less than US$ 1 a day (UNDP), the sustainability performance of Pakistani businesses is not the primary concern of the majority of the country’s population. But it should be a concern of [...]
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