Social Responsibility Articles & Analysis
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Empowering consumers to make informed choices In the information age, making informed decisions should be straightforward. Consumers need information about sustainability and nutrient values, as well as provenance, and potential risks and benefits of the products they consume. However, when it comes to seafood consumption, the complexities of health benefits, sustainability, and climate impacts ...
ByEurofish
This not only creates a more pleasant working environment but also improves relations with neighboring communities, contributing to a more sustainable and socially responsible farming practice. 4. Cost Savings Manure management using dewatering machines can lead to significant cost savings for farmers. ...
Thus, the first Idrica Forest was created, as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, through which customers and partners have become the godparents of the trees planted in the forest. ...
ByIdrica
The future of agriculture is ever-changing… And in the bid to feed the world by 2050 there are a number of key challenges, but also exciting opportunities. With an ever-rising global population, climate change, food security and working out how to produce enough nutrient-dense food for the masses are high priorities for the agriculture sector. These colossal world issues present many ...
Client overview Dalehead Foods is a socially responsible meat supplier, who is well-known for being the largest UK producer of outdoor bred pigs. ...
ARE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO EXERCISE OUR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL FOR GREATNESS. ...
Does compliance with EHS laws fit into your Corporate Social Responsibility strategy? In a new publication, which you can download, Enhesa Regulatory Analyst Karolina Wrzecionkowska examines the aforementioned question. ...
Agritech Expo won for Best Trade & Consumer Exhibition +12000 sqm and for Distinction in Social Responsibility. “The Agritech Expo Zambia team is honoured and thankful for the recognition of what they have achieved over the last three years with our partners, the Zambia National Farmers Union” says Emmanuelle Nicholls, Natural Resources Group ...
District Court for the Northern District of California (Court) issued an opinion dismissing the complaint and denying the motion for summary judgment of the Center for Environmental Health, Beyond Pesticides, and Physicians for Social Responsibility (CEH, et al.), and granting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) motion for summary judgment. ...
Government is first and foremost a social contract that outlines responsibilities for order and well-being between those who rule and those who are ruled. ...
ByEnsia
Earth’s rising temperatures mean more glacier melt, sea-level rise and severe weather, and this translates to heightened threats for coastline communities. In response, SCAPE Landscape Architecture — powered by President Obama’s Rebuild by Design Initiative — has proposed an innovative way to protect coastlines that also promotes biodiversity, ...
ByEnsia
A look into the source of funding for anti-GM activities reveals that although they are often portrayed as grassroots movements, many are part of a much larger coalition of social activists, environmental NGOs and social-investment organisations backed by a reservoir of funding from special interest foundations. Almost all anti-GM activists back, and in turn ...
Giving equal importance to three indicators — social, environmental and economic — this approach has enabled forward-thinking corporations to measure their success in terms of environmental and social responsibility in addition to their own financial results. ...
ByEnsia
Some speakers advocated for mining companies extending their corporate social responsibility to improve food security for local communities; others argued they should invest in commercial farming; and some simply suggested mining companies should procure food locally. ...
The main lessons from this study are: The Lacey Act requirements had little or no impact on the way the buyers managed risk for these specific supply chains, because the buyers established supply chain control systems prior to 2008 to (a) secure a long-term supply of the product, and (b) implement corporate environmental/ social responsibility policies. ...
The occurrence of BSE within the country's borders had dramatic economic and social effects. The response of the German public and politicians far surpassed that in the UK, which was affected by the disease to a much greater extent. Germany's response to BSE was rapid, with new risk management policies, including testing a high percentage of ...
As multinational food producers and large retailers are increasingly adopting programmes for safe and sustainable agriculture, they could play a role as 'agents of change' in the transition process towards socially and environmentally responsible production methods. This article argues that the present private-sector programmes indeed provide an impetus for ...
They can capitalize on the swiftness of information and the severity of global competition much more effectively than their peers at GM, Dell, or others because they have the reputational buffer of being known as “inventive, informative, and responsive” to the new world of social response capitalism. We see at least three fundamental shifts in ...
The human dimension is critically important to achieve a real change toward sustainability in environmental policy, corporate environmental management and corporate social responsibility.Keywords: ecosystems, economic system, material flow, energy flow, agriculture and food industry, sustainable development, environmental management, environmental policy, corporate ...