The document discusses the Co-operative Bank's approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR). It provides an overview of the bank's ethical policies for investments and lending. While praising aspects of the bank's CSR efforts, it also notes some criticisms, such as a lack of transparency and detail in CSR reporting. It concludes that defining and standardizing CSR internationally could help improve legislation and performance for businesses.
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social impacts stemming from its practices, policies and products has increased substantially.
Effective oversight and management by boards, corporate secretaries and sustainability teams
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preserving and creating shareholder value. Driven by client demand, reputational risk
management and a supportive body of financial research, many investors are demanding that
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Company governance practices and failures have long been an important factor in investor
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preserving and creating shareholder value. Driven by client demand, reputational risk
management and a supportive body of financial research, many investors are demanding that
companies think more broadly about their ESG impacts, take corrective action (if required) and
disclose their ESG-related efforts. In this brief, we will examine the drivers of the growth in
ESG-related investing and engagement, explore ESG’s impact on financial products and
strategies and suggest practical advice to assist boards, corporate secretaries and sustainability
teams.
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LAS MATEMÁTICAS DE LA CIENCIA, INGENIERÍA, TECNOLOGÍA, CREATIVIDAD, INNOVACIÓ...Champs Elysee Roldan
LAS MATEMÁTICAS DE LA CIENCIA, INGENIERÍA, TECNOLOGÍA, CREATIVIDAD, INNOVACIÓN, INDUSTRIA Y LA EXPLORACIÓN ESPACIAL: NUESTRO SOL
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Presentation given to the Association of Community Practitioners in Bucharest, Romania, on September 12 2011. The presentation covers business management issues relating to sustainability, the business case for ethics, management trends, upcoming and potential EU legislation around reporting, and how companies are specifically engaging in embedding sustainability in to their operations.
The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) is a
global initiative led by asset owners and supported
by asset managers, established in January 2017.
Aimed at investors, it assesses companies’ progress
on the transition to a low-carbon economy,
supporting efforts to address climate change. Over
67 investors globally have already pledged support
for the TPI; jointly they represent nearly US$19 trillion
combined Assets Under Management and Advice.
Using companies’ publicly disclosed data, TPI:
• Assesses the quality of companies’
management of their carbon emissions
and of risks and opportunities related to
the low-carbon transition, in line with the
recommendations of the Task Force on
Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
• Assesses how companies’ planned or
expected future Carbon Performance
compares with international targets and
national pledges made as part of the 2015
Paris Agreement on climate change.
• Publishes the results via an open-access online
tool: www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org.
TPI strategic relationships
The Grantham Research Institute on Climate
Change and the Environment at the London School
of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is TPI’s
academic partner. It has developed the assessment
framework, provides company assessments, and
hosts the online tool. FTSE Russell is TPI’s data
partner. FTSE Russell is a leading global provider
of benchmarking, analytics solutions and indices.
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
provides a secretariat to TPI. PRI is an international
network of investors implementing the six Principles
for Responsible Investment.
The financial industry has historically
played a number of fundamental roles in
shaping the modern world.
The activities of the industry supported the development of
the free market, economic expansion, improving the quality of
life, personal and national security, and enabled individuals and
organizations to save and invest. Fulfilling these functions requires
the financial sector to constantly take care of its reputation
and trust in the financial system and respond to the changing
expectations of an increasing number of stakeholders. Today,
the industry is at a key point in its evolution. In the face of climate
change and the consequent changes in investment preferences,
stakeholders expect financial institutions to contribute to a
fairer and more sustainable world and to create a new face of
the financial services sector in which profit and social impact can
coexist.
Why now? The pandemic has reinforced the need to build
a sense of purpose, strengthen confidence in banks,
and help address global issues the economy faces, such
as transformation in the face of climate change. The
accumulation in the public debate of issues such as prosperity,
development, social responsibility, justice, conflict, security, ecology
and sustainable development has created a turning point in
history. To continue to grow, the financial services industry needs
to take care of making profits in tune with multiple stakeholders,
keeping consumers at the center of everything they do. And these
consumers are more concerned than ever about climate change
and expect real action from business.
More: https://www2.deloitte.com/pl/pl/pages/zarzadzania-procesami-i-strategiczne/articles/sustainable-finance-magazine/sustainable-finance-magazine-wydanie-pierwsze.html
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – Environmental Protection or Creating ...Shahadat Hossain Shakil
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The promotion of environmental responsibility amongst transnational corporations (TNCs) has become an important topic of debate in recent years. While government regulation might achieve environmental goals in a blunt manner, business community argues that voluntary measures can achieve them in a more efficient way (Utting and Marques 2010; Clapp 2005). One of the commercial drivers of private forms of (self) regulation, such as ISO 14001 standards, is desired to keep smaller firms out of profitable markets by raising the barrier to entry and increasing the costs of compliance with standards (Clapp, 1998, cited in Newell and Levy 2006).
Tobacco companies for instance claim that they are engaged in CSR because of being concerned corporate citizens. In reality, CSR activities cost tobacco companies very little in relation to their annual profits. In 2009, British American Tobacco (BAT) spent USD $22.3 million on CSR compared to the USD $4.8 billion it earned in profits (TFK 2011).
BAT runs several CSR program in Bangladesh notably, Afforestation Program - to offset the deforestation (30% of the country total; TFK, 2011) caused during tobacco drying and Sustainable Agriculture - to minimize the environmental degradation (BATB 2010; Ahmed 2012). Which are greatly outweighed by the detrimental effects of smoking and now illegal in Bangladesh as a signatory of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO 2013).
On the other hand, ‘[c]corporations performed as shapers and negotiators of environmental rules as well as play central position in informal governance of the environment that derives from their daily operations. Corporations play multiple and potentially conflicting roles as lobbyists, experts, (self) regulators and providers of the capital and technologies necessary to realize environmental policy goals’ (Newell and Levy 2006).
In contrast, recent years have seen a number of cases of ‘accidental’ or ‘unintentional’ releases of genetically modified organisms (StarLink, Bt10 maize, Liberty Link RICE 601). Behavior of the firms responsible for the illegal releases in these three cases raises important questions about the effectiveness of voluntary corporate responsibility measures. Which demands strong regulatory rules to incorporate regular external monitoring and oversight by governments, as well as more stringent penalties and assignment of legal liability, alongside voluntary codes (Clapp 2008).
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2. Overview of Banking Sector’s approach to Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR)
Review & Critical Evaluation of the Co-operative Financial Services
approach to CSR
Assessment of ‘public evidence’ available to customers/stakeholders
Review Policies and Legislation
Conclusion on how this could be used to improve the social and
environmental performance of companies.
References
3. Have a reputation for putting profit’s first
Selling consumer products to customers who can’t afford them or have
no need for them, (ECO, 2008).
Using consumer invested money in very complex high risk/reward
investments – lead to “Credit Crunch”. (Channel Four, 2008).
Investing in corporations who create a negative impact on the
environment (ECO, 2008).
Trading in 3rd World debt (ECO, 2008).
Trend to outsourcing work to foreign countries to reduce costs.
Can lead to redundancies in community and reduction in customer service
standards. (Finextra.com , 2008)
4. Co-operative Financial Services (CFS): one of the first high street bank
to create an Ethical policy based on customer consultation process
and investment criteria includes:
Human Rights, Arms Trade, Corporate Responsibility, Genetic
Modification, Social Enterprise, Ecological Impact and Animal Welfare
Voluntarily produced a Sustainability Report, first produced in 1997.
(Now mandated as part of Companies Act 2006).
Since 1992 the bank has turned down £1 billion of unethical business
“Companies with ethical, environmental or co-operative ethos
accounted for 25% of loans and overdrafts from a total of £8.3 biilion of
UK business.”
Created a demand for ‘ethical’ products
(CFS, 2010).
5. Use their influence through investment to promote their campaigns
for example the Tar pits campaign.
This level of pressure from the inside can lead to change
Recently awarded “World’s Most Sustainable Bank” by Financial Times
(CFS, 2010).
6. The Co-operative Bank has in the past invested in Glaxo SmithKline
(GSK) which has a reputation for putting profit before social
responsibility. (Schnew.org.uk, 2006).
Did not mention UK redundancies due to outsourcing arrangenents in
their company reports (Finextra.com , 2008).
The bank has been criticised for going against OFT recommendations
for consumer banking in terms of bank charges. (Thisismoney.co.uk ,
2007).
There is little evidence fom their website of CSR across their banking
range. It is mostly concerned with their Investments and Insurance
business.
7. The Co-operative Bank has a good reputation for their ethical policies
and social responsibility.
They have made mistakes but they are proactively changing their
policies to reflect customer and public opinion.
During the research for this presentation there were not many reports
that had negatives comments on their approach to CSR
Are they the best of a “bad bunch”?
8. The Co-operative bank includes a Sustainable Development section
within it financial reporting.
There is a lack of detail as to exactly how they achieve this
Ethical policy is mainly around investment
There is a lack of investment detail for their sustainable products. Their
UK sustainable product defines the investment as being 31% Sustainable
(CFS, 2010).
Due to the Data Protection Act, 1998, Banks are constrained on
reporting the reason they have turned down business.
Publish their voting record during stakeholder meetings. This provides
a greater level of transparancy for their stakeholders. (CFS, 2010).
Have a dedicated website describing their ethical policies and also
environmental and community campaigns. Also include updates in
their news section on the main website. (CFS, 2010).
9. Companies Act 2006 requires a Business Review that should include
the following, WHERE RELEVANT (Henriques, 2010):
Environmental matters
Company employees
Supplier Relationships
Social and Community matters
Study suggests compliance is an issue (Henriques, 2010). There does
not seem to be consistent reporting or guidelines to determine what
should be reported.
It would be beneficial for specific environmental laws to be included
in the reporting and enforced. For example CO2 emissions.
(Henriques, 2010)
10. International Standards and Policies
Are available and are voluntary.
Do include compliance which allows a consistent approach across
all countries and companies
These include:
ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems. (ISO, 2010)
Companies identify their environmental risks and also
display their compliance to the required legislation and
regulation.
ISO 26000 Social Responsibility. (ISO, 2010)
Provides a framework for business’ and public sector
organisations to act responsibly in terms of the
environment and their social responsibility.
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13. For legislation to work there must be some form of standard reporting
and verification of compliance
Incorporation of the international standards and policies would
encourage the development of standard reporting practices for CSR.
Corporate stakeholders must have the ability to compare their
company’s performance
Unilateral legislation per country could put companies at a
disadvantage
Cost of reporting and impact on daily operations
Information provided may sometimes be negative. Companies from
other countries may be seen to be more responsible just by not
reporting
14. Government could introduce policies that encourage uptake of International
standards.
For example, government suppliers must be ISO 14001 and ISO 29000
compliant to be awarded contracts. Applies to all including international
companies
Grants available to companies to gain compliance
Support education of companies through education on policies
Government reviews existing legislation to encourage standard reporting for
all companies
Based on ISO standards
Main difficulty to finding a solution:
Until CSR has been defined and agreed internationally, legislation is difficult.
“All are involved in activities that someone somewhere will object to, and
none go far enough in terms of positive social and environmental
contribution to satisfy all of the people all of the time.” (ECO, 2008).
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Financial Services. Available from: http://www.goodwithmoney.co.uk/ [Accessed 18th October 2010].
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Ethical Company Organisation. Available from: http://www.ethical-company-organisation.org/154-
183-GSG09-money.pdf [Accessed 18th October 2010). Extracted from the book : The Ethical Company
Organisation. (2008) The Good Shopping Guide. 7th Edition. Ethical Marketing Group.
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[Accessed 18th October 2010].
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[online]. Geneva: ISO. Available from:
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October 2010].
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banking/article.html?in_article_id=426929&in_page_id=7. [Accessed 18th October 2010]
10. Professor Adrian Henriques, Middlesex University. 2010. The Reporting of Non-Financial Information
in Annual Reports by the FTSE100. CORE Coalition.
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SchNews. Available from: http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news539.htm [Accessed 18th October
2010].