Month of July , 2007

AMD discusses how they surpassed recent climate protection goals to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent as well as their new, loftier goals.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), an industry leader in implementing and promoting energy efficiency strategies and ranked No. 2 on CRO’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2007 list, recently announced that it has surpassed its “2004 Climate Protection Plan” goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent and has released a new set of goals for 2010. In its 2007 “Global Climate Protection Plan” report released July 24, AMD faces the challenge of meeting these new goals as it undergoes a manufacturing model transformation and a recent merger with ATI.

A World Resources Institute report promotes free, prior, informed consent from communities affected by major projects; an International Finance Corporation report advocates consultation.

A mere two letters separate consent and consult, but that slight spelling shift makes a profound difference in meaning—denoting the dividing line between, for example, lovemaking and date rape.  This distinction extends to the case of negotiations between communities and corporations over major projects such as mines and pipelines, where two models of stakeholder engagement have evolved: free, prior, informed consent (FPIC) and free, prior, informed consultation. Two recent reports play out this split...

Recent report finds corporations that lead in corporate responsibility also lead in the market.

A new study, released by investment bank Goldman Sachs at the U.N. Global Compact Summit July 5-6, found that companies that are considered leaders in environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies are also leading the pack in stock performance—by an average of 25 percent.