Who ranks corporate social responsibility (csr)
Ranking Corporate Social Responsibility
I recently did business research to find out “who rankings companies for social responsibility?” or perhaps “what rankings for corporate citizenship and ethics are best?”
One of new trends in CSR is the push toward assessing social impact. This is a way that tells stake holders like consumers and investors how a company’s triple bottom line is effected by corporate activities in a way that is 1) tangible 2) comparative 3) easy to understand and communicate 4) maintains validity. Ultimately, focusing on assessing social impact will ultimately provide the most advantageous allocation of resources.
CSR Ranking Sources
FTSE Index Company: For Good Index Series (FTSE Fact Sheet)
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (Dow Jones Criteria)
KLD Indexes
Global Reporting Initiative
I’m curious how the research at RISE on social impact assessment could impact the creation of more useful company indexes.
Now I’m going to open it up for you my readers: who does the best job of ranking corporate social responsibility. Are there rankings to avoid or that are useless given the data sets they integrate in their
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Corporate Accountability Organizations and Report Measures
Transparency International
GRI’s G3 Guidelines
Accountability AA100
Ranking Corporate Social Responsibility Works Cited and Resources
Aaron Chatterji and David Levine, “Breaking Down the Wall of Codes: Evaluating Non-financial Performance Measurement” California Management Review, Volume 48, Number 2, Winter 2006
Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer, ‘Strategy and society: the link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility’, Harvard Business Review, December 2006.
This corporate social responsibility (CSR) website just launched. I don’t know what criteria they use, but its very cool.
http://goodness500.org/companies
It seems like you could create an RSS based on the site, to distribute it on various sites.
Very cool.