Corporate Accountability

 

[*] ToBI's Focus Areas

[*]An Introduction: Role of Corporate Accountability in Sustainable Development

[*] Corporate Accountability and the World Summit on Sustainable Development, a paper written for the August 2001 "Corporations, Communities, Human Rights and Development" seminar (Dundee, Ireland). The presentation slides are also available.

[*] Responsible Entrepreneurship

[*] Minding Our Business (full report)

[*] Minding Our Business Statement - An NGO Statement on Corporate Accountability (1997)

 

Selected ToBI Member Websites

ANPED: The Northern Alliance for Sustainability
http://www.anped.org/index.php?a=4&b=4150
ANPED's Corporate Accountability Program is active in the UN and OECD activities, as well as in local communities.

Consumers International
http://www.consumersinternational.org/
CI is a strong advocate for consumers rights and was instrumental in pushing for passage of the OECD Guidelines.

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/
CEO is a research and campaign group which focuses on the effects of corporate political and economic power and the threats they pose.

WEED's Corporate Accountability Initiative
http://www.corporate-accountability.org
Comprehensive document library on corporate accountability, descriptions of other NGOs' activities.

Other Relevant Websites

Global Reporting Initiative
http://www.globalreporting.org/AboutGRI/Overview.htm

Corporate Sunshine Working Group (CSWG)
http://www.corporatesunshine.org/
A group of NGOs and socially responsible investors developing measures for expanded disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
http://www.oecd.org/daf/investment/guidelines/
Guidelines on how corporations are expected to operate while doing business within OECD countries

Government Accountability Project
http://www.whistleblower.org
Resource for information about whistleblowing, government wrongdoing and official misconduct

Corporate Accountability, Wall Street, and the Environment
http://www.foe.org/international/corp_acc/
Friends of the Earth's campaign to encourage use of private investment to foster sustainability