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