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Key Components of a Socially Responsible Company by Conrad MacKerron
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Our Mission Use the power of financial markets to strengthen corporate social and environmental policies
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Shareholder Advocacy – Mobilizing Financial Markets for Social Change Corporate Engagement Shareholder Proposals Proxy Voting
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Blue Chip Engagement More than 50 corporate engagements moving companies towards greater environmental sustainability and social equity.
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Traditional Measures of Corporate Responsibility Quality of management Compliance with laws Honest accounting Financial soundness Product quality
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Challenging But Essential Policies Environmental Stewardship Human Capital
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Key Components of Environmental Stewardship Policies and practices to promote: Materials Efficiency Reduced Toxics Reduced Waste Extended Producer Responsibility
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Key Components of Human Capital Policies and practices to promote labor rights and deter… Forced Labor Child Labor Slave Labor
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Product Stewardship Shifts responsibility for recycling and safe disposal from society to producers 17 states -- producer responsibility laws for electronic waste 11 states – beverage container deposit laws
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Apple’s Commitment to As You Sow
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Best Buy’s Commitment to As You Sow The largest U.S. electronics retailer began to offer electronic waste recycling at all of its 1000+ stores in February They expect to collect 50 million pounds of electronics in 2009
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Bottle and Can Recycling Problem 66% of beverage bottles and cans are wasted! Action Coca-Cola agrees to recycle 50% of bottles and cans it sells by 2015 Nestle Waters agrees to recycle 60% of PET plastic bottles sold by 2018
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CFLs and Mercury In dialogue with GE, Home Depot, Lowe’s and Wal-Mart to encourage: -No worker exposure to mercury at factory level -Labeling of mercury content -Labeling of safe cleanup procedures if bulbs break
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Uzbek cotton Every fall, over 1 million Uzbek children are taken out of the classroom and into the fields—by government mandate— to pick cotton. Wal-Mart called for a boycott on Uzbek cotton; Target, Gap Inc., Levi’s & Co., Marks & Spencer, and Tesco have all made public statements and taken steps internally to eliminate Uzbek cotton from their supply chains.
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Labor Rights Codes of Conduct
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Risks of Inaction/Benefits of Action Build brand social value Easier to implement policies early on Transparency builds stakeholder respect Lower operational costs Negative media -Union Carbide - Bhopal -Enron/Andersen scandal -Exxon Valdez spill -Nike – sweatshop labor -Gap – sweatshop labor Activist NGO campaigns Issue management costs Remediation costs
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Key Take Away #1 Environmental Stewardship Reduce/remove toxics Responsibility for recycling/disposal
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Key Take Away #2 Implement supply chain Code of Conduct to assure worker labor rights
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Key Take Away #3 Cross-Silo Effect: When environmental and social issues overlap CFL- production/ consumer safety E-waste disposal– protect people/ earth
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Strengthening Corporate Responsibility Shareholder Engagement Promoting Best Practices Social and Environmental Policy Consulting
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