June 2007
The Voice of Corporate Citizenship 

Wells Fargo logoWells Fargo team members give over a million hours of volunteer time each year to improve the well-being and economic self-sufficiency of the communities where they live and work. Volunteering is one of the most effective ways Wells Fargo team members can make a contribution to their community and provide a living example of the company’s vision and values. Read more.

 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

» Educational Testing Service
» EMC
» Port of Oakland


Learn more about these new Center members and their corporate citizenship efforts.

 CITIZENSHIP NEWS

A roundup of some of the relevant news crossing our desks:

Special report on climate change

When employees drive giving

Black marks for "green" banks

Can CSR work for farmers?

Cows, climate change, and carbon credits

Drug industry economics not sustainable

Who believes in climate change?

New Global Warming Scorecard

Abbott Fund opens Tanzania's first corporate foundation office

Wal-Mart's summer dimming program saves energy

Recent Social Reports

CSRwire Newsfeed

Bradley GooginsCorporate Citizenship: Lost in Translation
by Bradley K. Googins, Ph.D., Center Executive Director
Does anybody really understand what we do? The challenge of communicating about corporate citizenship, and the price we pay for leaving a common understanding of our field up in the air. Read more.


GE: Investing in a Sustainable Future

by Guy Morgan, Center Research Associate
We recently spoke with Frank Mantero, Director of Corporate Citizenship Programs at General Electric, to get an update on the company's corporate citizenship efforts, and were given a sneak preview of GE’s latest citizenship report. Read more.

PERSPECTIVE: Looking to the Future of Non-Financial Reporting
by Guy Morgan, Center Research Associate
Only a few years ago, many were predicting the future obsolescence of stand-alone social reports in favor of one seamless annual report that integrated social and environmental performance measures with traditional financial metrics. So what happened? Read more.

The Changing Face of Sustainable Brands
by Anthony Kleanthous, Senior Policy Adviser, WWF-UK
Sustainability can act as a differentiator between mainstream brands, encourage loyalty and even change people’s perceptions of themselves. View a ten point plan for sustainable brands.
Read more.

Better Living and Bigger Profits through Safer, Greener Chemistry
by Richard Liroff, Director, Investor Environmental Health Network
Just as "climate risk" cuts a broad swath across portfolios with the potential to create a host of corporate winners and losers, "chemical risk" threatens companies up and down the supply chain in diverse economic sectors worldwide. Read more.

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The Voice of Corporate Citizenship is the monthly electronic newsletter of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship; the articles in this issue also appear on The Center's web site. Please feel free to forward this message to colleagues. To subscribe to the newsletter, go to www.bcccc.net/, click on the login button and register as a free subscriber or Center member.

Editor's note: We welcome submissions from all readers. Our readership is varied and ranges from those with many years experience in corporate citizenship to those who are just entering the field. If you have a story to tell, advice to share, or a voice that wants to be heard, we welcome your submission. To learn more or submit an article, contact Susan Thomas.