AccountAbility is an international membership organisation promoting social and ethical accountability. It publishes, maintains and audits against the AA1000 assurance standard – www.accountability.org.uk
Article 13 is a CSR consultancy with a wealth of useful information, case studies and resources on its site – www.article13.com
Ashridge Centre for Business and Society is the leading UK business school for CSR - www.acbas.org
Boston College Centre for Corporate Citizenship is the leading US business school for CSR - www.bc.edu/cccr
Business in the Community is one of the largest and longest established corporate social responsibility organisations in the world, based in the UK. www.bitc.org.uk To view a searchable database of 500 CSR case studies. BITC also runs the yearly Awards for Excellence and Corporate Responsibility Index.
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is the world leader in CSR research and consulting. The website contains in-depth reports, news summaries, best practices and links - www.bsr.org
The Centre for Social Markets (CSM) is an independent non-profit organization, dedicated to making markets work for the triple bottom line - people, planet and profit - www.csmworld.org
The CSR Academy is a government initiative aiming to promote CSR through its CSR Competency Framework. It is for companies of all sizes as well as for UK educational institutions. The website provides a learning space for managers - www.csracademy.org.uk
CSR Europe is the European business network for CSR - www.csreurope.org
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is a non-governmental organisation with a unique purpose, to increase the substance of philanthropy around the world, producing regular bulletins on trends and themes in CSR – www.cafonline.org
The Copenhagen Centre was established by the Danish government to share knowledge and expertise on corporate responsibility and partnerships between government, business and civil society - www.copenhagencentre.org
Corporate Social Responsibility Forum is part of The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum - www.iblf.org
Corporate Social Responsibility is an independent website from Mallen Baker of BITC on CSR. Includes free fortnightly newsletter on CSR – www.mallenbaker.net
CSRWire is a regular news service on all aspects of CSR - www.csrwire.com
Department for Trade & Industry is the UK government department responsible for CSR, for the CSR Academy. www.dti.gov.uk and www.csr.org.uk, www.csracademy.org.uk
FTSE4Good is an index for socially responsible investment designed by FTSE, one of the world's leading global index providers. www.ftse4good.com
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an international multi-stakeholder effort to create a common framework for voluntary reporting of the economic, environmental and social impact of organisation level activity.www.globalreporting.org
GlobeScan, formerly known as Environics International, is one of the world’s leading public opinion and stakeholder research organisations. Produces the annual Global CSR Monitor – www.globescan.com
New Economics Foundation is a grassroots think-tank that combines policy analysis with on-the-ground initiatives and local community engagement – www.neweconomics.org
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation helping governments tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalised economy. www.oecd.org
Parliamentary Brief is a magazine which publishes a broad range of articles on the subject of corporate social responsibility and ethical investment. www.thepolitican.org/csr
Social Accountability International works to improve workplaces and combat sweatshop practices. It owns, promotes and develops the SA8000 workplace standard –www.cepaa.org
SustainAbility specialises in business strategy and sustainable development e.g. The Social Reporting Report and The Triple Bottom Line in Action - www.sustainability.com
SRI Compass is run by CSR Europe and provides facts and figures on socially responsible investment – www.sricompass.org
SRI World contains over 10,000 pages of news, reviews, comparison charts and research related to socially responsible investing, CSR and sustainability – www.sriworld.com
UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF) promotes and encourages socially responsible investment in the UK. Socially responsible investment includes ethical investment, green investment, shareholder activism, social banking and community finance - www.uksif.org
UN Global Compact was developed by the United Nations and is an initiative to help corporations become better corporate citizens by embracing certain standards for human rights, labour and the environment. www.unglobalcompact.org
The Work Foundation is a not-for-profit campaigning body committed to improve working life. They provide consultancy on many areas of working life including CSR. www.theworkfoundation.com
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 180 international companies committed to sustainable development - www.wbcsd.org
With grateful thanks to the above organisations for the information on these web pages.
