Corporate Social Responsibility: Web Resources

Indexes allow asset managers to analyze "reliable and objective benchmarks to manage sustainability portfolios."

"Research and journalism to corporate malfeasance and to advocate for multinational corporate accountability and transparency."

Annual index of most sustainable corporations in the world published by Corporate Knights.

From HLS Forum on Corporate Govenance and Financial Regulation, provides a list sources for ESG reports and ratings.

Stewart. "Growing demand for ESG information and standards: Understanding corporate opportunities as well as risks." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 27, no. 2 (2015): 58-63.

Review of standards in development.

A partnership of academic institutions, ARCS provides data and networking opportunities which facilitates CS research.

Develops sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration.

Stanford University's research resources on corporate social responsibility.

Free registration required to use this online directory of corporate responsibility (CR) reports past and present. Contains almost 110k reports.

Harvard Kennedy School program to study and enhance the public contributions of private enterprise.

Company-issued reports

Independent research non-profit devoted to the advancement of high ethical standards and practices in public and private institutions.

"GreenBiz advances the opportunities at the intersection of business, technology and sustainability."

Founded in 1994 in response to the growing need for transnationalism in the field of organizational ethics and integrity.

Partners to advance the human rights of workers and to eliminate sweatshops by promoting ethical working conditions, labor rights, corporate social responsibility and social dialogue.

Violation Tracker is the first wide-ranging database on corporate misconduct. Offered from the Corporate Research Project.

Includes various corporate accountability research tools.

Forest 500 identifies and ranks the most influential companies, and financial institutions in forest risk commodity supply chains.

Started in 2012, this is the leading global measure of farm animal welfare management, policy commitment, performance and disclosure in food companies.

A benchmark of corporate human rights performance.

Corporate Watch is a not-for-profit co-operative providing critical information on the social and environmental impacts of corporations and capitalism.

Initiative for businesses to align their operations with ten principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

Advancing decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.

Publishes many reports on CSR activity.