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Profiles of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) practices of Philippine mining firms
The increased awareness of environmental impacts, the socio-economic implications of mining and a downturn in productivity, have highlighted the need for mining companies to adjust their business management process.
Freshfields law firm provides pro bono services and personnel to social service NGOs in London
The Freshfields access to justice programme is most active in London, where they support legal advice centres, including the drop-in centre at Tower Hamlets; many of their partners have volunteered there. These volunteers have also represented clients from the Free Representation Unit appearing...
Fighting poverty through micro-credit
Speaking at a meeting of the Micro-Credit Campaign Summit in Ottawa, Canada,in December 2004 , director Sam Daley-Harris, said micro-credit institutions were beneficial to the poor because the loans were collateral-free and easily accessible by both genders, while World Bank president James...
A long-necked expansion: micro-credit and tourism save giraffes in Niger
ASGN (the Association to Safeguard the Giraffes of Niger) has used grants from the Wildlife Protection Foundation in the UK and from the Zoo de Doue in France to set up a successful micro-credit scheme. The scheme helps women to develop and run small enterprises which in turn mean that their...
Bayer supports NGOs to fight child labor and develop educational facilities
Bayer actively supports organisations such as the Abrinq Foundation for Children's Rights in Brazil, and the Naandi Foundation in India in the fight against child labor. In coordination with Abrinq, Bayer employees regularly volunteer their time at social facilities in the Brazilian metropolis Sao...
Better Factories Cambodia partnership creates industry standards
Better Factories Cambodia represents a convergence of common interests of the clothing industry, international buyers, of the desires of western consumers for sweat-shop free products, and for more and better jobs in one of the poorest countries of this world. Better Factories Cambodia is managed...
Gap Inc. works closely with NGO to promote labour standards
Social Accountability International (SAI) is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to improving workplace conditions and combating sweatshops. Gap Inc. become involved in SAI's Vietnam program, which provided training to select facilities to help them implement SA8000 standards which certifies...
Building NGO capacity for pipelinemonitoring and audit in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, BP and the Open Society Institute-Assistance Foundation are working together to support national NGOs' capacity development through facilitated monitoring and audit of the Baku-Ceyhan-Tbilisi and the South Caucasus Pipeline projects. Among the key objectives of the programme were...