{"id":1729,"date":"2007-06-19T08:25:11","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T07:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/index.php\/2007\/06\/19\/business-call-for-stronger-green-regulations\/"},"modified":"2007-12-19T12:51:22","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T11:51:22","slug":"business-call-for-stronger-green-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2007\/06\/19\/business-call-for-stronger-green-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Business call for stronger green regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgreen.com\/2007\/06\/business_call_f.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"070622_tomorrowscompany.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/070622_tomorrowscompany.jpg\" title=\"070622_tomorrowscompany.jpg\" alt=\"070622_tomorrowscompany.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>According to a new report released yesterday firms should be subject to &#8220;stronger frameworks of law and regulation&#8221;, multinationals should use their political influence to demand more stringent legislation, and businesses should redefine success to include social, environmental and human aspects of their operations alongside purely financial considerations. The author of the report? Oxfam? The Fabian Society? Maybe even the International Worker? Nope, it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomorrowscompany.com\/\">Tomorrow&#8217;s Global Company<\/a>, a big business think tank, backed by some of the world&#8217;s largest companies. (&#8230;) Entitled the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomorrowscompany.com\/global\/news.aspx#newsitem19\">Tomorrow&#8217;s Global Company: Challenges and Choices<\/a>, the report was developed over 18 months by a team drawn from a raft of businesses and NGOs, including Anglo American, Amnesty International, BP, Ford, Infosys, KPMG, McKinsey, Standard Chartered, SUEZ, and SustainAbility. Image source: tomorrowscompany.com<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">News selected by Covalence <span class=\"linkbluetransmedium\">| Country: <\/span>Egypt <span class=\"linkbluetransmedium\">| Company: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=5\"><span name=\"intelliTxt\" id=\"intelliTXT\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=1\">Anglo American<\/a>, Amnesty International, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=6\">BP<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=3\">Ford<\/a>, Infosys, KPMG, McKinsey, Standard Chartered, SUEZ, and SustainAbility <span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span class=\"linkbluetransmedium\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">|  <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\" lang=\"EN-US\">Source: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgreen.com\/2007\/06\/business_call_f.html\" target=\"_blank\">BusinessGreen blog<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new report released yesterday firms should be subject to &#8220;stronger frameworks of law and regulation&#8221;, multinationals should use their political influence to demand more stringent legislation, and businesses should redefine success to include social, environmental and human aspects of their operations alongside purely financial considerations. The author of the report? Oxfam? 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