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Accountability and disclosure
Business organisations
Energy and environment
Ethical investments
Ethical trading
EU links
Standards
Sustainable development
UK Government links
Voluntary codes and guidelines
Volunteering
Workforce and society


Accountability and disclosure

ABI Disclosure Guidelines on Social Responsibility
www.ivis.co.uk/pages/framegu.html

Institute of Social & Ethical Accountability
www.accountability.org.uk/

Social Accountability International
www.cepaa.org/

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Business organisations

Business in the Community
www.bitc.org.uk

Corporate Social Responsibility Europe
www.csreurope.org

Institute of Business Ethics
http://www.ibe.org.uk/

Small business journey
www.smallbusinessjourney.com/output/Page1.asp

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Energy and environment

Energy Savings Trust
www.est.org.uk/

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Ethical investment

The Responsibilities of Institutional Shareholders in the United Kingdom
http://www.ivis.co.uk/pages/framegu.html

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Ethical trading

Ethical Trading Initiative
www.ethicaltrade.org/

ICC Rules of Conduct to Combat Extortion and Bribery
www.iccwbo.org/home/extortion_bribery/rules.asp

Europe and World Trade
www.berr.gov.uk/europeandtrade/index.html

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EU links

EU page on Corporate Social Responsibility
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/soc-dial/csr/csr_index.htm

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Standards

International Standards Organisation
www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage

BSI Group
www.bsi-global.com/index.xalter

EMAS (Eco-Management Audit Scheme) - EU voluntary standard
www.emas.org.uk/

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Sustainable development

The Forum for the Future
www.forumforthefuture.org.uk

ICC Business Charter for Sustainable Developmenthttp
www.iccwbo.org/home/environment/charter.asp

Rio Declaration on Sustainable Development
www.un.org/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-1annex1.htm

The Sigma Project
www.projectsigma.com/

Sustainable Development Commission
www.sd-commission.org.uk


World Business Council for Sustainable Development
www.wbcsd.ch/

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UK government links

CSR Learning Space
http://csracademy.org

UK Government Portal
www.csr.gov.uk

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Voluntary codes and guidelines

IBE: Codes of Business Ethics
www.ibe.org.uk/code.htm

The Global Compact
www.unglobalcompact.org

Global Reporting Initiative
www.globalreporting.org/

Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and The UK National Contact Point
http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/sectors/sustainability/nationalcontactpoint/page45873.html

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Volunteering

VSO
www.vso.org.uk/managers/

CSV - Make a difference
www.csv.org.uk/campaigns

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Workforce and society

ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (CBI signed this in 1998)
www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/decl/
declaration/text/index.htm

ILO Core Labour Standards
www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/norm/whatare/index.htm

ILO Triparte Declaration of Principles concerning MNEs and Social Policy
www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/norm/sources/mne.htm

UN Declaration of Human Rights
www.unhchr.ch/udhr/

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