Top marks for excellence Jul 4 2007
RESPONSIBLE business practice is big with businesses in the North-East, as was evident at Business in the Community's North East Awards for Excellence gala dinner, held on Thursday at the Civic Centre, Newcastle. more
'Fluffy stuff' now seen as the route to profits Jul 4 2007
IT wasn't too long ago that whenever I mentioned the term 'CSR', people would immediately sneer and mutter cynically about 'window dressing' or rant on about how 'proper' businesses shouldn't concern themselves with such fluffy stuff more
Doing their bit for our communities Jul 4 2007
Erimus Futures is a well established 10-week citizenship course run in primary schools across Middlesbrough to year-six pupils. more
Community plans in store Jul 4 2007
WITH annual sales of £6.4bn and 68,000 employees, known as partners, John Lewis is the UK’s largest employee-owned business. more
Technology for the future Jul 4 2007
ESTABLISHED 200 years ago and now a FTSE-100 company, Johnson Matthey is a speciality chemicals company focused on its core skills in catalysts, precious metals and fine chemicals. more
Royal Mail aims to deliver Jul 4 2007
FOR Royal Mail Group, corporate social responsibility means doing the right thing for its people, its business and the communities in which it operates. more
Helping to boost the image of our region Jul 4 2007
THE North-East is proud of its thriving business culture and, as the regional development agency, One NorthEast wants to play its part in inspiring, challenging, engaging and supporting it. more
Important steps to reducing a carbon footprint Jul 4 2007
ONE of the biggest current issues in the arena of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is carbon off-setting. It’s rarely out of the news, but it’s not just about rock stars planting trees to offset the air mile emissions they’ve notched up during world tours. more