Simon Hodgson gets a sneaky preview of a major new report showing just how easy it is to cut the household footprint. Or not...

Reputation, Reputation, Reputation.

With Sir David Attenborough.

Since 2003, Carnstone (then Acona) has provided the secretariat function for the Media CSR Forum. For this report we engaged opinion formers from both the CSR and media fields. The report offers a timely overview of the most important concerns facing the industry. For clarity, we have divided CSR issues into three areas: those common to all sectors, those shared with other sectors but with unique implications for the media and, lastly, those unique to the media sector.

With Alistair McIntosh.

With Tom Crompton.

IPPR.

With Jonathan Shopley.

With Professor Chris Rapley.

With Professor Sir David King.

With Tony Juniper, Friends of the Earth.

Who's the Greatest? Who's the Greenest?

With George Monbiot.

Commercialising nanotechnologies presents huge opportunities for business. But at the same time - while the evidence of harm is currently limited - there is real uncertainty over the potential environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks of some nanoscale materials. All businesses with an interest in this area will need strategies for dealing with these uncertainties.

With Ian Pearson.

With Michael Morpugo.

With Ashok Sinha, Stop Climate Chaos.

Corporate Responsibility is often challenging, and there are already heavy demands placed on Directors of large companies. However, effective Board action on sustainability issues need not involve onerous work. The secret of success is to ensure that - in choosing strategy, approaching regulation, designing incentives, shaping the organisational culture, and overseeing internal control - 'virtue' is rewarded.

With Robert Napier.

With David Bellamy.