Other resources
Mining in the Philippines: Concerns and Conflicts
Report of the fact-finding mission to the Philippines in 2006 to investigate the destructive impacts of large-scale mineral extraction on communities, human rights and the environment. The mission delegation included former UK International Development Secretary Clare Short MP and ECCR Board member Fr Frank Nally of the Society of St Columban.
'I have never seen anything so systematically destructive as the mining programme in the Philippines. The environmental effects are catastrophic, as are the effects on people’s livelihoods' – Clare Short
Published January 2007.
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Churches, Civil Society, Multinational Companies and Corporate Responsibility in Central and Eastern Europe: Workshop Report and Resource Book
Report of the Workshop on Churches, Civil Society, Multinational Companies and Corporate Responsibility in Central and Eastern Europe co-organised in Prague, Czech Republic, in October 2006 by ECCR, the Ecumenical Academy Prague, and the Work & Economy Research Network in the European Churches, with financial support from the European Commission
Published October 2006.
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The Bench Marks: A User’s Guide
Published to help people and organisations use the Bench Marks as a tool for assessing and reporting on company behaviour, the Guide was first presented at ECCR's Workshop on Churches, Civil Society, Multinational Companies and Corporate Responsibility in Central and Eastern Europe, in Prague, Czech Republic, in October 2006.
The 20-page Guide focuses on:
- the Bench Marks approach
- Bench Marks themes and stakeholder groups
- linking between 'host' and 'home' country communities, faith groups and organisations
- how to develop a framework for research, measurement and action
- measuring company performance
- engaging with companies to effect change
- developing an ethical investment policy
- sources of further information.
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Analysing Multinational Companies and Engaging for Change
Paper by ECCR Board member Barbara Hayes presented at the Workshop on Churches, Civil Society, Multinational Companies and Corporate Responsibility in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Faith in the Future … of Business?
An exploration of the issues of corporate responsibility in a theological context, highlighting concerns held by people of faith engaged in corporate responsibility about the way companies operate, and exploring the implications of 'stakeholding'.
Published 1999. Price: ECCR members - £5 / €7 / $10. Non-members - £12 / €17 / $23. [Order form].
