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  • The ABC of Corporate Social Responsibility (PDF Format Only)
    A brief outline of the terminology, instruments for CSR and environmental standards and guidelines.
  • NGO Criticizes Shoprite
    FOOD and furniture retailer the Shoprite Group has been rapped on the knuckles by nongovernmental organisation Bench Marks Foundation for running outlets that do not give back to the local economy. ...
  • Corporate Social Responsibility: A Guide for Trade Unions (PDF Format Only)
    "After the 1929 Wall Street collapse and the great depression, pressure mounted on corporations to behave responsibly. US President Roosevelt's New Deal introduced reforms to hold corporations in check..."
  • Economic Meltdown and Job Losses: A Challenge for Corporations
    "Companies forecast almost 70,000 job cuts in a single day as the rampant crisis born in the banking sector struck workers in factories and offices across the world, and brought down a government …"
  • You Can Do Business Differently
    Big corporations are seen as unanswerable to society, and unaccountable to communities and stakeholders they negatively impact on. The South African Council of Churches (SACC) took a resolution on platinum mining in the Limpopo Province in 2007…
  • Broken Promises Hit Communities
    A magnitude of broken promises made by the mines to the communities were unearthed in a study done on the corporate social responsibility programmes of the platinum mining corporations in the North West Province of South Africa...
  • Limpopo Platinum Mining Comes Under Scrutiny
    A delegation from the Bench Marks Foundation visited the Dilokong region in the Limpopo Province yesterday on 3 December 2007 to assess the impact of platinum mining on the lives of members of the community...
  • Mining Activities Adversely Affecting Villages in Limpopo
    A Bench Marks Foundation delegation observes contraventions to the Bill of Rights in Limpopo. February 2008...
  • Mining Operations Pose Serious Health Risks
    The health and safety of workers in the platinum mining industry in the North West Province is seriously at risk...
  • Myanmar and Corporations
    Burma (also known as Myanmar) is ruled by a military junta, which, despite international condemnation and sanctions, suppresses almost all dissent voices. Draft Resolution of the Bench Marks Foundation...
  • Presentation to Mining Houses
    Presentation to executives from mining houses by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Jo Seoka, chairperson of the Bench Marks Foundation, on 16th October 2007...
  • Summary of Input Reinier de Man Platinum Conference
    Anglo Platinum is the biggest platinum producer in South Africa and in many cases sets the standards for other mining corporations. The Bench Marks Foundation made a presentation at the Reinier de Man Platinum Conference in Brussels on 13th December 2007...