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| Top Story of the Week Asia Rising as Hub of CR? Watching China & South Korea The Two Tomorrow’s annual global assessment of sustainability practices looked at 50 corporate components of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI – 10 each from the oil & gas, energy utilities, food and beverage, and automotive sectors). The results are reported in Tomorrow’s Value Rating 2013 Report, just issued and highlighted in our Top Story. The analysts asked – are the companies evaluated and included in the DJSI the sustainability leaders expected to drive sustainable value? Headlines – while the report content is heavily-euro-centric, companies from East Asia are quickly catching up to their western peers. Some Chinese companies (like state-owned China Mobile and oil & gas Sinopec) are sustainability leaders. In South Korea, telecom KT Corp stood out from the pack (Korean companies, authors noted, are seldom recognized as sustainability leaders). The not-so-good news: The turmoil of the last five years in North America and European markets has led to a diminished focus on sustainability in mature markets. And so – East Asian companies may well be positioning themselves to emerge on the world stage as tomorrow’s corporate leaders in sustainability, especially in China and South Korea. For today’s corporate leaders in North America and Europe – the gap in investing in sustainability in mature markets is “of concern”, say the report authors. Read more in our Top Story for this week. Is the hub of corporate sustainability moving towards Asia? Sustainability in Focus Your most powerful marketing tool? Your sustainability story How the Middle East is setting standards in sustainability (Thursday – October 17, 2013) Eat Sustainably for World Food Day How to make sustainability ideas stick The 10 ways sustainability professionals can scale up the circular economy CEOs Report Frustrated Sustainability Ambition 2000+ Reasons Why GMOs Are Safe To Eat And Environmentally Sustainable General Mills commits to sustainably source 10 ingredients by 2020 The seven myths of sustainability ESG Issues & Players 40 Years After Embargo, OPEC Is Over a Barrel High energy costs may drive German firms to US Climate change is here and now: Our view -Editorial The Power Of Investors When It Comes To Honing Corporate Governance Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds How Ethics are Affecting Investment Why ethical investments are beating the non-ethical Pension funds in NY to get greater scrutiny Sovereign Wealth Funds – Friend Or Foe’ Watching the Watchers Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. KEY PARTNERS
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