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Search by Keywords: Advanced Search The requested resource (/editor/default/) is not available About this Report This Special Report provides a multi-sectoral perspective on a current issue in development. Participating in this Special Report are our online communities focused on: Afghanistan Reconstruction Aid Effectiveness Business Environment Culture Environment Foreign Direct Investment Food Security Gender Governance Information and Communication Technologies Indigenous Issues Knowledge Economy Millennium Development Goals Microfinance Poverty Trade Water Resources Management     Our next Special Report will focus on public sector transparency. Stay tuned! Become a Development Gateway member, and you will be notified of our upcoming reports. Sign-up! See previous Special Reports here Special Report The requested resource (/editor/default/) is not available Who should be accountable for what? Foreign investors have not always implemented environmental and labor safeguards; reports of sweatshop conditions in factories and the destruction of rainforest have shaped public opinion and public policy. Who is responsible for ensuring that people and the environment are protected? Is there a business case to be made for socially responsible behavior? Who is holding who accountable? Corporate social responsibility: trends and challenges Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged quite recently from being just an ethical commitment into a new approach to achieving business objectives worldwide. Statistics prove that CSR profiling noticeably increases sales, customer dedication and brand recognition. Many CSR supporters claim that whatever dollar value you invest in CRS, it comes back ten-fold. Can it be that CSR now plays a key role in the future of sustainable business? More  Mining and extractive industries: the growing voice of indigenous peoples Mining and other extractive industries are particular threats to indigenous people because the historical territories of indigenous people are often rich in minerals and gas deposits. The 2004 Human Development Report cites four primary threats from these industries: the lack of cultural significance given to the land and territories inhabited by indigenous people; concern about the impact of extractive industries on local livelihoods; unfair exclusion of indigenous groups from decision-making; and the sense that indigenous people are being cheated out of adequate compensation for the use of their physical resources. More  Brain-print, not footprint: foreign investment in media & entertainment industries The growth of foreign investment in media industries has skyrocketed in 2004 in countries like China and India. Since the Chinese government changed its rules on foreign investment in its movie industry in December 2003, films financed by non-state sources have more than tripled. In October 2004, US film giant Warner Brothers announced its first movie production joint venture in China which will produce, market, and distribute Chinese-language feature films, TV movies, and animation. In India, the country’s flourishing movie industry has been granted ‘industry’ status followed by an array of government incentives to encourage foreign investment, such as co-production treaties with Western countries and removing the need for clearances from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board.More  The Equator Principles: it does make business sense to be environmentally responsible Integrating sustainability assessments in business models is becoming key in the functioning of financial institutions. To date, 27 financial institutions have signed to the Equator Principles (EP), an industry approach for financial institutions in determining, assessing and managing environmental & social risk in project financing. It originated in a meeting of banks in London in October 2002 to discuss environmental and social issues in project finance...More  Role of food businesses in promoting food security Currently there are 800 million chronically malnourished people in the world. The agri-food sector has followed the general trend in which public investment has diminished while private investment has increased. Thus food businesses will play a key role in promoting food security in developing countries. Critics of transnational corporations have expressed concerns over the steady concentration in control over food production and distribution by multinationals. 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