BADM 4950: Business & Social Responsibility in the Global Economy

The purpose of the Global 100 is to "to reinforce, raise awareness and highlight, annually, the World’s leaders in clean capitalism, laying out in one clear page the global firms most willing and able to deal with the key social and environmental factors they face in their everyday operations."

The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are indexes that evaluate the sustainability performance of the largest 2,500 companies listed on the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index. Companies receive a Total Sustainability Score between 0 – 100 and are ranked against other companies in their industry.

Good Guide rates products on a 0 to 10 scale for their health, environment, and social impact.

Rank a Brand provides the public with independent information on brands' sustainability credentials.

EPA’s Center for Corporate Climate Leadership serves as a resource center for all companies looking to expand their work in the area of GHG measurement and management.

​The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an independent global organization that creates one of the most used standards for sustainability reporting. "GRI oversees a network of 30,000 professionals from around the world, representing corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, consultancies, accountancy organizations, business associations, rating organizations, universities, and research institutes. They contribute to the ongoing development of GRI’s Sustainability Reporting Framework."

GISR’s mission is to design and steward a global sustainability (i.e., Environmental, Social, and Governance – ESG) ratings standard to expand and accelerate the contribution of business and other organizations worldwide to sustainable development.

Ceres is an non-profit organization advocating for sustainability leadership. We mobilize a powerful network of investors, companies and public interest groups to accelerate and expand the adoption of sustainable business practices and solutions to build a healthy global economy.

The UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.