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2010 Global 100 List.

In a speech last year, Stephen Green, chairman of U.K. bank HSBC, said: “There has been a tendency to compartmentalize so-called corporate social responsibility activities as an adjunct to the mainstream business activities.” Mr. Green believes in replacing corporate social responsibility with a new focus on “corporate sustainability,” which, rather than being an add-on to a business. “is about the raison d’être of the company itself.”

Many of the senior executives at Davos this year talked about the social responsibilities of business as opposed to their fundamental business responsibilities. Speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum, Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, said he sees no difference between the two. Google is into innovation, he said, and “innovation is fundamentally about how the world can become a better place.”

Companies Reconsider Social Responsibility – WSJ.com.

A panel of experts convened by the mayor and City Council issued more than 100 recommendations Monday on how to make New York City’s building codes more environmentally sound by imposing energy-saving requirements on construction and renovation work.

more: http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=544932&f=25

Top 10 Business Schools Focused on CSR in the United States

1. University of Michigan (Ross)

2. Yale School of Management 3. Stanford Graduate School of Business

4. Notre Dame (Mendoza)

5. University of California Berkeley (Haas)

6. New York University (Stern)

7. Columbia Business School

8. University of Virginia (Darden)

9. Cornell (Johnson)

10. George Washington University School of Business

Read rankings and more here Top Business Schools Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility.