We carried out a special survey on avant-garde production and consumption solutions such as cradle-to-cradle design, biomimicry, performance contracting, decentralized energy infrastructure, integrated product policy, life-cycle perspective, product-service system, community-based service and renewable energy sources.

We have studied the situation of workers in Latin-American maquiladoras and Chinese supply-chain factories. Our objective was to know more about unions, worktime, wages & benefits, occupational safety, freedom of information and employment opportunities. This knowledge is useful to us in identifying best practices in supply chains in emerging markets.

We have analyzed work-life balance programmes and employee benefits schemes in developed economies.

We have investigated the treatment of diversity with special emphasis on benefits and corporate engagement in philanthropy and sponsorship.

We have analyzed corporate involvement in embryonic stem cell research.

We have looked at companies’ collaboration with oppressive political regimes.

We have studied companies’ philanthropic activities.