• Moving Upwards: The Involvement of Boards of Directors in the UN Global Compact

    United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

    Advances understanding of Boardroom engagement in environmental, social and governance issues and provides a roadmap for how companies can better integrate oversight of these issues into the Board agenda. (UNGC, 2010)  more[...]  login_required

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  • Two Years Applying the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review

    John Finisdore, World Resources Institute

    The decline in nature’s ability to provide ecosystem services – the benefits humans derive from ecosystems – can present material risks and opportunities to business. However, managers have only just begun integrating considerations of ecosystem services into corporate decision-making processes. One resource has been the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR), a set of guidelines that has helped managers improve both corporate performance and the environment.  more[...]  login_required

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    John Finisdore, World Resources Institute 
     
  • Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability

    Dr. Elmer Lenzen

    Global interconnectivity lets consumer markets constantly grow together. Modern communication technologies accelerate this phenomenon: The brand image as well as the self-perception of any company lies in the hands of millions of people using social media or their buying power.  more[...]  login_required

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    Dr. Elmer Lenzen
     
  • Promoting Inclusion of the Population

    Eduardo Dantas, Bradesco

    Since its founding in 1943, Bradesco’s operations have been grounded in its commitment to Brazil’s development, and for that reason, sustainability is not new to Bradesco Bank. Issues such as community development and social inclusion have always been part of the organization’s day-to-day business.  more[...]

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    Eduardo Dantas, Bradesco 
     
  • The Pulau Tioman Project

    Editorial Team

    Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) is a leading urban property and infrastructure developer. The Group specializes in civil, environmental, and energy infrastructure, including beach rehabilitation projects, road works, road concessions, educational colleges, hospitals, and power plants. It is also the nation’s biggest developer of high-voltage transmission networks.  more[...]  login_required

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  • The Pulau Tioman Project

    MRCB

    Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) is a leading urban property and infrastructure developer. The Group specializes in civil, environmental, and energy infrastructure, including beach rehabilitation projects, road works, road concessions, educational colleges, hospitals, and power plants. It is also the nation’s biggest developer of high-voltage transmission networks.  more[...]

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  • Building Social Wealth through Education

    Editorial Team

    About one out of every three Egyptians above the age of 15 cannot read or write. Despite various efforts of national literacy initiatives, as well as those organized by the many nongovernmental organizations and private enterprises operating in the country, Egypt still ranks 132nd worldwide in terms of literacy.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Building Social Wealth through Education

    Walid Nagi, UN Global Compact

    About one out of every three Egyptians above the age of 15 cannot read or write. Despite various efforts of national literacy initiatives, as well as those organized by the many nongovernmental organizations and private enterprises operating in the country, Egypt still ranks 132nd worldwide in terms of literacy.  more[...]

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    Walid Nagi, UN Global Compact 
     
  • 10 Years of HelpAlliance

    Editorial Team

    In September 1999, 13 Lufthansa employees (called Lufthanseat in Germany) from all divisions of the group founded HelpAlliance e.V. – Lufthanseat engagieren sich (Employees Lend a Helping Hand). In 2009, the employees’ politically independent and non-denominational organization celebrated its 10th anniversary. The organization is looking back on more than 60 successfully finished or still-running projects and numerous supporting operations. Emergency aid, such as for the 2004 tsunami disaster, is also part of HelpAlliance’s short history.  more[...]  login_required

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  • 10 Years of HelpAlliance

    Ralf Steuer, Lufhansa
    Deutsche Lufthansa AG

    In September 1999, 13 Lufthansa employees (called Lufthanseat in Germany) from all divisions of the group founded HelpAlliance e.V. – Lufthanseat engagieren sich (Employees Lend a Helping Hand). In 2009, the employees’ politically independent and non-denominational organization celebrated its 10th anniversary. The organization is looking back on more than 60 successfully finished or still-running projects and numerous supporting operations. Emergency aid, such as for the 2004 tsunami disaster, is also part of HelpAlliance’s short history.  more[...]

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  • Corporate Sustainability - The Way Forward

    Natalia Gonchar, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
    Sakhalin Energy

    Sakhalin Energy has based its activities on a strategy of sustainable development. It allows the company to achieve business goals while taking into consideration the potential environmental and social impacts on its employees and on local communities. It is fair to say that such an approach means no operational or technological decision is made without adequate environmental, health,and social assessments of the potential impact of the Sakhalin-2 Project.  more[...]

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  • The Accountability Web: Weaving Corporate Accountability with Interactive Technologies

    Bill Baue

    Using Web 2.0 tools for corporate accountability makes inherent sense, as they share a common thread: Both are rooted in interaction and thrive on engagement. We call this intersection The Accountability Web, the title of the report we wrote last year during a research fellowship for the CSR Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School.  more[...]  login_required

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    Bill Baue
     
  • Badings, Craig

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  • CSR - Social Responsibility in International Dialogue

    Editorial Team

    With the National CSR Action Plan, the German government adopted a broad range of measures to take effect at the national and international level and is now implementing them. At the two-day conference, this Action Plan will be presented to an international audience and the introduction of the concept “CSR - made in Germany“ will underline the high level of social and environmental standards of internationally operating German companies.  more[...]  login_required

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  • European UN Global Compact Conference 2012

    Editorial Team

    The aim of the conference The Green Economy; Business Contribution to Securing Sustainability was to demonstrate how businesses can put theory in to practise. The Dutch Global Compact network and German Global Compact network consider the conference to be a true success. This succes was even more important for the Dutch network as is marked its first lustrum conference, after its founding in 2007. As such we would like to thank you for your contribution to this success and hope that you can put the results of the conference into practise in your daily operations.  more[...]  login_required

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