• Strategic Foresight: Effective Decision-Support Systems

    Dr. Adrian Müller, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
    Prof. Dr. Günter Müller-Stewens , University of St. Gallen

    More than ever, strategic decision-makers are expected to develop sustainable long-term strategies for their public or private organizations. Strategic foresight systems support decision-makers in systematically improving the quality of their future assumptions, strategic decisions, and plans. This article summarizes the most important mechanisms of support, presents three distinctive types of foresight systems and widely used methods, and explains how strategic foresight is anchored in actual day-to-day practice.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Corporate Foresight: An Introduction

    Holger Glockner, Z-Punkt
    Cornelia Daheim, Z-Punkt

    Business as usual is no longer an option! There is a growing realization among more and more politicians, businesses, and members of society that things cannot continue as they are. The number of challenges and issues that must be tackled and dealt with at a global level is enormous, viz.: human-induced climate change and the search for ways to develop a low-carbon economy; rapid population growth in developing and newly-industrialized countries; questions surrounding which fuels can be used in the energy mix to meet growing demand; and the distribution of food and raw materials. Then there are also basic social questions about how to ensure that wealth is fairly distributed, how to overcome the persistent poverty in the developing world that results from the pillaging of natural resources, and how to encourage civic participation in political and economic decision-making.  more[...]  login_required

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  • The Role of Corporate Foresight in Promoting Sustainability

    Prof. Dr. René Rohrbeck, Aarhus University
    Pernille Kallehave, Aarhus University

    In this article we want to give our answer to the question about if and how corporate foresight can increase the likelihood that we move toward sustainability – both on a company and a societal level. Before entering into the discussion of what corporate foresight can do, let us highlight some of our observations on what is holding us back from engaging in sustainability actions, and thus creating sustainability of the necessary trajectory, scale, and velocity to actually meet the societal challenges.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Corporate Community Involvement: The Definitive Guide To Maximizing Your Business' Societal Engagement

    Nick Lakin, Molson Coors Brewing Company

    Corporate Community Involvement offers the first-ever roadmap to strategic community involvement. Building on their extensive experience, Nick Lakin and Veronica Scheubel have designed this book to be practical—for those who want to act upon what they read.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Making the Pitch: Selling Sustainability from Inside Corporate America

    To be successful, corporate sustainability leaders avoid the jargon of sustainability when selling it inside their companies. Rather, the path to success is developed by understanding business objectives and using broad interpersonal skills to communicate social and environmental issues in the language business leaders will understand, according to a new report that surveyed more than 30 sustainability leaders representing both publicly and privately held companies.  more[...]  login_required

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  • The UN Global Compact in Latin America – Trends and Topics

    Labor standards, human rights, environmental conservation, and transparency – the core issues of the United Nations Global Compact are especially vital in the developing economies. Latin America and the Caribbean are remarkable examples. “El Pacto Mundial en América Latina y el Caribe. Memorias 2011: Informe de Gestión,” a publication of the Global Compact Regional Center, gives a detailed view on the present situation of the Global Compact in Latin America and the Caribbean.  more[...]  login_required

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  • A Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility

    Prof. Adam Lindgreen, University of Cardiff

    A Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility provides a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge theories and research that can lead to a more multifaceted understanding of corporate social responsibility in its various forms, the pressures and conflicts that result from these different understandings, and some potential solutions for reconciling them.  more[...]  login_required

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  • TeliaSonera partners with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR)

    Telia Sonera

    TeliaSonera has engaged the Danish Institute for Human Rights to support and review its human rights impact assessment. DIHR will develop a tool tailored to TeliaSonera and its human rights risk profile. It will include freedom of expression and privacy issues and be benchmarked on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. DIHR will also assess TeliaSonera’s consequential mitigation plan.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Recapping Rio+20 - Highlights and takeaways for business leaders

    Deloitte

    In June, several senior leaders and practitioners from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and its member firms attended Rio+20 (formally called the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development), the UN Global Compact's Corporate Sustainability Forum, Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012's Business Day, and various side meetings for business and civil society.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Moore, Charles

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  • From Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy to Shared Value

    Kyle Peterson, FSG

    FSG, the nonprofit consulting firm which I help lead, has witnessed an amazing evolution in corporate philanthropy during the last 10 years. We have witnessed the unprecedented examination and gradual repurposing of corporate philanthropy. For anyone who cares about solving social problems, it has never been a better time to be part of the private sector.  more[...]  login_required

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    Kyle Peterson, FSG 
     
  • CR & Sustainability Salary Survey Results

    Now in its fourth year, the survey provides insight into the individuals employed in this expanding marketplace, from the types of organisations they work for, to their job functions, salaries and career backgrounds. The results indicate a positive outlook for the sector in regard to salary, job security and job satisfaction. On average, those working in the Europe (excluding the UK) earn £69,000 followed by £68,010 for North America and £56,360 in the UK.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Self-Assessment on Human Rights

    Joël Tronchon, Groupe SEB
    SEB Groupe

    Having become a participant of the UN Global Compact in 2003, Groupe SEB is committed to respecting the Ten Principles of the agreement. For the Group, which has a presence in several continents, including Asia, it was necessary to find a tool capable of transforming this commitment in principle into a concrete reality. This would enable an evaluation of the manner in which these Principles were taken into account locally in each of the Group’s subsidiaries. Accordingly, in 2007 the Group adopted the HRCA Quick Check (Human Rights Compliance Assessment) – a self-assessment tool developed by the Danish Institute for Human Rights and supported by the United Nations.  more[...]

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  • Cards of Hope Programm

    Zoila Bello, Banco León
    Banco Multiple León

    As a participant in the Global Compact initiative since 2006, Banco León has been promoting the Ten Principles of this network through its management. Respecting the protection of internationally recognized human rights within its sphere of influence and promoting the effective abolition of child labor are two of the Principles that Banco León has been supporting. This has been done through its Cards of Hope program and its approaches to education as well as to children living in poverty and with social risk in the Dominican Republic.  more[...]  login_required

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  • The REDvolución – Combating Spain´s High Unemployment

    Margarita Álvarez
    Lilian Furrer
    Adecco Group

    Adecco, the world’s leading provider of HR solutions, took unprecedented action on the streets of Spain on October 27, 2011. The aim was to use its expertise to help people unlock their potential, make a step into work, and integrate into society in an innovative and high- impact way. Driven by the belief that work is a fundamental right and a basic need, Adecco’s REDvolución initiative focused upon combating Spain’s rising unemployment and on lending a helping hand to as many people as possible. At the end of 2011, around 5.3 million people – or close to 23 percent of the working population – were out of work.  more[...]  login_required

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