• Developing countries exchange ISO 26000 experience at ISO workshop

    International Organization for Standardization

    A two-day workshop on the experience of developing countries in implementing and promoting the ISO 26000 guidance standard on social responsibility opened on 5 November 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland. Some 120 participants from about 70 countries are exchanging their experience on ISO 26000:2010, Guidance on social responsibility. The workshop is organized by the Development and Training Services of ISO.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Riseability

    Berkay Orhaner, Yüksel Holding
    Yüksel Holding A.S.

    Yüksel has been one of the major contractor companies in the region around Turkey for almost 50 years. As a group of companies, Yüksel is also a pioneer in terms of its efforts toward sustainability. Following in the spirit of RiseAbility –Yüksel’s concept of sustainability – Yüksel was the first company in the region to publish a GRI-based sustainability report in its sector. Yüksel also became the first company in its sector to publish an ethical code of conduct and to measure its carbon footprint. What reshaped Yüksel’s CSR vision and changed it from a quality-oriented philanthropic company to an exemplary corporate citizen about sustainability was Yüksel’s participation in the UN Global Compact in 2006.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Reimagining Sustainability and Success

    Carol Sanford, InterOctave Global

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  • Managing CSR Within the Supply Network

    Jeffrey Revels, TMS Group
    TMS Group

    The TMS Group continues to expand and enhance both its inherent responsibility in corporate social responsibility and that of all our external supply chain partners. This is a daunting task for an organization that continues to establish itself as one of the premier sourcing organizations for apparel and fashion accessories in Asia. This includes a company structure of operations and sales offices in the United States, Hong Kong, China, India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. The TMS Group’s extended supply network supports and services a global customer base, marketing products on five continents and in more than 45 countries – in virtually every corner of the globe.  more[...]

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  • Promoing Sustainability among our Suppliers

    Sevda Latapie-Bayro, Carrefour
    Carrefour Group

    In accordance with its sustainable development approach and its commitment to the Global Compact Principles regarding environment, Carrefour has created a self-assessment tool to support its suppliers implementing sustainable development practices. Adapted to small and medium-sized enterprises, this tool covers all the areas of a company activity, covering environmental and social issues.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Operating in compliance with ethical principles

    Francesca Carnesella, Camposol and Copeinca
    Camposol

    CAMPOSOL is an agro-industrial company involved in the sowing, harvesting, processing, and export of asparagus, avocados, piquillo peppers, mangoes, and grapes. These products are sold fresh, frozen, or preserved in jars or cans. The company understands that Corporate Social Responsibility is a practice performed by those organizations that decide voluntarily to contribute to a better society and to an environment that is suitable for future generations. Along this line, CAMPOSOL initiated a process to formalize its sustainable development strategy in 2008.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Implementing UNGC Principles in our CSR

    Francesca Carnesella, Camposol and Copeinca
    Copeinca

    COPEINCA was the first Peruvian fishing company to publish an audited Sustainability Report in 2005. The company strongly believes that to guarantee business sustainability, there is an indispensable requirement in assuring that the ethical principle of respecting persons and the environment should be fulfilled by acting in accordance with the social responsibility guidelines of our organization as well as the Principles of the Global Compact.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Combating Deforestation in Madagascar

    AIR FRANCE KLM

    Air France is providing €5 million in financial backing for a large project to combat deforestation in Madagascar in partnership with the GoodPlanet Foundation in France and WWF.  more[...]  login_required

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  • What Drives the Business Case for CSR?

    Prof. Wayne Visser, Kaleidoscope Futures

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  • Community Development and Sustainability

    Claudia Rodrigues Segond, Eletrobras Furnas
    Electrobras Furnas

    Since its founding in 1957, FURNAS has been working toward the development of Brazilian society by generating and transmitting electrical energy. Today, the company runs a complex of 15 hydroelectric power plants, two thermal units, and a transmission system responsible for 40 percent of the electrical energy consumed in Brazil. As a participant in the Global Compact, the company promotes activities for the sustainable development of the communities in the vicinities of its installations, upholding the Ten Principles of the Global Compact.  more[...]

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  • Habshan 5 – Going Green

    Tony Awad, Consolidated Contractors Company
    Consolidated Contractors Company

    Over the years, the Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) has participated in and contributed to the countries and communities in which it has operated. Contributions have come in the form of monetary and in-kind donations. The “Habshan 5” project is an example of CCC’s sustainable engagement.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Reconciling Air Treaffic Growth With Climate Protection

    AIR FRANCE KLM

    The aviation industry’s share of global emissions of anthropogenic CO2 is around 2 percent, which is partly due to the continued growth of air transport. Since 2007, Air France-KLM has been implementing a “climate plan” – a strategy to aggregate the actions already undertaken within the Group in addition to further actions to fight climate change.  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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  • European Commision Proposal Promoting ESG Investment Disclosure

    European Forum for Sustainable Investment

    Eurosif, the European Forum for Sustainable Investment, strongly supports the Proposal of the European Commission, for a Regulation making it mandatory for retail investors to be informed about how environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns are taken into account in their investment, whether in a mutual fund or other investment-linked products. Eurosif believes that this Proposal represents a major milestone in terms of developing sustainability through European financial markets.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Findings Show Endowments Doing Less Than Expected Given History as ESG Pioneers

    IRRC Institue

    A new report finds the college and university endowments’ environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investments are less prevalent than often believed, particularly given their history as sustainable investing pioneers dating back to 1970s anti-apartheid campaigns. These findings are particularly surprising at a time when active incorporation of ESG factors into investment decisions is increasingly widespread among mainstream investors.  more[...]  login_required

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