• Nestle: Partnership between Nestlé and the Danish Insititute for Human Rights

    Christian Frutiger, Nestlé SA
    Allan Lerberg Jørgensen, The Danish Institute for Human Rights
    Nestlé S.A.

    In 2010, Nestlé entered into a two-year partnership with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The purpose of this collaboration is to ensure that the company’s responsibility to respect human rights is understood and implemented within Nestlé’s global operations, and that the learning from this work can encourage other companies to follow.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Partnership between Nestle and the Danish Institute for Human Rights

    Christian Frutiger, Nestlé SA

    In 2010, Nestlé entered into a two-year partnership with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The purpose of this collaboration is to ensure that the company’s responsibility to respect human rights is understood and implemented within Nestlé’s global operations, and that the learning from this work can encourage other companies to follow.  more[...]

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    Christian Frutiger, Nestlé SA 
     
  • Investing in a Sustainable Future

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    The Dansk Bank Group believes that a higher level of education and financial literacy is crucial in maintaining stable economic growth. In 2008, Danske Bank therefore established The Financial Literacy Programme (including initiatives for customers as well as non-customers from the age of 5 up to the age of 27) dedicated to improving the level of financial literacy education and therefore started with initiatives for children.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Danske-Bank-Investing-In-A-Sustainable-Future

    Charlotte Bengt Petersen, Danske Bank Group

    The importance of access to education and learning is underscored in the global human rights that form the foundation for the Principles of the UN Global Compact. Education is a key factor in strengthening an individual’s capabilities and wherewithal, and financial literacy is an essential component in that regard. At the Danske Bank Group, we also believe that financial education and ethical guidelines are the path to personal prosperity and sustainable growth in the future. That is why in 2007 we developed our Financial Literacy Programme, which consists of a number of learning activities for children and young adults from the ages of 5 to 27.  more[...]

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    Charlotte  Bengt Petersen, Danske Bank Group 
     
  • The Global Food System, Environmental Protection, and Human Rights

    Prof. Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law

    The global food system is exceeding ecological limits while failing to meet the nutritional needs of a large segment of the world’s population. While law could play an important role in facilitating the transition to a more just and ecologically sustainable food system, the current legal framework fails to regulate food and agriculture in an integrated manner.  more[...]  login_required

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    Prof. Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law 
     
  • United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

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    The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) is being organized in pursuance of General Assembly Resolution 64/236 (A/RES/64/236). The Conference will take place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. It is envisaged as a Conference at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government or other representatives. The Conference will result in a focused political document.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Meet WRI President Andrew Steer

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    Dr. Andrew Steer is the new President of the World Resources Institute. In this short video interview he speaks about development and environment issues and his visions for the WRI. From his point of view watching at the natural resources and understanding the links between nature and mankind has never been more important than today: Economic decisions must include the value of natural resources and living ecosystems. Steer announces a new WRI strategy for the coming years to face the upcoming challenges and develop solutions to the world’s most urgent environmental and human development challenges.  more[...]

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  • Conflict Minerals, Rebels and Child Soldiers in Congo

    Warlords, soldiers, and child laborers all toil over a mineral you've never even heard of. Coltan is a conflict mineral in nearly every cell phone, laptop, and electronic device. It's also tied to the deaths of over 5 million people in Congo since 1990.  more[...]

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  • A New Vision for Russia

    If you can't get on a train or enter a building because you are disabled it isn't just an inconvenience -- it's a denial of a human right. Today we meet two activists in Moscow whose own disabilities have made them all the more determined to bring about change.  more[...]

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  • Eni’s Cooperation Model for Sustainable Development

    Sabina Ratti, eni

    Multinational companies face huge challenges in countries they operate in, from human rights to the growing need for transparency and responsibility, from respect for the environment to the fight against poverty and the promotion of fair labor practices. Oil and gas companies operate in some of the most challenging places on earth, where they can have an important impact on local communities and on the environment due to the nature of their operations. Furthermore, they manage energy resources that are deeply connected to the economy of a country, and they cope with a public sector that often looks for the support from the private sector to guarantee an improvement of development standards.  more[...]

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    Sabina Ratti, eni 
     
  • The MDGs at a Glance

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    In the year 2000 the United Nations introduced the Millennium Development Goals. Main targets are the reduction of extreme poverty and a global partnership for development. At the UN Millennium Summit in New York stakeholders from the international politics, civil society and global NGOs promised to achieve all these targets till 2015. The eight goals are: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/Aids, Malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability and develop a global partnership for development.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Avoiding Adaptation Apartheid: Climate Change Adaptation and Human Rights Law

    Margaux J. Hall, World Bank
    David C. Weiss, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

    There is now little doubt that humans will be forced to adapt to the impacts of a warming world. There is also little doubt that the poorest people in the poorest countries will bear most of the burden of adapting to climate consequences they had almost no role in creating.(2) As the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has explained, “In the Netherlands, people are investing in homes that can float on water.  more[...]  login_required

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