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Change Agents Bring Hope and Health to Rural India

Camilla Crone Jensen, Novo Nordisk
Scott Dille, Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk

Rural India faces an acute shortage of healthcare professionals. In an innovative initiative called “Addressing the Base of the Pyramid” (BoP), Novo Nordisk A/S teamed up with community partners to bring diabetes services closer to people in remote areas while supporting health activists’ microbusiness. This initiative is now integrated with the Changing Diabetes Barometer® program in Bihar, India, to increase the level of outreach. more[...]

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Let Us Go Home Safely – A Road Safety Project by Tristar in UAE

Muhammad Akber, Tristar Transport LLC
Arthur Los Banos, Tristar Transport LLC
Tristar Transport LLC

In 2014 Tristar partnered with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) of the United Kingdom to implement a road safety project called “Let us go home safely” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). more[...]

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Central Romana and Corporate Social Responsibility

Central Romana Corporation

The Central Romana Corporation Ltd., founded in 1912 in the eastern province of La Romana in the Dominican Republic, is an agro-industrial and tourism company whose main focus is sugar production. Having been in operation for more than 100 years, it has diversified its investments through a wide range of businesses that reach approximately 25,000 workers, and it regards itself as being the country’s largest private-sector employer. more[...]

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MAN and SOS Children’s Villages: A Global Success Story

Yvonne Benkert, MAN SE
MAN SE

Whether donating funds and supplies to disaster relief efforts, transferring knowledge, or volunteering in a variety of facilities – for years, MAN has been a partner that SOS Children’s Villages can count on. Through this partnership, MAN has made a valuable contribution to educational programs aimed at children and young people around the globe. more[...]

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Freedom of expression

Telia Sonera
Patrik Hiselius, TeliaSonera

Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right derived from the inherent dignity of all persons. Freedom of expression and privacy are the most material human rights risks in telecommunications. The main risks include complicity in human rights violations following excessive governmental requests, which are to the detriment of freedom of expression and privacy. International standards on human rights go beyond identifying and managing material risks to TeliaSonera itself – they relate to the risks to individuals. TeliaSonera’s Board of Directors adopted a Group Policy on Freedom of Expression in Telecommunications in December 2013. The primary purposes of this policy are to reduce human rights risks and to ensure that our customers feel confident that TeliaSonera will, whenever possible, respect and safeguard their freedom of expression when we receive requests or demands from governments in relation to requests or demands that have potentially serious impacts on freedom of expression in telecommunications. The policy is – to the best of our knowledge – the most far-reaching policy of its kind in the industry. more[...]

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Human Rights – SANOFI Approach

Sanofi
Tatiana Campos-Rocha, Sanofi

In line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Sanofi has adopted an ambitious and holistic approach to ensure that human rights are soundly integrated throughout all the Group’s operations. For Sanofi, it is essential to ensure that respect for human rights is integrated into our business activities everywhere we operate, including in countries considered to be at risk for matters concerning human rights. more[...]

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Corporate Philanthropy

Yüksel Holding A.S.
Deniz Sazak, Yüksel

Athletics is not as popular as soccer or basketball in Turkey. Therefore, even though there are many promising Turkish young athletes, finding sponsorships for athletics is not easy. The Yılmaz Sazak International Athletics Meetings (YSIAM) have been organized now for 18 years under the main sponsorship of Yüksel. In parallel with Yüksel’s environmental sustainability strategy, the YSIAM is the first carbon-neutral track-and-field organization in Europe. The organization of the Meetings by Yüksel includes the integration of philanthropy into management processes and business activities. Corporate volunteering is achieved by the employees of Yüksel, who work for the Meetings to contribute to athletics in Turkey. more[...]

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Sartex Training Center – Renaissance for Desperate Youth

Rachid Zarrad, Sartex
Sartex

Since its independence in 1956 – and thanks to the wisdom of the former leader President Habib Bourguiba – Tunisia has focused its recovery strategy on the implementation of an education that can generate a solid base of human capital that is able to meet the changing needs of a developing nation. In just a few years, the education of children aged 6 to 16 years has become compulsory and free – this small North African country allocates more than 25 percent of its state budget to education and teaching. In the years after independence until the late 1980s, the development of a socio-economic balance brought integration and employment through a professional training of rare trades – even for those who did not have access to higher education. more[...]

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More Than Just a Bank

Mara Simonini, Banca Popolare di Sondrio
Banca Popolare di Sondrio

Our way of being a bank also involves our interest in the world of culture. And if “promoting culture” is an ambitious task for us, then we dedicate our resources to and make a commitment toward creating opportunities for interaction between the general public and the world of knowledge, history, and art. more[...]

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Unlocking Possibilities: A Step Toward Building Resourceful Citizens

Yashna Islam, Green Delta Insurance
Syed Najmus Saquib, Green Delta Insurance
Green Delta Insurance Co. Ltd.

It is noteworthy how, in the past few years, Bangladesh has seen rapid progress in many sectors, which was unthinkable even a decade ago. Bangladesh is showing consistent growth every year. We are being viewed as “The Next Asian Tiger” worldwide. Among all the positive news, the absence of human rights in many cases is hindering our development as a nation. Women and children as well as poverty-stricken people are always the most deprived ones when it comes to human rights. more[...]

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Improving the Quality of Life for Disabled People

Elena Zhuravleva, Transaero Airlines
Transaero Airlines

Disabled passengers want to travel and wish to do it on their own. “Our objective is to guarantee them their respective right and to do our best to ensure their safety and convenience when using air transport. This is a comprehensive objective. It is important to combine the efforts of business, the state, and the non commercial sector to create a barrier-free environment for disabled passengers, for whom it is of crucial importance,” says Olga Pleshakova, Chief Executive Officer, Transaero Airlines. more[...]

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CSR in South Africa

Editorial Team

Professor Ralph Hamann is Research Director for the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town. His areas of expertise include Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Social Responsibility. In 2006 he was involved as a researcher at the UN Global Compact Learning Forum, which took place in Ghana. For the UN Global Compact International Yearbook, Hamann highlights the “paradox for CSR in South Africa” and beyond. more[...]

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The UN Global Compact in Africa

Editorial Team

Different activities regarding the UN Global Compact are described in selected countries, like Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and South Africa. The main topics are renewable energy resources and biodiversity, human rights and anti-corruption. more[...]

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Pre Organic Cotton Program: A Shift To Organic Farming

Itochu

In September 2012, more than 150 delegates from corporations, international organizations, governments, and NGOs around the world gathered at Business, The MDGs and Beyond – a forum run as a side event to the UN General Assembly in New York. ITOCHU Corporation represented the Japanese corporations that are members of the UNDP-led Business Call to Action (BCtA) and spearheaded a panel at the first session, “Innovative Business Models for Sustainable Development.” At the forum, ITOCHU presented the Pre-Organic Cotton Program, an initiative of its Textile Company, which contributes to overall development in the cotton farming communities in India through poverty reduction and improvements in farmers’ health and the farming environment. more[...]

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Changing The Lives of 10,000 Children

Scott Dille, Novo Nordisk
Camilla Crone Jensen, Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk

Living with type 1 diabetes is challenging – even more so for children in developing countries, where having diabetes puts their lives at even greater risk. more[...]

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