• Sustainability: Value beyond Costs

    Alcantara S.p.A.

    The registered trademark Alcantara® is the result of the unique and proprietary technology of Alcantara S.p.A., founded in 1972. Alcantara is a highly innovative material applied in various fields: fashion and accessories, automotive, interior design and home décor, as well as consumer electronics. Since the very beginning, the approach of Alcantara to sustainability has been “value beyond costs.”  more[...]

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  • Enlightening Entrepeneurship

    Julio Eisman
    Acciona

    Created in 2008, the ACCIONA Microenergia Foundation has mainly focused on providing electricity to 11,500 households in isolated rural communities in Mexico and Peru that have no prospect of being served by the conventional distribution grid. It does this by arranging economically sustainable programs centered around “social microenterprises” that use solar home systems to provide a basic electricity supply that is affordable for very-low-income users. Under the social microenterprise approach, users receive electricity from a solar home system, making it affordable in relation to their incomes.  more[...]

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  • Forging a Generation of Responsible Leaders

    Lilian Furrer
    Adecco Group

    The Adecco Group’s 'CEO for One Month' enables young people from across the globe to experience the responsibilities, challenges, and excitement of helping to lead a major multinational business for one month. More than simply an opportunity to gain valuable experience, it aims to forge a generation of responsible leaders imbued with the values that underpin the UN Global Compact Principles.  more[...]

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  • Eine Checkliste zur Verbesserung des fairen Wirtschaftens

    Diese Checkliste hat das faire Wirtschaften zum Thema. Dazu zählen Fragen zu Korruption, politischer Einflussnahme, Eigentumsrechten und Fragen zur Lieferkette.  more[...]

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  • Checkliste für einen nachhaltigen Umgang mit Kunden und Verbrauchern

    Diese Checkliste konzentriert sich darauf, wie ein nachhaltiger Umgang mit Kunden und Verbrauchern errreicht wird.  more[...]

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  • Checkliste zur Einbindung der Gemeinschaft

    In diesem Beitrag thematisieren wir die Verbesserung der Einbindung und Entwicklung der Gemeinschaft durch Unternehmen. Im Englischen spricht man hier auch von „Community Involvement“.  more[...]

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  • Checkliste zur Verbesserung der Einhaltung von Menschenrechten

    Diese Checkliste konzentriert sich darauf, wie Menschenrechte im betrieblichen Umfeld gewahrt werden können.  more[...]

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  • Overcoming Barriers to Address Energy Poverty

    SkyPower

    Today, approximately 1.2 billion people in the world lack access to electricity. A further 1 billion people are connected to the grid but suffer from unreliable electricity levels. With a mission of bringing power to the energy poor, SkyPower is focused on the development of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects to provide green, clean, and affordable electricity to developing and emerging nations around the world.  more[...]

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  • Checkliste zur Verbesserung von Arbeitspraktiken

    Heute stellen wir eine Checkliste zum Thema Arbeitsbedingungen zur Verfügung. Arbeitsbedingungen lassen sich definieren als alle arbeitsbezogenen Strategien und Tätigkeiten, die innerhalb oder im Auftrag von einer Organisation implementiert und ausgeführt werden (ISO 26000).  more[...]

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  • A Far-reaching Approach to Raising Labor Practices in Agriculture

    Miguel Coleta
    Philip Morris International

    When Human Rights Watch unveiled their research in 2009 on child labor and other labor issues related to tobacco-growing in Kazakhstan, it prompted Philip Morris International (PMI) to rethink the way it was addressing these issues. Although the company already had efforts in place, clearly they were insufficient to gain visibility into these issues and address child labor. This prompted PMI to seek the advice of Verité (a leading NGO in supply chain responsibility) and to adopt a new approach aimed at systematically addressing child labor, resulting in the launch of PMI’s global Agricultural Labor Practices (ALP) program in 2011.  more[...]

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