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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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Banca Popolare di Sondrio

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Business Ethics

Business ethics - some also call it corporate ethics - deals with moral principles and social values. It is based on the assumption that as an individual as well as organization you should act ethically. According to Andrew Crane, "Business ethics is the study of business situations, activities, and decisions where issues of right and wrong are addressed." 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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Supply Chain Management

Sustainable supply chain management affects organization’s supply chain or logistics network in terms of social, environmental, risk, and resource costs. To make progress on this issues, MIT-expert Peter Senge says, organizations must understand that they’re part of a larger system. Wikipedia adds: "Sustainability in the supply chain is increasingly seen among high-level executives as essential to delivering long-term profitability and has replaced monetary cost, value, and speed as the dominant topic of discussion among purchasing and supply professionals." more[...]

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Sustainable Business Cases

The concept of a green economy has become the new buzz word in sustainability discourses, particularly in light of the Rio+20 Conference. Because of the current economic crisis and the perception that sustainability politics cannot be implemented efficiently, politicians have set their hopes on greening the economy. However, in everydays work it turns out that it isn´t that easy. What are good strategies, solutions, examples? more[...]

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Corporate Citizenship & Community Involvelment

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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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Product Responsibility

OECD defines Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as an environmental policy approach in which a producer’s responsibility for a product is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product’s life cycle. An EPR policy is characterised by: (1) the shifting of responsibility (physically and/or economically; fully or partially) upstream toward the producer and away from municipalities; and (2) the provision of incentives to producers to take into account environmental considerations when designing their products. more[...]

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Bradesco Invests in Mobility Through Its Digital Channels

Rúbia Piancastelli, Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A.

As the first company to launch mobile banking in Brazil, the Bank strengthens its strategy of expanding mobility services. more[...]

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The Production Hall as a Passive-energy Building

Klaus Hübscher, Weidmüller
Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG

It is not only in the area of products and solutions that Weidmüller strives to maximize energy efficiency and conserve resources. The electronics specialist from Detmold also focuses on sustainability in its own production processes, its building infrastructure, and in cross-sector technologies. The reason for this is that energy efficiency begins long before the electricity socket. more[...]

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Introducing Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be understood as a management concept that integrates economical, social and environmental aspects in business operations and their way of exchange with its stakeholders. The objective of this course is to introduce the the concept of CSR, defining terms and definitions. more[...]

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CSR & Risk Management (RAMS)

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