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Courses: Introduction to Sustainability Management

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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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Sustainability Management

Sustainability management is a concept that optimizes the processes of an organization to help them act in a sustainable manner. It is an integrated system that deals with the major challenges of sustainability: sustainable development of the organization through an integrative way regarding social, environmental, and economic aspects of their activities. It covers all fields of impact of an organization. Running a sustainable business can be easily realized with a good sustainability management concept. In the end, it benefits present and future societies and helps maintain a high-quality level of life on our planet. more[...]

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Unternehmensbürgschaft und Philantrophie

Mit Corporate Citizenship wird das bürgerschaftliche Engagement in und von Unternehmen bezeichnet. Die Basis bildet dabei eine mittel- und langfristige unternehmerische Strategie verantwortungsvollen Handelns, bei der sich die Unternehmen über die eigentliche Geschäftstätigkeit hinaus als „guter Bürger“ innerhalb und für die lokale Zivilgesellschaft engagieren. Bei diesem Engagement können sowohl ökologische als auch kulturelle Belange eine Rolle spielen. Das Engagement für das Gemeinwohl ist dabei heute nicht nur philanthropisch motiviert, sondern hat Unternehmens- und Gemeinwohlinteressen gleichermaßen im Blick. Beim Corporate Citizenship sollte es idealerweise darum gehen, eine Win-win-Situation zu erzielen, sodass sowohl das Unternehmen als auch die soziale Organisation und die Gesellschaft profitieren. Ursprünglich geprägt wurde diese Form des Managements im angelsächsischen Raum als Teil einer Public-Affairs-Strategie. more[...]

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Creating Sustainable Value Through Stakeholder Engagement

Prof. Dr. Christof Ehrhart, Deutsche Post DHL Group
Deutsche Post DHL

We are living in an era that has seen the key factors for corporate success change markedly in the span of just a few years. The boundary between business and society is fading, and the consequences are penetrating into the very core of corporate decision-making. A shift in attitude can already be observed in the higher echelons of many companies. Instead of placing their primary focus on shareholders, companies increasingly understand the importance of addressing the needs and expectations of a broader stakeholder base. The shift away from the classic shareholder value paradigm has made way for a new and more sustainable approach: stakeholder value. more[...]

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Social Media for Social Change

Lilines Urriola Herrera, medcom
medcom

Sumándonos is a social platform initiated by Medcom, Panamá’s largest media conglomerate. It was created to benefit all NGOs in the country. Now it celebrates its 10th anniversary. more[...]

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Requirements along the Supply Chain

Bernhard Schwager
Axel Zerinius
Bosch Group

To strike a balance between economic, social, and ecological interests, Bosch must take its entire value-added chain into account. This is why the global provider of technology and services actively involves its suppliers in its sustainability activities, both in regulatory and operational terms. Together with its suppliers, the company aims for continuous improvement. more[...]

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World Savings Day

Mara Simonini, Banca Popolare di Sondrio
Banca Popolare di Sondrio

Banca Popolare di Sondrio celebrates each year the concept of saving and the importance of good management of money – not only for individuals, but for the whole community. more[...]

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Community-Involvment-and-Development

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As part of its CSR activities, Takeda carries out corporate citizenship activities, with a particular focus on solutions to social problems. more[...] login_required

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Citizenship Report 2014

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The Boeing Citizenship Report 2014 more[...] login_required

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Corporate Citizenship

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Overview on Siemens coporate citizenship porgramm & social commitment on the basis of figures. more[...] login_required

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Global Corporate Volunteering

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This book approaches Global Corporate Volunteering (CV) through a series of essays, interviews, and case studies that present good practices of companies from all over the world that innovated and resolved challenges through Global CV. the original articles have been written in Spanish, English, or German. more[...] login_required

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The Business Benefits of Corporate Volunteering

An Examination of the Business Benefits Resulting from the Effects of Employee Volunteer Programs more[...] login_required

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Corporate Citizenship Resources

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Corporate Citizenship, research, papers, insights, webinars etc. more[...] login_required

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Good Corporate Citizen Tool

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he GCC is a tool to help you assess how sustainable your organisation is. more[...] login_required

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