Stock markets and economies are collapsing worldwide. Politicians are fervently putting together rescue packages. And the public is carrying on heated discussions about morality, bonuses and the new modesty. We talked to the sustainability expert at Deutsche Bank, Hanns-Michael Hölz, about the financial crisis, its lessons and the consequences for sustainable investment. more[...]
This year’s conference will support and connect people who want to change the rules of the game People are devising new ways to push for greater transparency and accountability, and are standing up to ultimately achieve greater social justice. Yet corruption and impunity have an immense destabilising effect on society. Now more than ever, mutually accountable action is needed to create irreversible change, and to ensure that the power fuelled by corruption harms societies no more. It is people who will create this change. more[...]
This year’s conference will support and connect people who want to change the rules of the game People are devising new ways to push for greater transparency and accountability, and are standing up to ultimately achieve greater social justice. Yet corruption and impunity have an immense destabilising effect on society. Now more than ever, mutually accountable action is needed to create irreversible change, and to ensure that the power fuelled by corruption harms societies no more. It is people who will create this change. more[...]
Since its founding in 1943, Bradesco’s operations have been grounded in its commitment to Brazil’s development, and for that reason, sustainability is not new to Bradesco Bank. Issues such as community development and social inclusion have always been part of the organization’s day-to-day business. more[...]
PE INTERNATIONAL is a leading sustainability consulting service and software solution provider. PE embraces sustainability as a strategic issue that will influence future competiveness of business and will enable a business transformation in long-term. PE supported for example PUMA in developping a new sustainable packaging with the help of a Life Cycle Analysis. It also helped NiroSan Multifit to build an eco-efficient production facility. more[...]
With the Solar Impulse project, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, both natives of Switzerland, plan to achieve one of the great pioneering feats of the 21st century with the support of Deutsche Bank: the first flight around the world in a manned solar airplane. Their aim is to demonstrate the potential of regenerative energies – and revolutionize how they are used. more[...]
Microcredits have proven to be powerful instruments in the fight against poverty. However, they will reach their full impact only if they manage to limit their reliance on the charitable sector. “The genocide brought the destruction of my parents’ retail shop“, Nsengiyma Gilbert from Rwanda explains. “It ended in ruins and in the brutal killing of my father. After the war, I dropped out of school, crisscrossed Kigali in search for a job to no avail. Then the idea of selling milk to a nearby kindergarten school near my home came to me. However, the earnings from this business were not enough to buy me a refrigerator and enable me rent a bigger place to start a restaurant,” Gilbert says. more[...]
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