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The only Certainty about the Future is the Fact that the Future is Uncertain

Dr. Luis Vera Pedro

Since its inception, BONWS Seguros S.A. has been adding value by providing financial peace of mind as well as stability to its clients and ensuring that the financial consequences of their risks are handled. more[...] login_required

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Transformers: Age of Development

Marina Ee, Shakalin Energy
Natalia Gonchar, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
Sakhalin Energy

When the new global strategy Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was introduced to the world in 2015, it quickly became clear to the business community that the time for tacit support was over: Companies are expected to play a significant role in meeting and advancing the Fab 17 – the 17 SDGs. They now face a choice: Either they can sail along or show courage and join efforts with other players to end poverty, protect the planet, and drive peace and prosperity for all. more[...]

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Dare to Dream: Bold for Change

Thu Min Si
Max Energy

When talking about Max Energy, it is necessary to also talk about Max Myanmar Holding Co., Ltd. One of the reasons is the founder, U Zaw Zaw, who not only has an interest in developing the capacity-building capabilities of the country but also in moving Myanmar forward. more[...]

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Creativity as a Change Maker – The Idealist

Tuuli Sauren
INSPIRIT International Communication GmbH

Creative innovation strategy for human rights, climate change, and the fight against corruption more[...] login_required

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SME Integrity in Egypt

Jennifer Schoeberlein
Quasay Salama
Egyptian Junior Business Association

The Integrity Network Initiative was established as a business-driven collective action network to strengthen integrity standards in the Egyptian business environment, to build the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and to tackle some of the most pressing corruption challenges affecting businesses in Egypt. It is implemented by the Egyptian Junior Business Association in cooperation with the United Nations Global Compact. more[...]

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Six Ambitions Based on the UN’s SDGs and Included in our Strategic Program

EDF Group

In 2016, we decided on six corporate responsibility goals. They mark out the path we have set for ourselves to achieve our CAP 2030 strategy and take into account the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) laid down by the United Nations. Although the SDGs are not aimed directly at companies, we firmly believe that these goals cannot be met without the active contribution of business organizations. We fully embrace the global approach of the SDGs, while remaining aware that we are but one of the many actors in this movement. more[...]

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Starting Ventures

Courtney Lee Hagewood
David Moeller
BASF SE

We want to contribute to a world that offers a sustainable future with a better quality of life for all and have anchored this in our corporate purpose: “We create chemistry for a sustainable future.” Innovations from the chemical industry play a key role, as they provide decisive contributions to a sustainable future with a growing world population. With our corporate program Starting Ventures, we want to empower people whose basic needs have not been met to help them improve their income potential and quality of life. We thereby contribute toward achieving the broader development goals of the United Nations. more[...]

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Sharing Has Been Hijacked

Lily Cole

The “sharing economy” is today’s buzzword for Silicon Valley’s most recent batch of billion-dollar companies. So ring the headlines: $51 billion valuation for Uber; Chinese ride-hailing business Didi Kuaidi raising $4.42 billion; AirBnB valuation $10+ billion. In the last three years, the world has embraced this idea of the sharing economy. Who would have thought that a 23-year-old part-time student tooling around in her Prius would disrupt the transportation industry? Or that renting out your spare bedroom with the Star Wars sheets could make you part of the largest hotel network in the world? more[...]

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Goodwin, Liz

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Is the Meaning of Work about to Change?

Rick Goings

Our world is facing a crisis cubed: Jobs are disappearing faster than they are being created; companies are struggling to attract people with the right skills; and people rightly worry how new technology will threaten their livelihoods. more[...]

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Goings, Rick

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Does Firm Innovation Affect CSR? What the Academics Say

Is a sustainable company more innovative or, vice versa, is an innovative company more in favor of sustainability? And is there any link between innovation and CSR? Two notable academic studies help us to answer these questions. The first one is from Rui Shen, Yi Tang, and Ying Zhang and was published as a Harvard Business School Working Paper in 2016 using a sampling of 3,315 publicly-listed US firms from 2001 through 2011. The second study was conducted by Xinghua Gao and Yonghong Jia, both from Governors State University, Illinois, and published in September 2015. To better understand how different aspects of CSR influence corporate innovation outcomes, the authors examined five social dimensions: community, diversity, employee relations, the environment, and products. more[...]

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Capitalism Is Chaos

Economics wunderkind Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) rought us concepts such as “innovation,” “venture capital,” and “corporate strategy.” But above all he is the father of the concept of“creative destruction”. He enriched the three classic factors of production – land, labor, and capital – with an essential fourth dimension: entrepreneurship. more[...]

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