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Talk with Richard Howitt MEP, Rapporteur for CSR
Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for CSR, Richard Howitt, offers his insights into how the concept of CSR can push forward higher social and environmental standards in business and be used as a lever to combat emerging societal challenges. CSR Europe Association talked to him. more[...]
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To Scare or Inspire? Bringing Admission, Ambition & Pragmatic to CSR
Prof. Wayne Visser, Kaleidoscope FuturesThe Author
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Responsible Investment in Burma (Myanmar): An Experiment that Cannot Afford to Fail
Amy K. Lehr, Foley HoagThe Author
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Changing the Way Corporations Source Energy
Rasmus M. Schophuus , Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
WindMade asblWindMade™, the first consumer label for wind energy, is moving the discussion from how much energy a product uses during its lifetime to the embodied energy of the product. Created to drive the global adoption of wind energy, WindMade™ is designed to inform consumers about the source of the energy used to make the products they buy and thus encourage corporations to source renewable energy to run their operations and production. Launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2011, WindMade™ is backed by the UN Global Compact, Vestas Wind Systems, WWF, Global Wind Energy Council, Bloomberg, the LEGO Group, and PwC. more[...]
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Who really should resign for the Barclays interest rate scandal?
Prof. Dirk Matten, Hewlett-PackardThe Author
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What is CSR? Free download of introduction to CSR now available
Prof. Andrew Crane, Schulich School of BusinessThe Author
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Reconciling Air Treaffic Growth With Climate Protection
AIR FRANCE KLMThe aviation industry’s share of global emissions of anthropogenic CO2 is around 2 percent, which is partly due to the continued growth of air transport. Since 2007, Air France-KLM has been implementing a “climate plan” – a strategy to aggregate the actions already undertaken within the Group in addition to further actions to fight climate change. more[...]
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The United Nations and Transnational Corporations
Prof. Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business SchoolWhen former secretary-general Kofi Annan addressed business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 1999, he not only started to initiate the Global Compact, but also, at the same time, fundamentally redefined the relationship between the private sector and the United Nations (UN) system. After its operational launch in 2000, the Global Compact swiftly emerged as the world’s leading corporate responsibility initiative with currently close to 7,000 business and more than 3,000 nonbusiness participants in nearly 140 countries. more[...]
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Self-Assessment on Human Rights
Joël Tronchon, Groupe SEB
SEB GroupeHaving become a participant of the UN Global Compact in 2003, Groupe SEB is committed to respecting the Ten Principles of the agreement. For the Group, which has a presence in several continents, including Asia, it was necessary to find a tool capable of transforming this commitment in principle into a concrete reality. This would enable an evaluation of the manner in which these Principles were taken into account locally in each of the Group’s subsidiaries. Accordingly, in 2007 the Group adopted the HRCA Quick Check (Human Rights Compliance Assessment) – a self-assessment tool developed by the Danish Institute for Human Rights and supported by the United Nations. more[...]
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Technology for Good - 2011 Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report
EricssonThis report, together with additional information available online, summarizes our 2011 sustainability and corporate responsibility (CR) performance. For us, sustainability is about the ‘‘triple bottom line” – long-term social equity, economic prosperity and environmental performance. Corporate responsibility is about maintaining the necessary controls to minimize risks, while creating positive business impacts for our stakeholders and our brand, by linking our products, services and solutions to an overall business goal of sustainable growth. more[...]
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