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Thinking Holistically – Green Building at HOCHTIEF: maxCologne, a quality-certified project

Verana Blaschke, Hochtief

Lower costs, environmental protection, higher earnings, enhanced user productivity, and comfort – green real estate and facilities designed for sustainability are efficient and attractive, and they blend in perfectly with their socio-cultural surroundings. One basic prerequisite for creating a sustainable property is to view its lifecycle holistically. This is precisely what HOCHTIEF does. more[...]

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Solar Impulse and Deutsche Bank – Inventing the Future

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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[...] login_required

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Solar Impulse and Deutsche Bank – Inventing the Future

Deutsche Bank AG

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[...]

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Caring by Nature

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Océ has a long history of environmental awareness. The company was founded in 1877 in the south of the Netherlands by a chemist called Lodewijk van der Grinten, who invented a completely natural coloring agent for margarine so that everyone, not just the well-off, could enjoy something healthy and appetizing on their bread. Earlier that same year, Mr. van der Grinten had investigated the quality of drinking water at the pumps in the town where he lived and the quality of the flour used by local bakers for the local health authority. These innovative practices have been handed down throughout the history of Océ: This commitment to environmental and social responsibility that the Océ founding fathers demonstrated in the mid-19th century is just as strong today. more[...] login_required

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Caring by Nature

Sandra David, Océ
Océ

Océ is focused on creating value for all stakeholders by realizing profitable, sustainable growth. The Océ strategy aims to optimize business processes, strengthen its product portfolio, and boost distribution power. Sustainability underpins these strategic aims. A strong performance in sustainability contributes to efficiency, stronger product propositions, and provides a powerful market image. It is no coincidence that Océ embraced sustainability as part of its core proposition decades ago. more[...]

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Self-assessment Regarding Respect for Human Rights

Christian Coutin, SEB Groupe
Marianne Tisserand, SEB Groupe
SEB Groupe

As world economies become globalized, the new challenge is to ensure that multinational corporations can be held accountable not only for the impact of their activities on human beings but also for their respect of Human Rights. To date, there is no supranational legal institution with the appropriate means to enforce human rights in a mandatory way. Companies that agree to assume responsibility do so voluntarily. But for an international firm, ensuring that Human Rights are respected can be quite difficult. The standards developed to protect people’s rights were originally drafted for states, so additional practical steps are required to apply those standards to companies and to develop concrete ways to implement and track them within a corporate environment. more[...] login_required

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Energy efficiency is our business

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Armacell as a global producer of flexible technical insulation materials stands for innovative sustainable solutions. Energy efficiency, which is at the core of our business, is pursued in many different ways. A regularly conducted Life Cycle Assessment reveals that the energy required to manufacture Armacell’s best-known brand Armaflex has been “recovered” after just 50 days. Further activities include working in international committees for energy efficiency, developing sustainable product innovations and using recycled materials as well as by-products instead of primary raw materials in the production. more[...] login_required

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Energy Efficiency Is Our Business

Susan Heuer, Armacell International Holding
Malte Witt, Armacell
Armacell Enterprise GmbH

How can we integrate the UN Global Compact into our day-to-day business with measurable results? For Armacell, the medium-sized industrial company headquartered in Münster, Germany, the answer lies not only in their products, which have already made a significant contribution to the way in which scarce resources are used. more[...]

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Betting On Environmental Sustainability and Balance

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ISA is the biggest energy transport company in Colombia and also present in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and throughout Central America. Through its affiliates and subsidiaries, the company conducts a range of activities such as design, construction, administration, operation of lineal infrastructure systems in electricity, telecommunications connectivity, and highway construction with the project Autopistas de la Montaña. more[...] login_required

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Betting On Environmental Sustainability and Balance

Ana María Naranjo, ISA
Jimena Maria Toro, ISA

ISA is the biggest energy transport company in Colombia and also present in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and throughout Central America. Through its affiliates and subsidiaries, the company conducts a range of activities such as design, construction, administration, operation of lineal infrastructure systems in electricity, telecommunications connectivity, and highway construction with the project Autopistas de la Montaña. more[...]

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Eagle Conservation Project

Francisco Parada, Redes Energéticas Nacionais - REN
REN

In keeping with its policy of supporting a precautionary approach to environmental challenges and promoting greater environmental responsibility, REN decided to co-sponsor the CEAI Bonelli’s eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) conservation project aimed at preserving this species and its habitats in Portugal. more[...] login_required

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Grundfos Reuses Wastewater

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In the future, water supplies will be even scarcer than is presently the case. Action must be taken in order to solve the problem. Climate change causes a number of different problems. As regards water resources, climate change affects the environment in a number of different ways. more[...] login_required

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Grundfos Reuses Wastewater

Grundfos

In the future, water supplies will be even scarcer than is presently the case. Action must be taken in order to solve the problem. Climate change causes a number of different problems. As regards water resources, climate change affects the environment in a number of different ways. more[...]

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Being an Avatar for a Sustainable World

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Climate change has become by far the most important environmental issue and will take an increasingly prominent position within the policy discussions in Sweden, the European Union, and the rest of the world in the coming years and decades. In 2009 Folksam launched a project focusing on the energy industry to help lead the way toward a sustainable society. more[...] login_required

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Being an Avatar for a Sustainable World

Carina Lundberg Markow, Folksam
Folksam

Climate change has become by far the most important environmental issue and will take an increasingly prominent position within the policy discussions in Sweden, the European Union, and the rest of the world in the coming years and decades. more[...]

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