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CSR - Social Responsibility in International Dialogue

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With the National CSR Action Plan, the German government adopted a broad range of measures to take effect at the national and international level and is now implementing them. At the two-day conference, this Action Plan will be presented to an international audience and the introduction of the concept “CSR - made in Germany“ will underline the high level of social and environmental standards of internationally operating German companies. more[...] login_required

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European UN Global Compact Conference 2012

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The aim of the conference The Green Economy; Business Contribution to Securing Sustainability was to demonstrate how businesses can put theory in to practise. The Dutch Global Compact network and German Global Compact network consider the conference to be a true success. This succes was even more important for the Dutch network as is marked its first lustrum conference, after its founding in 2007. As such we would like to thank you for your contribution to this success and hope that you can put the results of the conference into practise in your daily operations. more[...] login_required

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5th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility

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The series of CSR-Conferences has established itself as the world's premier international forum for exploring the global themes of corporate social responsibility in all its manifold dimensions. Every two years since 2004, leading academics, executives, policymakers, and representatives from civil society organizations from around the world have been meeting in Berlin to debate key questions from a diverse range of cultural perspectives and professional viewpoints. more[...] login_required

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Responsible Business Is the Key – The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Arab Economies

Walid Nagi, UN Global Compact
Habiba Al Marashi, Emirates Environmental Group (EEG)

In this interview, Habiba Al Marashi, Chair of the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) and Board Member of the UN Global Compact, and Walid Nagi, Manager CSR and Corporate Communications at the Al-Mansour Holding and UNGC Regional Networks Manager MENA and Europe, talk about the drastic social changes, the examples companies can provide, and the importance of the business sector for sustainable development in the MENA region. more[...]

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Responsible Business Is the Key – The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Arab Economies

Walid Nagi, UN Global Compact
Habiba Al Marashi, Emirates Environmental Group (EEG)

In this interview, Habiba Al Marashi, Chair of the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) and Board Member of the UN Global Compact, and Walid Nagi, Manager CSR and Corporate Communications at the Al-Mansour Holding and UNGC Regional Networks Manager MENA and Europe, talk about the drastic social changes, the examples companies can provide, and the importance of the business sector for sustainable development in the MENA region. more[...]

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Stausberg, Matthias

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Institutionalizing Global Governance – The Role of the United Nations Global Compact

Prof. Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business School
Prof Dirk Ulrich Gilbert, University of Hamburg

The United Nations Global Compact – which is a Global Public Policy Network advocating ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, environmental protection, and anti-corruption – has turned into the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative. Although the Global Compact is often characterized as a promising way to address global governance gaps, it remains largely unclear why this is the case. Andreas Rasche and Dirk Ulrich Gilbert discusses to what extent the initiative represents an institutional solution to exercise global governance. more[...]

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What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?

What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? This video clip tries to give competent but also entertaining answers to this question. The video is part of series "in a little green bag" at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. more[...]

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Global Compact Launches Web Platform to Mobilize Business for Rio+20

New York, NY – January 23, 2012 – The UN Global Compact today launched a new website – compact4rio.org – in support of the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation & Collaboration for the Future We Want, to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 15-18 June 2012. Organized by the Global Compact in cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil, the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum aims to strengthen the business contribution to sustainable development globally – seeking to bring greater scale to responsible business practices, to advance and diffuse sustainable innovation, and to stimulate broader collaboration between companies, governments, civil society and the UN. more[...]

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Shared Value- Future of Green - Mark Kramer

During this audio interview Kramer discusses the challenges of coordinating corporate social responsibility projects with corporations, and how the success of the cell phone industry in emerging (third world) markets has enabled low-income users to participate and provide feedback, thereby allowing CSR to thrive. more[...]

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Davos Annual Meeting 2009 - The Global Compact and the Corporate Citizen

The Global Compact: Creating Sustainable Markets The UN Global Compact was launched at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 1999 and put forth the powerful idea that corporate engagement on global issues benefits both business and society over the long run. more[...]

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United Nations Global Compact Annual Review – Anniversary Edition

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Takes stock of the efforts undertaken by business participants and other key stakeholders to advance the ten principles and development, as well as peace, responsible investment, business education and broader UN-business collaboration. Findings from the annual Global Compact Implementation Survey, completed by over 1,000 companies from 100 countries, are featured throughout. Special focus is given to the 10th anniversary of the Global Compact. more[...] login_required

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Succeed or Sink: Business sustainability under globalisation

Prof. Chris Rowley, Citiy University London - Cass Business School

Aimed at business strategists, policy makers, researchers and adult learners, this book has an Asian perspective on business sustainability and is about understanding how recent developments and future actions in one part of the world will have a global impact. The book magnifies the concept of so-called ‘globalisation’ and examines the topic of business sustainability from a broad and integrated approach to business: encapsulating people, prosperity and the planet. Furthermore, it acknowledges the contributions, challenges and potential of not only the big corporate houses, but also the smaller ones, in this situation. Chapters discuss the benefits organisations can attain with better governance, and social and environmental practices are also analysed. more[...] login_required

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Environment Management Report. Focus on sustainability and its implications for CSR

Peter Laerke-Engelschmidt

This book explores what sustainability means, and especially what it means for business. It looks at the tools, techniques, standards and methodologies needed for sustainability and helps you to discover which are most appropriate for your organization and how you would implement them. The report also offers support in the preparation of a business case for moving towards sustainability. This book is not just written for experts, but aims to clarify and communicate the issues of sustainability and provide an invaluable tool for all managers. more[...] login_required

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Good Governance: A risk-based management systems approach to internal control

David Smith, iMS Risk Solutions

This guide shows how organizations can identify and manage their risks for good governance. Since the publication of PD 6668:2000, Managing Risk for Corporate Governance , upon which this book is based, there is a greater appreciation of the importance of risk management in organizations and society at large. more[...] login_required

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