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Nestle: Partnership between Nestlé and the Danish Insititute for Human Rights
Christian Frutiger, Nestlé SA
Allan Lerberg Jørgensen, The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Nestlé S.A.In 2010, Nestlé entered into a two-year partnership with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The purpose of this collaboration is to ensure that the company’s responsibility to respect human rights is understood and implemented within Nestlé’s global operations, and that the learning from this work can encourage other companies to follow. more[...]
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Partnership between Nestle and the Danish Institute for Human Rights
Christian Frutiger, Nestlé SAIn 2010, Nestlé entered into a two-year partnership with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The purpose of this collaboration is to ensure that the company’s responsibility to respect human rights is understood and implemented within Nestlé’s global operations, and that the learning from this work can encourage other companies to follow. more[...]
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Investing in a Sustainable Future
Editorial TeamThe Dansk Bank Group believes that a higher level of education and financial literacy is crucial in maintaining stable economic growth. In 2008, Danske Bank therefore established The Financial Literacy Programme (including initiatives for customers as well as non-customers from the age of 5 up to the age of 27) dedicated to improving the level of financial literacy education and therefore started with initiatives for children. more[...]
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Danske-Bank-Investing-In-A-Sustainable-Future
Charlotte Bengt Petersen, Danske Bank GroupThe importance of access to education and learning is underscored in the global human rights that form the foundation for the Principles of the UN Global Compact. Education is a key factor in strengthening an individual’s capabilities and wherewithal, and financial literacy is an essential component in that regard. At the Danske Bank Group, we also believe that financial education and ethical guidelines are the path to personal prosperity and sustainable growth in the future. That is why in 2007 we developed our Financial Literacy Programme, which consists of a number of learning activities for children and young adults from the ages of 5 to 27. more[...]
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Deutsche Post DHL - Making A Global Contribution To Education Through Partnership
Ralf Dürrwang, Deutsche Post DHLAs one of the largest logistics companies in the world and an adherent to the UN Global Compact, Deutsche Post DHL is well-aware of its solemn responsibilities toward society, including the respect for human rights. It understands that “Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights” (Principle 1 UNGC). Deutsche Post DHL considers these societal responsibilities not as a burden, but as guiding tenets that can offer opportunities while advancing its business. more[...]
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Global Core Labor Standards Are More Important Than Ever
Dr. Thomas Palley, New America FoundationFor much of the last decade, globalization was a leading issue of public policy debate, and global core labor standards (CLS) were the lead demand of critics of globalization. Now, with the world economy stuck in the deepest economic recession since the 1930s, attention to globalization and the need for labor standards has waned as people have become more concerned about jobs and economic recovery. more[...]
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Ethics and Business: Ensuring Credibility
Prof. Andreas Suchanek, Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL)"Ethics, in the form of a shared basic understanding of “right” values, such as dignity, freedom, justice, etc., are the foundation of the social market economy. Competition and legal foundations, both of which are essential for a market economy, lose their ability to function when people lose trust, and maintaining trust is always (also) a matter of the responsibility – or more generally: practiced values – of those active in the market economy." more[...]
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Do we need a new economic system?
Dr. Elmer LenzenIn 1933, representatives from 66 countries met in London to find a common solution to that era's global economic crisis. The idea: to have London send a signal for a new global financial system. The conference was a flop. On BBC Radio, economist John Maynard Keynes called it a complete yawn, and went on to say that conferences of this type usually ended in empty platitudes and ambiguous phras es. more[...]
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The Global Food System, Environmental Protection, and Human Rights
Prof. Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of LawThe global food system is exceeding ecological limits while failing to meet the nutritional needs of a large segment of the world’s population. While law could play an important role in facilitating the transition to a more just and ecologically sustainable food system, the current legal framework fails to regulate food and agriculture in an integrated manner. more[...]
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United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
United NationsThe United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) is being organized in pursuance of General Assembly Resolution 64/236 (A/RES/64/236). The Conference will take place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. It is envisaged as a Conference at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government or other representatives. The Conference will result in a focused political document. more[...]
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