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How Geopolitical Change Alters Social and Environmental Standards
Prof. Dr. Josef Wieland, University of Applied Sciences, KonstanzWith the design of the ISO 26000 norm, the ISO picked up suggestions proposed by their own consumer organizations pertaining to social responsibility in companies operating in global markets. In June 2002, the consumer policy committee met to discuss this subject. In the run-up to this meeting, a report entitled The Desirability and Feasibility of ISO CSR Standards was created. The first ISO meeting was held in 2004 in Sweden and determined that the standard would not be a corporate social responsibility (CSR) but an SR standard. more[...]
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The long history of cooperation between ISO and the UN
Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)Interview with Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze. He was Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) from March 2002 until March 2011. more[...]
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The Power of Voluntarism
Dr. Elmer LenzenIn today’s corporate responsibility debate, so-called soft laws are omnipresent. They seem to be the best solution to combine a maximum of social responsibility with a minimum of public interference. Their rise is closely connected with the age of globalization. more[...]
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A New Era of Sustainability - UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study 2010
The Accenture Institute for High PerformanceProvides an overview of CEO perspectives on progress to date, challenges ahead and the journey towards a sustainable economy. The report is based on an extensive study of nearly 1,000 Global Compact CEOs. (UNGC/Accenture, 2010) more[...]
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Two Years Applying the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review
John Finisdore, World Resources InstituteThe decline in nature’s ability to provide ecosystem services – the benefits humans derive from ecosystems – can present material risks and opportunities to business. However, managers have only just begun integrating considerations of ecosystem services into corporate decision-making processes. One resource has been the Corporate Ecosystem Services Review (ESR), a set of guidelines that has helped managers improve both corporate performance and the environment. more[...]
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Access to Basic Services in Casablanca Shantytowns
Jean Pierre Ermenault, GDF Suez
EngieSUEZ Environment and its subsidiaries are committed to the daily challenge of protecting resources and ecosystems. The company provides innovative solutions to millions of people and industries in the drinking water, wastewater treatment, and waste management fields. This case study shows how LYDEC provides access to energy, water, and sewage to households in Greater Casablanca. more[...]
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Access to Basic Services in Casablanca Shantytowns
Jean Pierre Ermenault, GDF SuezSUEZ Environment and its subsidiaries are committed to the daily challenge of protecting resources and ecosystems. The company provides innovative solutions to millions of people and industries in the drinking water, wastewater treatment, and waste management fields. This case study shows how LYDEC provides access to energy, water, and sewage to households in Greater Casablanca. more[...]
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Life Is Good When We Are Healthy!
Editorial TeamConstruction of green solid dosage forms (tablets/capsules) factory in Sofia, Bulgaria. The factory project won a first class investor award. The plant is a new generation building, combining high quality criteria for energy efficiency (photo-voltage, gas etc.), corresponding to new environmental directives for construction. Replacement of organic solvents with water is just one of the projects ecological advantages. more[...]
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Life Is Good When We Are Healthy!
Pelagia Viatcheva, SopharmaProject name: Construction of green solid dosage forms (tablets/capsules) factory in Sofia, Bulgaria. The factory project won a first class investor award. The plant is a new generation building, combining high quality criteria for energy efficiency (photo-voltage, gas etc.), corresponding to new environmental directives for construction. Replacement of organic solvents with water is just one of the projects ecological advantages. more[...]
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The Future of Cities
Wolfram Haller, Siemens
SiemensToday more than half the world’s population lives in cities, which emit 80 percent of all greenhouse gases and use 75 percent of energy – figures rising. It is thus with the cities that we must start if we want to manage population growth, increasing energy demand and climate change. Many solutions are already available, including environmentally compatible energy supply, highly efficient building, transportation and water supply systems and affordable financial models. These improve climate protection, increase the security of supply, enhance the quality of life and reduce costs. For world wide success, however, cooperation on a global basis is needed, for example in United Nations programs. more[...]
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