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The Private Sector Solutions (Interview Film With Claus Stig Pedersen)

Lisbet Bræmer-Jensen, Grundfos & ‘Act NOW‘

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Corporate Social Responsibility in China: Outlook and Challenges

Dr. Susan Scarlata, Weber Shandwick & Others

I spent the last two years in Hong Kong where I consulted on Corporate Social Responsibility communications projects for various organizations in Hong Kong and mainland China. What is the current state of Corporate Responsibility there? The short answer is that Chinese companies realize they have greater responsibilities as their presence on the global playing field grows. Leaders of Chinese companies and officials of the People’s Republic of China are aware of the need to expand their corporate responsibility efforts. more[...]

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A Chinese Farm in Africa

Lila Buckley, International Institute for Environment and Development

Chen promotes new agricultural techniques in China, but he dreams of farming in Senegal. Not because he is a cog in a neo-colonial machine driven by a Beijing masterplan to take over Africa, but because he wants to share his skills and do something meaningful. more[...] login_required

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Migration and Global Environmental Change - Future Challenges and Opportunities

Editorial Team

This report considers migration in the context of environmental change over the next 50 years. The scope of this report is international: it examines global migration trends, but also internal migration trends particularly within low-income countries, which are often more important in this context. more[...] login_required

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Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance - Global Financial Development Report 2013

World Bank

The worldwide financial crisis brought into relief the role of financial systems in economic development and poverty reduction. The World Bank’s first-ever Global Financial Development Report contributes to the policy debates on this topic, building on new datasets, surveys, research and country experience, emphasizing the perspective of low- and middle-income countries. The report re-examines a basic question highlighted by the crisis: what is the proper role of the state in financial development? more[...] login_required

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Upgrading slums in Brazil - where more can be done more efficiently

Over the past decade, Brazil has made important progress in legitimizing illegal settlements in big cities. However, according to a new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Cities Alliance, the Ministry of Cities, and the Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF), the technical capabilities of Brazilian municipal governments need to be strengthened if improvements are to be integrated into housing and urban policies that can be implemented in the city as a whole. more[...] login_required

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Let’s act in Rio

Lisbet Bræmer-Jensen, Grundfos & ‘Act NOW‘

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Pussy Riot and Russia's surreal 'justice'

Rachel Denber, Human Rights Watch

What this case said about the state of the rule of law and freedom of expression in Russia was disturbing – as was what the judge said about the role she believed feminism played in the case. more[...] login_required

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Urriola Herrera, Lilines

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WBCSD and IFC announce cooperation towards low carbon growth in Indian cement sector

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Recapping Rio+20 - Highlights and takeaways for business leaders

Deloitte

In June, several senior leaders and practitioners from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and its member firms attended Rio+20 (formally called the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development), the UN Global Compact's Corporate Sustainability Forum, Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012's Business Day, and various side meetings for business and civil society. more[...] login_required

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Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accepted the full set of outcomes from the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum, including a listing of more than 200 business commitments. The Forum brought together 2,700 business leaders, investors, academics, government officials, environmentalists, and grassroots activists. more[...] login_required

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Maurice F. Strong

Experience has demonstrated that those countries that have been most successful in improving their environments are those, like Japan, that have been most efficient in managing their economies and reducing the energy, resources, and materials used to generate their GDPs. Rio+20 must provide for special measures to assist developing countries in the efficiency of their economies. more[...] login_required

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Achim Steiner

Achim Steiner, UNEP

Rio+20 – as the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development has come to be known – provides an unprecedented opportunity for the world to transform the current economic paradigm into one that enhances human well-being while respecting planetary boundaries and environmental limits. This will require changes in the way we perceive progress, make financial decisions, and do business in order to ensure that social and environmental considerations are fully integrated into decision-making. As the driving forces of economic growth, business and industry will have a leading role to play. more[...] login_required

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Georg Kell

Georg Kell, United Nations Global Compact

Never before in recent history has there been such widespread uncertainty about the future. Major developments are shaping our world, raising important questions about the proper role of business and the legitimacy of markets. more[...] login_required

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