The Sustainability Learning Forum

Sustainability Management

Sustainability management is a concept that optimizes the processes of an organization to help them act in a sustainable manner. It is an integrated system that deals with the major challenges of sustainability: sustainable development of the organization through an integrative way regarding social, environmental, and economic aspects of their activities. It covers all fields of impact of an organization. Running a sustainable business can be easily realized with a good sustainability management concept. In the end, it benefits present and future societies and helps maintain a high-quality level of life on our planet. more[...]

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Zerinius, Axel

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Hasenfuss, Frank

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Stimulating Sustainable Biofuels

Nathalie Simmenauer, Air France
Inka Pieter, KLM
AIR FRANCE KLM

As an airline group with an extensive network, Air France - KLM connects people, economies, and cultures. It has the ambition to reduce its CO2 emissions by 20 percent through 2020 in comparison to 2011 (tons / km). To find alternatives to fossil oil, the group believes innovation and partnerships within its value chain will trigger new solutions. Using this approach, Air France and KLM are committed to developing a market for sustainable biofuels. more[...]

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Requirements along the Supply Chain

Bernhard Schwager
Axel Zerinius
Bosch Group

To strike a balance between economic, social, and ecological interests, Bosch must take its entire value-added chain into account. This is why the global provider of technology and services actively involves its suppliers in its sustainability activities, both in regulatory and operational terms. Together with its suppliers, the company aims for continuous improvement. more[...]

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Social Compliance As an Essential Component of Integrated Reporting

Kenan Tur, Business Keeper
Business Keeper AG

Corporate reporting is going through a fundamental change. It has been a common practice for responsible market participants to publish a sustainability report or corporate responsibility report in addition to the annual report in order to provide stakeholders with potentially relevant information. But trends from politics, economics, and society are currently leading to a changing in the reporting landscape. more[...]

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Breaking Barriers in Gender, Health, and the Environment Through Synergy

Manila Doctors Hospital

Manila Doctors Hospital (MDH) is the first and only private hospital in the Philippines to ever commit to and publicly declare a “social vision.” Since then, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become deeply embedded in the corporate culture of MDH. It is a conscious effort that we align our CSR programs with both the international and national commitments for human development. In combining applicability, sustainability, and replicability in CSR program implementation, MDH is now creating a path toward program sustainability, which thrives on synergy. more[...]

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Projects

Juan Ramón Silva Ferrada, Acciona
Acciona

The Social Impact Management methodology aims to integrate Social Impact Management into all levels of the process of identifying opportunities as well as bidding on and executing projects at ACCIONA, with a proactive focus on a commitment to the communities in which it operates. more[...]

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Anti-Competitive Practices

Editorial Team

Unfair competition encapsulates conduct by businesses which amount to gaining an unfair advantage over their competitors, or unfairly preventing other businesses from trading successfully. more[...] login_required

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Competing fairly – An introduction to the laws on anti-competitive behaviour

Competing fairly is one of a series of quick guides designed to inform businesses about how the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) applies competition law in the UK. more[...] login_required

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Combating Anti-competitive Practices – A Guide for Developing Economy Exporters

Editorial Team

Study dealing with anti-competitive practices and the measures that can be taken to address them more[...] login_required

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A Purpose Beyond Profit

Sayga Investment Company Limited
Shimaa Abdelfadeel, Sayga

Since its founding in 1996, Sayga has fundamentally changed the landscape of the milling and baking industry in Sudan. It has transformed a sector that relied on hand-ground, low-quality wheat imported in limited quantities into a revolutionized arena led by a responsible business committed to creating shared value for all its stakeholders. Along with producing healthy, affordable, and accessible staple foods, this approach has resulted in an improved quality of life for industry workers and consumers, and solidified Sayga’s position as a leader in the baking industry. more[...]

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Harnessing the Power of Social Enterprise

SK Telecom

Social enterprises are organizations that apply commercial strategies toward resolving societal issues with sustainable business models. This new group of change agents can provide a meaningful alternative to existing approaches for achieving inclusive growth and sustainable development. Social enterprise – with the appropriate support based on effective policies and cross-sectoral collaboration – can further contribute toward addressing many of the complex social issues that we face. more[...]

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Lhopitallier, Laurent

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Campos-Rocha, Tatiana

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