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Courses: Introduction to Sustainability Management

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Transformers: Age of Development

Marina Ee, Shakalin Energy
Natalia Gonchar, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
Sakhalin Energy

When the new global strategy Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was introduced to the world in 2015, it quickly became clear to the business community that the time for tacit support was over: Companies are expected to play a significant role in meeting and advancing the Fab 17 – the 17 SDGs. They now face a choice: Either they can sail along or show courage and join efforts with other players to end poverty, protect the planet, and drive peace and prosperity for all. more[...]

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Min Si, Thu

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"Sustainable Practice Means Preserving, Creating and Increasing Values“

Hochtief

Interview with Nikolaus Graf von Matuschka, who is Member of the Executive Board and Labor Director at HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft and also in charge of Corporate Responsibility. more[...]

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Krouskos, Steve

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Helping Entrepreneurs Accelerate Progress Toward the SDGs

Steve Krouskos
Ernst & Young

At EY, we believe everyone should be able to contribute toward and share in the benefits of economic growth. With billions of people still living without affordable access to essential goods and services, that may feel a long way from reality. We are proud to be working with a new breed of impact investors and entrepreneurs who are making it their business to tackle this inequality, driving inclusive growth by generating better answers to some of society’s toughest challenges. When these businesses work better, the world works better, which is why helping to accelerate their growth and impact is a vital part of fulfilling our purpose of building a better working world. more[...]

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Six Ambitions Based on the UN’s SDGs and Included in our Strategic Program

EDF Group

In 2016, we decided on six corporate responsibility goals. They mark out the path we have set for ourselves to achieve our CAP 2030 strategy and take into account the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) laid down by the United Nations. Although the SDGs are not aimed directly at companies, we firmly believe that these goals cannot be met without the active contribution of business organizations. We fully embrace the global approach of the SDGs, while remaining aware that we are but one of the many actors in this movement. more[...]

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Madsen, Heather Louise

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Starting Ventures

Courtney Lee Hagewood
David Moeller
BASF SE

We want to contribute to a world that offers a sustainable future with a better quality of life for all and have anchored this in our corporate purpose: “We create chemistry for a sustainable future.” Innovations from the chemical industry play a key role, as they provide decisive contributions to a sustainable future with a growing world population. With our corporate program Starting Ventures, we want to empower people whose basic needs have not been met to help them improve their income potential and quality of life. We thereby contribute toward achieving the broader development goals of the United Nations. more[...]

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AIA's Approach to Corporate Responsibility: Embedding the SDGs

Pakis Papademetriou, Athens International Airport
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos

With a corporate goal to create sustainable value to all stakeholders by offering value-for-money services, AIA has implemented a successful development strategy in both its aeronautical and non-aeronautical sectors. With AIA’s operational success being based on stakeholder cooperation, the company operates in a socially and environmentally responsible way, providing stakeholders with an operating and working environment that meets the increasing demands regarding quality, safety, and security issues. more[...]

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Enlightening Entrepeneurship

Julio Eisman
Acciona

Created in 2008, the ACCIONA Microenergia Foundation has mainly focused on providing electricity to 11,500 households in isolated rural communities in Mexico and Peru that have no prospect of being served by the conventional distribution grid. It does this by arranging economically sustainable programs centered around “social microenterprises” that use solar home systems to provide a basic electricity supply that is affordable for very-low-income users. Under the social microenterprise approach, users receive electricity from a solar home system, making it affordable in relation to their incomes. more[...]

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Checkliste zur Verbesserung der Einhaltung von Menschenrechten

Diese Checkliste konzentriert sich darauf, wie Menschenrechte im betrieblichen Umfeld gewahrt werden können. more[...]

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Overcoming Barriers to Address Energy Poverty

SkyPower

Today, approximately 1.2 billion people in the world lack access to electricity. A further 1 billion people are connected to the grid but suffer from unreliable electricity levels. With a mission of bringing power to the energy poor, SkyPower is focused on the development of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects to provide green, clean, and affordable electricity to developing and emerging nations around the world. more[...]

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Wie erstelle ich ein Umweltmanagement-System?

Checklisten-Serie, wie Unternehmen Lücken in ihren Nachhaltigkeitsprogrammen finden und schließen können. Dieses Mal geht es um die Verbesserung von Umweltprogrammen. more[...]

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Wie erstelle ich eine Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie?

Dieser Beitrag beleuchtet eine Checkliste für Nachhaltigkeits-Programme. Im ersten Teil dieser Serie geht es um das Aufstellen einer generellen Strategie. more[...]

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