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UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

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Women's Empowerment Principles - Equality Means Business

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

The Women's Empowerment Principles are a set of Principles for business offering guidance on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. They are the result of a collaboration between the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, part of UN Women) and the United Nations Global Compact. The development of the Principles included an international multi-stakeholder consultation process, which was launched in March 2009. more[...] login_required

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Innovating for a Brighter Future: The Role of Business in Achieving the MDGs

Dalberg Global Development Advisors

Assesses the contribution that the private sector has made to UN development goals, including progress made since 2000. The report identifies the most significant and scalable trends. (Source: UN Global compact) more[...] login_required

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The United Nations Office for Partnerships

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Coming of Age: UN-Private Sector Collaboration Since 2000

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Collaboration between the United Nations and the private sector has become ingrained in the way the United Nations and its Agencies, Funds and Programmes function; but it was not always this way. The report charts the evolution of UN-business engagement since 2000. Source: UN Global Compact more[...] login_required

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Caring by Nature

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Océ has a long history of environmental awareness. The company was founded in 1877 in the south of the Netherlands by a chemist called Lodewijk van der Grinten, who invented a completely natural coloring agent for margarine so that everyone, not just the well-off, could enjoy something healthy and appetizing on their bread. Earlier that same year, Mr. van der Grinten had investigated the quality of drinking water at the pumps in the town where he lived and the quality of the flour used by local bakers for the local health authority. These innovative practices have been handed down throughout the history of Océ: This commitment to environmental and social responsibility that the Océ founding fathers demonstrated in the mid-19th century is just as strong today. more[...] login_required

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Caring by Nature

Sandra David, Océ
Océ

Océ is focused on creating value for all stakeholders by realizing profitable, sustainable growth. The Océ strategy aims to optimize business processes, strengthen its product portfolio, and boost distribution power. Sustainability underpins these strategic aims. A strong performance in sustainability contributes to efficiency, stronger product propositions, and provides a powerful market image. It is no coincidence that Océ embraced sustainability as part of its core proposition decades ago. more[...]

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Institutionalizing Global Governance – The Role of the United Nations Global Compact

Prof. Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business School
Prof Dirk Ulrich Gilbert, University of Hamburg

The United Nations Global Compact – which is a Global Public Policy Network advocating ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, environmental protection, and anti-corruption – has turned into the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative. Although the Global Compact is often characterized as a promising way to address global governance gaps, it remains largely unclear why this is the case. Andreas Rasche and Dirk Ulrich Gilbert discusses to what extent the initiative represents an institutional solution to exercise global governance. more[...]

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Environment Management Report. Focus on sustainability and its implications for CSR

Peter Laerke-Engelschmidt

This book explores what sustainability means, and especially what it means for business. It looks at the tools, techniques, standards and methodologies needed for sustainability and helps you to discover which are most appropriate for your organization and how you would implement them. The report also offers support in the preparation of a business case for moving towards sustainability. This book is not just written for experts, but aims to clarify and communicate the issues of sustainability and provide an invaluable tool for all managers. more[...] login_required

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Design for Sustainable Change: How Design and Designers Can Drive the Sustainability Agenda

Prof. Anne Chick, Lincoln University

Sustainability is an increasingly vital subject for all kinds of designers. Whether you are involved in industrial design, graphic design or architecture, Design for Sustainable Change clearly explains the key theories and debates surrounding sustainability to allow you to adapt and integrate them into your own working practices. more[...] login_required

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Global Compact International Yearbook 2011

Dr. Elmer Lenzen

Over the last several years, the United Nations has become a trailblazer in promoting corporate responsibility. “In the 11 years since its launch, the United Nations Global Compact has been at the forefront of the UN’s effort to make the private sector a critical actor in advancing sustainability,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in the 2011 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook. more[...] login_required

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Global Compact International Yearbook 2010

Dr. Elmer Lenzen

A profound retrospective of the first decade of the UN Global Compact, challenges in the light of the year of biodiversity, and instruments for an adequate Corporate Citizenship are some of the issues highlighted in the new 2010 edition of the “Global Compact International Yearbook”. Among this years prominent authors are Ban Ki-moon, Bill Clinton, Joschka Fischer and Achim Steiner. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “As the Global Compact enters its second decade, it is my hope that this Yearbook will be an inspiration to bring responsible business to true scale.” Formally presented during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York, the yearbook is now for sale. more[...] login_required

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