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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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Aspire to Be ‘CEO for One Month’

Lilian Furrer
Adecco Group

Accessing the world of work and finding a pathway to fulfill their personal potential is a major challenge for anyone out of – and seeking – work. This is especially so for the 73 million youths under the age of 25, fueling fears of a ‘jobless generation.’ Skills mismatch and a lack of experience, even among the most highly educated, can almost be perceived as a discriminatory barrier to employment, which is central to Global Compact Principle 6. It dashes dreams, wastes human capital, and damages productivity. The Adecco Group – the world’s leading provider of HR solutions – has not stood by idly. more[...]

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Standards und Audits

Für Unternehmen ist es essentiell, über funktionierende Lieferanten zu verfügen, um auf dem internationalen Markt bestehen zu können. Auch wenn ein Unternehmen nicht die Fabriken besitzt, in denen die jeweiligen Produkte hergestellt werden, so hat es doch die Verantwortung, dass in der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette menschenwürdige Arbeitsbedingungen herrschen. Neben regulären Qualitätsüberprüfungen werden so genannte Sozialaudits immer wichtiger, um Transparenz im Bereich Arbeits- und Menschenrechte in der Lieferkette herzustellen. Audits müssen als Teil der Unternehmensstrategie angesehen werden und deren Durchführung vertraglich mit den Lieferanten geregelt sein. more[...]

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Saying “Yes” Together to Fight Unemployment

Lilian Furrer
Adecco Group

In 2012, the French economy had been stagnant for close to five years. The country’s economic and social position was severe, from the decline of industry and the state of public finances to the number one concern of the French people: unemployment, which was at a 15-year high. Adecco, the leading provider of HR solutions globally and in France, was determined to tackle the problem head on, by launching a three-year job-creation initiative: “La Chaîne du OUI.” The aim? To create 270,000 sustainable new jobs, motivating clients, our employees and other organizations across France to step up to the challenge. more[...]

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Brand Distinction Through Strategic Philanthropy

Anne Wall, Marketing Navigators Inc

Build brand distinction through strategic philanthropy. Through this article, find out how focused brand philanthropy can benefit your business and society. You will learn new ways to use corporate contributions to connect emotionally with stakeholders. At the same time, your corporate giving will help people in need. more[...] login_required

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Mozambique Irrigation Project to help achieve UN MDGs

Mitsui & Co.

In cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mitsui is donating a solar power-operated pumping facility for irrigation water to a local farming community in Mozambique, Africa. In 2010, a partnership agreement to build an irrigation system was signed between Mitsui and UNDP, with the project currently at the construction phase. more[...] login_required

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Spotlight: Strategic Philanthropy

We are witnessing an exciting global movement whereby philanthropists from both developed and emerging economies are using targeted and innovative approaches to address sustainable development. Today, strategic philanthropists are responsible for stimulating entrepreneurship and small business development in developing countries. These philanthropists are increasingly recognizing the importance of adopting a more business-like approach to philanthropy to maximize social and environmental returns of their philanthropic investments. more[...]

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Philanthropic Societies Around the World - Overview

Karen Rieckmann

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Moore, Charles

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From Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy to Shared Value

Kyle Peterson, FSG

FSG, the nonprofit consulting firm which I help lead, has witnessed an amazing evolution in corporate philanthropy during the last 10 years. We have witnessed the unprecedented examination and gradual repurposing of corporate philanthropy. For anyone who cares about solving social problems, it has never been a better time to be part of the private sector. more[...] login_required

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Self-Assessment on Human Rights

Joël Tronchon, Groupe SEB
SEB Groupe

Having become a participant of the UN Global Compact in 2003, Groupe SEB is committed to respecting the Ten Principles of the agreement. For the Group, which has a presence in several continents, including Asia, it was necessary to find a tool capable of transforming this commitment in principle into a concrete reality. This would enable an evaluation of the manner in which these Principles were taken into account locally in each of the Group’s subsidiaries. Accordingly, in 2007 the Group adopted the HRCA Quick Check (Human Rights Compliance Assessment) – a self-assessment tool developed by the Danish Institute for Human Rights and supported by the United Nations. more[...]

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Nestle: Partnership between Nestlé and the Danish Insititute for Human Rights

Christian Frutiger, Nestlé SA
Allan Lerberg Jørgensen, The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Nestlé S.A.

In 2010, Nestlé entered into a two-year partnership with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The purpose of this collaboration is to ensure that the company’s responsibility to respect human rights is understood and implemented within Nestlé’s global operations, and that the learning from this work can encourage other companies to follow. more[...] login_required

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Partnership between Nestle and the Danish Institute for Human Rights

Christian Frutiger, Nestlé SA

In 2010, Nestlé entered into a two-year partnership with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The purpose of this collaboration is to ensure that the company’s responsibility to respect human rights is understood and implemented within Nestlé’s global operations, and that the learning from this work can encourage other companies to follow. more[...]

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Amy K. Lehr's Blog

Amy K. Lehr, Foley Hoag

Amy Lehr is part of Foley Hoag’s unique corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice. In this role, she provides advice to major multinational corporations on best practices with regard to human rights, labor rights, and indigenous rights issues, as well as on stakeholder relations with local communities, host governments, security providers, and non-governmental organizations. Working with clients in a broad range of industry sectors, she provides advice on managing both the challenges and the opportunities of globalization, as well as on risk management issues, particularly those deriving from the Alien Tort Statute in the US. She also carries out human rights impact assessments and other forms of due diligence for clients. more[...] login_required

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Amol Mehra's Blog

Esq. Amol Mehra, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable

Amol Mehra is an international human rights lawyer focusing on corporate accountability for human rights violations and corporate social responsibility. He has developed an extensive background on business and human rights issues, including at the United Nations where he has worked to build accountability over private security companies and offered submissions to the mandate of the Special Representative on Transnational Corporations. Amol received his Juris Doctorate Degree with an Honors Certificate in International and Comparative Law from the University of San Francisco School of Law, and also holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a concentration in Global Strategic Management and the Social Context of Business from McGill University. In addition to his work at ICAR, Amol is a Board Member of Human Rights Advocates, a Coordinating Member and Thematic Specialist for Amnesty International USA, and writes for Forbes.com CSR site. Amol also serves as an Advisory Board Member of Lawyers for Better Business (L4BB) and an Advisory Member for SumOfUs. more[...] login_required

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