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Investing in the Community

Jorge Sturla
Central Romana Corporation

Moving forward with firm steps toward its commitments on corporate social responsibility, Central Romana Corporation, Ltd., has concluded its work of reorganizing and improving Batey Cacata, one of many agricultural communities in the Dominican Republic that harvests sugarcane. These measures involved an investment of more than $5 million and are part of a model pilot program that will be extended to all the bateys within the agricultural division of the company. more[...]

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CCC's Commitment to Sustainable Development

Lila Angelopoulou
Dimitra Ntalachani, CCC
Consolidated Contractors Company

We recognize that CCC’s long-term success is directly linked with the existence of a prosperous global society and a greener environment. Therefore, we are committed to understanding how our growth can better interact with the welfare and development of the communities, ecologies, and economies in which we operate. We aim to increasingly embed the principles of sustainable development into our business. We go about this by incorporating sustainability values into strategic planning, training, and stakeholder engagement as well as by intensifying the implementation of sustainability measures. more[...]

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Sustainable Networks

Bernhard Schwager
Bosch Group

In a digitized environment, people, objects, and machines are connected to one another. These networks also open up new areas of application that promote sustainability. They make household appliances and vehicles more efficient, and make it easier to use renewable sources of energy reliably. Bosch is making an active contribution to shaping this development with innovative solutions in all of its business sectors. These allow value creation while at the same time conserving natural resources. more[...]

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Hagewood, Courtney Lee

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Moeller, David

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A Bank of the Territory for the Territory

Mara Simonini
Banca Popolare di Sondrio

Banca Popolare di Sondrio was founded in Sondrio in 1871 and was one of the first Italian banks inspired by the popular cooperative banking movement. Thanks to the gradual extension of its activities and territorial presence, over the years the bank has taken on a supra-regional dimension, with extensive operational abilities throughout Italy, while maintaining a strong link with its area of origin. more[...]

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van Basshuysen, Hannah

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Lotze, Jasmin

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Audi's Contribution to Integrating Refugees

Jasmin Lotze
Hannah van Basshuysen, AUDI
Audi AG

In response to the refugee crisis in Europe, AUDI AG provided €1 million in September 2015 to offer immediate support for projects at the production sites in Brussels, Gyor, Ingolstadt, and Neckarsulm. The initial focus was to provide immediate help to the many people coming to Europe at the time. To open up new opportunities for refugees in Germany, aid projects today focus primarily on speech acquisition, professional training, and cultural integration. 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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The Armacell PET Story – Turning Bottles Into Green Foam

Judith Altenau
Armacell Enterprise GmbH

The UN climate conference in Paris marked a turning point in global climate and energy policy: For the first time, all 195 member states of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change committed themselves to protecting the climate and agreed to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius. In order to build a low-carbon economy by 2050, the European Union aims to progressively reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent compared to 1990. more[...]

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Sustainability: Value beyond Costs

Alcantara S.p.A.

The registered trademark Alcantara® is the result of the unique and proprietary technology of Alcantara S.p.A., founded in 1972. Alcantara is a highly innovative material applied in various fields: fashion and accessories, automotive, interior design and home décor, as well as consumer electronics. Since the very beginning, the approach of Alcantara to sustainability has been “value beyond costs.” 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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Forging a Generation of Responsible Leaders

Lilian Furrer
Adecco Group

The Adecco Group’s 'CEO for One Month' enables young people from across the globe to experience the responsibilities, challenges, and excitement of helping to lead a major multinational business for one month. More than simply an opportunity to gain valuable experience, it aims to forge a generation of responsible leaders imbued with the values that underpin the UN Global Compact Principles. more[...]

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