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Petrobras Development & Citizenship Program

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The Petrobras Development & Citizenship Program brings together the company’s principal investments in social projects in Brazil. Designed to have a long-term vision, the program is aligned with the company’s Social Responsibility Policy and has the same time horizon as the Petrobras Business Plan. The program invests in social projects that contribute to promoting development with equal opportunities and harnessing local potential. more[...]

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Petrobras Development & Citizenship Program

Petrobras

The Petrobras Development & Citizenship Program brings together the company’s principal investments in social projects in Brazil. Designed to have a long-term vision, the program is aligned with the company’s Social Responsibility Policy and has the same time horizon as the Petrobras Business Plan. The program invests in social projects that contribute to promoting development with equal opportunities and harnessing local potential. more[...]

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Climate Change Adaptation

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The development of the EDF Group adaptation strategy started from the premise that the Earth’s climate is changing. The full range of impacts may not yet be fully understood, but the climatic evolution has started and mitigation measures will be, in the short term at least, insufficient to stop it. EDF Group devised an adaptation strategy that focuses on the principal challenges that lie ahead up to 2100. We assumed a range of plausible long-term climate and economic scenarios to create a description of the likely effects on natural systems and processes. more[...] login_required

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Factory of the Future – The Otto Grameen Textile Company

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Over two million people work in the textile industry in Bangladesh, with women accounting for 80 percent of the workforce in clothing factories. The clothing industry is one of the region’s key employers and plays an important role as a source of income for the poorest strata of society. These people need the jobs, yet all too often they have to work in textile factories under poor safety conditions for wages that do not even cover their basic needs. more[...] login_required

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Factory of the Future – The Otto Grameen Textile Company

Andreas Streubig, Otto Group
Otto Group

Over two million people work in the textile industry in Bangladesh, with women accounting for 80 percent of the workforce in clothing factories. The clothing industry is one of the region’s key employers and plays an important role as a source of income for the poorest strata of society. These people need the jobs, yet all too often they have to work in textile factories under poor safety conditions for wages that do not even cover their basic needs. more[...]

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Climate Change Adaptation

EDF Group

The development of the EDF Group adaptation strategy started from the premise that the Earth’s climate is changing. The full range of impacts may not yet be fully understood, but the climatic evolution has started and mitigation measures will be, in the short term at least, insufficient to stop it. EDF Group devised an adaptation strategy that focuses on the principal challenges that lie ahead up to 2100. We assumed a range of plausible long-term climate and economic scenarios to create a description of the likely effects on natural systems and processes. more[...]

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Solar Impulse and Deutsche Bank – Inventing the Future

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With the Solar Impulse project, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, both natives of Switzerland, plan to achieve one of the great pioneering feats of the 21st century with the support of Deutsche Bank: the first flight around the world in a manned solar airplane. Their aim is to demonstrate the potential of regenerative energies – and revolutionize how they are used. more[...] login_required

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Solar Impulse and Deutsche Bank – Inventing the Future

Deutsche Bank AG

With the Solar Impulse project, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, both natives of Switzerland, plan to achieve one of the great pioneering feats of the 21st century with the support of Deutsche Bank: the first flight around the world in a manned solar airplane. Their aim is to demonstrate the potential of regenerative energies – and revolutionize how they are used. more[...]

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Water Stewardship at Coca-Cola Hellenic

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In long-term partnerships with NGOs, UN agencies and others, Coca-Cola Hellenic is working to conserve watersheds and raise awareness of water scarcity and other sustainability issues. more[...] login_required

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Water Stewardship at Coca-Cola Hellenic

Jens Rupp, Coca-Cola Hellenic

As populations grow and become more affluent, demand for freshwater grows. Since the world’s freshwater is finite, there is competing demand for this vital resource: for drinking water and sanitation, agriculture, industry, and maintaining ecosystems. Climate change is expected to further disrupt water availability in many areas. more[...]

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Work towards “Zero Deforestation”

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Engaged since 1997 in an approach to control the sourcing of its wood supplies, Carrefour has been working with WWF since 1998 to privilege FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) -certified wood. The Group is now stepping up these efforts to positively influence all concerned supply chains through appropriate purchasing practices in order to preserve biodiversity, to reduce associated greenhouse gas emissions, and to ensure the respect of human rights. more[...] login_required

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Lead by Example

Jeffrey Revels, TMS Group
TMS Group

The purpose of the venture between TMS and its key customers is to provide a working strategy to implement the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI). The key is a partnership in respecting human dignity, managing risk, and maximizing the opportunities in the supply chain by taking a proactive and ethical approach. more[...]

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Aid for children from the cocoa supply chain in Ghana

Charlotte Thorø Berghof, Toms Gruppen A/S
Toms Group

The recurrent focus on the issue of child labour in the cocoa bean supply chain caused Danish chocolate manufacturer, Toms, to partner with Danida and IBIS, a Danish aid NGO. This partnership has resulted in a Toms education project in Ghana, improving the quality of schooling for 15,000 children in cocoa producing areas. more[...] login_required

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Danish partnership benefits children from the cocoa supply chain in Ghana

Charlotte Thorø Berghof, Toms Gruppen A/S
Toms Group

The recurrent focus on the issue of child labour in the cocoa bean supply chain caused Danish chocolate manufacturer, Toms, to partner with Danida and IBIS, a Danish aid NGO. This partnership has resulted in a Toms education project in Ghana, improving the quality of schooling for 15,000 children in cocoa producing areas. more[...]

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FIT5 - Factory Improvement Training in China

Dagny Buehler-Thierfelder, TÜV Rheinland Holding
Sherin Lin, TÜV Rheinland Holding
TÜV Rheinland Holding

TÜV Rheinland Group in Shenzhen and CSR Asia, in collaboration with the German not-for-profit organization InWEnt gGmbH (Capacity Building International, Germany), have developed this multi-supplier training program linking productivity, quality management, CSR and the essential basic rights with respect to selected ILO standards, Chinese labor law and workplace conditions. more[...] login_required

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