• Implementing Solutions to Optimize Energy Consumption and Fight Climate Change

    Simonetta Giordani, Autostrade per l’Italia

    utostrade per l'Italia –100 percent owned by shareholder Atlantia S.p.A., which is responsible for investments and strategies in the transport and communications infrastructure and networks sector – is the leading European concessionaire for toll motorway management and  more[...]

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  • Diversity and Inclusiveness at Ernst & Young

    Sabine Moron, Ernst & Young Germany
    Karin Sahr, Ernst & Young Germany
    Ernst & Young Germany

    The 6th principle of the UN Global Compact addresses the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. At Ernst & Young, we not only believe in that goal from a moral perspective: We are convinced that Diversity and Inclusiveness (D&I) are actually a business must. That is why we do more than just look for ways to prevent or eliminate discrimination; we actively promote diversity as a value crucial to our company.  more[...]  login_required

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  • R&D driving the sustainable future of energy

    Eric Brandsma, E.ON
    E.ON AG

    The world of energy is currently facing its potentially greatest challenge since the invention of electricity. This is being fuelled by three fundamental development trends. Firstly, demand for energy is continuing to increase. The IEA estimates that there will be about a 50 percent increase in demand for primary energy worldwide by 2030. This will require massive investments in energy generation. Secondly, climate change and the real threats it involves demand unrelenting action in support of global climate protection. Thirdly, the fact that fossil resources are not unlimited means that energy has to be treated even more responsibly.  more[...]  login_required

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  • A Nationwide charging network for electric vehicles in Denmark

    Anders Lyngtorp, Dong Energy
    Ørsted A/S

    Our modern lifestyles offer a wealth of exciting possibilities, but also go hand in hand with high energy consumption. Because of the carbon footprint that our energy consumption leaves behind, there is no longer any reason to doubt that our lifestyles affect the climate. Each and every one of us, including DONG Energy, is responsible for minimizing our energy consumption and maximizing our consideration for the environment. As an energy company, we have a special responsibility for producing energy in as environmentally friendly a manner as possible.  more[...]  login_required

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  • A Nationwide charging network for electric vehicles in Denmark

    Anders Lyngtorp, Dong Energy
    Ørsted A/S

    Our modern lifestyles offer a wealth of exciting possibilities, but also go hand in hand with high energy consumption. Because of the carbon footprint that our energy consumption leaves behind, there is no longer any reason to doubt that our lifestyles affect the climate. Each and every one of us, including DONG Energy, is responsible for minimizing our energy consumption and maximizing our consideration for the environment. As an energy company, we have a special responsibility for producing energy in as environmentally friendly a manner as possible.  more[...]

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  • The microfinance revolution has only just begun

    Prof. Hanns Michael Hölz
    Deutsche Bank AG

    Microcredits have proven to be powerful instruments in the fight against poverty. However, they will reach their full impact only if they manage to limit their reliance on the charitable sector. “The genocide brought the destruction of my parents’ retail shop“, Nsengiyma Gilbert from Rwanda explains. “It ended in ruins and in the brutal killing of my father. After the war, I dropped out of school, crisscrossed Kigali in search for a job to no avail. Then the idea of selling milk to a nearby kindergarten school near my home came to me. However, the earnings from this business were not enough to buy me a refrigerator and enable me rent a bigger place to start a restaurant,” Gilbert says.  more[...]

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  • Improving the Working Environment

    Gerhard Teschl, Danfoss
    Danfoss

    In August 2006, Danfoss acquired the factory of Chinese company Qinbao, a manufacturer of brazed plate heat exchangers that is located in Hangzhou, approximately 150 km southwest of Shanghai.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Reforestation as Part of the Sustainable Chain of Cement

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    Teak, pine, and eucalyptus now form part of the sustainable chain of cement. Reforestation is one of the ways in which Cementos Argos is consolidating part of its environmental strategy.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Reforestation as Part of the Sustainable Chain of Cement

    Cementos Argos S.A.

    Teak, pine, and eucalyptus now form part of the sustainable chain of cement. Reforestation is one of the ways in which Cementos Argos is consolidating part of its environmental strategy. Cementos Argos has been planting important plantations of native species in 16 municipalities throughout the country.  more[...]

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  • How Can We Do Good and Do Well? Just Ask!

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    There’s an ancient Chinese proverb that goes something like, “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.”  more[...]  login_required

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