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• CSR Manager.org - Dispatches from the Food Movement

  Regional food systems that are ecologically sound, economically viable, and that encourage healthy communities were at the epicenter of conversation at the University of Vermont’s first-ever food systems summit with a public conference titled “The Necessary (r)Evolution for Sustainable Food Systems Amplified,” held on June 28, 2012, to a packed house and a digital audience from around the country.

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• CSR Manager.org - Involving Business in the Fight to Save Life on Earth

  Since its launch in July 2000, the Global Compact has been systematically enlisting businesses in the fight for a sustainable future. However, today the long-term health and prosperity of humanity are under threat more than ever due to the irreversible changes we are causing to the planet. That is why in his 2009 speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated: “We must break the tyranny of short-term thinking in favor of long-term solutions” and why he called for “a renewed commitment to core principles.”

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• CSR Manager.org - Caring by Nature

  Oce2 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 Oce2: This commitment to environmental and social responsibility that the Oce2 founding fathers demonstrated in the mid-19th century is just as strong today.

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• Mercury: Time to Act

  underlines the fact that mercury remains a major global, regional and national challenge in terms of threats to human health and the environment, especially but not uniquely to the health of pregnant woman and babies world-wide through the

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• Reducing CO2 Emissions

  The Nikon Group has been making a concerted effort to reduce its CO2 emissions based on the basic policy of “passing on a sustainable and healthy environment to future generations.”

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• MDGs: Some targets met, but much remains to be done

  Advanced Search">more A group of United Nations independent experts on poverty, water & sanitation, education, health, food, international solidarity and foreign debt warned there is no room for complacency with only three years to go

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• The Value of Improved Community Awareness

  AKSA, a leading manufacturer of acrylic and carbon fibers in the world, has initiated a Community Advisory Panel comprised of about 45 representatives of municipal mayors, village elders, teachers, local authorities, and students selected from the villages in the vicinity of the facility. Since 2001, biannual or more frequent Community Advisory Panel meetings are held to assess and evaluate the coexistence of AKSA with the community, including issues of environmental, health, and safety performance of the facility as seen from the eyes of the public.

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• My First License - I Know My Road Rules

  Road accidents have become source of global concern. Whether you are a driver, passenger, or a pedestrian, your safety is at risk while using roads. According to the World Health Organization, road traffic accidents kill and injure millions of people every year – it is one of the top three causes of death globally. More startling is that the number of deaths and disabilities from road traffic accidents are increasing yearly, despite increased safety features in modern automobiles and improved road infrastructure.

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• A Self-Assessment Tool to Accompany Our Suppliers in Their Sustainable Development Approach

  Since more than 15 years, Carrefour has shown its leadership through its commitments (1st French company to build a partnership with WWF to work on environmental issues in 1998, providing its own brand products suppliers with a sustainability self-assessment tool) and its product innovation (1st French retailer to propose a green energy offer at competitive price in 2009, organic healthcare range of own brand products in 2008).

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• CSR Manager.org - Citizens wield web tools to combat petty bribery

  Citizen website and mobile apps are popping up in Latin America encouraging to report the bribes they pay for healthcare, bureaucracy help or education services. This new source of data can be used as a lobbying tool to get government officials to act.

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