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Chatham House publishes programme paper on the future of sustainability reporting
The concept of sustainability reporting (SR) is now almost twenty years old. In the run-up to the 2012 Rio+20 Conference, the time has come to review its objectives and achievements, and to decide whether action is needed to improve its effectiveness and uptake. The underlying proposition of SR is that reporting on economic, social and environmental performance is vital if governments, business and the wider community are to understand and improve their contribution to a Green Economy and sustainable development… Read more
03 February 2012
Next EU update call to be held on Thursday, 9 February 2012 at 11.00 – 11.45 am CET
CSR Europe is pleased to be hosting the next member-only EU update call on Thursday, 9 February 2012 at 11.00 – 11.45 am CET. The purpose of this call is to inform you on the latest developments regarding the EU’s renewed strategy on CSR, in particular, the session will focus on the European Commission’s forthcoming legislative proposal on non-financial information and the recently published European Communication on Trade and Development. The call will also be an opportunity to inform participants on the latest developments around the Enterprise 2020 project on Active Ageing… Read more
02 February 2012
Chambers Ireland: Responsible Business Practice Can Help Improve Ireland’s Global Reputation
A Chambers Ireland white paper published last month reported that 92% of businesses feel that having a Corporate Social Responsibility agenda will help to improve Ireland’s global reputation.The findings of a survey conducted amongst CSR stakeholders were unveiled at the launch of Chambers Ireland’s White Paper on Corporate Social Responsibility. Together with a review of the issues currently facing CSR in Ireland the WhitePaper provides examples of some of the activities being undertaken by businesses in Ireland including: An Post; ESB; IBM; KPMG; McDonald’s; and Vodafone… Read more
02 February 2012
Business Action on Health Publishes 2011 Report
In February 2011, Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) convened the Corporate Leaders’ Group on Health (CLG) to take action in response to the Chief Medical Officer’s shocking forecasts about the increasing trends in chronic illness in Ireland and the personal and economic cost to the individual, to business and society.Focusing initially on stress, mental health and wellbeing, the initiative spawned research into work practices that are effective for employees and employers and which show a positive return on investment… Read more
02 February 2012
Visualisation and Open Data in Helsinki
In the fall of 2011, a team of six IBM experts spent three weeks in Helsinki as part of IBM’s Smarter Cities Challenge program. The program brings together an interdisciplinary team to focus on a challenge faced by a city. In the case of Helsinki, the City wanted to make the most of two opportunities. One was that Helsinki had just begun to implement an open data strategy to make city data available to its citizens. The second was Helsinki’s selection as the 2012 World Design Capital, a biennial event that promotes cities that are using design to improve their social, cultural and economic life… Read more
02 February 2012
Recommendations of the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Programme completed
Helsinki, the only Nordic city chosen for the worldwide IBM Smarter Cities Challenge programme, has received a report prepared by an international working group. Within the scope of the cooperation project, the expert group compiled information on open data available in Helsinki and prepared recommendations on possibilities of integrating and visualizing data. The project is also a part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme.The six-person international expert team of IBM lived and worked in Helsinki for three weeks in September-October 2011… Read more
02 February 2012
The Coca-Cola Company to take digital approach to sustainability reporting
The Coca-Cola Company released its eighth system wide sustainability report, titled Reasons to Believe. In the company’s effort to increase transparency, this year’s report was created using stakeholder feedback and follows the disclosure and reporting requirements of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to a self-declared grade level “B+.”.The four main areas of focus include water stewardship, energy efficiency and climate protection, sustainable packaging and healthy communities… Read more
01 February 2012
EU launches new Communication on trade, growth and development
Through a new EU Communication, the EU highlights trade-led growth as central to modern development agenda. The Communication puts forward a range of proposals to make trade and development instruments work hand-in-hand to ensure real poverty reduction across the world. The proposals aim at reinforcing the trade capacities of developing countries by making trade part of their development strategy.To ensure Europe hits our target, the European Commission is currently looking into better ways of differentiating between developing countries to ensure the worlds poorest countries receive our biggest help… Read more
01 February 2012
Green ICT Application Challenge
Telefónica and ITU, will host a Hackathon, a marathon where developers create applications within a defined timeframe, in Barcelona, Spain, on 28-29 February 2012 during the GSMA Mobile World Congress. Developers coming from all over the world will gather and compete to propose and develop a “Sustainable Energy for All” ICT application (the United Nations General Assembly has designated the year 2012 as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All).The development of green ICT applications will help to promote technology transfer worldwide… Read more
01 February 2012
Microsoft, Coke, Nestle Detail Climate Adaptation Plans
Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Levi’s, Nestle and Starbucks are among a slew of multinational companies listed in an online database just launched by the U.N. that details how the world’s major firms plan to address global warming.There are currently around 100 examples of strategies listed in the UNFCCC Private Sector Initiative database, which the body says are both practical and in many cases scalable.Examples of best practice include Coca-Cola’s efforts to conserve water in Asia and Starbucks’ attempts to improve the yield of coffee beans in regions that are particularly vulnerable to climate change… Read more
01 February 2012
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