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Millennium International Documentary Film Festival, 12-18 June, Brussels
At the turn of the new millennium, heads of states and governments made a pledge to achieve the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. These goals deal with issues concerning extreme poverty, illiteracy, women rights and climate change. As the target date of 2015 is swiftly approaching, it is of paramount importance that these goals are urgently tackled and supported and action reinvigorated. The 'Millennium' Film Festival aims to support this message through the insightful art of documentary film-making… Read more
11 June 2010
How can small businesses apply C(S)R? a presentation of GloMar project by CRnet Ltd. (Finland) in collaboration with Kovet, Budapest, June 15
The European SMEs have been affected hard by the economic regression. They could, however, be in a stronger position and make a faster recovery if they had in place an adequate CR-policy. The aim of the study was to clarify how familiar Finnish SMEs are with Corporate Responsibility (CR) practices and to what extent these are implemented in practice, e.g. what kind of tools have been adopted for improving the company's CR and what kind of training is needed. The study was carried out on the European market during 2009 and 2010 by Crnet Ltd in European countries including Finland, and Hungary, and in collaboration with local partners, such as KÖVET in Hungary… Read more
11 June 2010
Eurocommerce conference "Corporate Social Responsibility - Can commerce companies make the difference?" and launch of CSR in Commerce website
EuroCommerce held its half-day conference on Corporate Social Responsibility in Brussels on 27 April 2010. Under the title "Corporate Social Responsibility - can commerce companies make the difference?" the participants discussed recent achievements and the challenges ahead for the commerce sector. On 27 April 2010, EuroCommerce also launched its new website "CSR in Commerce". With this website we want to make a significant contribution to the promotion of CSR in Europe, the dissemination of good practices and the strengthening of the dialogue between all parties involved… Read more
11 June 2010
Vodafone publishes its 09/10 Sustainability Report
The report outlines how Vodafone, one of the world's largest mobile communications companies by revenue, has performed on the environmental and social issues most material to its business. It also details the company's efforts to address sustainability opportunities and challenges across its base of more than 341 million proportionate customers, spanning both developed and developing countries across its 24 local markets. The report also highlights Vodafone's first placing in the Tomorrow's Value Rating of the ICT and telecoms sector, a recognition that it has comprehensive governance, a strong track record of developing services to help disadvantaged people, and listening and responding to stakeholders… Read more
11 June 2010
BASF presents first Eco-Efficiency Analysis for corn production
How can farmers achieve sustainability? This question has been at the center of an agricultural media summit for industry experts taking place in Chicago from June 8-10. At the summit, BASF also announced an extensive new project to further develop its Eco-Efficiency Analysis to incorporate agriculturally relevant factors such as biodiversity, soil health and social impact. The Eco-Efficiency Analysis was developed by BASF to measure the sustainability of products and production processes and is one of BASF's main tools for implementing its sustainability strategy… Read more
11 June 2010
Coca-Cola Hellenic cuts CO2 emissions by adding solar power to its energy reduction programme
Coca-Cola Hellenic announced that it has launched an innovative renewable energy initiative by installing rooftop solar panels on all of its bottling plants in Italy. The announcement came at the inauguration of a combined heat and power (CHP*) generation system at the Company's Nogara production facility near Verona in Italy. Solar panels and CHP technology are being introduced in partnership with ContourGlobal, an international provider of efficient energy solutions. The rooftop solar panels will have a total installed capacity of 10 megawatts (or 75 million kilowatt hours… Read more
11 June 2010
Orange wins Green power innovation Award
Orange won a telecom industry award at the Global Telecoms Business Awards 2010 held in London on 7 June. Orange won the ‘Green power innovation' accolade for its solar base station programme in emerging markets, deployed in partnership with Tenesol, a global supplier of solar energy systems. The programme started in Senegal in 2007 with a trial of numerous sites. Following their success, other Orange countries became involved and in 2008, this programme became the Group's engineering blueprint for the creation of off-grid radio sites in Africa and the Middle East… Read more
11 June 2010
Environmental Finance: call for nominations for 4th annual Awards
Environmental Finance, the leading global publication covering the intersection of environmental issues and finance and investment, is seeking nominations for its 4th annual awards. The categories are: Environmental Finance IPO of the Year, Renewable Energy Financing of the Year , Carbon Finance Transaction of the Year, Weather Risk Management Transaction of the Year, Catastrophe Risk Management Transaction of the Year and Environmental Finance Personality of the Year. Click here for further information.
11 June 2010
Intel ISEF
The world largest pre-college Science Fair, the Intel ISEF, concluded in May with new record numbers: This year, 1,611 young scientists from 59 countries, regions and territories competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). "The 1,600 youth from around the world who attended this year's Intel ISEF Fair showed that the next generation of scientific and technological innovation is exciting and thriving," said Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini. "I hope that the energy these high school students exhibit about math and science will inspire yet another generation of innovators, scientists and entrepreneurs who will improve our world… Read more
11 June 2010
Intel released Corporate Responsibility Report
Intel Corporation's latest Corporate Responsibility Report for 2009 highlights the company's progress toward "next generation" corporate responsibility, in which the principles of corporate citizenship and sustainability are integrated throughout all levels of the business. Despite the difficult economic conditions of the past year, Intel continued to apply its technology and culture of innovation carried by its employees to address global environmental, social and economic challenges and find new opportunities to collaborate with others to maximize impact… Read more
11 June 2010
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