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Winners of CR Reporting Awards 2010 announced

Now in their third year, the CR Reporting Awards are the only annual, global awards for Corporate Responsibility (CR) reporting, and are organized by CorporateRegister.com. They identify and acknowledge the best CR reports across nine categories, five of which are for specific ‘transparency aspects' such as carbon disclosure. The CRRA'10 solicited reports published between October 2008 and October 2009. This time, 128 companies from over 40 sectors, from well-known multinationals to local SMEs, entered their reports across nine categories… Read more
27 April 2010

2010, European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion: How can you contribute?

The EU elected 2010 as the European Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion. It is aimed at raising awareness of the many facets of poverty in the EU, giving a voice to groups at risk of poverty, supporting the involvement of new actors, and leading to new political commitment both at EU level and in participating countries. Participation of all stakeholders, and that of CSR Europe's members, is a key element of success, particularly when it comes to raising awareness, support and commitment around the inclusion of those furthest from the labour market, in-work poverty, etc… Read more
27 April 2010

France Telecom’s Orange: 61 graduates with potential have joined the Orange graduate program

France Telecom OrangeThe 9th recruitment drive has enabled Orange to select the 61 best candidates from the 2,000 graduates applying, drawn from leading international training programs. 17 nationalities are represented among the new recruits for positions in France and internationally. The Orange graduate program offers them specific support over the first five years of their career within the Group. For example, new employees are sponsored by an employee who has completed the program, and they are later mentored by an executive manager, and they have the opportunity to work in three different positions over five years, including one with a very strong international component… Read more
27 April 2010

Dow Supports Advanced Chemical Safety Initiatives and Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences

DowDow recently joined with The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences to announce its commitment to a chemical safety initiative focused on the development of new computational models of toxicity. In collaboration with Dow and other industry partners, including the American Chemistry Council, The Hamner Institutes will continue its implementation of the vision set forth by the 2007 National Academy of Sciences report, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century. Support for this research is part of Dow's focus on product safety leadership and the advancement of science to support risk-based chemical safety assessments - key pillars of Dow's sustainability commitments as a world leader in chemistry… Read more
26 April 2010

Transparency International publication “Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption: The Missing Link?” released

At their best, corporate responsibility initiatives are an attempt to address the great environmental, social and ethical challenges of our times. As these programmes continue to evolve, the challenge for the anti-corruption movement is determining the appropriate place for anti-corruption efforts and whether - and how - they can support a company's corporate responsibility strategy. Tranparency International has released a working paper entitled "Corporate Responsibility & Anti-Corruption: the Missing Link" and produced by the TI Private Sector Team… Read more
26 April 2010

EABIS announced new dates for ISTUD workshop “Mainstreaming Corporate Responsibility through Executive Education”

Due to the travel chaos in many parts of Europe EABIS postponed ISTUD workshop on Mainstreaming Corporate Responsibility through Executive Education. Nevertheless, EABIS announced new dates. The event will now take place - still in Stresa, Italy - on June 30th and July 1st, featuring an identical programme and senior presenters. For new registrations and more information please visit the ISTUD website.
26 April 2010

'Sticky information' holds up energy-efficient housing

New EU-funded research from Finland has indicated that poor communication between producers of energy-efficient housing technologies and potential house-buyers is a major barrier to sustainable housing. The EC Green Paper on Energy Efficiency has suggested that the housing sector accounts for 40 per cent of Europe's energy requirements. However, the amount of energy conservation in this sector is rather small. A core problem is the communication breakdown. It suggests that government bodies can encourage energy-efficiency innovations not only through regulations but also by improving information flow… Read more
26 April 2010

Green Office Exhibition 2010 held by Követ in Hungary

KÖVET Association organizes 4th time the Green Office Exhibition on 18th May 2010 in Budapest, Hungary. The aim of the Exhibition is to present the environmentally and human friendly office products and services, such as the stationery-, office furniture-, cleaning supply-, office technique equipment and services like office massage - alongside with presentations of the savings available with the green improvement of the offices. The event draws attention to the fact that the result of the green improvement of offices is not only environmentally and human friendly places to work at, but the company can also save money with it… Read more
26 April 2010

Ecological Footprint training in Hungary by Követ

How big an area do we need for the maintenance of our lifestyle, how many natural resources are at our disposal and what are the economic, social and environmental consequences of using them? What does the ecological footprint show us and what can we use it for? What does overshooting means and why is it important for us to know? KÖVET Association was the first in Hungary to organize a training on ecological footprint in March 2010, during which the above questions were answered. The training material is developed mainly for SMEs, but many other sectors were represented on the occasion… Read more
26 April 2010

Hitachi holds its 12th EU Hitachi Science & Technology Forum

HitachiThe 12th EU Hitachi Science & Technology Forum "Smart Energy Usage for a Sustainable Society" will be held on 7th May at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Brussels celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Hitachi Group. For the 12th time, Forum members, industry experts, representatives of NGOs and academia will come together to discuss a topic of crucial importance to today's society - the 2010 event focuses on different aspects of society's strive towards energy efficiency. For more information about the EU Hitachi Science & Technology Forum, please visit http://www… Read more
26 April 2010

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