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Sustainability agendas must be kept 'real' says Unilever CSO

UnileverSustainability managers need to take a more pragmatic approach if they want to effect change and secure buy-in across their organisations, Unilever's chief sustainability officer Gail Klintworth has said.Speaking at the Sustainable Brands conference in London earlier today, Klintworth said that while having bold vision was "crucial" in terms of aspiration, companies also needed to "think about systems that can be practically applied - that's really important for business". She said in her experience, getting people on-board with the CSR agenda required both "intellectual argument and emotional engagement"… Read more
03 December 2012

Renault launches disabled-access mapping of its French sites

RenaultFor World Disability Day today, December 3, 2012, Renault is calling on its employees to test access to its sites for people with reduced mobility. The company has developed a site-listing tool with the Jaccede association, whose collaborative guide today covers 26,000 locations in France and 7,000 outside France. Renault has since 1995 led a proactive policy to help people with disabilities fully assume their place in society and the professional world.The www.jaccede.com collaborative platform has since 2006 allowed users to list public establishments such as stores, government buildings and post offices that have access for people with reduced mobility… Read more
03 December 2012

Europe’s first ever pan-European CSR Award Scheme is officially launched

Today marks the official launch of Europe’s first ever pan-European CSR Award Scheme - an EU funded CSR Award Programme aimed at giving higher visibility to best practice in the field of CSR in Europe.Does your company, whether large or small, engage in innovative, multi-stakeholder CSR partnerships and thereby make a positive impact in Europe? If so, the first-ever European CSR Award Scheme may be exactly the right opportunity for your partnership to be celebrated across Europe. "This new award scheme will highlight the cutting-edge excellence of European enterprises in corporate social responsibility… Read more
03 December 2012

Commission presents new Rethinking Education strategy

Europe needs a radical rethink on how education and training systems can deliver the skills needed by the labour market. The challenge could not be tougher in the context of widespread austerity measures and cuts in education budgets.Today, the European Commission is launching a new strategy called Rethinking Education to encourage Member States to take immediate action to ensure that young people develop the skills and competences needed by the labour market and to achieve their targets for growth and jobs… Read more
30 November 2012

Coca-Cola vending machines cut power consumption by 68%

Coca-Cola EnterprisesCoca-Cola Japan says its peak-shift vending machines, jointly developed with Fuji Electric, can provide cooled products for 16 hours while reducing daytime power consumption by 95 percent during summer months, compared to average figures for same models manufactured in 2012.The new vending machines, which will be available in 2013, also reduce winter power consumption by 20 percent compared to current vending machines. Combined with power consumed for cooling, these vending machines can reduce power consumption by 68 percent, according to the company… Read more
30 November 2012

Speech by President Barroso at CSR Europe's Enterprise 2020 Summit: "Business and Policy Strategies Towards 2020: meeting the Challenge of Sustainable and Inclusive Growth"

Dear President,My dear friend Etienne Davignon,Ladies and gentlemen,First of all let me say to you how pleased I am to be here on the invitation of my dear friend Etienne Davignon. As he said we should follow him and in many in his initiatives he is showing great leadership and I want to thank you for this very important initiative. It is a pleasure to do it here in BOZAR – one of the great Brussels and Belgium institutions. In fact, I was telling Etienne Davignon that it is today quite difficult to imagine Brussels without BOZAR… Read more
30 November 2012

Speech of Richard Howitt MEP, European Parliament Rapporteur on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to the CSR Europe Enterprise 2020 Summit, Brussels, 29 November 2012

CSR Europe was delighted to welcome Richard Howitt MEP, European Parliament Rapporteur on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR,) as opening speaker to CSR Europe's Enterprise 2020 Summit.Brussels, 29 November 2012.First, can I say I was at your Annual Meeting earlier this year and I am deeply honoured to be at your summit today. CSR Europe remains for me and for us the leading business-led organisation in Brussels who is our partner in the EU institutions as together we pursue the ambition for more responsible, more accountable, more sustainable business on our continent and in our world… Read more
30 November 2012

Enterprise 2020 Summit - Strengthening Europe through collaboration on sustainability

President Van Rompuy, President Barroso and 24 governments meet with business leaders at the first-ever Enterprise 2020 Summit29 November 2012, Brussels, Belgium – CSR Europe welcomed over 250 high-level business and policy representatives to the first-ever Enterprise 2020 Summit in Brussels. Against the backdrop of the current economic crisis, the Summit served as a platform to highlight how CSR can reduce Europe’s risk by strengthening its competitiveness and leadership through joining forces on tackling sustainability challenges… Read more
29 November 2012

Announcement: Ireland’s opportunity for ‘green’ asset managers to be highlighted at New York event

Ireland’s Green International Financial Services Centre (GIFSC) is launching its Global Roadshow at the Irish Consulate, 345 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, New York City, this Thursday, November 29. The breakfast briefing will be hosted by John Bruton, President, IFSC Ireland, first EU Ambassador to the US and former Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister). The GIFSC is a public / private partnership initiative of the Department of An Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) tasked with positioning Ireland as the leading jurisdiction globally for green finance by creating the optimum regulatory, commercial and educational framework… Read more
28 November 2012

CSR Europe is delighted to welcome Bridgestone to its membership network

BridgestoneCSR Europe is delighted to welcome Bridgestone Corporation to its membership network. Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of tyres and rubber products, has a sales network in more than 150 countries and employs over 138.000 persons on a global level, generating a turnover in excess of 38,9 bn USD (2011). It operates 190 factories (tyre and non-tyre products ) all over the world and thus can be truly considered as a global company.Marketed under the Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton and other brands, the tyres meet a broad spectrum of demand, from passenger cars and motorcycles, to commercial vans, trucks, buses, off-the-road and agricultural vehicles… Read more
27 November 2012

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