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French government proposes measures to retain more older workers
The French government has proposed measures to raise the number of older people in the workforce, in an attempt to tackle its ageing population, BBC reports. Companies could be threatened with penalties if they do not increase their number of staff aged 55 to 64. The most controversial reform is for employees to work 41 years, not 40, to qualify for a full state pension. France has one of the lowest rates of employment of workers aged 55 to 64 in the European Union, but also has one of the highest rates of life expectancy, at 84.5 for women and 77.6 for men. Read more. (Source: BBC)
06 May 2008
European fund to support post-2012 climate projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and four other public financing institutions have launched a 125 million euro fund to boost investment in clean energy projects that are to generate 'carbon credits' after 2012, EurActiv reports. The fund will exclusively purchase and trade 'carbon credits' generated after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. The aim is to support the market value of environmentally worthwhile projects amid uncertainty over the actual form that the carbon credit trading regime will take after 2012. Read more. (Source: EurActiv)
06 May 2008
Dow Chemical wins ESS Excellence Award for environmental reporting
The Dow Chemical Company was selected as winner of the "Best of the Best" 2008 ESS Excellence Award for leveraging innovative information technology to eliminate more than $2 million in redundant legacy reporting systems and achieve greater efficiency and accuracy by enabling all of its U.S. facilities to use a common environmental reporting process. The awards were organised by ESS, a provider of Environmental, Health, Safety (EH&S) and Crisis Management software for enterprise sustainability. Read more. (Source: CSRwire)
06 May 2008
Global Reporting Initiative works with socially responsible investment researchers to improve data comparability
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has begun working with leading socially responsible investment (SRI) firms from around the world to update and simplify the method by which companies can communicate their environmental and social performance. The goal is to enable companies to provide their sustainability information in a format that can be more easily gathered and enhance the speed and ease of communication with investors. The GRI is relying on the use of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) taxonomy, already used for financial information, to pursue this goal… Read more
06 May 2008
UK advertising watchdog sees big jump in green ad complaints
In 2007, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority dealt with record numbers of complaints about environmental claims as advertisers increasingly sought to promote their ‘green’ credentials, Environmental Leader reports. Complaints about environmental claims more than doubled year on year with 556 complaints about 408 ads, the ASA Annual Report 2007 says.Claims that products and services were carbon “neutral” or “zero” or “negative” were particularly open to challenge, as were statements about CO2 emissions or absolute claims such as “100% recycled” or “wholly sustainable… Read more
06 May 2008
Investors to boost RI assets by $137bn by 2010, survey says
Institutional asset owners, mostly pension funds and investment foundations, managing over $1.5 trillion in assets say they plan to increase their commitment to responsible investment by $137 billion before the end of 2010, according to responses to the first RI Landscape 2008 Asset Owners survey.The numbers underline the increasing shift to responsible investment by the world’s biggest institutions, mirroring the success of initiatives such as the UN Principle for Responsible Investment, which has signatories, including fund managers, representing more than $13 trillion… Read more
06 May 2008
Focus on a Partner: Business in the Community Ireland
In this month's interview, Tomás Sercovich, Senior Corporate Responsibility Consultant at Business in the Community (BITC) Ireland, CSR Europe's Irish national partner, informs us about the CSR movement in Ireland and some of BITC Ireland's programmes and activities, particularly the Laboratory on Employment of People with Disabilities. Read the interview
05 May 2008
CSR Solution of the Week: New uses for waste water at Dow Chemical site in the Netherlands
The region of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in the Netherlands, where Dow Terneuzen site is located, is structurally short in fresh water. Since 2007 Terneuzen's municipal household waste water flowing via a special pipeline to Dow, where it is reused and then used again. As results, Dow reduces its dependency on regional fresh water, while saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas and chemicals usage.Read more about new uses for waste water at Dow's Terneuzen site in CSR Europe's CSR solutions database, a unique collection of over 600 best practice examples in corporate social responsibility from the world's leading companies… Read more
05 May 2008
Social dialogue is good for working conditions in Europe, report says
Social dialogue is good for working conditions in Europe, according to a new report from the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound). The report says that social dialogue has a positive impact on a range of workplace aspects, such as reduced working time, more working time flexibility to suit employees' needs, access to and participation in training, and the formulation of equal opportunities policies. However, it is often difficult to determine the exact contribution that social dialogue has made… Read more
05 May 2008
Unilever commits to certified sustainable palm oil
Unilever has announced its intention to have all of its palm oil certified sustainable by 2015. It will start by using certified palm oil as it becomes available in the second half of 2008 and will look to have all the palm oil it uses in Europe fully traceable by 2012.To achieve this goal, Unilever will work in partnership with governments, suppliers, NGOs and other users of palm oil. The company will continue to play a leadership role on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), ensuring that it applies effective sanctions on suppliers who persist in unlawful deforestation practices… Read more
05 May 2008
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