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Renault-Nissan and Project Better Place pursue their strategy of zero-emission vehicles in Denmark

The Renault-Nissan Alliance actively supports the initiative of Project Better Place aiming to create a market-based transportation infrastructure that supports electric vehicles. On 27 March, Project Better Place announced its second deployment in Denmark. Renault will provide Danish customers with 100% electric vehicles at European standards in 2011, providing zero emission mobility while at the same time offering driving performance similar to a gasoline engine. Nissan, through its joint venture with NEC, has created an advanced lithium-ion battery pack that both meets the requirements of this electric vehicle and can be mass-produced… Read more
31 March 2008

Nissan to issue green procurement guidelines

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will issue its Green Procurement Guidelines in April 2008, defining a set of environmental protocol to augment 'The Nissan-Renault Purchasing Way'. The new guidelines replace the previous Green Procurement Standards issued in 2001 and apply to all Nissan's global auto-parts and materials suppliers. The guidelines include the following areas: guidelines for reducing environmental-impacting substances, adhering to Green Procurement Guidelines through Tier2 or up-stream suppliers, and management of auto-parts/materials supplied to Nissan-related companies… Read more
31 March 2008

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena tops Italian ranking on web communication on CSR

Monte dei Paschi di Siena Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena achieved top ranking in the first Italian "2008 Csr Online Awards" for web communication on CSR issues, based on research conducted by Lundquist, the Italian subsidiary of Halvarsson & Halvarsson, a Swedish financial communication agency. The aim was to evaluate how the 40 largest companies listed in the Italian Stock Exchange communicate CSR strategies and facts through their websites. 66 criteria were considered for the assessment, with about 80 CSR experts involved in the interviews… Read more
28 March 2008

Fostering a low-carbon future

If the UK is going to meet its target of reducing its carbon dioxide by 60 percent by 2050 as the Government has pledged, the nation is going to have to operate in a whole new way, but what vision should we build of a low-carbon economy, asks Andrew Cave in the Telegraph. The answer may be partly about new technology that's not been invented yet, but Michael Rea, chief operating officer of The Carbon Trust, believes that many of the technological solutions have already been created and put forward… Read more
28 March 2008

UK: New CSR professionals salary survey

The corporate social responsibility (CSR) profession is now fully entrenched in UK business, according to a new salary survey by the consultancy Acona, recruitment agency Acre Resources and the Ethical Performance business newsletter. There are now an estimated 2000 CSR managers working for UK companies, compared with virtually none ten years ago. A quarter of these control budgets of more than £1million a year and a third work in teams of more than four people.The study shows that the CSR profession is mainly to be found in large companies - the FTSE100 and, to a lesser extent, the FTSE250… Read more
28 March 2008

JPMorgan to acquire carbon offset company ClimateCare

JPMorgan through its investment bank, and ClimateCare, a pioneer in carbon emission reductions, have announced that they will join forces in an acquisition to invest in quality, large-scale carbon emission reduction projects and to advance the development of a liquid financial market that trades in carbon emission reduction credits.Upon closing of the transaction, expected sometime in the second quarter, ClimateCare will be integrated into JPMorgan's existing Environmental Markets group… Read more
27 March 2008

Training meets philanthropy at IBM

Many multinational companies insist that high-potential employees do stints in their overseas offices and many will free up employees to do pro bono work at community organisations, but IBM's "Corporate Service Corps" programme stands out on several counts, the International Herald Tribune writes. The programme uses the volunteer ethos to throw together employees who might otherwise never meet, even as it gives IBM a high profile in countries where the company does not yet have a major presence. Read more. (Source: International Herald Tribune)
27 March 2008

CSR Turkey and UNDP publish report on CSR in Turkey

CSR Association in Turkey has published a report analysing the current situation of Corporate Social Responsibility in Turkey. The analysis provides in depth information of the CSR trends in Turkey, such as the positive effect of multinational companies, the current limits of stakeholder engagement and the importance of issues such as supply-chain. The report is also a source of information regarding CSR events, awards, and important sources within Turkey. The study was carried out by CSR Turkey under a regional CSR project funded by the European Commission and the United Nations Development Programme, "Accelerating CSR practices in the new EU member states and candidate countries as a vehicle for harmonisation, competitiveness, and social cohesion in the EU… Read more
27 March 2008

European companies make progress in preparing for the ageing workforce

European companies have woken up to the demographic challenge of an ageing and shrinking workforce, a recent survey by the Adecco Institute says. An increased number of companies have started to analyse their internal age structure and more large companies say they plan to hire more employees aged 50 and older in 2008 versus 2007. These are the key findings of the Demographic Fitness Survey conducted among 2,506 companies in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain. The survey measured five factors that influence a firm’s ability to successfully cope with an ageing workforce: career management, lifelong learning, knowledge management, health management, and diversity management… Read more
27 March 2008

Global warming not cooling travelers' wanderlust

Global warming's threat to the existence of the exotic resorts and beaches tourists crave has not dented holidaymakers' appetites for pollution-producing, long-haul trips, experts said at Berlin's annual tourism fair, Reuters reports. In his opening speech to the International Tourism Exchange fair earlier this week, German Economy Minister Michael Glos said climate change was a serious problem for the future of the travel industry. Read more. (Source: Reuters)
27 March 2008

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