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CSR Europe bids farewell to Colleen M. Fletcher, Membership and Stakeholder Relations Director
CSR Europe would like to say a big thank you to Colleen M. Fletcher for her excellent leadership and dedicated support to the Membership and Stakeholder Relations team and the CSR Europe network as a whole. Colleen joined CSR Europe in July 2008 and has been instrumental in setting the strategic direction for the organisation and leaves a great legacy behind her. CSR Europe wishes Colleen all the very best as she moves on to new professional challenges in Europe.
28 June 2012
BASF’s SET initiative: measuring product
Which influence does 150 gram of ham have on the climate? Which part of the meat production has the most negative impact on the environment? SET, an initiative of BASF for sustainability, ecoefficiency and traceability is helping food producers to measure the sustainability of their products and to continuously increase it. In doing so, SET is focusing on the whole value chain of a product.An example for the work of the SET initiative is the collaboration with the German meat marketer Westfleisch: The SET-experts assess how much greenhouse gases accrue from the whole value chain of Westfleisch products… Read more
28 June 2012
CasaE: BASF is constructing the first energy efficiency house in Brazil
In March, BASF started the construction of its first energy efficient house in Brazil, called CasaE. The innovative building will be set up within six month by BASF with partners like Bosch and Knauf. The house with its meeting rooms will be used of BASF employees and other CasaE project partners to promote trainings, events and meetings around the topic "construction".With CasaE, BASF is presenting innovative solutions which are affordable and contribute to a significant reduction of resource consumption… Read more
28 June 2012
Business and Human Rights Developments at the EU and UN
We are pleased to announce that we have now received the final report from the Expert Conference on Business and Human Rights which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark between 7-8 May 2012. Please find the report to download here.Furthermore, minutes from the outcome of the 2nd session of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights which took place in Geneva, Switzerland on 10 May are also now available. To download the minutes, please click here.
28 June 2012
IBM Analytics to Cut Golf Community’s Water Use ‘by 10%’
Desert Mountain, a golf and residential community in Arizona, is using IBM analytics software to help reallocate and reduce water usage, save energy and cut operating costs, the company has announced. The 4,500-resident community will install IBM Intelligent Operations Center software for Smarter Cities, with UgMO Technologies’ Wireless Soil Moisture Sensor Solution, to manage irrigation of all six of its championship-grade golf courses. It expects the installation to reduce its water use by 10 percent and generate an additional 10 percent savings in energy costs related to water pumping and distribution… Read more
28 June 2012
CSR Europe welcomes Thierry Lefèvre as Senior Advisor
CSR Europe is delighted to welcome Thierry Lefèvre to the team as Senior Advisor. In this role, he will provide support to the services team and contribute to the projects which are underway under the umbrella of Enterprise 2020. Thierry’s academic background is in law and business administration.Prior to joining CSR Europe, Thierry had a 27 year career with the Solvay Group mainly in the HR domain. He started his career as project Manager and continued as HR operations manager, including a five year assignment in in the USA… Read more
28 June 2012
Coca-Cola Hellenic publishes its ninth CSR report and announces the completion of its water stewardship programme across its operations
Against a challenging economic background, Coca-Cola Hellenic, one of Europe’s leading bottlers of non-alcoholic beverages, is reaffirming its commitment to sustainable manufacturing across the 28 countries in which it operates.Today the company published its ninth Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report highlighting the measurable progress it has made in a range of environmental indicators to conserve some of the planet’s most precious resources. An online version of the report is available at http://csrreport… Read more
28 June 2012
Nestlé joins call for more community-based programmes to prevent childhood obesity
Nestlé has joined scientific and public health experts in calling for the creation of more community-based programmes to prevent childhood obesity.The company is taking part in the Global Obesity Forum in New York to discuss evidence suggesting multi-stakeholder collaborations promoting healthy nutrition and physical activity are among the most successful ways to address the issue.The event aims to provide international stakeholders committed to the prevention of childhood obesity with an important opportunity to share knowledge and best practices… Read more
28 June 2012
Business in the Community awards celebrate excellence in British business
Reducing sickness absence by 40%; engaging 5.5 million school children in sustainability issues; saving 1.7 billion carrier bags and achieving a 97% retention rate of staff are just some of the results of innovative corporate responsibility projects celebrated during Business in the Community’s (BITC) 2012 Awards for Excellence gala dinner in London, in the presence of BITC president HRH The Prince of Wales.The Awards for Excellence recognise the powerful and positive role that business plays in society… Read more
28 June 2012
Expert Webinar "Business Action on Health Literacy”
On 14 June 2012, CSR Europe organised an expert webinar “Business Action on Health Literacy to discuss the planned pilot projects and to explore the measurements of health and wellbeing programmes.Christine Neumann (CSR Europe) provided an update on the current status and future developments of the Collaborative Project, while Kristine Sorensen (Maastricht University) gave an insightful overview of the pilot projects. Deborah McConnell (BITC UK) gave an interesting presentation about measuring the successfulness of health and wellbeing programmes, while Nathalie Renaudin (Edenred) provided useful insights about the FOOD programme with regards to Phase B of the pilot projects… Read more
27 June 2012
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