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RSBi hosts Scottish Business in the Community employability event

Representatives from Amey and City Building (Glasgow) LLP recently took part in an employability event organised by Scottish Business in the Community to provide career advice and support to over 80 students from six additional support for learning schools throughout Glasgow. Business volunteers from both organisations took part to raise student’s awareness of potential jobs and training for people with learning disabilities within Amey and City Building.Each organisation showcased three job roles, providing an insight into the positions and hands on activities for the pupils… Read more
06 February 2012

CSR Europe webinar on Communicating CSR - CSR Reporting towards integrated reporting

On the 3rd of February 2012, CSR Europe hosted its first of three in a webinars on Communicating CSR. The session focused on the issue of integrated reporting and aimed to give participants an overview of the theory and key trends in integrated reporting and help you understand how to maximize the impact of your integrated report through communications.SpeakersJonny McCaig, Senior Sustainability Consultant, Radley Yeldar, uncovered the theory, benefits and challenges of integrated reporting, download presentationWim Bartels, Partner, KPMG Sustainability, Global Head Sustainability Assurance at KPMG, presented the trends in Integrated Reporting, download presentationAnd finally, Lawrie McLaren, Managing Director, EMEA Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Burson-Marsteller, explained the available channels for communicating your integrated CSR report… Read more
06 February 2012

Ecobank joins forces with Western Union and USAID

Western UnionWestern Union, its Foundation, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have extended the application deadline for the African Diaspora Marketplace to February 15, 2012. The ADM is an initiative that encourages sustainable economic growth and employment by supporting U.S.-based diaspora entrepreneurs with ideas for start-up and established businesses in Africa.  Western Union Agent and pan-African banking group Ecobank Group also announces its intention to join the second African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM).Read more (Source: Western Union)
06 February 2012

Responsible Investment Summit: smart, sustainable and inclusive capital for 2020 Europe

The Responsible Investment Summit, co-organised by the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and CSR Europe, took place on the 31st of January with the aim of assessing to what extent the finance industry is set to meet both political and investor demands for clear governance, quantifiable reporting and sound environmental and social practices. The Summit also explored strategies and best practices through a series of practical Real Life Impact examples. All presentations can be found here.
06 February 2012

Chatham House publishes programme paper on the future of sustainability reporting

The concept of sustainability reporting (SR) is now almost twenty years old. In the run-up to the 2012 Rio+20 Conference, the time has come to review its objectives and achievements, and to decide whether action is needed to improve its effectiveness and uptake. The underlying proposition of SR is that reporting on economic, social and environmental performance is vital if governments, business and the wider community are to understand and improve their contribution to a Green Economy and sustainable development… Read more
03 February 2012

Next EU update call to be held on Thursday, 9 February 2012 at 11.00 – 11.45 am CET

CSR Europe is pleased to be hosting the next member-only EU update call on Thursday, 9 February 2012 at 11.00 – 11.45 am CET.  The purpose of this call is to inform you on the latest developments regarding the EU’s renewed strategy on CSR, in particular, the session will focus on the European Commission’s forthcoming legislative proposal on non-financial information and the recently published European Communication on Trade and Development.  The call will also be an opportunity to inform participants on the latest developments around the Enterprise 2020 project on Active Ageing… Read more
02 February 2012

Chambers Ireland: Responsible Business Practice Can Help Improve Ireland’s Global Reputation

A Chambers Ireland white paper published last month reported that 92% of businesses feel that having a Corporate Social Responsibility agenda will help to improve Ireland’s global reputation.The findings of a survey conducted amongst CSR stakeholders were unveiled at the launch of Chambers Ireland’s White Paper on Corporate Social Responsibility. Together with a review of the issues currently facing CSR in Ireland the WhitePaper provides examples of some of the activities being undertaken by businesses in Ireland including: An Post; ESB; IBM; KPMG; McDonald’s; and Vodafone… Read more
02 February 2012

Business Action on Health Publishes 2011 Report

In February 2011, Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI) convened the Corporate Leaders’ Group on Health (CLG) to take action in response to the Chief Medical Officer’s shocking forecasts about the increasing trends in chronic illness in Ireland and the personal and economic cost to the individual, to business and society.Focusing initially on stress, mental health and wellbeing, the initiative spawned research into work practices that are effective for employees and employers and which show a positive return on investment… Read more
02 February 2012

Visualisation and Open Data in Helsinki

IBMIn the fall of 2011, a team of six IBM experts spent three weeks in Helsinki as part of IBM’s Smarter Cities Challenge program. The program brings together an interdisciplinary team to focus on a challenge faced by a city. In the case of Helsinki, the City wanted to make the most of two opportunities. One was that Helsinki had just begun to implement an open data strategy to make city data available to its citizens. The second was Helsinki’s selection as the 2012 World Design Capital, a biennial event that promotes cities that are using design to improve their social, cultural and economic life… Read more
02 February 2012

Recommendations of the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Programme completed

IBMHelsinki, the only Nordic city chosen for the worldwide IBM Smarter Cities Challenge programme, has received a report prepared by an international working group. Within the scope of the cooperation project, the expert group compiled information on open data available in Helsinki and prepared recommendations on possibilities of integrating and visualizing data. The project is also a part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme.The six-person international expert team of IBM lived and worked in Helsinki for three weeks in September-October 2011… Read more
02 February 2012

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