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CSR Europe seeks your input on ethical corporate governance
CSR Europe invites you to respond to a questionnaire to help us, as a business network, build knowledge on how you and your peers from across sectors are implementing and monitoring ethical corporate governance. Based on a member request by BNP Parisbas Fortis, we are seeking your qualitative feedback to 10 questions in order to draw on your insights regarding the main characteristics of ethical governance, the relationships to reputational risk and best practices in the application of codes of conduct… Read more
28 September 2011
Coca-Cola System to Invest US$3 Billion for Long-Term Sustainable Growth in Russia
The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partner, Coca-Cola Hellenic, announced a new Russian investment program of US$3 billion over the next five years, commencing 2012, as part of the official opening of a new Coca-Cola plant in Rostov region. The opening of the Rostov plant is part of the successively implemented strategy of the companies of the Coca-Cola system. The investment into the Coca-Cola Hellenic Rostov facility, which has a production capacity of 450 million liters of beverages per year, and located within a 26… Read more
27 September 2011
Telefónica improves its position in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2011
For DJSI, Telefónica is the company with the best practices in the telecommunications sector (Best in Class) in six key aspects: management of risk and crises; environmental management; development of human capital; impact of services in telecommunications; digital involvement and stakeholder engagement. The company achieved 88 points out of 100, 23 percentage points over tan the average in the telecommunications sector. In its social area, which includes employee matters, digital inclusion and social action, the company is considered the best company in the industry for the second year in a row… Read more
27 September 2011
Telefónica, leader of the telecommunications sector in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for the second year in a row
Telefónica received, for the second year in a row, the highest evaluation in the telecommunications sector in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) , made up by two indexes showing 551 institutional investors, with assets of 71 trillion Dollars the transparency and performance of these companies in the subject of climate change.With a note of 90 points out of 100 -a point higher than last year-, Telefónica is the only Spanish company listed in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI),- measuring the quantity and quality of information offered by companies regarding climate change and where 52 of the best companies are represented… Read more
27 September 2011
BNP Paribas and BNP Paribas Fortis publish sector policies
In 2010 and 2011, the Fortis Group published sector policies covering the defence, palm oil and nuclear power sectors. BNP Paribas has now published two new policy statements on paper pulp andfossil-fired power plants:Production of paper pulp, like palm oil, is an activity that has a major impact on deforestation, loss of biodiversity, climate change and the destabilization of local communities.Energy production from coal has a major impact on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. The policy on financing of nuclear power plants has also been expanded to include financing for companies in the nuclear power industry… Read more
26 September 2011
Business & Society Belgium launch 2011 CSR Barometer
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Business & Society Belgium could not have imagined a better milestone than the results of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Barometer that are presented in this report. 10 short years ago, CSR was still, for many, a subject of discussion rather than a strategic element in the management of a company. In 2011, the present study, which attracted massive participation of 510 Belgian companies, clearly shows that the social, environmental and ethical criteria are widely considered by companies around the world… Read more
23 September 2011
Bank of America Ranked First Among Financial Institutions in Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2011 Global 500 and S&P 500 Rankings
Bank of America is the top-ranked global financial services company, and ranked fourth across all sectors in the recently released Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Global 500 Report. This ranking is based on the combined impact of both the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) and the Carbon Performance Leadership Index (CPLI) ratings. Overall, the report measures how well the 500 largest companies in the world disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, establish climate change strategies, set reduction targets and make performance improvements… Read more
23 September 2011
Cargill expands responsible sourcing program in Brazil
Cargill has announced a new $3 million grant to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to protect the Brazilian rainforest and help farmers grow soy more sustainably. The grant expands a program that has already helped 383 farmers comply with conservation laws. Since 2004, the Responsible Soy project has successfully promoted responsible soy production in the Santarem area in the Brazilian state of Pará, where Cargill has a soy terminal, by helping soy farmers comply with the Brazilian Forest Code… Read more
22 September 2011
EY2011 – EU Commission publishes Communication on Volunteering
Published on September 20th 2011, the Communication on “EU Policies and Volunteering: Recognizing and Promoting Cross-border Voluntary Activities in the EU” outlines key remaining challenges and main EU policies to further improve recognition and promotion of volunteering in the EU. Key messages in the communication:(1) The European Commission will raise awareness around various funding programs for volunteers and voluntary activities within the “Youth in Action” program (please join the CSR Europe webinar organized on September 30th to learn more about that initiative)… Read more
22 September 2011
Merck joins global fight to help save women's lives
Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced that it will join United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and heads of state at the UN to launch "Merck for Mothers," a long-term effort with global health partners to create a world where no woman has to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. The launch includes a 10-year, half-billion-dollar initiative that applies Merck’s scientific and business expertise to making proven solutions more widely available, developing new game-changing technologies and improving public awareness, policy efforts and private sector engagement for maternal mortality… Read more
22 September 2011
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