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Canon wins BLI’s first Line of the Year award for energy efficiency
Canon’s commitment to producing energy efficient products has been recognised by Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) with its first ‘Line of the Year’ award for energy efficiency for Canon’s A3 line of multifunction printers (MFPs). BLI, the world’s leading independent tester of document imaging products, runs real-world environmental job stream tests. The award was based on the energy consumption of tested current Canon models, compared against competitive models considered current… Read more
07 January 2013
CSR Europe welcomes Silvia Ursu to the Membership and Stakeholder Relations team
CSR Europe is delighted to welcome Silvia Ursu in the position of Project Manager as part of the Membership and Stakeholder Relations team. Within this role, Silvia is responsible for the management of the portfolio of member companies in the food and beverage, materials, transport and logistics as well as consumer goods sectors.Silvia joins CSR Europe after four years working at management consulting firm McKinsey & Company where she specialised in Regulatory Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement research and project management… Read more
04 January 2013
Good Practice Notes on Human Rights Released
The Global Compact has released three good practice notes on human rights. Recently adopted by the Global Compact's Human Rights Working Group, the three notes address the following topics:Developing Corporate Human Rights Policies and the Role of Legal CounselCommunity Engagement and investment to Advance Human Rights in Supply ChainsSupporting Worker Empowerment - Including Support for Workers’ Assertion of their Human Rights - in the Supply ChainRead more (Source: UN Global Compact)
04 January 2013
From Visions to Actions: Closing Conference for the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012
It is tradition for the Member State holding the EU Presidency to co-organise the Opening and Closing Conferences of the European Year. The Closing Conference of the Year fell within the Cyprus Presidency and focused on the pillars of the Year, which were active ageing and solidarity between generation.The Conference was attended by Member States officials as well as representatives of national NGOs, local authorities, social partnerns, the Commission and European organisation. CSR Europe also had the chance to attend the conference and present the way the EU Guiding Principles apply to companies, linking with the findings on HR age management strategies developed as part of the Enterprise 2020 collaborative project “The Business Contribution to Active Ageing”The Conference was organised with the support of the European Commission (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)… Read more
20 December 2012
Western Union Offers Relief to the Philippines
The Western Union Company and the Western Union Foundation have announced a series of relief efforts to support communities in the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Bopha. Mobilizing Consumer Giving through westernunion.com:To further help people contribute to relief efforts, westernunion.com is offering fee-free money transfers to the Philippines. The online fee-free* money transfer service to the Philippines is available for all money transfers sent from www.westernunion.com and its mobile app between December 12 - 21, 2012, and is subject to network, service and currency availability… Read more
19 December 2012
Nestlé helps farmers adapt to climate change
Nestlé’s work to help cocoa and coffee farmers adapt to environmental challenges has been recognised as an example of best practice by the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).The company believes one of the best ways it can support farmers in preserving crops vulnerable to the effects of climate change is by training them to alter their production methods while improving the impacts of their activities.Nestlé has been invited to share details of the agricultural assistance it is providing as part of the UNFCCC Private Sector Initiative, a long-term project that aims to encourage businesses to contribute in a sustainable and profitable way to an effective response to climate change… Read more
19 December 2012
Enterprise 2020 Blog: The Power of Business-led Corporate Responsibility Coalitions
This month's Enterprise 2020 blog features an article written by Professor David Grayson, Director of the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, who reflects on how business-led corporate responsibility coalitions could play a significantly expanded role in responding to the multiple crises which the world currently faces.You can read more about Professor Grayson's thoughts here.Please take a moment to read the blog and give your feedback. This is your opportunity to join the conversation on how we can jointly shape new hope and build trust in people’s values, leadership and innovation towards the enterprise of the future… Read more
18 December 2012
Dow’s 2012 Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award programme recognizes 89 student winners
The Dow Chemical Company announced the conclusion of its fourth annual Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (SISCA)program. Students from 17 universities were honored with Dow prizes up to $10,000 for innovative approaches to the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges, including energy and climate change, health, water and food.In total, 89 students from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East were honored in 2012, either as individual winners or part of a team… Read more
17 December 2012
Draft guidance on business and human rights for the ICT sector now online for public consultation
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector guidance was posted for public consultation on 14th December 2012 and will be open for comment through Wednesday 13th February 2013.Please send comments to sectorguidance@ihrb.org with a subject line of “ICT Draft Guidance Feedback” by the closing date.It is the European Commission’s intention to produce practical, useful guidance for businesses on implementing the Guiding Principles, which is not intended to be legally binding… Read more
17 December 2012
Hitachi helps teach children the importance of Universal Design
Hitachi Europe Ltd. announced that students at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, based in Maidenhead, England, have turned their hands to product design having spent the past few weeks learning about Universal Design from staff at Hitachi Europe.Universal Design is an interactive primary school education programme run by Hitachi, which teaches 9-11 year olds the importance of designing products and services that can easily be used by everyone – as well as social inclusion. Over three sessions, students are introduced to Universal Design principles, receive presentation skills training and compete in a group TV remote control design challenge… Read more
14 December 2012
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