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Social networking sites, EU ink pact on child safety online
The European Commission and a number of social networking sites have signed an agreement that they hope will help protect kids who use these services online, Ars Technica reports. Seventeen web media companies have signed an agreement with the European Commission to help assure child safety and protect kids from cyber bullying online. The companies came together in Luxembourg in order to acknowledge their responsibility to protect users under 18 from things like cyberbullying, grooming (when an adult becomes friends with a minor with the intent of sexually abusing him or her), and other risky behaviour… Read more
11 February 2009
CSR focus in business travel withstanding financial crisis, study says
Economic pressures have not yet squelched corporate social responsibility efforts as they relate to sustainable travel, according to a new study from the Association of Corporate Travel Executives and KDS. Seventy-nine percent of respondents listed cost cutting as a "high priority," while 17 percent did so for environmentally sustainable business travel - down from 29 percent in last year's survey. Instead, nearly half of all those surveyed listed sustainable travel as a "mid-level priority… Read more
11 February 2009
IBM launches "Ready for IBM Energy & Environment" validation for business partners
IBM has announced a new technical validation programme to help clients identify IBM Business Partner offerings that are designed and demonstrated to provide energy and environment benefits. The new "Ready for IBM Energy & Environment" technical validation is designed to help IBM Business Partners validate, market and sell solutions bearing a unique mark that assures clients the product or service has been rigorously evaluated and demonstrated to reduce environmental impact based on real-world customer use… Read more
11 February 2009
Citi Foundation funding gives boost to 15 microenterprise organisations
With funding from the Citi Foundation, 15 nonprofit community-based organisations across the United States that help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses will be able to hire graduate students as summer interns this year. This is the third consecutive year that Citi Foundation has supported the "Citi Aspen Interns Project". Funding allows each organisation to recruit and hire an intern, who receives a $7,000 stipend. As part of the $250,000 program, the Citi Foundation is also funding researchers at FIELD, the Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination, to manage the project and provide the interns with data collection training… Read more
11 February 2009
EABIS and EFMD launch gateway to profile corporate responsibility in management development
The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) are have launched their new Business in Society Gateway website (www.businessinsociety.eu). The Gateway profiles the latest knowledge and learning on the subject of corporate responsibility within a global community of business schools and universities. It will serve as a multi-stakeholder, multi-media platform to raise awareness and provide access to key resources. At the heart of the Gateway is the Directory, an international catalogue of new research, education and training initiatives from business schools and universities in Europe and beyond… Read more
11 February 2009
Danone first winner of European Corporate Responsibility Award
The European Corporate Responsibility Award launched by the E-I Consulting Group was won by the French company Danone. The award is designed for organisations - large or small, private or (semi-)government - that have implemented corporate responsibility in innovative ways.The E-I Consulting Group is a joint venture of prominent European consulting companies who are leaders in their respective national markets. The European award is designed to stimulate the awareness on the importance of CSR for business success and is also intended to promote the exchange of best practices and innovation within the CSR domain… Read more
10 February 2009
Microsoft helps midsize businesses manage their carbon footprint
Microsoft Corp. has announced the general availability of the Environmental Sustainability Dashboard for Microsoft Dynamics AX. The new toolset, available to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 customers at no additional charge, will enable midsize businesses to capture data needed to measure key indicators related to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions as part of everyday business processes from within their enterprise resource planning solution, helping them pinpoint ways to cut their energy consumption and costs… Read more
10 February 2009
Caisses d'Epargne Foundation for Social Solidarity launches new website
The Caisses d'Epargne Foundation for Social Solidarity is launching www.fces.fr, its new website designed to present the key aspects of the Foundation's activities in support of the elderly, the infirm or disabled, and the campaign to provide everyday assistance to young people grappling with the problem of illiteracy. The Caisses d'Epargne Foundation for Social Solidarity - which was granted official recognition as a public-interest entity in April 2001 - organizes a whole range of activities aimed at combating the different forms of dependency and isolation related to old age, illness, disability, or to difficulties with reading and writing… Read more
09 February 2009
Toyota launches "Aim Zero Emissions" blog
Toyota Motor Europe has launched a new blog entitled "Aim: Zero Emissions" at www.aimzeroemissions.eu. The blog will cover a broad range of topics around sustainable mobility, sustainable production and environmental initiatives in the community, among others. "We believe that environmental sustainability is the single biggest challenge facing our industry and our society this century. Our reaction to this belief affects not only our products but every aspect of our business and every person in it," says Colin Hensley, the author of the blog and General Manager of Corporate Affairs and Planning at Toyota Motor Europe…
09 February 2009
ArcelorMittal South Africa launches long-term partnership with the Department of Education
ArcelorMittal South Africa and the South African Department of Education have announced a partnership to build ten new schools throughout the country using new steel technology. In a first for South Africa, the Primary School will be built using insulated panels technology, which relies heavily on steel as a building material. It can withstand extreme weather conditions, is fire resistant and ten times faster to erect than using conventional building technologies. Read more (Source: ArcelorMittal)
09 February 2009
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