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Workshop summary: Integration & Valuing Non-Financial Performance
The first group of companies participating in CSR Europe’s collaborative project on Valuing Non-Financial Performance (VNFP) held a workshop in Rome on 1-2 March, kindly hosted by Telecom Italia. Participants of this workshop exchanged best practices on integration - the degree to which CSR is linked to the core strategy & management processes of the business. In addition to the exchange of best practices, the project aims to define the material non-financial performance factors (ESG) of companies by creating a consensus on material NFP superfactors with leading asset managers and asset owners and establishing a convergence methodology for measuring and reporting on NFP between companies and investors… Read more
07 March 2012
Volkswagen Group commits to 120g CO2 target
The Volkswagen Group is raising the bar for environmental protection higher and has set itself ambitious new sustainability targets. In light of this, the Group will be spending well over two thirds of its entire €62.4 billion investment program for the coming five years directly or indirectly in ever more efficient vehicles, new powertrains and technologies as well as environmentally compatible production at its plants all over the world."Geneva 2012 marks the start of a fundamental ecological restructuring of the Volkswagen Group", Prof… Read more
07 March 2012
Volkswagen’s eco up! is one of the world’s lowest emitting cars
The eco up! as a series version generates only 79 g/km of CO2 eco up! consumes only 2.9 kg of natural gas per 100 kilometresVolkswagen presented the production version of the new eco up! in Geneva on the 6th of March. Thanks to natural gas as fuel and the standard BlueMotion Technology (among other things, Stop/Start system and battery regeneration), the latest up! sets a new benchmark in the area of CO2 emissions with a mere 79 g/km. Naturally, the combined fuel consumption is similarly low – a mere 2… Read more
07 March 2012
Sanofi US Launches 2012 Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge
Sanofi US has announced that it is accepting entries for the Data Design Diabetes™ Innovation Challenge. The Innovation Challenge is aligned with the United States government's initiative to use an open dialogue to drive action toward a three-part aim: innovation in the quality, delivery and cost of diabetes care. The kickoff earlier this year crowd-sourced answers to the question, "What matters most to you?" as it relates to diabetes, and prizes include more than $200,000 in awards, industry-leading mentorship and real-world community response… Read more
07 March 2012
Nestlé partners with South African scientists
Nestlé is entering into a new research partnership with the government of South Africa which it is hoped will contribute to the scientific development of the country and the continent as a whole. The arrangement will offer South African scientists exposure to Nestlé's extensive research capabilities, in particular the company's expertise in nutrition, food science and food safety.Read more (Source: Nestlé)
07 March 2012
Unilever calls on companies to tackle food waste mountain
Unilever has asked other companies, trade bodies and public sector organisations to join its campaign to tackle the 400,000 tonnes of avoidable food waste that is discarded every year.In a meeting in London the company issued a call for more signatories to join organisations such as WRAP, Whitbred and Sodexo in supporting its United Against Waste campaign, ahead of a larger push in the spring that will aim to bring together fragmented food waste initiatives.Read more (Source: Business Green)
07 March 2012
Vodafone donate logo to Suicide or Survive charity
Vodafone and the Dublin Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) have announced a unique initiative for the first games of the Allianz National Football and Hurling Leagues that will deliver a timely boost for promotion of mental health issues in Ireland.Ireland's largest total telecoms provider is to vacate its jersey sponsorship for the much anticipated opening football for the Suicide or Survive Charity (SOS) www.suicideorsurvive.ie. This is the first time a jersey logo will have been handed over by a sponsor to a charity for a competitive inter-county match… Read more
07 March 2012
UC Berkeley Advances Sustainable Chemistry Education with Dow Contribution
Dow will support the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry’s aging undergraduate teaching labs rebuild and the design of a new curriculum based on the principles of sustainability and green chemistry, with a $3.5 million gift through The Dow Chemical Company Foundation.As part of the gift funds, the lab equipment, hoods and lighting will be replaced to bring it up to the latest efficiency standards and the lab curriculum will be completely revised to incorporate sustainability into every experiment… Read more
07 March 2012
Member-only EU Update Call
In the next EU update call on 29 March 2012 at 11.00 – 11.45 CET, CSR Europe’s reaction to the EC Communication on CSR 2011 will be discussed based on the letters send to the presidents of the EU institutions. Furthermore, latest EU developments and initiatives on social innovation will be presented also in relation to CSR Europe’s General Assembly on 26 and 27 April 2012. CSR Europe will also highlight important issues of the EU Communication on the Active and Healthy Ageing Innovation Partnership and explain how to get involved in this EU partnership… Read more
07 March 2012
Close the gender pay gap
Getting 17% less than you deserve? Women in Europe experience this everyday, as they face ongoing inequalities and discrimination in the labour market. (Source: European Commission)
06 March 2012
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