Member News
BITC research reveals that responsible businesses recover quicker from financial crisis
Research released by Business in the Community (BITC) on June 7 confirms for the second year running a statistically significant link between effective management and governance of environmental and social issues and financial performance. According to research conducted by Ipsos MORI, the companies participating in BITC's Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI) each year between 2002 and 2009 outperform their FTSE350 peers on total shareholder return (TSR) by an average of 10 percentage points in seven out of the eight years… Read more
07 June 2010
The City of Stockholm and Vattenfall Group starting biggest Swedish purchasing of electric cars
The joint City of Stockholm and Vattenfall Group promoted electric cars on May 25th, and received clearance for its application for a SEK 62M grant from the Swedish Energy Agency. This implies that the biggest Swedish purchasing of electric cars may start.The purchasing will be carried in to phases; first the so-called initial fleet and then the main purchasing.The initial fleet will consist of 50 electric vehicles and the customers may receive a compensation of 25 percent of the additional cost, however a maximum of SEK 100 000 per vehicle… Read more
07 June 2010
Intel wins Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) presented on June 2 the 10th Annual Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy to three corporations and one nonprofit for programs selected by an independent multidisciplinary jury according to the following criteria: demonstrated CEO leadership, dedication to measurement, successful partnerships, and innovation. Among this year's distinguished Excellence Awards recipients is Intel Corporation for Intel® Teach, a program designed to improve the quality of education through teacher training on effective use of technology in classrooms around the world… Read more
03 June 2010
Telefonica involved in 1GOAL world’s biggest ever mobile campaign for education
1GOAL: Education for All, the football world and FIFA-backed legacy project for the 2010 World Cup, launched on May 18 the world's biggest ever mobile phone campaign. Mobile companies from across the globe have come together to offer more than 1.5 billion people an opportunity to show their support for the initiative with over 1 billion text messages going out to people in the coming weeks. Telefónica Group joins the 1GOALcampaign to reach out to 274 million customers across 25 countries… Read more
03 June 2010
Alcatel-Lucent Foundation awarded a prize for the mentoring in English of young people from underprivileged backgrounds
At the second annual «Nuit de la formation professionnelle » (Professional Training Night), held at the Casino de Paris theatre in Paris on May 17th, a special Jury‘s Favorite prize was awarded in the category of « Best Training Initiative in favor of Corporate Social Responsibility ». « Mentoring in English » is one of the actions initiated by the Cercle Passeport Télécoms, a non-profit organization which accompanies young people from modest backgrounds enrolled in top French business and engineering schools… Read more
02 June 2010
BT’s 2010 sustainable report available
The report reveals how BT is creating the framework for a low carbon future and embedding sustainability into its business. It also includes comments and thought pieces from internal and external stakeholders on some of the issues and dilemmas facing BT, as well as ways in which the company is addressing them. Additionally it reveals that BT has been granted planning permission for the first of several wind farms in the UK, while in California, the solar array powering BT's offices and data centre has seen its first full year of operation… Read more
02 June 2010
Microsoft welcomes the “Digital Agenda for Europe”
Microsoft welcomes the "Digital Agenda for Europe," announced on May 19 by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes, as a bold roadmap for action. The Digital Agenda addresses a wide range of topical issues including online security, data privacy and identity management so that Europe's Internet users have greater trust and confidence online. Building on their long-standing investment and commitment in Europe, Microsoft will continue to partner with the Commission, EU institutions and member states to further develop their long standing investments in Europe… Read more
02 June 2010
Final report of “Building Responsible Competitiveness” project to be presented by Foretica on June 9
Foretica is organizing a one-day session aiming at analyzing the impacts of the national "Ley de Economía Sostenible" in companies' agendas on June 9. The final report of the European project "Building Responsible Competitiveness" in which Foretica took part will be presented and made available on this occasion. The study focuses on main CSR issues the construction sector is being confronted to, relying on Best Practice experiences from some companies among the industry… Read more
31 May 2010
An overview of CSR qualifications in Spain by the Club de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad
The Club de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad released a study entitled "Una aproximación al estado de la RSE en la Enseñanza en España" ("Overall view of how CSR is teached in Spain") in collaboration with the Minister for Labour and Immigration. This aims at presenting a picture of the spanish education system and how it deals with corporate responsibility -a concept that seems to refer to companies only. In fact, it embraces far a wider range of organizations, from MNCs to other kinds of entities… Read more
31 May 2010
Cambodian NGO awarded with the first Nestle Prize in Creating Shared Value
A rural development project which aims to increase the standard of living of Cambodian rural population by improving agricultural productivity and income, has been awarded with the first Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value (CSV). Since 2005, International Development Enterprises (IDE) Cambodia - a non-profit organisation - has developed a network of small rural entrepreneurs (Farm Business Advisors or FBAs) who sell good quality agricultural products, services and technical advice to poor farmers in order to help them improve their farming techniques and livelihood… Read more
31 May 2010
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