Member News
Toyota Motor Europe volunteers work on Greenway again
Plans to create a greenway linking the headquarters of Toyota Motor Europe (TME) to the nearby Technical Centre took another step forward on 14 March with 140 volunteers joining forces to work on the route. The Toyota Greenway will run for 7 km and includes a cycling and walking trail which will link the two Toyota facilities. Maarten Sper from the Vlaamse Landmaatschappij outlined the current and future plans for cycling and walking trails in the neighbourhood of Toyota's facilities in Brussels… Read more
16 March 2010
Toyota publishes social contributions brochure
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) has recently published a new brochure on its corporate social responsibility activities. The brochure aims to raise the awareness of TMMT employees and the local community about the work TMMT undertakes. The brochure outlines the guidelines and strategy TMMT has developed in the areas of CSR and social contributions in general. The new brochure has been distributed to all employees. It will also be distributed at events where TMMT is represented. Visitors to TMMT facilities will also receive a copy… Read more
16 March 2010
New CSV Report released by Nestlé
The new Creating Shared Value (CSV) Report 2009 highlights Nestlé's drive in Nutrition, Water and Environmental Sustainability and Rural Development. The full 90 page CSV Report, available as a download, demonstrates that Nestlé has achieved a 59% reduction of water withdrawal per tonne of product since 2000. The Key Performance Indicator section, collected throughout the year by hundreds of employees across the business - from factories to sales and marketing to management, also revealed that over 160,000 individual farmers and suppliers were trained through capacity-building programmes… Read more
15 March 2010
Alcatel-Lucent rolls out API bundles to radically transform the application development business model
Alcatel-Lucent bundles, and an associated revenue sharing model that radically transforms application development by eliminating upfront costs for developers and opening new revenue opportunities for service providers. The announcement is part of a larger push by Alcatel-Lucent to give developers the ability to use the network as a development platform in the same way they currently build applications for mobile devices and the Web. The company also announced a powerful new business and application modeling tool that allows developers to get the most out of their applications… Read more
15 March 2010
Alcatel-Lucent’s alternative energy program named a finalist in European Commission’s Sustainable Energy Europe campaign annual competition
Alcatel-Lucent announced on Friday 12th that it is one of the finalists of the European Commission's Sustainable Energy Europe Awards Competition 2010. Alcatel-Lucent submitted its "Alternative Energy Program for Global Green Telecommunications" in the "Market Transformation-Voluntary Commitments" category and entered the awards competition following its recognition as an Official Partner of this European Union initiative. Through this innovative program Alcatel-Lucent is developing and building the first truly industrial solution of wireless telecom base stations powered with alternative energies, such as solar, wind and fuel cells… Read more
15 March 2010
Building economies with a modern workforce with Microsoft
A recent survey found that in five years time 90 percent of all jobs will require ICT skills. Never has there been a more critical time for the region to invest in developing and enhancing e-skills. To achieve this, there must be collaboration between governments, academics, industry partners, and non-governmental organisations to find innovative ways to use the power of technology for improved social and economic development. Microsoft is committed to the EU Commission's e-skills strategy and Digital Agenda, and has already launched the Skills for Europe project… Read more
15 March 2010
New BASF report makes business sustainability transparent
BASF creates measurable value for employees, shareholders, customers and society with its products and solutions, as shown in the Report 2009 published by BASF on 11th March. The report combines economic, ecological and social aspects. The publication meets the internationally recognized Standards of Global Reporting Initiative for sustainability reporting. The independent institution reaffirmed maximum transparency for the third time in succession, issuing an A+ rating. The report documents BASF's economic, ecological and social performance and shows how sustainability contributes to corporate success even in times of economic difficulty… Read more
12 March 2010
IBM’s World Community Grid’s computing strength powers breakthrough research that will guide the development of new class of AIDS drugs
A team of researchers at the renowned Scripps Research Institute has discovered two new compounds that prove the existence of new binding sites on HIV protease. Associate Professor C. David Stout, senior author of the study, explained "These results open the door to a whole new approach to drug design against HIV protease," which is an enzyme used by HIV to create new, infectious viral particles. This experimental breakthrough will serve as the basis for new drug development to combat the increasing number of drug-resistant HIV strains and to improve the potency of current drug therapies… Read more
12 March 2010
Club de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad launched an English version of its newsletter
Club de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad launched on the 1st March the English version of its daily newsletter "Responsabilidad i+", an information space on corporate responsibility topics that quickly became a reference tool in Spanish language due not only to its carefully chosen highlights but also to its nine thematic channels. Read more
12 March 2010
BT and The Lord’s Taverners to bring “multi-sensory rooms” to thousands of children
One of Britain's leading sports charities, The Lord's Taverners, has entered into a major partnership with BT to create 12 new "sensory areas" across the UK for children with learning difficulties and disabilities. Together, BT and The Lord's Taverners are investing nearly £400,000 in the project, which will leave a lasting legacy in local communities across the UK. The Lord's Taverners is a charity dedicated to providing sporting and recreational opportunities to disadvantaged and disabled children… Read more
12 March 2010
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