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Volkswagen awards internal Environment prize for the sixth time
Volkswagen awarded the internal Environment prize for the sixth time following a Europe-wide tendering. The jury received 62 applications. Proactive innovations in the area of gear manufacturing, varnishing as well as refrigerant additives were among others awarded with prizes in the categories ‘production' and ‘product'. Günter Damme, Head of Environmental Affairs at Volkswagen, praised the extraordinary personal engagement of all participants. (Source: Volkswagen)
22 October 2009
Volkswagen presents latest Sustainability Report in Brussels
On 8 October 2009 Volkswagen presented its latest Sustainability Report 2009/2010 in the Representation of Lower Saxony in Brussels. Dr. Gerhard Prätorius, Volkswagen AG, Head of CSR and Sustainability, introduced the report and highlighted achievements like the certification of the report along the AccountAbility AA 1000 AS (2008) standard. Afterwards Dr. Thorsten Christen, EU Commission DG Employment, gave valuable insights in the Commission's perspective on CSR and on reporting activities… Read more
22 October 2009
The Dow Live Earth Run for Water 2010
The Dow Chemical Company has announced the Dow Live Earth Run for Water, a series of 6km run/walks, concerts and water education activities taking place around the world on April 18, 2010. It is the largest global initiative in history aimed at helping solve the water crisis and empowering everyone to be a part of the solution. The distance of the run/walks is meaningful - it's the average distance women and children in many impacted countries walk everyday to secure water. Jessica Biel, Alexandra Cousteau, Pete Wentz, Angelique Kidjo and Jenny Fletcher will lend their names and their time in support of this important cause… Read more
22 October 2009
Panasonic take top place in Car Free Challenge
Panasonic has won this year's Car Free Challenge at its first attempt. A quarter of its 355 staff, based in Willoughby Road, Bracknell, took up the challenge and shared lifts or left their cars at home on Friday, September 25. More than 2,000 local employees took part in the challenge.The council lays down the challenge each year to see which organisation can get the highest percentage of staff to travel to work using more sustainable modes of transport. The aim is to raise awareness and potential benefits of the travel options for people working in Bracknell Forest… Read more
21 October 2009
More than 100,000 young people benefit from HP´s GET-IT training courses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
HP EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) has unveiled some of the success stories so far that have underpinned the GET-IT graduate entrepreneurship programme in 2009. HP also announced that the programme will have involved 100 training centres and aims to reach approx. 100.000 graduates in 30 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by the end of this year. The GET-IT programme launched in 2007 provides IT training to unemployed youth and graduates between the ages of 16 and 25, and helps potential entrepreneurs acquire IT skills with the aim of enabling them to become better placed to create and run their own businesses… Read more
21 October 2009
Focus on a partner: Slovak Business Leaders' Forum
Beata Hlavčáková, CSR Program Director of Slovak Business Leaders' Forum, discusses in this month's interview CSR trends, topics and awareness in Slovakia, and further talks about the role of education in promoting CSR. Read interview
21 October 2009
Business in the Community welcomes the launch of the Education and Employers Taskforce
The Education and Employers Taskforce has been launched to raise awareness of how businesses can work effectively with schools and colleges to ensure every young person achieves their aspirations and has a successful working life. The Taskforce's main focuses will be on co-ordination of partnership working, research to establish what works and a standardisation of information and procedures. Such co-ordination is welcomed by Business in the Community who will support the taskforces vision through their members, ensuring that they raise the aspirations and equip young people with the skills and attitudes to enter the world of work - their focus will remain on areas of greatest need… Read more
19 October 2009
Unilever embraces 30th World Food Day
Last school year, Unilever activities funded school meals for 76 000 children in Kenya, Ghana, Indonesia, Colombia, Pakistan and the Philippines. This year Unilever aims to reach 100 000 children. World Food Day has been an annual event since 1979. Unilever fundraising activities on World Food Day will include, ‘a meal for a meal' whereby Unilever employees can donate the cost of a WFP school meal whilst buying their own lunch. In Kenya, employees have volunteered to visit one of the schools supported by the partnership (Makongeni Pri school in Nairobi)… Read more
16 October 2009
HP joins WWF’s Global Forest and Trade Network
HP announced on 15 october it has joined the Global Forest & Trade Network in North America (GFTN-NA), a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative linking more than 300 companies globally that share a commitment to responsible forestry. By becoming a member of the GFTN, HP has committed to progressively increase the amount of responsibly harvested fiber used in its paper products and sold globally. As part of meeting these goals, HP will be engaging with suppliers and informing customers of its commitment… Read more
16 October 2009
Promotion of a balanced nutrition: the FOOD project (Fighting Obesity through Offer and Demand)
The FOOD programme, Accor's new initiative, is a public-private consortium made up of six European countries, aimed at promoting access to healthy food choices by adapting both what restaurants serve (the offer) and what employees want (the demand). In the last 10 months, FOOD experts have observed and analyzed the needs and expectations of these two groups through surveys.FOOD has set ambitious goals for the next two years: to increase awareness through information, educate through training and build effective company policies in coordination with HR directors, sustainable development departments, trade unions and company medical services… Read more
16 October 2009
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