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02/02/2012
Global Sustainability Panel Calls for Transformation of Global Economy, Makes Push for Corporate Sustainability on Broad Scale
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(New York) – Highlighting the role of the UN Global Compact in advancing a more sustainable global economy and calling for wider adoption of corporate sustainability principles, the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability today released its final report, titledResilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing. In the report, the 22-member panel, established in August 2010 to formulate a new blueprint for sustainable development and low-carbon prosperity, sets forth 56 recommendations to put sustainable 
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02/02/2012
On Occasion of LEAD Anniversary, UN Secretary-General Urges Business Leaders to Advance Corporate Sustainability
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(Davos) – Marking the first anniversary of Global Compact LEAD, a platform for advanced corporate sustainability performance, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged private sector leaders to accelerate uptake of global corporate sustainability practices in the months leading up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).
The
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02/02/2012
Leading Executives Meet With Secretary-General in Fresh Boost to Strengthen UN-Business Partnerships
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(Davos) – Top executives of companies engaged in Global Compact LEAD, a platform for advanced corporate sustainability practices, met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and heads of UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes in Davos today to discuss ways of boosting both extent and impact of business
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02/02/2012
Social Responsibility Director at Carter’s, Inc. (Atlanta, USA)
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RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead the Carters Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program to include the following initiatives:
Drive the factory audit and corrective action process to ensure compliance with Carters CSR policy and minimize the risk for the organization through the management of various third-party vendors.
Ensure that the Carters CSR
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02/02/2012
East Asia Research Associate at UL Responsible Sourcing (Hong Kong, China)
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UL-RS is a risk management consultancy specializing in responsible sourcing solutions. UL-RS is recognized as one of the world’s leading consultancies in supply chain labor standards, providing benchmark guidance to global Fortune 500 retailers and manufacturers. UL-RS has 30 offices worldwide dedicated to carrying out
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01/26/2012
Business Encouraged by First Draft Rio+20 Outcome Document
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BASD Advocates for Stronger Business Role and Financing Policies in First Zero Draft Review Meeting
(New York) – Welcoming the prominent role of business in the latest draft outcome document for this June’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Business Action for Sustainable Development 2012 (BASD) stressed
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01/26/2012
UN Global Compact Joins Forces with the Fashion Industry to Launch First Sector-Specific Initiative
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(Copenhagen) – Facing potentially devastating impacts of climate change and with attention on corporate sustainability soaring to new heights, the world needs innovators that can lead the push toward more sustainable solutions. The fashion industry has the potential to be one such innovator, working proactively to
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01/26/2012
Global Compact Launches Web Platform to Mobilize Business for Rio+20
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(New York) – The UN Global Compact today launched a new website – compact4rio.org– in support of the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation & Collaboration for the Future We Want, to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 15-18 June 2012.
Organized by the Global Compact in cooperation with
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01/26/2012
Senior Director, Finance and Administration at The Synergos Institute (New York, USA)
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About Synergos Institute
The Synergos Institute is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of effective, sustainable and locally based solutions to poverty. Working with partners, Synergos’ mission is to mobilize resources and bridge social and economic divides to reduce poverty and increase equity around
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01/22/2012
Technical Specialist I – Corporate Responsibility at AIAG
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Overview:
AIAG a not for profit organization supporting the global business supply chain has an opening for a Technical Specialist that will be responsible to facilitate project logistics such as meetings and conference calls for corporate responsibility initiatives. The successful candidate will support the Program Management
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01/15/2012
Director, Social Responsibility at Peet’s Coffee & Team
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Overall Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Vice President, Organization Capability & Culture, the Director of Social Responsibility is the subject matter expert on corporate social responsibility, leading Peet’s long-term strategy and annual initiatives. This role represents Peet’s point of view on socially responsible business practices to a
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01/15/2012
Associate (AE), Corporate Responsibility at APCO Worldwide (New York, USA)
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APCO Worldwide, a global public affairs and strategic communications firm, has an immediate opportunity for an associate (account executive level) with two to four years of experience to join its New York corporate responsibility practice.
Associates at APCO are high performing individual contributors who are on
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01/04/2012
(Senior) Member Services Research Analyst at Boston College, Carroll School – Center for Corporate Citizenship (Boston, USA)
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Job Description
The Center provides knowledge and learning opportunities designed to help advance good corporate citizenship. The Member Services Research Analyst is responsible for working with the management team on the design, implementation, analysis, and delivery of the Center’s four signature research products; for implementing member
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01/04/2012
Social Compliance Auditor at UL Responsible Sourcing (Los Angeles, USA)
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UL Responsible Sourcing is recognized as one of the world’s leading responsible sourcing consultancies, providing guidance on supply chain labor standards to global Fortune 500 retailers and manufacturers. UL Responsible Sourcing has 30 offices worldwide dedicated to carrying out labor assessments that focus on child
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12/19/2011
Secretary-General Asks Global Compact Board to Reconstitute, Address Public-Private Partnership Agenda
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(New York) – Addressing the Global Compact Board on the occasion of its last meeting in 2011, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Board Members to intensify efforts to advance public-private partnerships in support of critical development challenges.
Stressing the importance of next year’s UN
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12/19/2011
CEO Water Mandate Launches Platform for Corporate Water Assessment on New Website
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(New York) – Today, the CEO Water Mandate – an initiative of the UN Global Compact that seeks to advance more sustainable corporate water management – launched its new website atwww.ceowatermandate.org. The site features a new capacity building platform developed in collaboration with the UN
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Businesses & Consultants
06/29/2010
Siemens Sustainability Report 2009
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NGOs
09/22/2010
General Assembly Reaffirms Critical Role of Private Sector in Advancing the Millennium Development Goals
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Siemens published its new Sustainability Report 2009 here. The report makes it clear: For Siemens, sustainability is the path to profitable growth and long-term value creation. To achieve these goals, the company is intensifying its efforts in various areas: innovation,
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(New York) – At the conclusion of its High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG Summit), the UN General Assembly stressed the critical role of the private sector for development and called on businesses everywhere to contribute to
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Research Institutes
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Business Councils
09/22/2009
Report Urges New Approach to Valuing Businesses
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Barcelona, 22 Sept – For many years there have been inconclusive attempts to prove that improved environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance positively affects overall business performance. Now a new report from a European research team proposes that companies
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Journals
12/09/2010
New Issue of Business & Society Review (115/4)
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Events
06/18/2010
Congress on Experiential Learning
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The recent issue of Business & Society Review (115/4) contains:
The World Guide to CSR: A Country-by-Country Analysis of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility - Edited by
Wayne Visser and Nick Tolhurst, by Moskowitz, M. , in: Business & Society Review, volume
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How does today’s management education use experiential learning to improve management development and executive education?
This will be the most important though not only question addressed by the Congress on Experiential Learning organised by EABIS on 25/26 November 2010; supported
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02/03/2012
FOE: Neuer Bericht zu Nahrungsmittelspekulationen
Brüssel (csr-news) > Ein neuer Bericht der Organisation „Friends of Earth“ (FOE) untersucht die Spekulation auf Nahrungsmittel und die Finanzierung von Landraub durch 29 europäische Banken, Pensionsfonds und Versicherungen. Damit reiht sich die Studie in eine Reihe weiterer Untersuchungen ein, die in den letzten Monaten veröffentlicht wurden. Nicht alle kommen 
02/03/2012
Aus- und Weiterbildung im CR-Bereich für Praktiker
Mittlerweile werben auch Bäckertüten damit, CO2-neutral zu sein. Immer mehr Konsumenten treffen Ihre Kaufentscheidungen strategisch und achten dabei nicht nur auf die Produkte selbst. Auch Verpackung, Transport, Arbeitsbedingungen und der Einsatz des Unternehmens für Umwelt und Gesellschaft spielen dabei eine immer größere Rolle.
Quereinsteiger sind die Regel
Ehemalige Mitarbeiter aus den Bereichen
02/03/2012
Löning sieht deutsche Firmen in China in der Pflicht
Berlin (afp) - Der Menschenrechtsbeauftragte der Bundesregierung, Markus Löning (FDP), hat die deutsche Wirtschaft zum Einsatz für Menschenrechte in China aufgefordert. Die Wirtschaft müsse gerade in jenen Betrieben in China, in die sie investiert habe, dafür sorgen, "dass die internationalen Arbeitsmindestnormen eingehalten werden", sagte Löning am Donnerstag auf Deutschlandradio Kultur.
Dies
02/03/2012
Protestmarsch gegen Umweltverschmutzung durch Bergbau in Peru
Lima (afp) - Aus Protest gegen den geplanten Abbau von Gold und Kupfer im Norden Perus sind hunderte Menschen am Mittwoch (Ortszeit) zu einem Marsch in die 800 Kilometer entfernte Hauptstadt Lima aufgebrochen. Nach Angaben der Organisatoren soll der "Marsch für das Wasser", der teils zu Fuß, teils mit Fahrzeugen
02/02/2012
Der öffentliche Einkaufskorb wird nachhaltiger
Bonn (csr-news) > In dieser Woche hat das Beschaffungsamt des Bundesministeriums des Inneren (BMI) die neu geschaffene „Kompetenzstelle für nachhaltige Beschaffung“ offiziell eröffnet. In dieser Rolle arbeitet das Beschaffungsamt darauf hin, nachhaltige Kriterien verstärkt in den öffentlichen Einkauf einzubetten. Zielgruppe sind sowohl Vergabestellen der öffentlichen Hand als auch potenzielle Bieter
02/02/2012
DIHK: Merkel soll sich in China für fairen Wettbewerb einsetzen
Passau (afp) - Wirtschaftsverbände und Menschenrechtler haben vor der China-Reise von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) deutliche Worte der deutschen Regierungschefin an die dortige Führung gefordert. Nötig seien offene Märkte und fairer Wettbewerb, sagte der Präsident des Deutschen Industrie- und Handelskammertags (DIHK), Hans Heinrich Driftmann, der "Passauer Neuen Presse" vom Mittwoch.
02/02/2012
Einsame Senioren erobern Japans Spielhallen
Von Hiroshi Hiyama
Tokio (afp) - Früher waren Spielhallen in Japan das Revier lärmender Teenager - inzwischen sind sie auf dem besten Weg, zum Tummelplatz der Großeltern-Generation zu werden. Weil sie Geld und viel Freizeit haben, verbringen mehr und mehr einsame Senioren viele Stunden am Münzautomaten. Der so genannte silberne Markt
02/01/2012
Praktikum im Bereich CSR der Bertelsmann Stiftung
Job Beschreibung
Praktikant (m/w) im Projekt "Corporate Social Responsibility"
Praktikanten, Vollzeit, Befristet, Projektmanagement
Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wir über uns
Die Bertelsmann Stiftung in Gütersloh versteht ist eine operativ und konzeptionell arbeitende Stiftung, die Projekte selbst initiiert und diese von der Definition bis zur praktischen Umsetzung und Evaluation aktiv mitgestaltet. Zentrales Ziel des Programms
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