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Berlin > Die weitgehende Unabhängigkeit einer Unternehmensstiftung von ihrem Stiftungsunternehmen schafft Glaubwürdigkeit. Das betont der Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen in seinen gestern vorgestellten "Zehn Empfehlungen für gemeinnützige Stiftungen". Das Papier richtet sich an Unternehmen, die mit einer eigenen Stiftung im "Dritten Sektor" - der 
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in Kooperation mit Hamburg Fokus Südafrika und InWEnt Regionales Zentrum Hamburg
Fußball-WM 2010 – Aufschwung für Afrika?
Diskussionsteilnehmer(innen):
Marianne Hoffmann (Behörde für Kultur, Sport und Medien, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg)
Pamina Haussecker (InWEnt - Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH, Bonn)
Dr. Andreas Mehler (GIGA)
Carsten Ress (KICKFAIR, Stuttgart)
Sigrid Thomsen
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Zürich > Die Konsumentenplattform Codecheck.info verwandelt Smartphones mit neuen iPhone- und Android-Apps in Strichcodescanner und Warentester. Ein kostenloses Mini-Programm (App) von Codecheck scannt mittels Handykamera Strichcodes, verbindet sich mit der Produktdatenbank von Codecheck und wirft dann Experteninformationen zum Produkt aus. Der Kunde erfährt
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(New York) – The Steering Committee of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), a global UN-supported initiative to inspire and champion responsible management education, research and thought leadership, has formally adopted a governance framework. Signaling the next phase of PRME, the framework
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Im Nachgang zum Ranking der Nachhaltigkeitsberichte veranstalten future e.V. und das Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung
(IÖW) am 18. März im Alten Rathaus in Hannover einen Workshop zu den Trends in der Berichterstattung.
All jenen, die an der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung – ob als Ersteller, Prüferinnen, Bewerter oder
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UNIFEM and UN Global Compact to launch Women’s Empowerment Principles – Equality Means Business
(New York) – The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the UN Global Compact (UNGC) today called on the business community to implement recruitment and retention practices that
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Sea Change Radio Host Bill Baue talks with Adam Kanzer of Domini Social Investments about the new SEC Investor Advisory Committee, on which he represents the socially responsible investing (SRI) community. SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro established the committee as one of her
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(Khartoum) – The first joint UN Global Compact – Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) event was convened in Khartoum on 1-2 March 2010 in collaboration with the Global Compact Local Network Sudan. The event focused on responsible business and investment in conflict-affected countries
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United Nations Lends Support to ‘Hippocratic Oath’ for Business Managers
(New York) – The Oath Project, the United Nations Global Compact, and the Principles for Responsible Management Education today announced an alliance to support the cause of a professional oath of
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Producing biofuel is kind of like brewing beer, a practice that’s been around since the Phoenicians and Egyptians first fermented things, according to Bill Haywood, CEO of the San Francisco-based company LS9. He explains to Sea Change Radio West Coast Correspondent Alex
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Würzburg > Es gab gleich zwei Gründe zu feiern: Dr. Kurt Eckernkamp, Verleger und Aufsichtsratvorsitzender von Vogel Business Media wurde 75 und seine „Vogel Stiftung“ 10 Jahre alt. Im festlichen Rahmen fand deshalb am 25. Februar 2010 eine Festveranstaltung mit über 450 Gästen
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The Danish Institute for Human Rights has secured funding from the Danish International Development Agency and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to begin the creation of the Human Rights and Business Country Risk Portal.
The Portal is the first free resource for companies
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(New York) – Just over one month after the Haiti earthquake, the aid community has launched a revised Humanitarian Appeal for USD 1,441,547,920 billion for some three million people badly affected by the disaster, totaling 30% of Haiti’s population. Running from January to
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In this fifth episode of our Back To The Future series, we look at how the mighty power of the Connecticut River fueled the birth of manufacturing in Massachusetts — and the country — not just in producing finished goods, like paper and
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Wiesbaden > Stan Albers will mit der Initiative „Löwenmut“ Fachwissen der Behindertenhilfe nach Afrika bringen. In Deutschland ist der Pädagoge Referent des Vorstandsvorsitzenden der Interessengemeinschaft für Behinderte e.V. (IFB). Der Verband kooperiert mit Unternehmen und fördert so die Integration behinderter Menschen. CSR NEWS
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Sea Change Radio West Coast Correspondent Alex Wise interviews Moira DeNike about fueling a 1985 Mercedes 300 Diesel on waste vegetable oil (or WVO). Sea Change Co-Host Kelsey Flynn talks to Ric Sustache of Greasecar, which sells kits to convert diesel cars
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(London) – A coalition of global investors from 13 countries, managing over US$2.1 trillion of assets, today added its voice to the increasing calls for better corporate reporting on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) activities.
The international investor coalition is writing to
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This edition of Sea Change Radio studies sustainable education. Co-Host Bill Baue speaks with Sustainable Endowments Institute Executive Director Mark Orlowski about the College Sustainability Report Card. Co-Host Kelsey Flynn then chats with Josh Stoeffel, the new Sustainability Coordinator here at
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(New York) – Today, the Global Compact Office announced that 859 companies were removed (delisted) from the initiative’s database of participants between 1 October 2009 and 1 January 2010*. The total number of businesses removed for failure to meet the Global Compact’s mandatory
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UN introduces business.un.org, a one-stop gateway to broker UN-business partnerships, facilitate donations and highlight success stories
(Davos) – Business.un.org the new UN-business partnership gateway, will be introduced today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland. The website provides a
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