活動消息
CSR EUROPE CSR集會已經收集到超過80個解決方案
歐洲企業社會責任協會解決方案選拔委員會已經選取了超過80個具有創新價值的公司CSR解決方案,即將于11月29日歐洲CSR集會活動中展出并接受與會人員的論證。被選取的公司已經被通知進行下一步的準備工作,更多信息,請聯系Beatriz Berruga (bb@csreurope.org)。
歐洲企業社會責任協會出席10月18-19日溯源倫理論壇
歐洲企業社會責任協會會員Intertek于10月18-19日在巴黎組織有關CSR的倫理來源的研討會,這項2天的活動以“溯源至倫理是可能的嗎?”主題展開,發言嘉賓來自微軟、Boots the Chemist、強生、GTZ、De Beers、迪斯尼公司、瓊斯服裝集團、大眾汽車、Fairtrade/Flo-Cert、歐萊雅等公司。歐洲企業社會責任協會執行主任Kerstin Born致開幕詞。
CSR EUROPE會員新聞
沃達豐承諾在印度建立1000萬美元的基金
沃達豐集團宣布將建立一個沃達豐印度基金,初始資金為1000萬美元。設立此項基金的主要目的是,通過對在那些地方登記的慈善機構和全球非政府組織提供直接的資金,對它們開展的合適的社會事業投資項目提供支持。最初,基金將集中于那些為印度年輕人提供教育機會項目,使得他們具備更高的技能。
惠普和世界野生動物基金會啟動EMEA項目的下一步行動
繼去年惠普向全球宣布與世界野生動物基金會合作,目前在歐洲惠普和世界野生動物基金會已經開始就尋求信息與通訊技術企業如何降低二氧化碳排放的解決方案開展工作。
Fortis投資簽署加入聯合國責任投資原則
Fortis投資已經簽署加入聯合國責任投資原則(PRI),PRI是由投資者發起的,由聯合國環境規劃署和聯合國全球契約進行協調。
思科網絡技術學院將改變阿富汗人的生活
思科網絡技術學院和Roshan,在阿富汗處于領導地位的電信提供商,已經達成協議將為600名學生提供機會。Roshan承諾向學生捐獻10萬美元,用于學習思科的IT精華和思科網絡課程,有助于他們具備從事工業生產所需要的資質,從而加入該國家的勞動力大軍。考慮到在IT界性別分化越來越嚴重,雙方同意這些受資助的學生中的60%將是女生。
尼桑的導航定位系統將作為應對氣候變暖的工具
根據CNET的報告,尼桑通過在汽車中安裝導航系統應對氣候變暖。這個想法的實質在于避免交通擁堵,從而使司機消耗的燃油更少。目前已經得到應用,在北京的出租車上進行了實驗,通過收集路上其他車輛傳感器得到目前的交通數據并反饋給司機,以幫助他們避免遭遇交通擁堵。
達能和國際食品勞聯(IUF)簽署全球多樣性協議
達能集團和國際食品勞聯簽署了一項多樣性的協議,目的在于雇用管理者、工會和工人代表。這項全球范圍的協議聲稱其主要的目標是對抗所有形式的歧視,而員工的多元化是確保公司有效率的關鍵。
寶潔、聯合利華、雀巢和其他公司形成聯合向供應商施加壓力披露溫室氣體排放數據
華爾街雜志報道,超過六家公司,全球最大的公司,包括歐洲企業社會責任協會的會員寶潔、聯合利華和雀巢,建立了一個供應商領袖聯合組織,這個組織將向供應商施加壓力讓它們披露二氧化碳排放的數據以及應對氣候變化的戰略。公司將使用這些信息評價供應商。這一組織與碳披露項目達成了合作協議。
歐盟觀察(來自歐盟的最新動態)
歐盟幫助小企業走“綠色”道路
歐盟委員會宣布了一些新的措施來幫助中小企業,以減輕日益嚴格的環境法律給它們造成的負擔,同時也使得它們從不斷進步的環境管理中獲得潛在的經濟利益。10月4日宣布的環境友好協助項目,目的在于告訴歐盟的2300萬中小型企業,占企業總數的99%,它們日常的商業行為對環境造成的負面影響。
INSIDE CSR EUROPE
More than 80 Solutions Selected for the MarketPlace
CSR Europe's solutions selection committee has selected 80 innovative company CSR solutions to be demonstrated at the European MarketPlace on CSR on 29 November. The selected companies have been informed about the next steps. For more information, contact your account manager or Beatriz Berruga (bb@csreurope.org).
CSR Europe at the Ethical Sourcing Forum Europe on 18-19 October
CSR Europe member Intertek will organise the Ethical Sourcing Forum Europe in Paris on 18-19 October. The 2-day event will open with the topic\"Is Ethical Sourcing possible?\"Company speakers include Microsoft, Boots the Chemist, Johnson Johnson, GTZ, De Beers, The Walt Disney Company, Jones Apparel Group, Volkswagen, Fairtrade/Flo-Cert, L'Oréal and others. CSR Europe's executive director Kerstin Born will speak at the opening session.
CSR EUROPE’S MEMBERS NEWS
Vodafone Commits $10 Million to Establish Foundation in India
Vodafone Group Plc has announced that it is establishing the Vodafone India Foundation, with an initial commitment of $10 million. The principal aim of the foundation will be to make a positive contribution to Indian society by providing direct grants to locally registered charities and global NGOs with suitable social investment aims and objectives. The foundation will initially focus on projects associated with providing education for young people across India, enabling the development of higher skill sets.
HP-WWF Partnership Kicks Off Next Stage in EMEA
Following the global announcement of HP's partnership with WWF last year, here in Europe, HP and WWF are now working towards identifying how ICT solutions can deliver carbon dioxide reductions.
Fortis Investments Signs UN Principles for Responsible Investments
Fortis Investments has signed the Principles for Responsible Investments (PRI). The PRI are an investor initiative co-ordinated by the UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact.
Cisco Networking Academy Changing Lives in Afghanistan
Cisco Networking Academy and Roshan, Afghanistan's leading telecom provider, have struck an agreement that will create opportunities for 600 students. Roshan has agreed to provide $100,000 to sponsor the students through Cisco's IT Essentials and Cisco Certified Networker Associate courses, industry-recognised qualifications that will help them join the country's workforce. A key focus of the Networking Academy is the growing gender gap in the IT industry, and both sides have agreed to ensure that 60 percent of the students to receive sponsorship will be women.
Nissan Positions Navigation System as Tool to Fight Global Warming
Nissan is pushing car navigation systems as a way to fight global warming, CNET reports. The idea, essentially, is that by avoiding traffic jams, drivers will use less gas. One application, currently being tested on taxis in Beijing, feeds current traffic data gathered by sensors in other cars on the road to drivers to help them avoid traffic jams.
Danone and IUF: Worldwide Diversity Agreement
Groupe Danone and the IUF have signed a convention on diversity, aiming to engage management and unions and/or workers representatives. This world-wide convention states that the main priority is to fight all types of discrimination and that staff diversity is key to ensuring the company's efficiency.
PG, Unilever, Nestlé and Others Form Coalition to Press Suppliers for Emission Data
At least six of the world's largest companies, including CSR Europe members Procter Gamble, Unilever and Nestlé, are joining together to form the Supply Chain Leadership Coalition, an organisation that will press suppliers to release data about carbon emissions and climate-change strategies, the Wall Street Journal reports. The companies could use the information to evaluate suppliers. The group was formed in partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project.
EU UPDATE AND INSIGHT - TheLatest News From the EU
EU to Help Small Businesses Go “Green”
The European Commission has announced new measures aimed at helping small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) cope with increasingly burdensome environmental legislation and take advantage of the potential economic benefits offered by improved environmental management. The Environmental Compliance Assistance Programme, announced on 4 October, aims to wise up Europe's 23 million SMEs - 99% of all enterprises - to the negative impact that their daily business can have on the environment.
一周要聞
變廢為寶,英國麥當勞垃圾將為本國建筑提供能量
11家麥當勞快餐店將把它們的垃圾轉換成電能和熱能,提供給位于英國的130座建筑,例如醫院和劇院。這項小規模的試驗計劃于9月9日實施,此舉將使得這些快餐店每年每家減少100噸的垃圾填埋,而是經過處理轉變成電能和熱能。
企業社會責任在韓國受到新關注
目前,韓國企業正在努力改善他們的形象。在這一背景下,韓國產業同盟(FKI)和韓國國家人權委員會于9月18日聯合主辦了一場企業社會責任研討會。韓國企業界、勞工組織和政府的代表首次公開地探討了信息披露、員工權利和環境保護的公司實踐。
德國產業綠色化發展的變革性效應
聯合國環境規劃署執行主任Achim Steiner認為德國的“第三次工業革命”是對發展低碳和無碳技術將給整個工業界帶來財富和就業機會的證明,這抵銷了許多能源部長和企業家所爭辯的減少碳排放將會增加的可能的成本。根據一家獨立咨詢機構的調查,新能源和與生態相關的部門在2020年將比傳統的機械工程和汽車產業雇用更多的工人。
公平貿易的“春天”
為滿足消費者和激進分子不斷增長的要求,進口商和零售商們紛紛制定更為嚴格的環境和社會標準。據紐約時報報道,2006年消費者購買了總價值22億美元的經過相關認證的產品,比2005年增長了42%。國際公平貿易認證組織,一家代表中南美、非洲和亞洲公平貿易生產商的歐洲組織,在報告中指出對公平貿易產品的需求迅速增長,包括咖啡、可可和棉花。
知名企業的產品“碳”標簽
近來,英國的購買者可以在購買商品的時候獲悉生產該產品的二氧化碳排放量。一些公司,例如豐達Tesco、吉百利史威士 Cadbury Schweppes 、天木藍Timberland、可口可樂和哈利法克斯Halifax已經承諾在其部分熱銷產品中測量“碳足跡”。
綠色公司和綠色職位吸引雇員
MonsterTRAK是一家在線招聘網站,最近開展了一項調查,結果顯示,80%的大學畢業生更愿意選擇對環境有積極影響的工作,92%的人會選擇到對環境友好的企業就職。另一項來自Kenexa Research Institute的研究調查了來自巴西、中國、德國、印度、英國和美國等地區的員工,結果顯示,那些在具有清晰的企業責任項目,包括環境和生活方面的項目的公司工作的員工更具有滿足感,并保持較低水平的流失率。
報告精粹
歐洲公司在社會和環境問題方面處于領先地位
據名為“負責任的商業:全球公司對環境、社會和公司治理挑戰的應對”的文章透露,在高風險國家從事商業活動的歐洲公司有75%以上會制定相應的人權政策,對應的美國公司比例小于40%,而亞洲公司的比例更少于20%。欲知詳細信息,請點擊:http://www.eiris.org/files/research%20publications/stateofrespbusinesssep07.pdf。
可持續發展報告中氣候變化的商業意義
由全球報告倡議組織(GRI)和畢馬威全球可持續發展服務部公布的一項調查顯示,企業界在可持續發展報告中關注氣候變化問題,這些公司在報告中更多分析的是氣候變化帶來的潛在機遇,而對相應金融風險的分析較少。欲知更多信息,請點擊:http://www.globalreporting.org/NR/rdonlyres/C451A32E-A046-493B-9C62-7020325F1E54/0/ClimateChange_GRI_KPMG07.pdf。
重要的BSR新聞
BSR發布新報告:“超越中立:讓你的公司成為氣候變化的領導者”
BSR發布最新趨勢報告,介紹公司如何擺脫降低內部碳排放的局限,更加積極應對氣候變化,從而創造更高的商業和社會價值。報告披露了五大趨勢,這也將指引企業成為應對氣候變化的領先者。同時,報告提供了來自來自通用、福特、陶氏、惠普、聯合利華、碧辟、殼牌和力拓礦業等眾多知名企業的實例,報告下載網址:http://www.bsr.org/reports/bsr_beyond-neutrality.pdf。
This Week’s Top Headlines
McDonald’s Waste to Power UK Buildings
Eleven of McDonald's Corporation's fast food restaurants will turn their waste into electricity and heating for 130 buildings, such as hospitals and theaters, in the United Kingdom. This pilot scheme, which began on September 9, will save the restaurants from each sending 100 tons of refuse to landfills annually by treating them at an energy recovery facility and converting them into electricity and heat.
Corporate Responsibility Takes New Focus in Korea
The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) and the National Human Rights Commission of Korea co-hosted a conference on corporate social responsibility (CSR) Sept. 18 as Korean companies struggle to improve their image. Representatives from the country's business, labor groups and government discussed corporate practices on disclosure, workers誶ights and the environment for the first time publicly.
Germany’s Green Example Could Be Revolutionary
United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) executive director Achim Steiner has claimed Germany's \"third industrial revolution\"as evidence that development of low-carbon or no-carbon technologies would create the wealth and jobs for entire industries, offsetting the potential costs of reducing carbon output that many energy ministers and industrialists argued against. According to an independent consulting firm, new energy and ecology-related sectors will be employing more people in the country than mechanical engineering or the automotive industry by 2020.
Fair Trade in Bloom
Importers and retailers are rushing to meet a growing demand from consumers and activists to adhere to stricter environmental and social standards. According to The New York Times, consumers spent approximately $2.2 billion on certified products in 2006, a 42-percent increase from the year before. Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International, a European-based organization that represents fair trade producers in Central and South America, Africa and Asia, reports the fair trade products that have experienced the biggest increase in demand include coffee, cocoa and cotton.
Carbon Footprints to be Labeled on Products
In the coming months, UK shoppers will be able to learn the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of producing some of the goods they purchase. Companies such as Tesco plc, Cadbury Schweppes plc, The Timberland Company, The Coca-Cola Company and Halifax Corporation have signed up to measure the\"carbon footprints\"on some of their flagship products.
Green Companies and Green Jobs Attract Employees
According to a survey conducted by MonsterTRAK, which is part of the online recruiting site Monster Worldwide, Inc., 80 percent of college graduates are interested in a job that has a positive impact on the environment, and 92 percent would choose to work for an environmentally friendly company. Another study conducted by Kenexa Research Institute (KRI), which surveyed workers in Brazil, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States, shows that employees working at companies with clear corporate responsibility programs, including environmental and social programs, are most satisfied and stay at their jobs longer.
Report Corner
European Companies Take the Lead in Social and Environmental Concerns
According to \"The State of Responsible Business: Global Corporate Response to Environmental, Social and Governance Challenges,\"almost 75 percent of European companies that have operations in high-risk countries have a human rights policy in place, compared to less than 40 percent of U.S. companies and fewer than 20 percent of Asian companies. The study, is available at http://www.eiris.org/files/research%20publications/stateofrespbusinesssep07.pdf.
Business Implications of Climate Change in Sustainability Reports
\"Reporting the Business Implications of Climate Change in Sustainability Reports,\"a survey conducted by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and KPMG's Global Sustainability Services, found that companies reported far more on potential opportunities from climate change than financial risks. The report is available at http://www.globalreporting.org/NR/rdonlyres/C451A32E-A046-493B-9C62-7020325F1E54/0/ClimateChange_GRI_KPMG07.pdf.
Featured BSR News
BSR Releases New Report: “Beyond Neutrality: Moving Your Company Toward Climate Leadership”
BSR's new Trends Report,describes how companies can create business and social value by acting on climate change beyond reducing their internal carbon emissions. ?Beyond Neutrality?also describes the five major trends that provide the rationale for companies to consider moving toward climate leadership and provides dozens of examples from companies such as GE, Ford, Dow, HP, Unilever, BP, Shell and Rio Tinto and more. Download?Beyond Neutrality?at http://www.bsr.org/reports/bsr_beyond-neutrality.pdf.