RE100 companies are more profitable than their peers, a new report reveals today – underlining the business case for putting sustainability at the heart of corporate growth strategies. The RE100 report with Capgemini Invent, which draws on 2016-17 data from a sample of 3,500 companies, shows RE100 businesses (committed to 100% renewable electricity) consistently perform better than non-members on two key […]
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Today, Aviva, Index Initiative and the United Nations Foundation announce the launch of the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), with the aim of helping businesses do more to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The WBA, launched in New York today on the eve of the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations […]
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Drawing on the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development and on its own Vision 2030, the leading global business association for open and sustainable trade – amfori, launched an ambitious programme to empower women in global supply chains. Women’s Empowerment Programme embodies three specific projects in amfori’s three biggest sourcing countries – China, India and Bangladesh. […]
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Without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent on current levels by 2050, according to the World Bank’s new What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 report. Driven by rapid urbanization and growing populations, global annual waste generation is expected to jump to 3.4 billion tonnes over the next […]
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Today, the results of the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (‘DJSI’) review have been announced. Launched in 1999, the DJSI recognize the leading companies in each industry sector for responsible economic, environmental, and social performance. Randstad is proud to be included as a member in the Professional Services industry of the DJSI World and DJSI […]
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Royal Philips scored 81 out of 100 points overall in the Health Care Equipment & Services industry group of the 2018 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). With this score, Philips came in second in the first year that it has been reclassified to this category, in line with its transformation to a focused health technology company. […]
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Unilever named as industry leader in Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Our 17th year at the top of the ranking demonstrates our commitment to long-term sustainable business and growth. The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) measures over 2,000 publicly traded companies on their economic, environmental and social performance. It is used by investors who recognise that […]
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Signify, the world leader in lighting, today announced that it achieved the status of Industry Leader in the Electrical Components and Equipment category of the 2018 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). The company’s overall score was 88 out of 100 points, demonstrating that sustainability is central to Signify’s company strategy and purpose. This is the second […]
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The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) named ING among world leaders in the industry category ‘Banks’ and again included ING in the World Index and the Europe Index of this category. The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index tracks the performance of the top 10% per industry of the 2,500 largest companies in the S&P Global […]
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KPN has been listed for the seventh consecutive year in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI). This means that KPN is one of the most sustainable telecom companies in the world, according to independent experts. KPN scored well with its environmental policy, innovation management and network reliability amongst others, according figures published today. In […]
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Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, has once again been named the leader in its industry group in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. The company has been recognized among the DJSI leaders for 15 years running and held the number one position in the sector eight times. Feike Sijbesma, […]
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Most of the world’s biggest exporters are failing to punish corporations paying bribes overseas, Transparency International revealed today. The anti-corruption organisation has released the 2018 edition of its Exporting Corruption report, rating countries based on their enforcement against foreign bribery under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. The report finds that only 11 of the 44 jurisdictions rated conduct active […]
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