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Companies are an effective gateway to volunteering

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Corporate volunteering programmes can attract people that otherwise would not have been active in regular community volunteering. That is the conclusion of a case study by PhD researcher Lonneke Roza of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). Corporate volunteering programmes also attract younger people and those with a higher education, when compared to the […] ... lees meer

Philips named Industry Group leader in the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index

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Royal Philips today announced that it achieved the status of Industry Group leader in the Capital Goods category of the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). Philips’ overall score was 92 out of 100 points, which underlines Philips’ ongoing commitment to sustainability as an integral part of the company’s business practices. This is the fourth consecutive […] ... lees meer

New Data Shows 90 Percent of Property Companies and Funds Actively Manage Carbon Emissions

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GRESB, the leading data provider for environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of real assets, today released the results of the 2016 GRESB Real Estate, Developer and Debt assessments. The new data shows that real estate companies and funds are improving across all aspects of ESG performance, including a 1.2 percent reduction in energy consumption, […] ... lees meer

New NWO-MVI Young Responsible Design Award

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At the 2016 EU edition of the NWO-MVI conference, a responsible innovation contest was launched, aimed at students, young researchers, designers and entrepreneurs. The challenge: create an innovative responsible design or idea to solve an urgent societal problem. Participants from different universities, universities of applied sciences, companies and other organisations are invited to work together […] ... lees meer

CDP announces plans to rate corporate supply chain leaders on climate action

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CDP’s supply chain program has published the methodology behind the first ever system to assess how companies manage carbon and climate change across their supply chains. The supplier engagement rating from CDP – the NGO holding the most comprehensive set of global corporate environmental data – will shine a spotlight on the companies taking action to […] ... lees meer

Firms adopt corporate social responsibility for complex reasons

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Some don’t even report it and most fail to achieve their primary goal for doing CSR, argue Alnoor Bhimani, Hanna Silvola and Prabhu Sivabalan. The traditional perspective for engaging in corporate social responsibility (CSR) assumes that early adopters are more authentic than late adopters.  Why? Those that fear their operations aren’t CSR friendly take longer […] ... lees meer

Just 90 companies are to blame for most climate change

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Research by geographer Richard Heede shows that nearly two-thirds of anthropogenic carbon emissions originated in just 90 companies and government-run industries. Among them, the top eight companies — ranked according to annual and cumulative emissions below — account for 20 percent of world carbon emissions from fossil fuels and cement production since the Industrial Revolution. […] ... lees meer

75% of businesses find sustainability challenging

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Businesses need to do more to address the combined force of global megatrends according to a new Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA) sustainability report, “Beyond the Perfect Storm: The Corporate Sustainability Challenge”. Only 7% of professionals surveyed as part of the research for the report said that “sustaining the business model” is their […] ... lees meer

The Global Construction Sector Needs a Big Push on Corporate Responsibility

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The construction industry employs approximately 7% of the global work force and it is predicted to account for approximately 13% of GDP by 2020. The sector is a major positive force for development. However, large scale construction projects, such as those involving development of infrastructure, can come with significant impacts on local communities such as […] ... lees meer

First International Standard for sustainable procurement nears publication

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Procurement makes up a substantial budget of any organization, so wouldn’t the world be a better place if it was done in a sustainable way? A new standard in development aims to help organizations do just that, and it has now reached one of the final stages in its development. The purchasing decisions an organization […] ... lees meer