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“Your world, your business”
From the DG Enterprise and Industry website:
YOUR WORLD, YOUR BUSINESS is a collaborative partnership between the European Commission and Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise. It promotes European policy objectives in the areas of corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurship education.
YOUR WORLD, YOUR BUSINESS initiative aims to inspire young people “to become the kind of entrepreneurs our society increasingly [...]
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Green Living: Improving Health Today and Tomorrow
Much attention has been paid in recent years to what seems to be a growing environmental conscience in the United States. Going green used to be considered expensive and a luxury for those who could afford the trend. Now it appears that we are learning that not only is [...]
Amsterdam Declaration on Transparency and Reporting
The Board of the Global Reporting Initiative has issued the Amsterdam Declaration on Transparency and Reporting.
The Board calls on government to design policies requiring companies to address publicly environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
According to GRI’s Board, the governments should:
introduce policies requiring companies to report on ESG factors or publicly explain why they have not [...]
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Do you want to know more about CSR?
I can give you some suggestions:)
1. Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility edited by Idowu Samuel O. and Leal Filho, Walter and published by Springer.
In the 21 chapters of the book, the authors try to answer questions like: Which issues fall under the umbrella of CSR in each [...]
UNICEF Photo of the Year Award
Since 2000 the German Committee of UNICEF awards every year the “UNICEF Photo of the Year” to photo series that “best depicts the [...]
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I came across a new initiative aimed at sharing information on CSR issues.
CSR TUBE is an initiative of the Dutch MVO Platform (CSR Platform) and lokaalmondiaal. CSRtube is inspired by The Hub, created by Witness, which reports on human rights abuses worldwide.
“The aim of CSRtube is to increase the impact of the work of civil [...]
The European Commission is investigating the relationship between CSR and competitiveness
I have presented in a previous post the recent initiatives co-financed by the European Commission aimed at investigating the relationship between CSR and competitiveness. On November, 28, the European Commission has published a Communication on the European Competitiveness Report 2008.
The European Commission analyses in chapter 4.2. the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on firms’ competitiveness. [...]
Have a look!
EarthSayers.tv, is a project of RED Direct, LLC. It brings forward audio and video programs addressing sustainability-related topics from across the Internet.
Dr. Joanne Levin-O’Brien developed the Content Map after researching both print and online content.It is specific to the subject of sustainability and unique to EarthSayers.tv. Four main categories have been developed: the emerging landscape [...]
Your NO counts
The United Nations Convention against Corruption, adopted in December 2005, is promoted as the key tool to fight corruption worldwide.As part of its ‘Corruption – Your NO Counts’ campaign, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has produced a video spot to illustrate that people are not simply at the mercy of corruption and [...]
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