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Outokumpu's 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
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| 4/3/2010 |
Outokumpu has published its 2009 corporate responsibility report online. The
Finland-based stainless steel business looks in particular at how the company has been
addressing the financial downturn and the growing challenge of climate
change.
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Business Design Centre becomes the UK’s first CarbonNeutral® venue
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| 3/3/2010 |
The Business Design Centre, is delighted to announce it has become the UK’s first CarbonNeutral® venue.
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Edinburgh is First UK City to Launch BT Carbon Club Initiative to Tackle Climate Change
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| 3/3/2010 |
| A network of carbon clubs could be launched across Edinburgh to enlist
citizens in the battle to save energy and tackle climate change. The City of Edinburgh Council is the first local authority in the UK to adopt an innovative carbon club scheme pioneered by BT.
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Energy Prospects – A New Fund for Community Wind Farm Development
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| 1/3/2010 |
| Energy4All, the social enterprise behind the creation of seven
successful wind power co-operatives in England and Scotland, today,
March 1st, announced the creation of a new co-operative.
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CSR Consultancy Market Grows Rapidly
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| 23/2/2010 |
The global corporate social responsibility (CSR) consultancy market has
grown rapidly over the past five years, according to the newly
published who's who of providers in the field.
The 2010 CSR Professional Services Directory contains details of 685
organizations that provide advice on how businesses can behave more
responsibly - compared with 227 when the annual publication was
launched five years ago.
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International Tourism Partnership (ITP) launches new edition of Green Hotelier
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| 26/2/2010 |
| ITP – a key programme of the International Business Leaders Forum – has
launched the next edition of Green Hotelier, now available online.
Themed ‘Water – The looming crisis’, it focuses on the scarcity of this
previous natural resource.
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Launch of the first Computer Refurbishment and Training Centre in Ethiopia
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| 26/2/2010 |
| Saturday 13th February 2010 saw the official inauguration of Ethiopia’s first Computer Refurbishment and Training Centre (CRTC).
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Defence Estates awarded Carbon Trust Standard
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| 23/2/2010 |
| Defence Estates, one of the UK’s largest landowners, has been awarded
the Carbon Trust Standard for its operations and headquarters
directorates, in recognition of the steps that it has taken to manage
its carbon footprint.
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Philips publishes latest sustainability performance
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| 22/2/2010 |
| Philips
has published its latest information on sustainability performance.
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State of Illinois Treasurer’s Office Springfield Carbon Footprint
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| 19/2/2010 |
| A Study of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Treasurer’s Springfield Operations
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Standard Chartered's 'Seeing is Believing' initiative launches case study
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| 18/2/2010 |
A partnership launched by Standard Chartered seven years ago is the
subject of a case study by IBLF’s The Partnering Initiative. This
offers an opportunity for other would-be corporate or NGO sectors
partners to learn about the challenges and the solutions arrived at
that have made this partnership both dynamic and successful.
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The International Business Leaders Forum signposts the ground breaking European e-Skills Week campaign
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| 11/2/2010 |
| European e-Skills Week highlights the growing demand for skilled ICT
users and professionals to drive a competitive and innovative Europe.
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Danske Bank Group publishes its 2009 CR report
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| 9/2/2010 |
The
Danske Bank Group has published its 2009 Corporate Responsibility
report. The 2009 report is prepared in accordance with the G3
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, GRI level B. For 2009 the bank has
also completed the GRI's Financial Services Sector Supplement.
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13 Yorkshire organisations unite on green agenda
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| 9/2/2010 |
Eleven top Yorkshire companies, the Regional Development Agency and
Leeds’ first Green Flag school, Gateways have launched a major new
initiative to increase co-operation between business and education to
raise awareness of climate change.
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Christie's Announces the 2010 Inaugural Green Auction to Benefit the Environment
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| 4/2/2010 |
| Christie’s International, the world’s leading art business, announces
“A Bid to Save the Earth” Green Auction. This first-of-its-kind
charity auction will take place on April 22, 2010 to coincide with the
40th anniversary of Earth Day.
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GES awarded mandate by the Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund
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| 3/2/2010 |
| GES Investment Services has been awarded a mandate to provide research
services for the €280bn Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global. The
contract comprises tobacco and weapons criteria.
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Marks and Spencers and Asda George raise wages in Bangadesh
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| 1/2/2010 |
| ETI members have heard how retailers including Marks & Spencer and
Asda George have raised workers' wages in selected Bangladeshi supplier
factories through increasing productivity.
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Radley Yeldar appoints Oliver Dudok van Heel as new Head of Corporate Responsibility
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| 1/2/2010 |
| Creative corporate communications consultancy, Radley Yeldar, is
pleased to announce the appointment of Oliver Dudok van Heel as Head of
Corporate Responsibility.
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Earth Capital Partners announce new Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry team
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| 1/2/2010 |
Earth Capital Partners LLP (ECP) announce the arrival of their
sustainable agriculture team: Bosworth Monck joins as Head of
Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry investment for ECP, along with
Gabriel Montana and Richard Smith who both join as Partners at the
firm.
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IBLF's Asia-Pacific arm jointly launches three-year, anti-corruption project in Vietnam
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| 29/1/2010 |
| The International Business Leaders Forum jointly launched a three-year
anti-corruption project - Integrity and Transparency in Business
Initiative for Vietnam - in Hanoi on 27th January 2010.
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UK Innovation Investment Fund Launches Environmental Investment Fund
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| 26/1/2010 |
| The UK Innovation Investment Fund is off the ground with the first
closing of the £125m Hermes Private Equity environmental innovation
fund.
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Diageo is completing its community support projects estimated at Birr 3,600,000 to bring clean water to the most needy people in Ethiopia
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| 21/1/2010 |
| Diageo plc, the world’s leading premium drinks company that owns
Johnnie Walker Scotch Whisky, the world’s no. 1 stout beer, Guinness,
and many other global brands, is investing a further Birr 900,000
(US$70,000) in a water and sanitation project in Kechene in the
Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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IBLF highlights the work of International Health Partners in responding to the Haiti disaster
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| 15/1/2010 |
| As Haiti suffers from the most powerful earthquake to hit the nation in
close to 200 years, the region has been left with widespread casualties
and severe damage.
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