Tag: sustainability
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Case study: How KBC promotes business integrity and compliance
As a leading provider of financial and insurance solutions in 6 core markets – Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Ireland –, with more than ... -
Case study: How Ambev promotes ethical business conduct
As the largest beverages company in Latin America – operating in South America, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean –, manufacturing, distributing and commercializing a wide-ranging ... -
Case study: How Ford promotes a culture of compliance and ethics across its operations
Operating in over 100 countries and employing 201,287 people in 71 facilities across the globe, , with compliance and ethics as a solid foundation for the ... -
Case study: How Evonik protects and promotes employee health
As a global leader in specialty chemicals, operating in over 100 countries, protecting the health and employability of its more than 36,000 employees, preventing workplace accidents ... -
Case study: How the BMW Group promotes occupational health and safety
The BMW Group strives to become the most successful and sustainable premium provider of individual mobility around the globe, integrating sustainability across the company’s value chain ... -
Case study: How alstria promotes compliance with ethical standards across its operations
As a leading German office real estate company, with a portfolio of 120 office buildings encompassing 1.7 million m² of lettable space, alstria is focused on ... -
Case study: How Sun Life promotes ethical business conduct
As a leading international financial services organization, offering a range of services – from life insurance to asset management – and operating in various markets around ... -
Case study: How Polymetal promotes occupational health and safety
As a leading precious metals mining group, with operations in Russia, Kazakhstan and Armenia and a portfolio of seven productive gold and silver mines, Polymetal is ... -
Case study: How Saab attracts, retains and develops employees
As a defence and security company developing, manufacturing and selling world-leading products and solutions, operating in 34 countries across the globe, , not least for ... -
Case study: How CDL tries to operate with honesty, integrity and accountability
As an international real estate operating company with a truly global presence, and as one of Singapore’s largest companies by market capitalization, conducting its business ... -
Case study: How Centerra promotes responsible business conduct
Centerra is a Canadian based gold mining company, operating, developing, acquiring and exploring gold properties in North America, Asia and in other emerging markets around the ... -
Case study: How BMO promotes ethical business behaviour
As one of the largest banks in North America, providing a wide range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking services and products ... -
Case study: How Agrium promotes compliance and ethical business conduct
As one of the world’s leading providers of agricultural products, solutions and services, supplying growers with crop nutrients, crop protection, seed, agronomic and application services, Agrium ... -
Case study: How State Street promotes client data protection and privacy
As a global leader in asset management, and as the second oldest financial institution in the United States, with over 30,000 employees and offices in 30 ... -
Improve the Quality of your GRI Standards Report
GRI has launched the Disclosure Review Service, to be used by any organization producing a report in accordance with or referencing the GRI Standards. GRI’s aim ... -
Case study: How ConAgra Foods promotes food safety and quality
Every year, approximately 48 million Americans get sick after eating contaminated food, with 130,000 among them hospitalized with foodborne illnesses. As a consequence, , as a ... -
Case study: How Vedanta promotes ethical business behaviour
As one of the world’s largest diversified natural resources companies, operating in four continents – with operations centered in India, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Liberia, ... -
Case study: How Croda promotes occupational health and safety
As a world leader in speciality chemicals, high performance ingredients and technologies, operating in 36 countries around the globe across four market sectors – personal care, ... -
Mintel research: Key 2018 consumer trends relate to sustainability
Major European consumer trends, identified by research firm Mintel for 2018 and beyond, relate to sustainability. They include: Sea change: More and more companies will focus ... -
Case study: How Nissan promotes traffic safety worldwide
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) approximately 1.25 million people worldwide lose their lives in traffic accidents, every year. As a leading global automaker, , ... -
Case study: How Media Prima promotes ethical business conduct
Media Prima is the largest integrated media company in Malaysia, with business activities that comprise Television, Print, Radio, Out-Of-Home, Content and Digital Media. As a consequence, ... -
The sustainability challenge: The aspect environmental ratings fail to consider
According to an article by Auden Schendler and Michael Toffel in MIT Sloan Management Review environmental rankings of businesses often fail to take into account advocacy activities ... -
The sustainability challenge: What are companies who gain from their sustainability efforts doing differently?
MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) carried out a global survey among over 4,000 executives and managers – including 2,874 respondents from ... -
Academic Institutions and Materiality: Teaching our youth the skills they need to conduct their future professions in a sustainable and responsible way
What should be considered a high priority material issue by Academic Institutions In our view, all sustainability reports by Academic Institutions must emphasize how they arm ... -
Case study: How GRI engages with its stakeholders and acts on their feedback
GRI is a global, independent organization that helps companies, governments and other organizations identify and communicate their impacts, as regards vital sustainability issues. 80% of the ... -
Harvard study: How Green Buildings and CO2 affect your ability to think
Indoor built environment is, today, increasingly important for our overall well-being, taking into account the fact that we spend 90% of our time indoors and that ... -
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts: United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13
, disrupting national economies and affecting lives. Rising sea level, changing weather patterns and extreme weather events are only some of its impacts, affecting mostly the ... -
Air pollution in London: Facts and figures
Recently publicized facts and figures around London’s air pollution include those listed below: Thousands of premature deaths every year are caused by poisonous gases and particles, ... -
Air pollution causes 1 in 8 deaths. It is the single biggest environmental health crisis we face: World Health Organization
In fact, although we do not see it, air pollution causes some of the most common illnesses. It is responsible for: 36 per cent of deaths ... -
London reaches air pollution limit for 2018 before end of January
, data shows. Brixton Road, in Lambeth, seems to be London’s most polluted street: levels of pollutant nitrogen dioxide exceeded average hourly limits 18 times thus far, ...
