Tag: sustainability
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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, ... -
Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK): Millennials love CSR
Based on the findings of relevant surveys, the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) identified a number of key behaviour patterns in millennial consumers (18- to 34-year-olds) ... -
Case study: How Deutsche Telekom promotes data privacy and security
As a leading global information and telecommunications technology company, present in over 50 countries worldwide and with 165 million mobile customers, 28,5 million fixed-network lines and ... -
Harvard Business School study: Companies implementing sustainability policies outperform those who fail to do so
Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim carried out a study exploring the impact of corporate sustainability on a company’s organizational procedures and performance, using ... -
Exposure to air pollution may result in infertility
48.5 million couples across the globe were estimated to be infertile in 2010, with exposure to air pollutants – especially PM, which affects more people than ... -
Case study: How SIX creates a work environment that provides opportunities for all employees, empowering them to give their best
As a leading global provider of financial technology and services, Accordingly, SIX tries to be a responsible employer, providing all employees with an attractive work ... -
The sustainability challenge: Cooperating to achieve systemic change
According to an article by Peter M. Senge, Benyamin B. Lichtenstein, Katrin Kaeufer, Hilary Bradbury and John S. Carroll in MIT Sloan Management Review, in the ... -
The sustainability challenge: How is the transition to sustainability to be achieved?
According to an article by Christoph Lueneburger and Daniel Golemon in MIT Sloan Management Review, consumer expectations regarding products’ environmental and/or social impacts, have changed. How ... -
The sustainability challenge: What is sustainability really about?
According to an article by John R. Ehrenfeld in MIT Sloan Management Review, many businesses today fail to take effective, meaningful action on sustainability challenges and ... -
Case study: How Enel promotes occupational health and safety
As a global leader in energy generation and distribution, with over 61 million customers in more than 30 countries, and 1.9 million kilometers of distribution networks, ... -
Case study: How Huawei promotes product safety
As a leading international provider of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions, whose ICT products, solutions and services are used in over 170 countries and regions ... -
Singapore Exchange Guide to Sustainability
To help investors make best use of sustainability reports, Singapore Exchange (SGX) issued a guide to sustainability for investors. Important questions and answers included: What ... - case studiesGRI StandardsGRI-409GRI-412GRI-414SDG16SDG5SDG8SDGs categorySector: Food and Beveragesupply chain
Case study: How Thai Union promotes ethical labour practices in the global seafood industry
Recognizing that consumers across the globe increasingly expect companies to show respect for human rights throughout their supply chains, and that the global seafood industry faces ... -
Case study: How Access Bank is combating corruption
As one of the most important African banks, Creating social, economic and environmental value now, will generate added value for stakeholders in the long run. Therefore, ...
