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(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) September 24, 2010 - The Hong Kong-based rail and property service provider MTR Corporation has published its latest Sustainability Report. Read the full report here. The report, which covers 2009, reveals that sustainability is mainstreamed through MTR's Promise, Policy and Programmes. The Company has strengthened its sustainability governance by establishing a …

Head of SustainabilityUK – Home Counties | £48k - £53k plus benefitsAcre has been engaged by a leading global electronics company to source a head of sustainability to lead and manage all sustainability issues at European level. This will include compliance to current and emerging legislation, external communications, internal strategies and stakeholder engagement.Click …

Do you think that business sustainability is something already existing within your business or do you think that it's another add on function, external to the business that is going to be resource intensive?  It's sort of the same question as job seekers wanting a green job.  There's the misconception that a title with a defined green job description makes the positions role …

(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) New York, NY - September 23, 2010 - Calling an investment in the Millennium Development Goals “an investment in growth, prosperity and the markets of the future”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today issued a strong call to global business to support the UN’s mission to end poverty and hunger, expand access to education, enhance gender equality, improve …

“We plan to triple our sales of what we call Good for You products, including fruit and vegetable juices, oatmeal, nuts, seeds, low-fat dairy, sports drinks for athletes over the next decade,” explained Dr. Derek Yach, Senior Vice President, Global Health Policy, PepsiCo in a private interview with me today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).  Naked is one of …

What does it mean to be a sustainable business?  Does it mean a company produces a ‘green’ product or service from a sustainable supply chain?   Does it mean the company must also maintain sustainable internal business process?  What about the product once it leaves the front door?  Many companies today are looking up the value chain and asking: Are we …

In 2008, we announced a commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to train 10 million teachers by 2015. We undertook this goal, because we believe that every child has the right to a quality education. Throughout the course of a child’s education, there is perhaps no more important influence than the teachers that guide, nurture, and inspire learning.Strong teacher education …

Some things are worth waiting for…  The Values & Business Roundtable  event held in New York last week with authors Mary Gentile, Rabbi Alan Lurie and Peter Ressler was one of them. The occasion was hosted by Sam Simon and Bob Chase of Intersections, a maverick organization in the fields of cross-cultural dialog and values-based leadership. The …

The discussion among the Atlantic Canada participants was separated into three topics: building a community of practice around frontline health; attracting and recruiting the next generation of frontline health practitioners; and promoting policy change and increasing public awareness of frontline care.View list of Atlantic Canada Dialogue Steering Committee membersView list of …

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” ~   Oscar Wilde  How does your organization react to ideas? Threatened? Welcomed?  A powerful idea has the potential to rattle the cage.  And while executives, managers and workers sing the praise of innovation, how can innovation thrive if ideas are squashed? Employees …