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CSR EUROPE 活动消息

为即将举行的会议提出你所感兴趣的企业社会责任议题

9月份开始,欧洲企业社会责任协会将为会员和国家合作伙伴举办一系列有关各类企业社会责任议题的信息分享活动。这些分享将使参与者有机会更为详细地了解到与企业社会责任和可持续发展相关各个领域的最新发展动态。目前我们的成员已经提出的一些议题包括:ISO26000,从摇篮到摇篮,商业和人权,企业社会责任和慈善事业。请分享您感兴趣的议题!

CSR EUROPE 会员新闻

大众汽车沃尔夫斯堡工厂安装光伏装置

大众汽车公司在沃尔夫斯堡工厂的屋顶上安装了德国北方最大的光伏装置,此举旨在降低能源成本和倡导建立环境友好型生产工厂。

阿尔卡特朗讯正式推出世界上第一个“绿色DSL ”

阿尔卡特朗讯正式推出一个全新的高容量和具生态效益的数字用户线路(DSL)平台,相对于传统的DSL解决方案该款DSL将减少高达25%的能源消耗。

丰田技术教育项目在荷兰取得大发展

丰田技术教育项目(T-TEP)在荷兰取得了大发展,在海牙新建了一家培训学院ROC Mondriaan。位于鹿特丹的ROC Zadkine学院也获赠一辆新的丰田AYGO车辆,用于T-TEP项目的培训活动。项目自1990年由丰田公司发起,旨在弥合工业实践与教育的鸿沟。目前50个国家中的450多个教育机构已经参与该项目。

来自40个国家的学生与IBM携手建设一个更聪明的地球

10名学生中就有8人希望改变传统的学习环境,90%的学生希望加入或在其校园内建立一个绿色宣传的组织。64%的学生相信到2025年世界有机会扭转其二氧化碳排放量,60%的学生相信教育和高效率的交通将贡献我们城市的可持续性。这只是这一全球规模的高校网上论坛的一小部分发现,“更聪明的地球高校论坛”由IBM发起。来自40多个国家200多所大学的近2000名学生和教师参与其中。

安赛乐米塔尔在塞内加尔新建两家保健中心

安赛乐米塔尔塞内加尔公司最近在Bofeto和Noumoufoukha村开设了两家保健中心。这两家保健中心,完全由安赛乐米塔尔塞内加尔公司建设,每个中心都配备一个咨询室、一个分娩室和一个急诊室,其厕所都使用了太阳能电池板。

ABB公司帮助铝冶炼厂提高能源效率

最近,ABB公司先进的高效率能源转换技术为位于中东地区的铝冶炼厂带来了18%的能源效率提高,该铝冶炼厂安装了两个破纪录的设施,这些设备为工厂节省了大量能源,而这些工厂每年消耗的电能相当于30万家庭的使用量。

欧盟观察(来自欧盟的最新动态)

欧盟思考“绿化”未来政策

根据EurActiv报道, 欧盟委员会在一份报告中指出欧盟需要将促进经济增长和就业的目标与其长远的环境目标相结合。报告表示,欧盟已为可持续发展作出积极的努力,但“在若干领域不可持续的趋势依然存在”。欧盟将思考如何在未来更好的实现可持续发展战略,并更好地与其他跨领域的欧盟战略相协调。

欧委会在绿色汽车、建筑和工厂领域启动公私伙伴关系项目

作为欧洲经济复苏计划的一部分,欧盟委员会正在汽车,建筑和制造三个行业发起公私伙伴关系项目(PPPs),旨在帮助这三个受经济衰退影响严重的行业,通过创新从而促进更加绿色和可持续的经济发展。

欧盟拟投入1亿欧元建小额融资机制以帮助失业者创业

欧盟委员会将设立一个新的小额信贷机构以向小企业和失去工作并决定创业者提供小额信贷。初步预算达1亿欧元,通过和国际金融机构特别是欧洲投资银行(EIB)集团的合作,可利用的资金将超过5亿欧元。

欧委会针对创新政策发起网上讨论

欧盟委员会企业总司针对未来欧盟创新政策的优先议题发起了一场网上讨论。企业总司设立了一个独立的业务小组以从商业角度对创新政策提出建议。

NEWS FROM CSR EUROPE

Upcoming conference calls on CSR issues-suggest topics

Starting in September, CSR Europe will organise a series of informational calls on various CSR topics for corporate members and national partners. These calls will be the opportunity to get a detailed insight on recent developments in various areas related to CSR and sustainability. Topics that have been suggested by our members as of date include among others: ISO 26000, Cradle to cradle, Business and human rights, CSR and philanthropy.

CSR EUROPE'S MEMBERS NEWS

Photovoltaics installation starts operating in Volkswagens Wolfsburg plant

Volkswagen inaugurated North Germanys biggest photovoltaics installation on the roof of its plant in Wolfsburg, lowering energy costs and advocating environmentally friendly production.

Alcatel-Lucent launches worlds first “green DSL”

Alcatel-Lucent has launched a new high-capacity and eco-efficient digital subscriber line (DSL) platform which consumes up to 25% less power compared to conventional DSL solutions.

Toyota technical education programme expands in the Netherlands

The Toyota Technical Education Program (T-TEP) received a boost in the Netherlands with the addition of a new training college, ROC Mondriaan, in The Hague. T-TEP was started by Toyota in 1990 with the goal of closing the gap between industry and education by providing support for technical education and to improve the image of skilled technical professions.

Students from 40 countries collaborate with IBM to build a Smarter Planet

Eight of 10 students want universities to revamp traditional learning environments while over 90 percent want to join or start a Green Advocacy group at their campus. These are just a few of the findings of a crowdsourcing process held by IBM called the Smarter Planet University Jam. Nearly 2,000 students and faculty from more than 200 universities from 40 countries took part in the Jam along with IBM experts, clients and business partners.

ArcelorMittal opens two health centres in Senegal

ArcelorMittal Senegal recently opened 2 health centres in Bofeto and Noumoufoukha villages. Both health centres were entirely equipped by ArcelorMittal Senegal, with each centre containing a consultation room, a delivery room, an emergency ward and restrooms powered by solar panels.

ABB boosts energy efficiency at aluminum smelters

Recent ABB advances in high power conversion technology have increased the energy efficiency of aluminum smelters by 18 percent at two record-breaking installations in the Middle East – an enormous saving for plants that consume as much electrical energy in a year as 300,000 homes.

Latest News from the EU

EU launches reflection on future green policies

The European Union needs to reconcile its growth and jobs objectives with longterm environmental goals, says the European Commission in a report taking stock of the blocs decade-old sustainable development strategy, EurActiv reports. It launches a reflection on how the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) should evolve in the future and how it could be betteraligned with other cross-cutting EU strategies.

Commission launches public-private partnerships for green cars, buildings and factories

As part of the European Economic Recovery Plan, the European Commission is launching three Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) aimed at boosting research efforts in three large industrial sectors – automotive, construction and manufacturing.

100 million EU micro-finance facility to help unemployed start small businesses

The European Commission has proposed to set up a new microfinance facility providing microcredit to small businesses and to people who have lost their jobs and want to start their own small businesses.

EU Commission launches online debate on innovation policy

The European Commission (DG Enterprise) has launched an online debate on priorities for future EU innovation policy. As part of the preparation of the Commissions new Innovation Plan for Europe, DG Enterprise has established an independent business panel to provide inputs on innovation policy from a business perspective.

一周要闻

裁员节流:失业噩梦紧接衰退噩梦

美国企业纷纷缩减员工工时及裁员,速度远超过经济萎缩脚步。但对员工而言,这代表着低迷的就业市场更加恶化,可能短期内无法好转。美国国家经济委员会主任萨默斯指出,在这波经济衰退中,企业财务压力增大,导致企业透过加速裁员或遇缺不补等方式,竭尽所能减少必须的现金流。美国6月失业率触及9.5%,创26年高位,远高于奥巴马今年初推出刺激方案时预估的水准。

“2度共识”虽达成 发展中国家仍难展笑颜

“八国集团”领导人在意大利拉奎拉举行的峰会上表示,愿与其它国家一起在2050年前将全球温室气体排放量至少减半,且发达国家排放总量届时应减少80%以上。参与国就控制气候变暖的总体目标达成了一致:全球平均气温不应比工业化前高出2摄氏度,即“2度共识”。这虽然在一定程度上体现了发展中国家的意愿,但这些国家仍然认为,发达国家是造成全球气候变化的主要原因,因此负有主要责任。令发展中国家失望的是,迄今未见发达国家有任何令人信服的举动。

G8已经“死”了?

为期三天的八国集团峰会于8月10日在意大利闭幕。不出分析人士意料,这次峰会再次出现“干货少,水分多”的尴尬局面,没有取得多少实质性成果。八国集团作为一个具有全球影响力的论坛,已经演变成某些国家和政府领导人的清谈俱乐部。G8的功能很大程度上被G20等取代。此次峰会还显现出一个特点,即八国与发展中国家的对话合作不断扩大,发展中大国参与解决全球性议题的角色更加突出。

发达国家老龄化 退休问题何时了

目前,发达国家的老龄化现象日益严重,劳动力面临缺损问题,人们像回到了前俾斯麦时代一样,即工作几乎无休无止,与人的一生如影随形。很多老板会选择返聘退休者。一份来自《金融时报》的资料显示,美国、英国和意大利的退休者们愿意延长退休时间以获得更多的退休金。但他们必须接受这样一个现实,那就是:工资可能不升反降。作为政府,是否能让这个不可逆转的趋势平滑过渡呢?事实是,很多有意义的措施都被搁浅,如鼓励移民,鼓励个人储蓄和改革医疗卫生系统等等。

经济、气候因素或改变全球供应链格局

企业高管及分析师表示,金融危机和对气候变化的担忧引发了一个重大转变:制造商正逐渐放弃全球供应链,转向区域供应链,以节约成本、减少碳足迹。制造企业越来越多地考虑在更接近本国的地区制造零部件,这意味着这些企业的美欧业务更有可能选择墨西哥和东欧,而不是像过去那样选择中国。

报告精粹

全局思考:促进联合国千年发展计划

联合国千年发展计划于9年前提出,计划在15年内完成设定的经济、环境目标。现在,只剩下不到6年时间,任重而道远。去年底的一场金融风暴无疑使得道路更加艰难。联合国近期发布的一份报告——《2009年千年发展计划报告》对此进行了阐述。在这样的情况下,企业可以做得更多也应该做的更多,从全局思考,与供应链密切合作,来促进千年计划的实现。报告全文:

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/PR_Global _MDG09_EN.pdf

BSR支持的重大活动

防止漂绿 走真正的可持续发展之路

BSR会员网络研讨会 2009年8月12日

消费者对于产品环保的要求越来越高,促进了生产过程的环保进程。但是漏洞仍然不可避免,“假冒”的环保产品也逐渐充斥市场,这种现象被称作“漂绿”。在这场网络研讨会上,BSR与会员分享了最新研究报告《如何理解与防治漂绿》。BSR的专家与参会者讨论了如何识别漂绿现象,以及交流如何进行更有影响力的环保倡议。

This Week's Top Headlines

US productivity leaps as labour costs fall

Productivity rocketed at US companies in the second quarter, hitting its highest point in almost six years as businesses slashed overheads and squeezed more labour out of their shrinking workforces. Employers have slashed the number of hours worked by US workers by cutting overtime and shift work and finally by laying off staff. About 6.7 million Americans have lost their jobs since the recession started in December 2007. As a result, productivity rocketed.

Developing countries accept 2-degree goal

Developing nations including India and China have accepted in principle a goal of keeping climate change to within 2 degrees celsius of pre-industrial levels, reports from Rome ahead of the G8 summit say.There had been fears going into Wednesday's summit that no consensus between industrialized and developing countries over climate change would emerge, even as a deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol is to be negotiated in Copenhagen in December. A G8 draft statement for the summit calls on the world's richest nations to limit global warming to 2 degrees centigrade above pre- industrial levels, reduce world emissions to 50 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050 and make "robust" efforts to cut emissions by 2020.

The G8 Is Dead

The L'Aquila summit showed just how irrelevant the G-8 has become, as emerging economies demand more and more of a say at the negotiating table. But the new focus on common survival means that Western values such as human rights and democracy are being neglected. It was a funeral ceremony: The G-8 is dead, at least as a global leadership forum. It has now been reduced to a mere talking shop for certain heads of state and government.

The end of retirement

Although the idea that “we are all getting older” is a truism, few governments, employers or individuals have yet come to terms with where longer retirement is heading: the end of the whole concept (see special report). Whether we like it or not, we are going back to the pre-Bismarckian world, where work had no formal stopping point. That reversion will not happen overnight, but preparations should start now—to ensure that when the inevitable happens it is a change for the better.It should be for the better because it is being partly driven by a wonderful thing: people are living ever longer.

Crisis and climate force supply shift

Manufacturers are abandoning global supply chains for regional ones in a big shift brought about by the financial crisis and climate change concerns, according to executives and analysts.Companies are increasingly looking closer to home for their components, meaning that for their US or European operations they are more likely to use Mexico and eastern Europe than China, as previously.

Report Corner

Thinking Big: How to Act Now on the MDGs

Created nine years ago, the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) intentionally employ strong language—words like "eradicate" and "combat" are applied to solving many of our social and environmental ills. But with less than six years left to accomplish these goals, much work remains. According to a recent UN report- The Millennium Development Goals Report, 2009, the economic crisis has dampened or even reversed efforts on the MDGs.

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/PR_Global _MDG09_EN.pdf

BSR-SPONSORED EVENT

Sustainability Matters: Understanding and Preventing Greenwash

August 12, 2009, Webinar, Members Only

Although consumer demand for environmentally friendly products is on the rise, consumers are becoming more frustrated with the green messages that frequently accompany these products, many of which are often construed as "greenwash."In this webinar, you will learn about the key themes from BSR's new report, "Understanding and Preventing Greenwash: A Business Guide," also covers the "greenwash matrix" and how to effectively communicate the true impacts of your company's environmental initiatives.