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Profiles of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) practices of Philippine mining firms
The increased awareness of environmental impacts, the socio-economic implications of mining and a downturn in productivity, have highlighted the need for mining companies to adjust their business management process.
Diageo publishes sustainable packaging guidelines
Diageo has published its first "Sustainable Packaging Guidelines". The Guidelines represent the company's global policy on ensuring that packaging is increasingly sustainable and reflect Diageo’s commitment to a holistic approach to reducing the company's overall impact on the environment across...
Banks team up with Endeavour to provide training for SMEs in Brazil
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is teaming up with Banco Itaú and Endeavour Brazil to provide training for small and medium-sized companies in Brazil that are interested in developing high-quality products and services to the neediest population in the country, in the so-called base of...
Private Sector Supply-Chains Incorporating Social Enterprises
Big business is supplied by big business, and breaking into the plc supply chain is beyond most small companies. Or so goes the received wisdom. But recently, a number of heavyweight corporate names, including 02 and accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), have expressed an interest in using...
Indonesia's tourism industry is getting tsunami ready
Following the Asian tsunami the Indonsesian Ministry of Culture and Trouism has partnered with the Bali Hotels Association (BHA) to improve tsunami readiness amongst hotels. They have developed the 'Tsunami Ready Toolkit' consisting of fact sheets, background information and best practise examples....
Streamlined disaster policy improves customer safety
Tokyo Gas supplies natural gas to customers throughout Japan. Tokyo Gas has developed clear guidelines for earthquake preparedness in key phases - prevention policies, emergency policies, and restoration policies. Specifically, prevention policies include the installation of polyethylene gas pipes...
Promoting safer operations and emergency preparedness in China
Dow Chemical Company is a diversified chemical company that offers a broad range of products and services. A partnership between the ministry of environmental protection (MEP), UNEP, and Dow promotes chemical safety, emergency preparedness and safer production in the chemical sector in China....
NGO fights corruption with Zero rupee note
An Indian NGO, the Fifth Pillar, came up with the idea of printing a zero rupee currency note as a tool to help Indians achieve the goal of zero corruption. The note is a way for people to say NO to corruption without the fear of facing an encounter with persons in authority. When someone is...
Nestlé partners with The Forest Trust to combat deforestation
As a further step in its commitment to fight the major issue of deforestation, Nestlé has entered into a partnership with The Forest Trust (TFT). TFT, a global non–profit organisation, will help Nestlé to build responsible supply chains by identifying and addressing embedded social and...
Grameen Danone Foods form a social entrepreneurship
Grameen Danone launched a social business enterprise in Bangladesh, in partnership with the Grameen Foundation and GAIN – an NGO dedicated to fighting malnutrition around the world. Designed to provide children with many of the key nutrients typically missing from their diet at a very low price,...