Sustainability News
Why 2015 will be a crucial year for progress;
16-01-2015This article is only available in the Greek section.
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Predictions for Five CSR Trends in 2015
12-01-2015Corporate social responsibility has evolved significantly over the past several decades – from corporations simply writing checks to nonprofits, to a multitude of practices and activities that have become highly integrated into business practices.
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10+1 steps to Responsible Business!
07-01-2015Value is the theme that should unite all CSR projects and should be a key factor in major project decisions and strategies. Value for shareholders, value for local communities, value for stakeholders; these are the considerations that should underpin program and budget decisions and actions.
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Five Common mistakes that destroy multi-sector CSR partnerships
02-12-2014Value is lost for the organizations involved but the real price is paid by their community partners who do not receive the full impact that they could have received had these natural partners found an effective way to collaborate.
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22-30th November 2014: The European Week for Waste Reduction
27-11-2014The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is an initiative aiming to promote the implementation of awareness-raising actions about sustainable resource and waste management during a single week.
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Εnvironmental challenges into business opportunities
24-11-2014The European Commission has adopted a Green Action Plan (GAP) for SMEs: Enabling SMEs to turn environmental challenges into business opportunities. The plan presents EU actions that will turn the transistion to a green economy, a financially beneficial venture for moderately sized enterprises.
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READ program an important initiative for the safe use of chemicals
24-11-2014REACH Database for Safety Data Sheets and Workplace Instruction Cards
The aim of the READ program is the development of a valuable tool with the participation of producers/importers of chemical products that caters to professional users and will provide them with a friendly and direct way the instructions for proper use, in order to ensure their health and the environmental protection.
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The Borsa Istanbul has launched the first Sustainability Index
12-11-2014Partnering with Borsa Istanbul since 2013, EIRIS has worked with the exchange to define the criteria, develop index rules and engage with companies as part of the research process. Data collation was carried out by EIRIS and local research organisation, the Sabanci University Corporate Governance Forum.
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The European market is focused on Sustainable and Responsible Investments
10-11-2014October 9, 2014, Brussels – EUROSIF, the European Sustainable Investment Forum unveils the
findings of its 6th Sustainable and Responsible Investment Study, first published in 2003. The Study
highlights the scale of Sustainable and Responsible Investment practices and trends in Europe and across
13 European countries.
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Open Working Group proposal for Sustainable Development Goals after the United Nations Conference
10-11-2014The outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, inter alia, set out a mandate to establish an open working group to develop a set of sustainable development goals for consideration and appropriate action by the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session.
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