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Who Should Head Up Your Corporate Responsibility Approach?
The who and why of finding your
Head of Corporate Responsibility
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Business Fights Poverty
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Conducting Layoffs: 'Necessary Evils' at Work
In this uncertain economic climate, downsizing and layoffs
are a sadly frequent occurrence. Although bad news is always painful to
deliver and to hear, the process of conducting "necessary evils"—such
as layoffs or firings—can be managed in a way that is clear yet
respectful.
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Social Learning towards a Sustainable World
This volume - containing 27 chapters and contributions
from six continents - presents and discusses key principles,
perspectives, and practices of social learning in the context of
sustainability.
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Young People, Education, and Sustainable Development
This volume offers a global perspective on education initiatives by and
for young people that promote a transition to sustainability. It
includes 38 essays co-authored by 68 contributors from 25 nations,
representing a diversity of geography, gender, and generation.
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Investor Leadership on Climate Change
An analysis of the investment community’s role on climate change, and snapshot of recent investor activity.
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The Impact of Renewable Energy Policy on Economic Growth and Employment in the European Union
This report aims to present a complete analysis of the employment and economic growth impacts of renewable energies, covering past, present and future prospects
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The Natural Fix? The Role of Ecosystems in Climate Mitigation
Large cuts in
emissions of greenhouse gases are needed if we are to avoid the worst
effects of global climate change. This Rapid Assessment Report
describes contributions which ecosystems can and must make to
improve these efforts. It presents carbon capture and storage through a
Green Economy lens, outlining the potential in terms of natural
systems, from forests to grasslands which have been doing the job in a
tried and tested way for millennia.
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The Corporate Ecosystem Services Review
This publication describes a structured
methodology that can help businesses develop strategies for managing
risks and opportunities arising from their dependence
and impact on ecosystems.
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Delivering on Earth’s Solar Potential
This document by PricewaterhouseCoopers outlines how the development of a Smart Transmission Grid across
Europe and the development of CSP (Concentrating Solar Thermal Power ) plants across North Africa could be used not
only to address immediate energy security concerns, but also deliver much
needed economic and social development across this region.
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The European Commission (EC) has developed a "CSR handbook for
small business advisers" which is designed to act as a reference when
making decisions on how to adapt business to current CSR guidelines.
This study analyses the transparency of corporate reporting on a range of anticorruption measures among the 105 largest publicly listed
multinational companies. Together these companies are worth more than US$11 trillion and touch the lives of people in countries across the globe, wielding enormous and far reaching power.