The FINANCIAL -- As 2020 comes to a close, British Airways has reflected on its commitment to having a positive impact in the communities it serves across the world. The airline has published a summary of its community investment activity in 2020, highlighting everything from the huge generosity of its customers and colleagues through Flying Start, the airline’s global charity
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The FINANCIAL -- On August 31, after 15 years at the helm of the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, Georg Kell will step down as Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, the organization he helped found in 2000 and which he
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The FINANCIAL -- On August 25, the UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate announced the first comprehensive guide on forming multi-stakeholder water stewardship initiatives with integrity.
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The FINANCIAL -- The United Nations Global Compact, one of the world’s largest corporate sustainability networks, said that the recent papal encyclical on environmental principles “should inspire the private sector to do more to protect the environment and address climate change,” in
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The FINANCIAL -- “Top ten” lists have long been a staple of comedy monologues but, as pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in China’s rapidly industrializing economy are no laughing matter, Chinese businesses today produced a serious list of enterprise-activated solutions.
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The FINANCIAL -- Heads of State, Government and High Representatives reached agreement at the United Nations Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 16, putting forward an outcome document which includes strong references to the critical
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The FINANCIAL -- Meeting on July 14 with CEOs, heads of state and ministers at a forum on the sidelines of a global finance summit, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the corporate community “to be our partners in supporting and financing this
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The FINANCIAL -- The United Nations Global Compact and RICS on June 29 issued a call to organizations in the land, construction and real estate sector, and those working with them, to take a leading role in global efforts to drive responsible
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The FINANCIAL -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on June 25 announced the appointment of Lise Kingo as Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact. She will succeed Georg Kell, who retires later this year after over 25 years of service
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The FINANCIAL -- On the third and final day of the United Nations Global Compact’s 15th anniversary event, global business leaders met with Governments in the historic UN General Assembly Hall to demonstrate the growing, strategic role that the private sector plays
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The FINANCIAL -- In Brazil, they are producing solar-powered hearing aids, which are equal in price to disposable alternatives, but last up to three years. Non-sustainable alternatives, such as polluting zinc batteries, last approximately one week.
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