Global Compact International Yearbook 2014
Fighting poverty and global warming are key challenges for mankind. „This year we are laying the groundwork for success in 2015 on three fronts: achieving the Millennium Development Goals, adopting a meaningful new climate agreement, and establishing a new vision for a sustainable future“, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in the 2014 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook. Edited by macondo publishing the new yearbook offers insights to political as well as sustainability issues. This years´ focus lies on the Post-2015 Agenda. We discuss the transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals. Question are among others: Are the concepts compatible? How does the architecture of a sustainable future look like? And above all: What role does corporate responsibility play in this context? The second key aspect in our Post-2105 discussion is about measuring the SDGs. In the past indicators have been developed and used in reporting progress toward the MDGs, and now the approach to upcoming SDGs must be systematically developed. This section also includes lessons from innovation management and "big data". Climate change is another focus of teh yearbook. It counts on very prominent authors like Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and Sigmar Gabriel, Vice-Chancellor of the German government and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy. Other issues are : Traceability: How certification brings positive impacts and better traceability to business. Elaborated NGO inputs by Karin Kreider, the Executive Director of the ISEAL Alliance and one of the world’s leading experts on credible certification and eco-labeling, as well as Markus Arbenz, Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and Caroline Hickson, Director of Brand, Communications and Strategic Partnerships at Fairtrade International. Mandatory CSR: When CSR discussions started in the late 1960s, early 1970s ethical and moral arguments were the drivers. Since then CSR activities have become more holistic and professional. This becomes a principle-based approach in which business seeks to identify smarter business models, products, and services. Elmer Lenzen illuminates the boder zone between voluntary and mandatory CSR.
Fighting poverty and global warming are key challenges for mankind. „This year we are laying the groundwork for success in 2015 on three fronts: achieving the Millennium Development Goals, adopting a meaningful new climate agreement, and establishing a new vision for a sustainable future“, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in the 2014 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook. Edited by macondo publishing the new yearbook offers insights to political as well as sustainability issues.
This years´ focus lies on the Post-2015 Agenda. We discuss the transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals. Question are among others: Are the concepts compatible? How does the architecture of a sustainable future look like? And above all: What role does corporate responsibility play in this context?
The second key aspect in our Post-2105 discussion is about measuring the SDGs. In the past indicators have been developed and used in reporting progress toward the MDGs, and now the approach to upcoming SDGs must be systematically developed. This section also includes lessons from innovation management and "big data".
Climate change is another focus of teh yearbook. It counts on very prominent authors like Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and Sigmar Gabriel, Vice-Chancellor of the German government and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy.
Other issues are :
Traceability: How certification brings positive impacts and better traceability to business. Elaborated NGO inputs by Karin Kreider, the Executive Director of the ISEAL Alliance and one of the world’s leading experts on credible certification and eco-labeling, as well as Markus Arbenz, Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and Caroline Hickson, Director of Brand, Communications and Strategic Partnerships at Fairtrade International.
Mandatory CSR: When CSR discussions started in the late 1960s, early 1970s ethical and moral arguments were the drivers. Since then CSR activities have become more holistic and professional. This becomes a principle-based approach in which business seeks to identify smarter business models, products, and services. Elmer Lenzen illuminates the boder zone between voluntary and mandatory CSR.
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Good Practice<br />
environment<br />
ships initiated by Sakhalin Energy: the<br />
Sakhalin Salmon Initiative and Save<br />
the Salmon Together, in addition to<br />
other environmental initiatives of the<br />
company concerning salmon species<br />
conservation.<br />
The main objective of the Sakhalin<br />
Salmon Initiative is to contribute to<br />
the preservation and rational use of<br />
wild salmon and its ecosystem by securing<br />
the sustainable economic and<br />
social development of Sakhalin. The<br />
project of environmental education of<br />
younger generations has been successfully<br />
implemented through the Sakhalin<br />
Salmon Initiative. The project is focused<br />
on salmon – the most unique element<br />
of Sakhalin nature – and demonstrates<br />
how it is important to save salmonspawning<br />
rivers. Since 2008, more than<br />
7,000 young people have attended summer<br />
ecological camps, festivals, and educational<br />
events related to the program.<br />
In 2013, field eco-workshops were introduced<br />
in some Sakhalin districts. The<br />
programs were developed by teachers<br />
and volunteers of the Boomerang NGO.<br />
A School of Volunteers for teenagers<br />
and young people was developed and is<br />
focusing on salmon species. Volunteers<br />
acquire knowledge on salmon biology<br />
and behavior, conservation approaches<br />
to salmon habitats, as well as field camp<br />
training techniques.<br />
One of the most popular programs of<br />
the project is Salmon Watch for students<br />
aged 12 to 17 and Kapelka (the Droplet)<br />
for children aged 4 to 6. The programs<br />
present the life of salmon to children. In<br />
addition, the best international practices<br />
and local community knowledge are<br />
used in the programs.<br />
The Salmon Watch program is an adaptation<br />
of a similarly-named program in<br />
the United States developed by Oregon<br />
Trout and has been customized for the<br />
Russian educational system. The idea of<br />
the program is to acquaint students with<br />
the cultural and economic importance<br />
of the fish and to develop a responsible<br />
attitude toward the conservation<br />
of salmon biodiversity. The program<br />
includes a theoretical course, practical<br />
field work, and is designed within a<br />
supplementary education program or<br />
as a special course. Some components<br />
can also be used in local biology and<br />
ecology classes.<br />
Within the Kapelka program, a small<br />
drop of water named Kapelka speaks<br />
about the specifics of each type of<br />
salmon, their appearance and biology,<br />
the relations between animate and inanimate<br />
nature, and human impact<br />
on the salmon population. The story is<br />
presented as a fairytale so as to make<br />
it interesting for children and easier<br />
to remember. The Class Guidelines for<br />
the teaching staff contain information<br />
on salmon as well as theory for a more<br />
detailed study of Kapelka’s story. More<br />
details and information on salmon can<br />
be obtained from the multimedia album<br />
Life of Salmon.<br />
In 2013, both programs were examined<br />
by the Sakhalin Institute for Education<br />
Development. Based on the results, the<br />
programs were recommended for use in<br />
kindergartens and schools. Educational<br />
programs, including guidance papers<br />
and visual materials, are available at:<br />
www.sakhsalmoninitiative.org.<br />
The Sakhalin Institute for Education<br />
Development, supported by the company,<br />
also conducted a workshop for<br />
the teaching staff of schools and supplementary<br />
education centers. Learning<br />
about aquatic ecosystems and riparian<br />
ecology research methods, as well as<br />
teaching through games, took place<br />
outdoors.<br />
How Ivan Saved the Wonder Fish by the<br />
Sakhalin Puppet Theatre is a new show<br />
aimed at raising environmental awareness.<br />
The fairytale about the adventures of<br />
Wonder Fish the Salmon and a young man<br />
Ivan has become a part of the theater’s<br />
repertoire. For those who cannot visit the<br />
theater, a video version of the show will be<br />
made and distributed among the schools.<br />
A new website www.salmon-friend.ru<br />
has been launched. It offers children<br />
interactive games, quizzes, and other<br />
materials. The site is used by teaching<br />
staff for salmon study classes. The<br />
materials can also be studied jointly by<br />
children and their parents.<br />
• Salmon Watch and the Kapelka educational<br />
eco-programs are implemented<br />
in 63 Sakhalin schools and used in<br />
other regions of Russia.<br />
• More than 90 teachers attended Salmon<br />
Watch and the Kapelka program workshops.<br />
• More than 1,500 children participated<br />
in three Children’s Art Contests Live,<br />
Salmon.<br />
• Nine Live, Salmon ecological and educational<br />
festivals were held.<br />
• Three-day ecological and educational<br />
field workshops took place in four<br />
Sakhalin districts. The workshops were<br />
attended by 211 children aged 7 to 16.<br />
• There were 12 showings of How Ivan<br />
Saved the Wonder Fish in 2013.<br />
• http://salmon-friend.ru website is<br />
launched.<br />
A concerned attitude about nature is a<br />
global challenge. However, Sakhalin Energy<br />
believes that a partnership approach<br />
and education efforts with active community<br />
involvemwent can make a difference.<br />
Save the Salmon Together!<br />
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