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 />
Development<br />
Job creation<br />
The Bank has been expanding rapidly.<br />
In just over three years of operation, the<br />
Bank has a 65-branch network across the<br />
country as of March <strong>2014</strong>. Many jobs are<br />
created nationwide as a result – from<br />
entry to managerial level – and the number<br />
of employees has risen tremendously,<br />
from 1,700 in 2012 to 2,600 in 2013.<br />
ments for the under-privileged patients<br />
at the Cardiology Ward. Costly surgeries<br />
and operations for more than 50 patients<br />
have been carried out with the support<br />
of Ayeyarwady Foundation since the<br />
opening of the new Cardiology Ward.<br />
Caring beyond the healthcare and<br />
education sectors<br />
Many internal conflicts in the country<br />
pose threats to the many who have lost<br />
their homes and loved ones in the midst<br />
of these conflicts. One such situation<br />
is the conflict in Rakhine State, which<br />
has killed many and left many homeless.<br />
AYA Bank has stepped forward and<br />
provided funds to help them rebuild<br />
their homes and their lives. Similarly,<br />
AYA Bank is also reaching out to other<br />
conflict-affected areas, such as Kachin<br />
State.<br />
Additionally, AYA Bank is also supporting<br />
those who are affected by natural<br />
disasters such as floods and fires.<br />
AYA Bank is becoming<br />
environmentally-friendly<br />
We at AYA Bank feel that it is not enough<br />
to just contribute to the education and<br />
healthcare sectors. We are also planning<br />
to become more environmentally-friendly.<br />
Apart from using energy-saving lights and<br />
reducing paper usage by relying more<br />
on electronic communication, we feel<br />
that we need to do more. Our planned<br />
initiatives include setting up more environmentally-friendly<br />
branches, which will<br />
also encourage our customers to become<br />
part of the initiative. The CSR team of the<br />
Bank is currently in negotiations with the<br />
respective City Development Councils<br />
about waste-management initiatives.<br />
“aYa BanK IS InvaLuaBLe tO uS”<br />
the need for blood across the country,<br />
AYA Bank plans to not only hold and<br />
organize such donation drives in Yangon,<br />
but also in other regions where blood<br />
banks are available.<br />
AYA Bank spoke to Dr. Thida Aung (in charge of the National Blood Center) on<br />
AYA Bank’s Blood Donation activities:<br />
“The National Blood Bank provides between 40,000 – 45,000 units of blood every<br />
year, with about 83.5 percent coming from donors. For cases where the patients<br />
require a blood type that is not available immediately, the blood bank keeps a list<br />
of previous donors with their respective blood types and source for donors.<br />
AYA Bank has actively carried out blood donation drives, and this is invaluable to<br />
us – their activities not only help to provide blood to those who are in need, but<br />
their enthusiasm also acts as a source of motivation to the others.<br />
I’d like to sincerely request to all those who are gifted with good health to help<br />
– in any way possible – those who are less fortunate. I also hope that AYA Bank<br />
continues such activities in the future.”<br />
Daw Thida Aung, M.B.B.S, M.Med.Sc, PhD Patho. Associate Professor, National Blood Center, Yangon<br />
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