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Global Compact International Yearbook 2015

The Global Compact International Yearbook is with more than 400,000 readers one of the worlds leading CSR publications. In the new edition Leonardo DiCaprio speaks about business and sustainability. Declares DiCaprio: “We need to change our thinking and our sense of urgency .” Leonardo DiCaprio may be one of the world’s top movie stars, but he would rather be defined and respected more for his work as a committed environmentalist. Over the years, he has personally funded as well as helped to raise tens of millions of dollars for a variety of green-related causes. He believes that his greatest legacy will be the progress he has helped make toward safeguarding the planet against the ravages of global warming, pollution, and species protection. Other issues are: The state of CSR and 15th anniversary of the UN initiative Private Investment and Sustainable Development Voluntary Sustainability Standards Münster/New York 2015: 172 pages, paperback Publishing houses: macondo publishing/UN Publications Subscription (via UN Publications only): 30.00 USD (regular) 15.00 USD (reduced) ISBN13: 978-3-9813540-9-6 / ISSN-Print: 2365-3396 / ISSN-Internet: 2365-340x

The Global Compact International Yearbook is with more than 400,000 readers one of the worlds leading CSR publications. In the new edition Leonardo DiCaprio speaks about business and sustainability. Declares DiCaprio: “We need to change our thinking and our sense of urgency .” Leonardo DiCaprio may be one of the world’s top movie stars, but he would rather be defined and respected more for his work as a committed environmentalist. Over the years, he has personally funded as well as helped to raise tens of millions of dollars for a variety of green-related causes. He believes that his greatest legacy will be the progress he has helped make toward safeguarding the planet against the ravages of global warming, pollution, and species protection. Other issues are:

The state of CSR and 15th anniversary of the UN initiative
Private Investment and Sustainable Development
Voluntary Sustainability Standards
Münster/New York 2015: 172 pages, paperback
Publishing houses: macondo publishing/UN Publications
Subscription (via UN Publications only): 30.00 USD (regular) 15.00 USD (reduced)
ISBN13: 978-3-9813540-9-6 / ISSN-Print: 2365-3396 / ISSN-Internet: 2365-340x

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Central Romana<br />

Central Romana and<br />

Corporate SOCIal<br />

ReSPONSIbILIty<br />

The Central Romana Corporation Ltd., founded in 1912 in the eastern province of La Romana<br />

in the Dominican Republic, is an agro-industrial and tourism company whose main focus<br />

is sugar production. Having been in operation for more than 100 years, it has diversified its<br />

investments through a wide range of businesses that reach approximately 25,000 workers,<br />

and it regards itself as being the country’s largest private-sector employer.<br />

By Public Relations, Central Romana<br />

Since its foundation, the company has<br />

emphasized its efforts in the development<br />

of an important corporate social<br />

responsibility program with the community.<br />

This program involves the most<br />

essential aspects of its employees’ welfare<br />

in important areas such as healthcare,<br />

education, living facilities, and nutrition.<br />

Central Romana has been offering health<br />

services to its employees since its establishment<br />

in 1912. Today, the company<br />

owns the most modern medical center in<br />

La Romana and all of the eastern region<br />

in the Dominican Republic – a hospital<br />

built to the highest standards with stateof-the-art<br />

medical equipment. Within its<br />

three levels, the Central Romana Medical<br />

Center has comfortable private and semiprivate<br />

rooms as well as four operating<br />

rooms, one of which is equipped with<br />

56 <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Compact</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Yearbook</strong> <strong>2015</strong>

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