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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8CSR in <strong>2015</strong><br />
Foreword<br />
3 H.E. Ban Ki-moon,<br />
United Nations<br />
Secretary-General<br />
Keynote<br />
4 Everyone Benefits from a<br />
Better World: The Role of<br />
Business in Society<br />
Georg Kell<br />
CSR in <strong>2015</strong><br />
8 Corporate Sustainability in <strong>2015</strong><br />
Dr. Elmer Lenzen<br />
10 The State of CSR<br />
in <strong>2015</strong> and Beyond<br />
Dr. Archie B. Carroll<br />
14 “We Need to Change Our<br />
Thinking and Our Sense of<br />
Urgency.”<br />
Interview: Leonardo DiCaprio<br />
<strong>Global</strong> <strong>Compact</strong>+15<br />
20 United Nations <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Compact</strong><br />
15th Anniversary Celebration<br />
Impressions<br />
22 Clear Message from the<br />
UN General Assembly:<br />
More Support from Businesses<br />
Is Needed to Achieve a Better<br />
World<br />
23 Lise Kingo Appointed As New<br />
Executive Director<br />
24 Sustainable Value for<br />
Stakeholders<br />
Interview: Rev. Oliver Williams<br />
28 The Delisting Dilemma<br />
Mathias Lund Larsen<br />
Financing Sustainable<br />
Development<br />
34 Giving Strong Signals<br />
of Transformation<br />
Achim Steiner<br />
36 Actions for Private Actors to<br />
Scale-Up Private-Sector<br />
Involvement in Sustainable<br />
Development<br />
38 Protagonists<br />
44 Good Practices Around the World<br />
46 Quotes<br />
48 The Odd Courtship Between<br />
Private Equity and Public Causes<br />
Prof. Dr. Oliver Gottschalg<br />
Voluntary Sustainability<br />
Standards<br />
146 An Introduction to<br />
Voluntary Sustainability<br />
Standards<br />
Kristin Komives, Amy Jackson<br />
152 Evolution of the<br />
Voluntary Sustainability<br />
Standards<br />
154 Different Kinds of<br />
Voluntary Sustainability<br />
Standards<br />
156 Selected Voluntary Standard<br />
Systems at a Glance<br />
158 The Objectives of Standards<br />
and How Firms Use Them<br />
Daniele Giovannucci,<br />
Oliver von Hagen,<br />
Joseph Wozniak<br />
162 The Meta-Governance<br />
of Voluntary Sustainability<br />
Standards<br />
Boudewijn Derkx,<br />
Prof. Dr. Pieter Glasbergen<br />
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<strong>Global</strong> <strong>Compact</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Yearbook</strong> <strong>2015</strong>
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