Global Compact International Yearbook Ausgabe 2010
A profound retrospective of the first decade of the UN Global Compact, challenges in the light of the year of biodiversity, and instruments for an adequate Corporate Citizenship are some of the issues highlighted in the new 2010 edition of the “Global Compact International Yearbook”. Among this years prominent authors are Ban Ki-moon, Bill Clinton, Joschka Fischer and Achim Steiner. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “As the Global Compact enters its second decade, it is my hope that this Yearbook will be an inspiration to bring responsible business to true scale.” Formally presented during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York, the yearbook is now for sale. Looking back at the past ten years, the United Nations Global Compact has left its mark in a variety of ways, helping shape the conservation about corporate responsibility and diffusing the concept of a principle-based approach to doing business across the globe. Chapter two deals with Biodiversity: UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner emphasizes the importance of protecting the nature: “Climate change has been described as the biggest market failure of all time – the loss of biodiversity and nature’s economically-important services must surely be running a close second, if not an equal first. Year in and year out, the world economy may be losing services from forests to freshwaters and from soils to coral reefs, with resulting costs of up to $4.5 trillion or more. Decisive action needs to be taken to reverse these declines or the bill will continue to climb – and with it any hopes of achieving the poverty-related Millennium Development Goals and a sustainable 21st century for six billion people, rising to nine billion by 2050.” Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, adds: “Now is the time for concrete action from the business community to save life on earth. The alternative is an impoverished planet that can no longer support a healthy, vibrant global economy. The stakes in this fight could not be higher. As the slogan of the International Year reminds us, ‘Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life.’”
A profound retrospective of the first decade of the UN Global Compact, challenges in the light of the year of biodiversity, and instruments for an adequate Corporate Citizenship are some of the issues highlighted in the new 2010 edition of the “Global Compact International Yearbook”. Among this years prominent authors are Ban Ki-moon, Bill Clinton, Joschka Fischer and Achim Steiner. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “As the Global Compact enters its second decade, it is my hope that this Yearbook will be an inspiration to bring responsible business to true scale.” Formally presented during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York, the yearbook is now for sale. Looking back at the past ten years, the United Nations Global Compact has left its mark in a variety of ways, helping shape the conservation about corporate responsibility and diffusing the concept of a principle-based approach to doing business across the globe.
Chapter two deals with Biodiversity: UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner emphasizes the importance of protecting the nature: “Climate change has been described as the biggest market failure of all time – the loss of biodiversity and nature’s economically-important services must surely be running a close second, if not an equal first. Year in and year out, the world economy may be losing services from forests to freshwaters and from soils to coral reefs, with resulting costs of up to $4.5 trillion or more. Decisive action needs to be taken to reverse these declines or the bill will continue to climb – and with it any hopes of achieving the poverty-related Millennium Development Goals and a sustainable 21st century for six billion people, rising to nine billion by 2050.” Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, adds: “Now is the time for concrete action from the business community to save life on earth. The alternative is an impoverished planet that can no longer support a healthy, vibrant global economy. The stakes in this fight could not be higher. As the slogan of the International Year reminds us, ‘Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life.’”
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Manpower<br />
Empowering<br />
women for more<br />
sustainable<br />
communities<br />
By Jeff Joerres<br />
As a global organization with a presence in 82 countries<br />
and territories, Manpower Inc.’s employees, associates,<br />
clients, and candidates are naturally diverse. Diversity<br />
brings a broader range of perspectives and capabilities<br />
to our organization, as we continue to be innovative<br />
by remaining open to the ideas of all. Manpower’s core<br />
mission is to provide the best possible talent for our clients,<br />
and that means tapping into all populations and including<br />
those that have traditionally been underrepresented.<br />
Diversity is essential to maintaining our role as an expert<br />
in the changing world of work.<br />
In many parts of the world, women<br />
are still regarded as second-class citizens.<br />
Their inferior role in some societies<br />
means they are socially, politically,<br />
and economically disadvantaged, making<br />
them vulnerable in everyday life.<br />
When communities are disempowered<br />
by events outside of their control, these<br />
inequalities are even more marked. For<br />
instance, women are often disproportionately<br />
impacted by natural disasters due<br />
to rigid cultural practices and attitudes.<br />
Those who work often hold low-paid jobs<br />
in agriculture and other industries profoundly<br />
affected by catastrophe. As the<br />
primary care-givers for the vulnerable<br />
in society – children, the elderly, and<br />
the infirm – their mobility in search of<br />
new livelihoods is limited.<br />
The devastating Indian Ocean tsunami<br />
of 2004 is a prime example of the<br />
type of disaster that hits women the<br />
hardest. In India’s Tamil Nadu State,<br />
many families lost their primary wage<br />
earners – men – leaving widows and<br />
orphans. Along with loss of homes, jobs<br />
in fishing and agriculture were also<br />
wiped out. Increasing the participation<br />
of women in the local workforce came<br />
with unique challenges. As in many rural<br />
Indian districts, the population observed<br />
strict social traditions and were steadfastly<br />
resistant to change. Rarely allowed<br />
to come out of their domestic arena,<br />
women’s lack of qualifications typically<br />
reduced them to grueling manual labor<br />
and poor wages. The situation was worse<br />
for women from certain religious com-<br />
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