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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Best Practice<br />
Environment<br />
Océ is committed to progressively<br />
aligning itself with the provisions of<br />
the EICC Code of Conduct. In order to<br />
encourage and support first-tier suppliers<br />
to also become aligned with the Code of<br />
Conduct provisions, Océ sent its suppliers<br />
a Supplier Declaration on the EICC<br />
Code of Conduct and invited them to<br />
show their commitment to the EICC by<br />
signing. The three principal Océ manufacturing<br />
sites in Venlo (Netherlands), Poing<br />
(Germany), and Vancouver (Canada)<br />
included their major suppliers, thereby<br />
covering 78 percent of their total supply<br />
base expenditure. By the end of 2009,<br />
half of the addressed suppliers returned<br />
a signed declaration. This translated<br />
into 47 percent of the total supply base<br />
expenditure of Océ being aligned with<br />
the EICC Code of Conduct.<br />
Maximizing reuse<br />
Operating in a sustainable way is embedded<br />
in Océ’s way of working. The ability<br />
to reuse materials, particularly in the<br />
Reusing machines and parts is<br />
beneficial to the environment.<br />
manufacturing sector, is an integral part<br />
of sustainability. Not only does reuse save<br />
precious resources, it also minimizes<br />
landfill waste.<br />
Océ products are typically built<br />
for long, intensive use under difficult<br />
circumstances. Designers at Océ develop<br />
products with a total lifecycle in mind.<br />
When a lease period for a machine (often<br />
between three to five years) comes to an<br />
end, a machine does not end up on the<br />
scrapheap, but its parts are refurbished<br />
and readied for reuse. Parts and modules<br />
are not type-specific and are designed<br />
to be used in a broad range of different<br />
printing systems.<br />
Used machine parts from customers<br />
are recovered in special remanufacturing<br />
facilities, creating a constant stream of<br />
parts and units. These components are<br />
suitable for reuse as service parts and<br />
in new machines. Complete machines<br />
can also be refurbished and returned to<br />
market. In 2008 the company launched<br />
a series of remanufactured machines<br />
under the Océ Prémia Class label. In<br />
2009 the popular Océ Prémia Class program<br />
was enhanced with the addition<br />
of new models. These remanufactured<br />
machines are equipped with new and<br />
popular functionalities that use fewer<br />
materials and less energy, which reduces<br />
carbon emissions during the production<br />
processes. An Océ study in 2009 revealed<br />
that the CO 2<br />
footprint for producing a<br />
remanufactured system is almost half<br />
that of a newly-produced system.<br />
In 2008 Océ set a corporate target<br />
on the reuse of materials: “By <strong>2010</strong> the<br />
amount of reused parts in Océ-developed<br />
products will be more than 20 percent.”<br />
In 2009 the total use of materials for<br />
Océ-developed products amounted to<br />
4.5 kilotons – 22 percent of which consisted<br />
of reused materials. This means<br />
Océ reached its target ahead of schedule.<br />
Additionally, Océ supplied approximately<br />
12,000 refurbished service parts<br />
(150 tons) to customers. The increase<br />
in reuse is a result of optimizing Océ’s<br />
remanufacturing activities. In <strong>2010</strong> this<br />
will be continued by shifting several local<br />
remanufacturing activities, such as<br />
workshops, to centralized asset-recovery<br />
facilities.<br />
Intrinsic values<br />
Building an ever evolving sustainable<br />
business has always been one of the<br />
core business principles of Océ. We do<br />
this by developing products and services<br />
that add value to the document processes<br />
of our customers while minimizing<br />
environmental impact. And we conduct<br />
our business activities in a socially responsible<br />
manner aimed at preventing<br />
health, safety, and environmental risks.<br />
These philosophies are truly part of the<br />
DNA of the company, as they were already<br />
practiced when Océ was founded<br />
in 1877. Sustainability has been a driving<br />
force throughout the years – and will<br />
continue to be so, going forward.<br />
About Océ<br />
Océ is one of the world’s leading providers<br />
of document management and<br />
printing for professionals. The broad<br />
Océ offering includes office printing<br />
and copying systems, high-speed digital<br />
production printers, and wide-format<br />
printing systems for both technical documentation<br />
and color display graphics.<br />
Océ is also a foremost supplier of document-management<br />
outsourcing. Many<br />
of the world’s Fortune 500 companies<br />
and leading commercial printers are Océ<br />
customers. With headquarters in Venlo,<br />
the Netherlands, Océ is active in about<br />
100 countries and employs some 22,000<br />
people worldwide. Total revenues in<br />
2009 amounted to € 2.6 billion.<br />
For more information on Océ, visit www.oce.com<br />
or www.sustainability.oce.com.<br />
<strong>Global</strong> <strong>Compact</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Yearbook</strong> <strong>2010</strong> 151
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