Global Compact International Yearbook Ausgabe 2013
The UN Global Compact is the world’s leading platform for corporate sustainability. In describing the future aims of the Global Compact, UN Secretary-General H.E. Ban Ki-moon says: “A growing number of business in all regions recognize the importance of reflecting environmental, social, and economic considerations in their operations and strategies. Now the challenge is to move from incremental process to transformation – in society and markets alike.” The new 2013 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook offers proactive and in-depth information on key sustainability issues and focuses on recent developments of stakeholder management such as managing corporate legitimacy, for example. Concomitant to this is the call for a more holistic reporting of companies’ financial and nonfinancial performance, which is expressed in the idea of integrated reporting. Furthermore, this edition highlights the connection between the sustainable development of African societies and the ways of managing and governing their natural wealth. The newest developments concerning the move toward a low-carbon economy are shown in the chapter on climate change, which emphasizes the importance of reducing the output of greenhouse gases. Corresponding to the idea of mutual learning, the Global Compact International Yearbook includes 43 good practices of corporate participants that showcase different approaches to the implementation of the Ten Principles of the Global Compact. The Global Compact International Yearbook is a product of the macondo media group and United Nation Publications in cooperation with the Global Compact Office in support of the UN Global Compact and the global advancement of corporate sustainability. It contains 196 pages.
The UN Global Compact is the world’s leading platform for corporate sustainability. In describing the future aims of the Global Compact, UN Secretary-General H.E. Ban Ki-moon says: “A growing number of business in all regions recognize the importance of reflecting environmental, social, and economic considerations in their operations and strategies. Now the challenge is to move from incremental process to transformation – in society and markets alike.”
The new 2013 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook offers proactive and in-depth information on key sustainability issues and focuses on recent developments of stakeholder management such as managing corporate legitimacy, for example. Concomitant to this is the call for a more holistic reporting of companies’ financial and nonfinancial performance, which is expressed in the idea of integrated reporting. Furthermore, this edition highlights the connection between the sustainable development of African societies and the ways of managing and governing their natural wealth. The newest developments concerning the move toward a low-carbon economy are shown in the chapter on climate change, which emphasizes the importance of reducing the output of greenhouse gases.
Corresponding to the idea of mutual learning, the Global Compact International Yearbook includes 43 good practices of corporate participants that showcase different approaches to the implementation of the Ten Principles of the Global Compact. The Global Compact International Yearbook is a product of the macondo media group and United Nation Publications in cooperation with the Global Compact Office in support of the UN Global Compact and the global advancement of corporate sustainability. It contains 196 pages.
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Agenda<br />
Climate Change<br />
Pressure on infrastructure and natural resources is already<br />
immense, and growing: Demand for water will increase by<br />
40 percent from 2010 to 2030. Demand for energy will increase<br />
by 22.5 percent from 2010 to 2025. Demand for food<br />
will increase by 50 percent between 2010 and 2030. At the<br />
same time, if we are to preserve our natural resources and<br />
standards of living, greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced<br />
by 80 percent by mid-century. This presents a challenge for<br />
our government and business leaders; they must meet these<br />
social and environmental challenges while ensuring economic<br />
stability as well as expanding prosperity.<br />
The Clean Revolution is not just a vision of an ideal future.<br />
It is happening now, in cities, regions, states, and countries<br />
around the world as well in companies of all sizes. The Clean<br />
Revolution is already creating millions of new jobs: In the<br />
United States, a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found<br />
that there were about 3.4 million green energy jobs in 2011: an<br />
increase of 4.9 percent from the previous year. When compared<br />
with the data for alternative areas of the economy, this figure<br />
is impressive; all other jobs increased by only 1.2 percent. This<br />
is supported by 2012 data from The Solar Foundation, which<br />
reported that California has more solar workers than actors;<br />
Cities are key contributors to climate change, as activities there<br />
are the main source of greenhouse gas emissions. If efforts to<br />
address climate change are to be successful, they must integrate<br />
urban requirements and environmental management capacities.<br />
This is not an insurmountable task but it will take a new,<br />
bold, daring vision for how we do business, heat our homes,<br />
build infrastructure, and structure our economies. This is the<br />
vision of a low-carbon, high-opportunity Clean Revolution:<br />
a swift, massive scale-up of clean energy and infrastructure,<br />
and of smart technologies and design. This will improve the<br />
efficiency and use of our natural resources while creating jobs<br />
and boosting economic growth.<br />
more Texans work in solar than ranching; and the US solar<br />
industry has more workers than the coal mining industry.<br />
The outlook for the renewable energy sector looks bright –<br />
investment in clean-energy capacity is expected to triple between<br />
now and 2030, according to analysts from Bloomberg<br />
New Energy Finance. Research by Google in 2011 found that<br />
breakthroughs in clean-tech innovation could generate an<br />
extra $ 155 - 244 billion in GDP per year in the United States<br />
from 2030 if the right investments are made now.<br />
It is not only the United States that is reaping the benefits of<br />
the Clean Revolution – the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan<br />
Singh, has announced plans to double India’s renewable-energy<br />
capacity by 2017 and introduce clean-energy subsidies. South<br />
Korea’s business community invested $ 12.7 billion between<br />
2008 and 2010 as part of the nation’s green-growth program,<br />
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