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歐洲企業社會責任協會第三屆年會 —— 2007年11月29日

歐洲企業社會責任協會宣布第三屆企業社會責任年會將于2007年11月29日在比利時的布魯塞爾舉行。要了解更多信息，請聯系Ben Davies.(bd@csreurope.org)。

歐洲企業社會責任在2007協會責任商業峰會（倫敦）

這個峰會包括道德企業的歐洲會議和峰會系列，以及社區商業的企業社會責任索引會議。本次峰會的主題為：在2020年負責任的商業是什么樣子的？歐洲企業社會責任協會的Catherine Rubbens將會主持一個有微軟、IBM和勞埃德信托儲蓄集團參與的、關于啟動歐洲企業社會責任實驗室的小組討論。要了解更多信息，請聯系Catherine Rubbens(cr@csreurpe.org)。

CSREUROPE會員新聞

Provident Polska:“是的，我可以給予幫助”

2007年3月Provident Polska正式啟動了第三輪的企業志愿項目“是的，我可以給予幫助”，這個項目受到了參與者、媒體和其他外部團體的極大關注。目前為止，已經有200多名志愿者參與了24項活動。2006年Provident Polska推動的“是的，我可以給予幫助”項目和它的其他社會投入被“年度捐助者”獎所提名，這個獎是波蘭一個聲望很高的企業捐贈者的年度評比。

惠普啟動了一個新項目以教會年輕人如何在商業中起步

惠普宣布它將與當地的非營利組織合作，為需要掌握專業IT技能的畢業生和失業的年輕人提供有關IT和商業技能的培訓。

豐田對兒童進行有關交通安全的培訓

通過交通安全教育項目，豐田越南基金會已經對28000多名在校兒童進行了有關交通安全法規的培訓。這個項目是豐田越南基金會、國家交通安全委員會和教育與培訓部在全國范圍內實施的第一個這種類型的項目。這個項目計劃在2005-2008年內提高500萬名一年級小學生的道路安全意識。

諾華世界范圍的10000多個合作機構參與了“社區伙伴日”

世界范圍內上千家的諾華合作機構參加了“社區伙伴日”活動，這是一項旨在參與一些有益于當地社區的志愿活動。今年已經是第11個為紀念諾華誕生所設立的“社區伙伴日”。

可口可樂計劃“綠化”總部

可口可樂公司將采取措施以減少其面積達200萬平方英尺的總部的23%的能源消耗和15%的水耗。可口可樂公司希望通過這些努力達到每年減排10000多噸的二氧化碳，相當于從公路上減少2000輛汽車。

英特爾和美國國際發展署——加寬新興市場的技術入口

因特爾公司和美國國際發展署正共同協作以加寬世界發展中地區和國家對信息通訊技術的介入和使用。這兩個組織簽署了一項備忘錄，備忘錄中確定了三個共同的關注焦點：在教育中加強使用信息通訊技術，使“最后一英里”網絡聯通成為可能和支持中小型企業使用信息通訊技術，以增強經濟發展機會。

歐盟觀察（來自歐盟的最新動態）

歐盟在環境責任的法律推行上腳步緩慢

截止到2007年4月30日這個法律轉換的最后期限，只有意大利、立陶宛和拉脫維亞把歐盟的環境責任指令轉換成了國家法律。歐盟委員會也許會考慮采取法律手段促使其他國家采取行動。

清潔汽車尋找綠色（富有）司機

隨著歐盟決定帶領世界與氣候變化開戰，汽車，這個占歐盟12%溫室氣體排放的因素已經進入歐盟的發射線。最近的歐盟指令建議在新車的二氧化碳排放量上引入捆綁帽子策略在汽車業引起了騷動，汽車業害怕嚴格的新標準會使歐盟的汽車制造商與國外競爭對手相比處于競爭劣勢，并且會導致失業和低工資化。

報告與出版物

Forties發布了2006年企業社會責任報告

Aviva發布了2007年企業社會責任報告

Kesko發布了第七份企業責任報告

INSIDE CSR EUROPE

Save the Date for MarketPlace III -- 29 November 2007

CSR Europe is pleased to announce the date for the third MarketPlace on CSR. This year’s event will be held in Brussels， Belgium on the 29th of November 2007. For more information， please contact Ben Davies. (bd@csreurope.org)

CSR Europe at the Responsible Business Summit 2007 London

This Summit encompasses the forces of Ethical Corporation’s Europe Conference and Summit Series and Business in the Community’s annual Corporate Responsibility Index Conference. This summit occurs under the theme of: What will Responsible Business be like in 2020? Catherine Rubbens from CSR Europe will lead on a panel discussion with Microsoft， IBM and Lloyds TBS on the launch of CSR Europe Laboratories. For more information contact Catherine Rubbens (cr@csreurpe.org)

CSR EUROPE’S MEMBERS NEWS

Provident Polska: “Yes! I Can Help”

In March 2007 Provident Polska officially launched the third edition of its corporate volunteering Programme “Yes! I Can Help”. The programme is very well regarded by participants， the media and other external groups， with over 200 volunteers engaged in 24 projects to date. The “Yes! I Can Help” programme， as well as all other community investments undertaken by Provident Polska during 2006， has been nominated for the “Benefactor of the Year” award. This is a very prestigious annual competition for corporate donors supporting foundations and associations in Poland

GET-IT: HP launches new programme to give young people head start in business

HP announced that it will team up with local non-profit organisations to provide IT and business training to graduates and unemployed youth in need of professional IT skills.

Toyota trains children on traffic safety

Through its ongoing Traffic Safety Education Programme (TSEP)， Toyota Viet Nam Foundation (TVF) has trained over 28，000 school children about traffic safety rules， reports the Viet Nam News (25 April). TSEP is the first of its kind to be conducted nationwide by the TVF and the National Traffic Safety Committee and the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET). TSEP aims to raise road safety awareness for 5 million 1st grade pupils in the school years of 2005-2008.

Over 10，000 Novartis associates worldwide take part in Community Partnership Day

Thousands of Novartis associates worldwide took part in the company's Community Partnership Day by engaging in volunteer activities to benefit people in their local communities. This year marks the 11th Community Partnership Day， established to commemorate the creation of Novartis in 1996.

Coca-Cola plans to green up its headquarters

The Coca-Cola Company will begin implementing measures to reduce energy consumption at its two million square foot world headquarters by 23 percent and reduce its water consumption by nearly 15 percent. These efforts are expected to eliminate more than 10，000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year， which is the equivalent of removing 2，000 cars from the road.

Intel and USAID--Broadening Technology Access in Emerging Markets

Intel Corporation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are working together to broaden access and usage of information and communications technology (ICT) in developing communities around the world. The organizations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)， identifying three areas of common focus: increasing the use of ICT in education， enabling and supporting ICT usage by small- and medium-sized businesses to enhance economic development opportunities.

EU UPDATE AND INSIGHT - TheLatest News From the EU

EU states drag feet on environmental-liability law

As the deadline for transposition closed on 30 April 2007， Italy， Lithuania and Latvia were the only member states to have transposed the Environmental Liability Directive into national law. The Commission may consider legal action against the remaining countries.

Clean car seeks green (wealthy) driver

With the European Union determined to take the world lead in the fight against climate change， cars --which alone account for 12% of all Europe's greenhouse-gas emissions --have moved into the Commission's line of fire. The EU executive's recent proposal to introduce binding caps on the amount of carbon dioxide that new cars can emit has created uproar within the automotive industry， which fears that strict new standards will put European manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage with foreign competitors and lead to massive job losses and delocalisations towards low-wage countries.

New CSR Reports

Fortis publishes 2006 CSR Report

Aviva publishes 2007 CSR Report

Kesko publishes seventh CR Report

一周要聞

雅虎發布“綠色雅虎！”

雅虎公司是世界上最大的美國互聯網媒體公司，目前在線發布一個環境教育項目“綠色雅虎！”（網址：http://green.yahoo.com）。這項新的服務提供給使用者消費技巧和環境新聞，建議個人參與到抑制全球變暖的行動中。

BP和Rio Tinto合作投資“清潔的煤”項目

石油公司BP與世界上第二大的采礦公司Rio Tinto共同合作一家合資公司，以發展發電廠將它們排放的二氧化碳埋于地下，以幫助抑制全球變暖。

花旗銀行使用500億美元以應對全球氣候變化

美國銀行投資業巨頭花旗銀行宣誓在今后10年之中，使用500億美元的金融項目以減少全球二氧化碳排放。據GreenBiz稱，花旗銀行市場和銀行業部視此為“廣泛的機會”，即支持發展替代能源，例如太陽能、風能、水能和地熱能等，投資于已有的基礎設施使用清潔的技術。

通用汽車公司加入氣候行動小組

通用汽車公司已經加入美國氣候變化行動伙伴組織（USCAP），一個由公司和非政府組織發起的項目，他們的目標包括在2050年降低60％的溫室氣體排放。通用汽車公司，是第一家加入該組織的汽車公司，其發言稱“能源多樣化”是一個關鍵，他們正致力于成為“全球領先的燃料使用效率最棒的汽車制造商”。

報告精粹

亞洲和歐洲公司引領世界降低碳排放

一項針對634家世界范圍內的制造業和服武行業的公司高層主管的調查顯示，7％的北美公司和28%的歐洲公司中建立了碳排放的審計系統，全球共有32％的公司建有該系統，約有1/3的公司，或者他們的供應鏈，沒有關于其碳排放的審計系統，并且也沒有建立這樣的一個系統的計劃。該項調查“氣候的一個變化”可以在以下網址下載：www.greenbiz.com/toolbox/reports_third.cfm?LINKADVID=78701.

環境創新必須加速

歐盟委員會公布了一項報告，聲稱環境技術發展得不夠快，無法達到2020年有關再生能源和能源節約的目標。歐洲環境技術行動計劃（ETAP）報告可以在以下網址得到：http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etap/actionplan_en.htm.

可持續的生物能源：為政策制定者提供一個框架

一項新的聯合國報告討論了生物燃料的益處，但同時也警告“除非新的政策被制定出來，保護受威脅的土地，確保社會可接受的土地使用，引領生物能源在完全可持續的方向發展，環境和社會受到的損害在一定程度上將超出這種益處”。閱讀此報告可在http://esa.un.org/un-energy/pdf/susdev.Biofuels.FAO.pdf.

重要的BSR新聞

“超越監控審核，更好的工作和更好的工廠（柬埔寨）”論壇

美國商務責任協會（BSR）邀請它的成員參加“超越監控審核，更好的工作和更好的工廠（柬埔寨）”論壇，該論壇將于2007年6月26日在國際勞工組織（ILO）的辦公室日內瓦召開。BSR的總裁兼CEO Aron Cramer，“更好的工作”項目的全球項目經理Ros Harvey，和“更好的工廠（柬埔寨）”項目的首席技術顧問將出席此次論壇，共同分享“更好的工廠（柬埔寨）”項目的成功經驗和教訓。

BSR成員受邀請參與聯合國全球契約合作伙伴調查

BSR與全球契約、Dalberg全球發展咨詢顧問組織合作，發起一項旨在指導商業與非政府組織（NGO）和聯合國機構合作的指南，這個報告將列舉100家著名的組織供公司與它們開展合作。這些重要組織的選取將基于公司參與該調查的結果，即以往公司與非政府組織和聯合國機構直接合作的效果。

This Week’s Top Headlines

Yahoo! Unveils Yahoo! Green

Yahoo! Inc.， the largest U.S. Internet media corporation， has introduced an online environmental education program called Yahoo! Green (http://green.yahoo.com). The new service offers users consumer tips and environmental news， and suggests actions that individuals can take to combat climate change.

BP and Rio Tinto Partner in “Clean Coal”Venture

Petroleum company BP plc has entered into a joint venture with the world’s second-largest mining company， Rio Tinto， to develop power generation plants that will pump their carbon dioxide emissions underground to help limit global warming.

Citigroup Allocates US$50 Billion to Tackle Climate Change

U.S. banking and investment giant Citigroup Inc. has pledged US$50 billion over the next 10 years to finance projects that reduce global carbon emissions. According to GreenBiz， Citi’s Markets Banking group sees “extensive opportunities” to support the development of alternative energy sources， such as solar， wind， hydro and geothermal energy， and to invest in aging infrastructure using clean technologies.

General Motors Joins Climate Action Group

General Motors Corp. has joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP)， a group of companies and non-profit organizations whose goals include reducing greenhouse gas emissions 60 percent by 2050. GM， the first automaker to join the partnership， said in a statement that a key issue is “energy diversity” and that the company aims to become “a global leader in building the most fuel-efficient vehicles.”

Report Corner

Asian and European Firms Lead World in Cutting Carbon Cost

A survey of 634 executives in manufacturing and service industry companies worldwide has found that 7 percent of North American companies monitor their carbon footprints， while 28 percent of European companies and 32 percent of companies globally do so. Nearly one-third of companies have no monitoring system for their carbon emissions or those of their supply chains， and they have no plans for such systems. The survey， “A Change in Climate，” can be downloaded at www.greenbiz.com/toolbox/reports_third.cfm?LINKADVID=78701.

Eco-innovation Must Speed Up

The European Commission has published a report that asserts environmental technologies are not developing fast enough to achieve 2020 target levels of renewable energies and conservation. The European Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) report is available at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etap/actionplan_en.htm.

Sustainable Bioenergy: A Framework for Decision-Makers

A new United Nations report discusses the benefits of biofuels， but also warns that “unless new policies are enacted to protect threatened lands， secure socially acceptable land use， and steer bioenergy development in a sustainable direction overall， the environmental and social damage could in some cases outweigh the benefits.” Read the report at http://esa.un.org/un-energy/pdf/susdev.Biofuels.FAO.pdf.

Featured BSR News

“Beyond Monitoring， Better Work and Better Factories Cambodia” Forum

BSR Invites Members to a “Beyond Monitoring， Better Work and Better Factories Cambodia”Forum， June 26， 2007， in Geneva. Join BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer， Ros Harvey， global program manager of the Better Work program， and Tuomo Poutiainen， Chief Technical Advisor of the Better Factories Cambodia program， for a spirited and insightful forum that will explore the successes and lessons learned from the Better Factories Cambodia project.

BSR Members Invited to Participate in UNGC Partnership Survey

BSR is working with the Global Compact and Dalberg Global Development Advisors to launch a business guide to partnering with NGOs and UN agencies. This report will profile 100 notable organizations for companies to partner with. The featured organizations will be selected based on survey responses from corporations that have direct experience partnering with high-performing NGOs and/or UN agencies.