國外ＣＳＲ動態(tài)

聯(lián)合主辦（United-edit）：

《WTO經(jīng)濟(jì)導(dǎo)刊》（CHINA WTO TRIBUNE）

歐洲企業(yè)社會責(zé)任協(xié)會(CSR EUROPE)

聯(lián)系人（Contact Us）：

Nathalie Suvee 電話（Tel）：+32 2 541 16 10 nathalie.suvee@csreurope.org

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CSR EUROPE 活動消息

一個有關(guān)多元化商業(yè)案例的研討會將在歐洲舉行

歐洲企業(yè)社會責(zé)任協(xié)會和Focus咨詢服務(wù)公司邀請歐洲企業(yè)社會責(zé)任的會員參加6月26日在布魯塞爾舉行的“2008年有關(guān)多元化和創(chuàng)新的商業(yè)案例研討和一項(xiàng)在歐洲發(fā)起的多元化創(chuàng)新的運(yùn)動”。Focus是一家歐洲的多元化管理機(jī)構(gòu)（EIMD）。

CSR EUROPE會員新聞

TNT配備超過100輛新型混合動力卡車形成一支綠色艦隊

TNT在碳減排方面付出了雙倍的努力，為英國、中國和澳大利亞市場配備了超過100輛新型的混合動力卡車。

IBM世界社區(qū)網(wǎng)“超級計算機(jī)”幫助解決糧食危機(jī)

出于對全球出現(xiàn)饑餓危機(jī)的關(guān)注，IBM和來自華盛頓大學(xué)的研究者發(fā)起了一項(xiàng)新的研究，旨在增強(qiáng)稻谷的品質(zhì)，從而提高糧食的產(chǎn)量和營養(yǎng)含量。

Intertek在中國中心關(guān)注提升供應(yīng)商的能力和績效

Intertek建立了勞工和環(huán)境中國中心，這個中心致力于提供一個能力發(fā)展的平臺以幫助中國的供應(yīng)商提高可持續(xù)生產(chǎn)的能力和實(shí)踐。

愛普生宣布“2050年環(huán)境規(guī)劃”

日本精工愛普生公司日前公布了公司的環(huán)境遠(yuǎn)景規(guī)劃，該規(guī)劃包含了公司對截至2050年全球面臨的環(huán)境壓力的關(guān)注，以及公司如何在接下來的10年中應(yīng)對這些問題。

惠普宣布幫助消費(fèi)者減少打印機(jī)使用對環(huán)境影響的解決方案

惠普宣布了一項(xiàng)新的解決方案來幫助消費(fèi)者減少在成像和印刷過程中的環(huán)境影響。這項(xiàng)計劃包括為客戶提供打印評估服務(wù)、二氧化碳排放計算器、一項(xiàng)全球可持續(xù)造紙業(yè)政策以及惠普生態(tài)重點(diǎn)標(biāo)簽，以次來幫助消費(fèi)者確定使用惠普提供產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)所產(chǎn)生的環(huán)境影響。

可口可樂將配置10萬無氟冷卻

GreenBiz報道，可口可樂公司計劃于2010年在全球配置10萬無氟冰箱和自動販賣機(jī)。根據(jù)Cox通訊社報道，可口可樂首席執(zhí)行官Neville Isdell在5月綠色和平組織在北京舉辦的一場研討會上宣布了這一計劃。

安賽樂米塔爾在西班牙種植3萬棵樹木

安賽樂米塔爾Olaberria公司在巴斯克城種植了29820棵當(dāng)?shù)氐臉淠?，達(dá)17公頃，這些樹木是工業(yè)用途。與公司的可持續(xù)發(fā)展原則相一致，安賽樂米塔爾Olaberria在追加投資以擴(kuò)大生產(chǎn)的同時，在公司周圍恢復(fù)種植17公頃樹木。

歐盟觀察（來自歐盟的最新動態(tài)）

歐盟推動“新社會議程”

EurActiv報道稱，歐盟計劃更新目前的社會議程，并將其更好地融入歐盟整個的政策框架內(nèi)。其中的主要關(guān)注包括跨國界健康關(guān)懷、提高工人的權(quán)利和推動建設(shè)更好的教育體系。

歐盟推動信息通信技術(shù)（ICT）扮演綠色角色

歐盟日前宣布將推動使用信息通信技術(shù)ICT來提高能效。目前ICT行業(yè)的二氧化碳排放占到全球排放的2％。歐盟指出，推動ICT發(fā)揮綠色作用是來自于ICT提供提高能效方案以影響其余占全球98％的排放。

歐盟面臨重新減排二氧化碳分配的壓力

EurActiv報道稱，東歐的很多成員國要求對他們的溫室氣體減排目標(biāo)給予修正。匈牙利、保加利亞、愛沙尼亞、拉脫維亞、羅馬尼亞和斯洛伐克對2005年歐盟就27個成員國如何貢獻(xiàn)歐盟20％減排的承諾提出質(zhì)疑。

NEWS FROM CSR EUROPE

Business Case for Diversity Workshop on diversity and innovation and a voluntary diversity initiative for Europe

CSR Europe, Focus Consultancy Ltd, the European Institute for Managing Diversity (EIMD) invite CSR Europe members to participate in the ?008 Business Case for Diversity Workshop on Diversity and Innovation and A Voluntary Diversity Initiative for Europe?on 26 June in Brussels.

CSR EUROPES MEMBERS NEWS

TNT builds up green fleet with over 100 new electric and hybrid trucks

TNT is doubling its effort to cut carbon emissions of its road fleet with the introduction of over 100 electric trucks in the UK, China, and Australia.

IBM World Community Grid “supercomputer” to tackle rice crisis

As concerns of a global hunger crises mount, IBM and researchers at the University of Washington have launched a new program to develop stronger strains of rice that could produce crops with larger and more nutritious yields.

Interteks China Center raises the bar of suppliers capability and performance

Initiated by Intertek, the China Center for Labor and Environment is a capacity development platform aiming at contributing to continuous improvement of sustainable production methods and practices across China's supply chain base.

Epson announces its “Environmental Vision 2050”

Seiko Epson Corporation has unveiled the company's Environmental Vision for the next generation-a multi-part programme to address some of the most pressing environmental concerns facing the global community looking towards 2050 and how Epson intends to tackle them over the next 10 years.

HP launches solutions to help customers reduce environmental impact of printing

HP has unveiled new solutions to help customers reduce the environmental impact of their imaging and printing.

Coca-Cola to deploy 100K HFC-free coolers

The Coca-Cola Co. plans by 2010 to have 100,000 hydrofluorocarbon-free refrigerators and vending machines operating around the world, GreenBiz reports. The announcement came from CEO Neville Isdell at a Greenpeace-organized conference in Beijing in May, according to Cox News Service.

ArcelorMittal plants 30,000 trees in Spain

ArcelorMittal Olaberria has planted 29,820 trees of species native to the Basque Country over 17 hectares of land that had been used for industrial purposes and was now empty.

Latest News From the EU

European Commission pushing for ‘New Social Agenda

The Commission has revealed plans to update the current social agenda and better integrate it into the EU's overall policy framework, EurActiv reports. The main focus lies in addressing cross‐border health care, improving workers?rights and promoting better education systems.

European Commission casts ICT in green role

The European Commission has announced that it would promote the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) to improve energy efficiency throughout the economy. At present, the ICT sector accounts for 2% of global CO2 emissions. The real gains from green ICT will come from developing energy efficient ICT solutions that impact the other 98% of global emissions, the Commission says.

EU under pressure over CO₂ effort sharing

A group of Eastern European countries have asked for a revision of their national targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, EurActiv reports. Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia are questioning the reference year 2005 chosen by the Commission to calculate how each of the 27 EU member states will contribute to the EU's promised 20% emissions cut.

聯(lián)合主辦（United-edit）：

《WTO經(jīng)濟(jì)導(dǎo)刊》（CHINA WTO TRIBUNE）

商務(wù)社會責(zé)任國際協(xié)會(BSR)

聯(lián)系人（Contact Us）：

黃宜玲 電話（Tel）：+86 20 38910690 yhuang@bsr.org

崔征 電話（Tel）：＋86 10 62137913 editor@csr-china.net

一周要聞

美國立法者應(yīng)對氣候變化問題

美國參議院周一發(fā)起了有關(guān)應(yīng)對氣候變化的開創(chuàng)性立法案的討論，法案將對二氧化碳排放設(shè)定上限，并允許公司之間買賣碳信用。該項(xiàng)措施到2050年將使美國的溫室氣體排放減少66％。

高昂的油價促使美國對燃油效率提高要求

美國消費(fèi)者開始遠(yuǎn)離高耗油的車輛而轉(zhuǎn)向小型的、燃油效率高的車輛，為此上周通用汽車公司宣布將關(guān)閉在美國、加拿大和墨西哥的四家專門SUV和皮卡的工廠。這是在美國國內(nèi)的平均油價達(dá)到了每加侖4美元時，該公司發(fā)表上述聲明。

陶氏和波音因?yàn)楹斯S污染問題而被罰款

科羅拉多州丹佛市一家法院向陶氏化學(xué)公司和波音公司開出一張總計金額達(dá)9.26億美元的罰單，以處罰Rocky Flats 核武器工廠的钚污染對當(dāng)?shù)刎敭a(chǎn)所造成的損害。這場18年前發(fā)起的集體訴訟案于2006年2月落下帷幕，約有12000名原告起訴陶氏化學(xué)和Rockwell國際公司，而波音是在1996年購買了該公司的部分股份。

巴西銀行獲得國際可持續(xù)大獎

巴西的Banco Real S/A銀行在倫敦獲得了“金融時報可持續(xù)銀行大獎”。這是首家來自新興市場的銀行獲得該項(xiàng)殊榮。這家銀行引領(lǐng)了南美銀行業(yè)的可持續(xù)發(fā)展，它把社會和環(huán)境問題放在了運(yùn)營業(yè)務(wù)的中心地位予以考慮，并促使其32000名員工參與到該項(xiàng)戰(zhàn)略中來。

美國對中國出口的貨物設(shè)定新的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

美國衛(wèi)生與公共事務(wù)部部長Mike Leavitt會見中國官員探討了去年幾起中國出口至美國商品被召回事件，同時他還宣布美國將禁止進(jìn)口那些無法滿足美國產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量認(rèn)證標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的中國廠商生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品。

沃爾瑪設(shè)定新的玩具安全標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

沃爾瑪公司對它的供應(yīng)商發(fā)布指令，限制八種重金屬和塑料軟化化學(xué)試劑在兒童用品中的使用。此舉是在玩具產(chǎn)業(yè)首開先河并替代了聯(lián)邦立法。這項(xiàng)禁止令將促使玩具生產(chǎn)商尋找新的材料，更緊密的監(jiān)視海外的生產(chǎn)工廠，并通過獨(dú)立實(shí)驗(yàn)室更加頻繁地測定產(chǎn)品中的金屬和化學(xué)成分。

公司-非政府組織項(xiàng)目旨在促進(jìn)全球勞工標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的遵守

“萬花筒項(xiàng)目”是一個于2002年啟動的，旨在鼓勵制造商遵守勞工標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的項(xiàng)目。日前該項(xiàng)目發(fā)布了一個試點(diǎn)項(xiàng)目的最終報告， 該項(xiàng)目涉及10家為迪斯尼和麥當(dāng)勞提供產(chǎn)品的中國工廠。

報告精粹

CSR對私有企業(yè)至關(guān)重要

Grant Thornton會計事務(wù)所在《2008年國際商業(yè)報告》中強(qiáng)調(diào)符合倫理道德的實(shí)踐是私有企業(yè)獲得成功的基礎(chǔ)。根據(jù)這份報告，私有公司的企業(yè)社會責(zé)任的主要驅(qū)動力是：吸引和保留優(yōu)秀的員工以及成本管理。這表明認(rèn)識到成本控制對商業(yè)和環(huán)境非常有益。這也表明大公司對CSR的需要已傳遞到他們的供應(yīng)鏈中。完整報告請登陸www.grantthorntonibos.com/files/ibr%202008%20-%20corporate%20social%20responsibility%20report%20final%20(150%20dpi)%20web%20enabled.pdf

重要的BSR新聞

來自Street的觀點(diǎn)：水

由缺乏和質(zhì)量問題引起的水價上升將對幾乎所有的社會商業(yè)活動產(chǎn)生影響，投資者和金融家在他們做投資決定時將越來越考慮水的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。評價風(fēng)險等級和確定與水相關(guān)的機(jī)會是三項(xiàng)金融和可持續(xù)系列考慮原則中的第二部分，“來自Street的觀點(diǎn)”。

This Weeks Top Headlines

U.S. Lawmakers to Tackle Climate Change

The U.S. Senate kicked off a debate Monday on groundbreaking climate-change legislation that would cap carbon emissions and allow industries to buy and sell credits. The measure would reduce U.S. greenhouse gases by about 66 percent by 2050.

High Gas Prices Push U.S. Demand for Fuel Efficiency

Reflecting a U.S. consumer shift away from gas-guzzling vehicles to smaller, fuel-efficient vehicles, General Motor's Corp. announced plans last week to shut down four plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico that specialize in sports-utility vehicles and pick-up trucks. GM's announcement came as the U.S. national average gas price hit US$4 a gallon.

Dow and Boeing Fined for Nuclear Plant Contamination

A Denver, Colo. court has fined The Dow Chemical Co. and The Boeing Co. a total of US$926 million for property damages caused by plutonium contamination from the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. In the class-action lawsuit launched 18 years ago and concluded in February 2006, approximately 12,000 plaintiffs accused Dow and Rockwell International Corp., which Boeing bought parts of in 1996.

Brazilian Bank Wins International Sustainability Award

Banco Real S/A of Brazil is the first emerging market bank to win the Financial Times Sustainable Banking awards in London. The firm leads sustainable banking in South America by putting social and environmental issues at the center of its business activities and involving its 32,000 staff members in its strategy.

U.S. Sets Standards for Chinese Exports

During a trip to meet with Chinese officials about last year's recalls of several Chinese products that were exported to the United States, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announced that the U.S. will ban products from Chinese companies that do not meet U.S. product-quality certification standards.

Wal-Mart Sets New Toy Safety Standards

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has ordered its suppliers to limit eight heavy metals and plastic-softening chemicals used in children's products, setting a precedent for the toy industry and superseding federal legislation. The mandates are prompting toy makers to find new materials, closely monitor overseas factories and verify their products?metal and chemical content through more frequent independent lab testing.

Corporate-NGO Project Aims to Improve Global Labor Compliance

Project Kaleidoscope, a program started in 2002 to encourage manufacturers to comply with labor standards, released a final report covering a pilot program at 10 Chinese factories supplying goods for the Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Corp.

Report Corner

CSR Essential for Privately Held Businesses

Grant Thorntons “International Business Report 2008” emphasizes that ethical practices are fundamental to the success of privately owned businesses. According to the report, the main factors driving corporate responsibility at private firms are recruitment and retention of quality staff and cost management, reflecting the recognition that cost control is good for business and the environment. It also shows that CSR demands from large corporations are filtering down their supply chains.

Featured BSR News

Word from the Street: Water

An increase in the price of water driven by scarcity and quality problems will affect almost all of societys commercial activities, and investors and financiers are increasingly including water criteria in their investment decisions. Evaluate your level of risk and identify water-related opportunities in the second of our three-part finance and sustainability series, "Word from the Street."