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On Friday, 17 November, participants met in Plenary
and engaged in six thematic panel discussions. Anders Wijkman,
Member of the European Parliament, identified obstacles to
pursuing sustainable development, underscored the central role
of business and stressed that efficiency is a central element
that must be brought to the fore to alleviate problems. Doug
Miller, President of Environics International, highlighted the
results and global implications for business of a “Millennium
Poll on Corporate Social Responsibility.”
At the panel sessions, participants heard presentations on
and discussed: (1) The evolution of corporate sustainability
reporting: past, present and future; (2) How corporate
communications can fulfill the expectations of civil society;
(3) How corporate commitment to sustainability translates into
stakeholder engagement; (4) Raising awareness of sustainability
challenges: the media’s role; (5) Investor relations: trends
in the age of sustainability; and (6) The Global Responsibility
Principles: the launch of a world-wide consultation through the
Internet.
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the evening, Paul Tebo, DuPont’s Vice-President of Safety,
Health and Environment, was presented with the Tomorrow
Magazine Leadership Award for: integrating the concept of
“sustainable growth” into the core strategic planning
process across the company’s global business units; efforts to
link added shareholder value with improved social and
environmental performance, backed up with measurable targets;
and working to enhance DuPont’s societal value in the South
through new business models, innovative metrics and stakeholder
partnerships.
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Anders Wijkman,
Member of the European Parliament.
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Anders
Wijkman identifies obstacles to
pursuing sustainable development, underscores the central role
of business and stresses that efficiency is a central element
that must be brought to the fore to alleviate problems.
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Doug
Miller highlights results and global implications for business
of a “Millennium Poll on Corporate Social Responsibility”
surveying public opinion in 23 countries and encompassing 25 000
interviews worldwide. |
Doug
Miller, President Environics International Ltd.
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From
left to right: Rolf
Henriksson, Environment Manager, Sydkraft, Lars-Olle
Larsson, Director, KPMG, Magnus Enell, Global Reporting Initiative Steering Committee &
Corporate Environment Manager, ITT Flygt, Chris
Ryan, Director of the International Institute for Industrial
Environmental Economics and Ulrika
Wennberg, Business Development Director of Global
Responsibility.
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Magnus
Enell, Global Reporting Initiative Steering Committee &
Corporate Environment Manager, ITT Flygt.
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Magnus
Enell says that sustainability work in a company is, inter
alia: more than following laws and regulations; having an
anticipatory management style; working together with
stakeholders; continuous technology innovation; and adoption of
the precautionary principle. |
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Rolf
Henriksson, Environment Manager, Sydkraft, outlines
the history of environmental reporting in Sydkraft and why the
Global Responsibility Communication Platform will help.
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Lars-Olle
Larsson, Director, KPMG.
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From
left to right: Claude Füssler, Director Stakeholder Relations, World Business Council
of Sustainable Development, Paul
Tebo Vice-President of Safety, Health and Environment, DuPont,
Anna Lise Mortensen, Director of Sustainability Issues, Hartman,
Dianne
Dillon-Ridgley, Director, Interface Inc. and Ingrid Schullström, Quality and Environment Manager, Hennes &
Mauritz.
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Dianne
Dillon-Ridgley, Director, Interface Inc. (left) with Ingrid
Schullström, Quality and Environment Manager, Hennes &
Mauritz.
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Ingrid
Schullström describes
H&M's involvement in the Clean Clothes Campaign, which
establishes an internal system for monitoring factories to
ensure proper salaries, good working hours, and no child labor. |
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A
slide outlining corporate progress towards sustainability over
time.
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Claude
F�ssler, Director Stakeholder Relations, World Business Council
for Sustainable Development.
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Claude
F�ssler stresses
that businesses must embrace eco-efficiency and social
responsibility and that governments must create an enabling
environment for this. |
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From
left to right: Raymond van Ermen, Director, European
Partners for Environment, Claude F�ssler, Director Stakeholder Relations, World Business Council
of Sustainable Development, Marcello Palazzi, President,
Progressio Foundation, Kay
Sexton, Executive Director, AccountAbility and Michael
Stewart, Director of Communication and Membership, Prince of
Wales Business Leaders Forum.
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Kay
Sexton stresses
the accountability of both corporations and NGOs, communication
through dialogue, helping companies to frame expectations in
ways that allow them to be met, and civil society needing to
recognize its contributing as well as criticizing role. |
Kay
Sexton, Executive Director, AccountAbility.
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Michael
Stewart expands on how
corporate communications can fulfill the expectations of civil
society. |
Michael
Stewart, Director of Communication and Membership, Prince of
Wales Business Leaders Forum.
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Martin
Wright, Editor of Green Futures Magazine.
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Paul Tebo,� Vice-President of Safety, Health and Environment, DuPont,
outlines his company's ambition
to become a sustainable growth company, which means increasing
shareholder value while decreasing DuPont's environmental
footprint. |
Claes
Sj�berg, Publisher, Tomorrow Magazine.
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Participants
collecting information from various organizations.
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One
of the slides shown during the discussion on the Global Responsibility Principles. |
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Mark
Halle
suggests an approach to the Global Responsibility Principles
that shows understanding of the context in which corporate
social responsibility and sustainability is being pursued,
articulates the shared goals, recognizes the common principles
emerging in human rights, development and environmental
thinking, and focuses on building dialogue among these sectors. |
Mark
Halle, Regional Director for Europe, International Institute for
Sustainable Development
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Paul Tebo
(right), DuPont�s Vice-President of Safety,
Health and Environment, is presented with the Tomorrow
Magazine Leadership Award for: integrating the concept of
�sustainable growth� into the core strategic planning
process across the company�s global business units; efforts to
link added shareholder value with improved social and
environmental performance, backed up with measurable targets;
and working to enhance DuPont�s societal value in the South
through new business models, innovative metrics and stakeholder
partnerships. |
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