Corporate responsibility
- Insuring for sustainability
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As our common environmental and wider sustainability challenges become clearer, whether it be climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation or one of the myriad of other issues humankind faces, the insurance industry performs an increasingly vital role that helps us better understand the future, and face it with courage. However, this paper argues that there is not enough understanding within the insurance industry of the benefits in engaging in sustainability issues. Sustainability issues are often viewed by the insurance industry with a veil of ambiguity, leading to insufficient and, at times, flawed understanding of the risks. Accordingly, many opportunities remain untapped. It is essential to have a clear mandate from the top in order to cascade sustainability across the entire organisation effectively.
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- How to handle trade in timber better to enhance peace and stability in the Upper Great Lakes region
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 2007)
- This report analyses how trade in timber produced in the eastern DRC and Southern Sudan can contribute to stability and economic development in the region. Presenting an overview of trade volumes and ...
- Fighting corruption in oil rich countries
- ( I. Kolstad;A. Wiig / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2007)
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Corruption is a serious problem in many developing countries that are rich in oil and other natural resources. This is central in explaining why resource rich countries perform badly in ter...
- How to use the considerable potential synergies between aid donors and private banks
- ( J. Rodríguez;J. Santiso / OECD Development Centre , 2007)
- Over the past decade, aid donors have shown interest for the private financial sector while, at the same time, private banks have shown increasing concern for corporate social responsibility. Private ...
- Supporting temporary markets to prevent excessive concentration in food retailing damaging both poor consumers and small farmers
- ( P. Moustier / Making markets work better for the poor , 2006)
- The number of supermarkets in Vietnam is increasing due to government incentives, increased urbanisation and growing purchasing power. However, for price and access reasons, street vending remains the...
- How can MNCs target small and medium-sized (SME) suppliers in their sustainable supply chain management?
- ( M. Andersen;R.G. Skovgaard / Danish Commerce and Companies Agency , 2008)
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MNCs are increasingly introducing programs to ensure that their suppliers uphold certain social and environmental standards. Many suppliers who deliver components or finished products – eithe...
Coffee in Tanzania: key trends in sustainability standards
- ( E.,A. Lazaro;J. Makindara;F.,T.,M. Kilima / Danish Institute for International Studies , 2008)
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One of the key trends characterising the agro-food trade in the last two decades has been the increasing complexity of public and private standards that are applied to imports into developed countr...
- Agricultural biotechnology in Africa: selected resources from SciDev.Net
- ( SciDev.Net , 2008)
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Sub-Saharan Africa is a hotbed of activity in agricultural biotechnology — from research initiatives for tackling local pests to commercial growing of genetically modified crops. This SciDev....
- Can the ICT sector leverage its unique position in exapnding economic opportunity?
- ( W.J. Kramerand;B. Jenkins;R.S. Katz / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2007)
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This report focuses on the role of information and communications technology (ICT) sector in expanding economic opportunity. It is part of a series exploring the connections between international d...
- Danish SMEs in global value chains
- ( A.L. Jorgensen;J.S. Knudsen / Copenhagen Centre for Corporate Responsibility , 2006)
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have increasingly become integrated into global value chains, where they face social and environmental requirements from multinational buyers. This paper e...
- Health care sector’s contribution in expanding economic opportunity
- ( A. Mahmud;M. Parkhurst / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2007)
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This report is part of a series exploring the connections between international development, business, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) communities in order to establish links between priv...
