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Guide to Responsible Business Engagement with Water Policy |
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Outlines five principles for responsible business engagement in water policy: (1) responsible engagement should be driven by a genuine interest in efficient, equitable, and sustainable water management; (2) there should be a clear division of public and private sector roles; (3) responsible engagement promotes inclusiveness and meaningful partnership; (4) business should recognize the connections between water and other policy arenas; and (5) companies must be transparent and accountable for their actions. (UNGC/Pacific Institute, 2010) |
The Human Right to Water: Emerging Corporate Practice and Stakeholder Expectations |
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In July 2010, the UN General Assembly recognized access to safe drinking water and sanitation as a human right. Two months later, the UN Human Rights Council affirmed this right by a consensus resolution. This white paper is designed to provide information that will inform both how individual companies can respect the human right to water, as well as how the Mandate itself can meaningfully contribute to business’ ability to effectively address this issue. (UNGC/Pacific Institute, 2010) |
Environmental Stewardship Strategy – Overview and Resources for Corporate Leaders
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Presents integrative approach to managing a variety of key environmental issues, designed to help companies develop a comprehensive environmental strategy, following an 8-step model. (UNGC/Duke University, 2010) |
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Caring for Climate: A Call to Business Leaders |
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Climate change will affect business and society in fundamental ways. It will change the context in which the private sector operates and its ability to prosper. However, climate change can also offer opportunities for business. " Caring for Climate: A Business Leadership Platform" helps companies to advance practical solutions and articluate climate strategies, share experiences and learn from industry peers, inform public policy as well as shape public attitudes. (UNGC/UNEP, revised 2010) |
A Greener Tomorrow – How Caring for Climate Signatories are Leading the Way to a Low Carbon Economy
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Analyses progress made by signatories in addressing climate change and assesses public disclosures of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The report outlines corporate leadership in climate mitigation and adaptation. (UNGC/Dalberg, 2010) |
Framework for Responsible Business Engagement with Water Policy
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Assists companies in responsible water policy engagement, providing core principles, strategies, and operational practices. (UNGC/Pacific Institute/WWF/German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2010) |
Low Carbon Leaders – Transformative Solutions for a Low-Carbon Future
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Presents transformative solutions that businesses around the world are implementing to save energy, reduce emissions and ensure a low-carbon future. (UNGC/WWF, 2010) |
Connecting the Dots – How Climate Change Transforms Market Risks and Opportunities
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This report charts the intimate interaction of climate change with other key issues on the global agenda, and identifies the requirement this places on governments and international agencies to develop a new level of policy coherence. It warns business that both the success or failure of climate policy will transform the landscape of risk and opportunity for investment. The report further urges the faster and more imaginative development of partnerships between governments, international agencies, businesses and civil society organizations. (UNGC, 2009) |
Champions of the Low-Carbon Economy
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Forty chairmen and CEOs of corporations from around the globe were interviewed for this report. These chief executives indicate that climate inaction is too costly to their businesses and the world. They support a strong global climate agreement and are ready to lead the resulting world economy. (UNGC/Dalberg, 2009) |
Chief Executives Taking a Stand for Climate Action
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In support of Seal the Deal!, the UN’s global advocacy campaign for a fair, balanced and effective post-Kyoto climate agreement at COP 15, the Global Compact Office is reaching out to participants to galvanize the global business voice for climate action. Chief executives were asked to share brief testimonials, expressing why they support an effective climate agreement. This publication presents a selection of these testimonials. (UNGC, 2009) |
Best Practices and Policy Frameworks: 2009 Survey of Caring for Climate Signatories
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Based on in-depth interviews and an extensive survey of Caring for Climate signatories, this report highlights climate leaders and current best practices, as well as expectations for public policies that can amplify and facilitate such practice. (GlobeScan, 2009) |
Emissions Reductions and Lower Carbon Intensity: Are We Making Progress?
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This study evaluates actual time series of energy efficiency and carbon emissions taken from public reports of Caring for Climate signatories (COPs and CDP reports) in order to get a picture of progress and measuring methodologies used. (Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, 2009) |
Change is Coming: A Framework for Climate Change - A Defining Issue of the 21st Century
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This study assesses the importance of climate change to financial investors, it impact on competitive advantage in established industries and the opportunities created as new industries develop. By assessing their performance on measures reflecting the range of challenges and opportunities climate change represent, it compares companies' relative positions and the effectiveness of their responses in established industries. (Goldman Sachs, 2009) |
Investor Leadership on Climate Change: An Analysis of the Investment Community's Role and Snapshot of Recent Activity
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Climate change is rapidly becoming a relevant factor in investment decisions for many institutional investors. Looking at the drivers underpinning this change current investors' practices, this report focuses on the economic rationale for collective action by investors on carbon disclosure, investment choices and policy engagement. It also maps policy options that reduce investor's risks. (PRI, 2009) |
Building a Green Recovery
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May 2009 - Governments are facing a triple crisis of economic downturn, energy insecurity and climate change. This report analyzes the degree to which government efforts to stimulate the economy are also consistent with the shift to a low carbon economy, examining stimulus packages and budgets in over 30 countries across the world. (HSBC, 2009) |
Carbon Markets – the Simple Facts
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May 2009 - This report provides down-to-earth guidance to the benefits, pitfalls and best practices in setting up carbon trading schemes that work for the environment, facilitate access to technology and foster economic development. (Mission Climat of Caisse des Dépots, 2009) |
CEO Water Mandate – Independent Review of 2008 Programme of Activities |
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An independent review of 2008 CEO Water Mandate activities by Arthur D. Little. The key achievements include: providing network forums through conferences, developing a transparency framework to discuss performance, progressing the water agenda through awareness programmes and ultimately through demonstrating commitment to the call to action. (UNGC/Arthur D. Little, 2009) |
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Caring for Climate – First Meeting of Signatories |
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The first meeting of Caring for Climate signatories was convened on 20–21 October 2008 at the UN Office in Geneva and brought together 150 business executives, government representatives, UN officials and climate experts. This report summarizes the main discussions and outcomes of the meeting. (UNGC, 2008) |
Unchaining Value – Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Supply |
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This report explores how supply chains function in order to identify new approaches to building sustainability capacity at the local supplier level, as well as identifying initiatives that will encourage and enable consumer demand for more sustainable solutions. The analysis also considers the challenges facing supply chains when it comes to making responsible choices in the face of competition for limited natural resources. (SustainAbility/UNEP/UNGC, 2007) |
The CEO Water Mandate – An initiative by business leaders in partnership with the international community |
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A group of leading global businesses will present the CEO Water Mandate, a strategic framework for action that covers several focus areas, ranging from supply chain and watershed management to community engagement and transparency. The framework’s action recommendations include production strategies, water-utilization audits and incentive systems for water recycling, the development of a water-sustainability agenda, and inclusion of the GRI guidelines in corporate reporting. (UNGC, revised 2010) |
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Caring for Climate – Tomorrow's Leadership Today |
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This publication contains a collection of innovative examples of how Global Compact participants are taking action to address climate change. (UNGC/UNEP/WBCSD, 2007)
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Measuring Business Success from Sustainability Certification |
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This project, a joint effort by the Global Compact, the Rainforest Alliance and a group of leading companies, aims to develop and test a methodology that companies can use internally to analyze their investments in sustainability. Ultimately, the study aims to provide businesses with a refined tool that will enable them to integrate an analysis of the financial value of certification schemes into their strategy development and planning process. (UNGC/Rainforest Alliance, 2007)
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Talk the Walk – Advancing Sustainable Lifestyles Through Marketing & Communications |
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An overview of research and statistics on consumers’ attitudes and behaviors in the context of the success of “green” products and sustainable lifestyles marketing strategies. Based on an in-depth analysis of marketing strategies and campaigns from both small alternative companies and mainstream groups in industries such as clothing, cosmetics, detergents, food retail, automotive or water management, the study identifies key factors of success and provides a toolbox to practitioners. (UNGC/UNEP/Utopies, 2005)
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The Global Compact En macaramen!!vironmental Principles Training Package |
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Launched at the 2005 China Summit, the Global Compact Environmental Principles Training Package provides a practical kit for trainers, managers and employees to improve their understanding of how to implement the three environmental principles. It provides an up-to-date introduction to corporate environmental responsibility and makes the link with quality management. The package contains a set of training modules, case studies, sources for further information and PowerPoint slides related to each of the module sessions. (UNGC/UNEP, 2005)
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