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Global Compact International Yearbook WE SUPPORT 2013 GC International Yearbook Greeting This publication is kindly supported by: Adecco Group AYA Bank Air France KLM Arab African International Bank Audi Bayer Bosch Bradesco Business Keeper Camfil Camposol Coca-Cola Deutschland A growing number of businesses in all regions rec- Consolidated Contractors Company ognize the importance of reflecting environmental, Coop social and economic considerations in their operations Copeinca and strategies. Deutsche Telekom H.E. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General EDF Group Green Delta Insurance More than 7,000 companies have embraced the Global HOCHTIEF “Compact principles. ITOCHU ManpowerGroup Now, the challenge is to move from incremental progress Medcom to transformation – in markets and societies alike. MTU Aero Engines Nestlé … Governments and the UN are now working to acceler- Novo Nordisk ate momentum to achieve the Millennium Development Prosegur Goals and set global priorities for the post-2015 period. Ricoh Royal Bank of Scotland Group Saga Furs Global Compact participants are already deeply invested. SK Teck Scores of country and sectoral consultations are collecting Thales business views and perspectives. The TMS Group TÜV Rheinland The Global Compact Leaders Summit in September is an Volkswagen opportunity to show the world how business and the UN Weidmüller can work together towards common goals in critical areas, such as climate change, energy, water, food, women’s Global Logistics Partner: empowerment, children’s rights, decent jobs, and Deutsche Post DHL education. The Global Compact International Yearbook is a product of macondo Media Group in support of the UN Global Compact and the advancement of corporate sustainability globally. All regular participants of the UN Global Compact with an active reporting status are allowed to apply for participation in the International Yearbook. While the yearbook is developed in cooperation with the Global Compact Office, sponsorship by com- panies does not constitute a contribution to the Foundation for the Global Compact. Financial contributions are not collected on behalf of the ” Global Compact Office. Rather, they are exclusively used to fund the development of the International Yearbook 2013 by macondo Media Group. Global Compact International Yearbook 2013 3 Agenda Keynote ///KEYNOTE///KEYNOTE///KEYNOTE///KEYNOTE///KEYNOTE///KEYNOTE///KEYNOTE///KEYNOTE///KEYNOTE///KEYNOTE/// The UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, held every three years, is Caring for Climate – the world’s largest climate action platform involving well timed to take advantage of the momentum in favor of corporate 350 companies from 65 countries – convened a private meeting at the sustainability that has accelerated rapidly since the 2012 UN Confer- December 2012 climate change talks in Doha. The meeting featured the UN ence on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Secretary-General, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Achim Steiner, and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) On the sidelines of Rio+20, nearly 3,000 representatives of companies and Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres. The event was considered a key event other stakeholders took part in the Corporate Sustainability Forum organized at COP 18 and drew more than 60 senior representatives from business, civil by the Global Compact. The Forum showed business not only supporting the society, government, and the UN. efforts of governments to tackle global priorities, but also bringing to the table inspiring examples of imagination, innovation, and collaboration. For COP 19, Caring for Climate – led by the UN Global Compact, UNEP, and UNFCCC – is expanding its role. It will hold a Business Forum at the With CEOs and representatives of the 7,500 firms and 3,500 civil society November climate talks in Warsaw, with the aims of scaling-up business organizations participating in the Global Compact meeting in New York on innovation, encouraging ambition in public and private policies on climate, September 19 - 20, 2013, the opportunity is ripe for scaling-up corporate and fostering collaboration among corporations, investors, civil society, the sustainability efforts to tackle our world’s most pressing challenges. public sector, and the UN. The following week, the UN General Assembly will consider the follow-up to Corruption is another challenge at the heart of a wide range of issues, includ- Rio+20, including a development agenda to succeed the Millennium Develop- ing governance, equity and inclusiveness, sustainable economic growth, and ment Goals, as well as the possibility of a new set of Sustainable Development the quality of infrastructure investment. Goals. The UN Secretary-General will report to UN Member States his own vision for the future. His plan has been informed by a Global Compact report The year 2013 may be remembered in many quarters for our global call to that is the result of one of the most comprehensive consultations and surveys companies to take greater steps to combat corruption. The Call to Action to Georg Kell, on sustainable development ever held in the business community and which Governments from the Private Sector on Anti-Corruption and the Post-2015 Executive Director, UN Global Compact was conducted over the course of a year. Development Agenda urges Global Compact business participants to join forces with governments and encourages them to create robust disclosure, The vision of what the world could and should look like in 15 or 20 years from transparency, and enforcement mechanisms that contribute to sustainable now – and especially how businesses can engage and be part of that movement – development – particularly in the area of public procurement. As part of the is integral to the Global Compact Leaders Summit agenda. Most significantly, year-long global campaign, the Call to Action is showcasing the private sector’s we are unveiling, fine-tuning, and validating a new architecture for business commitment to transparency and anti-corruption as the UN works on a new engagement with the global priorities contained in the future UN agenda. set of global development priorities. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is once again the Chair of the Global Compact These few examples of the range of recent UN Global Compact activities Leaders Summit. He also convenes a high-level Private Sector Forum, which indicate that it has been a big year for action, with many possibili- in 2013 is focused on Africa. Heads of state and government, CEOs, leaders ties for the future. With heightened business action in support of the from civil society, foundations, and the UN are taking part in the Forum and development agenda resulting from the Leaders Summit, we expect to will address some of the key themes for future development on the continent – continue this strong advance. education, employment, empowerment of women, and innovative financing. Many of the challenges at the top of the UN’s agenda moving forward are closely linked with climate change. 4 Global Compact International Yearbook 2013 Global Compact International Yearbook 2013 5 GOOD PRACTICE GREETING HUMAN Rights 74 Air France KLM 3 H.E. Ban Ki-moon, 76 Ayeyarwady Bank United Nations 80 Bayer Secretary-General 82 Consolidated Contractors Company 84 Green Delta Insurance 86 Medcom 88 Novo Nordisk 90 Sakhalin Energy KEYNOTES 92 SK 4 Georg Kell, Executive Director, 94 Teck UN Global Compact 96 The TMS Group LABOUR Standards Roman Dashkov, CEO, 10 98 Adecco Group Sakhalin Energy Investment 50 100 Bosch Company Ltd. CSR in Africa 102 ManpowerGroup 32 Dr. Frank Appel, CEO, 104 Saga Furs Deutsche Post DHL 8 106 Weidmüller ENVIRONMENT 176 Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Stakeholder Management Board of Executive Directors, 110 Audi BASF SE 112 Camfil 114 Deutsche Post DHL 174 118 Deutsche Telekom 120 EDF Group Integrated Reporting 122 Grundfos 126 MTU Aero Engines 128 Sakhalin Energy STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CSR IN AFRICA ANTI-Corruption 130 Business Keeper 12 Stakeholder Management – 34 The Case for a Clean Revolution 52 Africa’s Natural Assets: An Introduction Mark Kenber The Struggle for Sustainability 132 Thales Klaus Lintemeier, Prof. Dr. Lars Fred Nelson CSR Management Rademacher, and Dr. Ansgar 38 The Carbon Atlas 136 BASF Thiessen 56 Good Practices: 140 Coca-Cola Deutschland 40 The World Is Awaiting Innovation Cotton Made in Africa, 142 HOCHTIEF 18 Managing Corporate Legitimacy Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Joachim World Cocoa Foundation, and the UN Global Compact Schellnhuber Sustainable Energy Africa 144 MAN Dr. Dorothée Baumann-Pauly 148 Ricoh and Prof. Dr. Andreas Georg 42 What Business Has to Gain 58 The UN Global Compact 150 Volkswagen Scherer from Engaging in International in Africa Development Climate Policy 152 Camposol 22 The Global Compact as a Julie-Anne Richards 60 “Renewed Energy for Multistakeholder Initiative Women’s Empowerment” INTEGRATED REPORTING 184 When Does It Pay? 153 Copeinca Prof. Dr. Andreas Rasche 46 Join Our Clean Generation Nomcebo Manzini Linking Carbon and 154 Coop Movement! 178 Integrated Reporting: Financial Performance 156 ITOCHU 25 Responsible Lobbying Dr. Bertrand Piccard 63 CSR in South Africa Old Wine in New Bottles? Prof. Dr. Timo Busch 158 Nestlé Dr. Stephanos Anastasiadis and Prof. Ralph Hamann Dr. Lothar Rieth and Dr. Sigrun M. Wagner 48 Portrait: Caring for Climate Christoph Dolderer 188 Unpacking the CSR-CFP Link 160 Prosegur 66 CSR and Development in Africa: Francesco Perrini, 162 Sanofi 28 Which Form of Dialogue