Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum

Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum
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Hosted by the UN Global Compact, in cooperation with the Rio+20 Secretariat, the UN System and the Global Compact Local Network Brazil, the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum: Innovation and Collaboration for the Future We Want (15-18 June 2012) seeks to bring greater scale and quality to corporate sustainability practices, as a critical contribution to sustainable development. As a showcase for innovation and collaboration, the Forum is designed to be a launching ground for widespread action. With more than 2,500 participants in attendance, the Forum features over 100 sessions focused on six themes central to the Rio+20 agenda: Energy & Climate, Water & Ecosystems, Agriculture & Food, Social Development, Urbanization & Cities, and Economics & Finance. www.compact4rio.org

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Leading into Rio+20 Summit, Business Makes a Pitch for Corporate-based and Public-Private Sustainability Solutions
  (3BL Media) Rio de Janeiro - June 18, 2012 - Concluding a four-day forum, executives, investors, civil society leaders and business school deans today delivered a strong message to world leaders who will meet later this week at Rio+20 to tackle economic deprivation and environmental risks....
Jun 18, 2012 7:15 PM ET
Exchanges Listing Over 4,600 Companies Commit to Promoting Sustainability
(3BL Media) Rio de Janeiro - June 18, 2012 - A core group of five stock exchanges - NASDAQ OMX, BM&FBOVESPA, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) and The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) – today announced a commitment to promote long-term, sustainable investment in their markets. The announcement comes amid high-profile...
Jun 18, 2012 6:30 PM ET
Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum Daily Wrap: 18 June
(3BL Media) Rio de Janeiro - June 18, 2012 - The following announcements were made today during the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum.  Sustainable Stock Exchange 2012 Dialogues9:00 AM – 3:30 PM At the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Global Dialogue, regulators, stock exchanges and investors...
Jun 18, 2012 5:45 PM ET
New Web-Based Platform Highlights Gender Equality and Business
(3BL Media) Rio de Janiero - June 18, 2012 - A new web-based platform was launched today to advance business efforts to empower women and integrate gender equality into the corporate sustainability agenda. The website will provide a 'one-stop-shop' for business and other stakeholders to access information related to the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), a joint initiative of UN...
Jun 18, 2012 3:30 PM ET
Supplier Inclusion: Good for Business, Good for Women, Good for Sustainable Development
(3BL Media) Rio de Janeiro - June 18, 2012 - New opportunities for women, business and sustainable development can be achieved by promoting supplier diversity and inclusion as a key component of sustainable procurement. That message is at the core of a new strategic alliance between the UN Global Compact, the International Trade Centre (ITC), and WEConnect International, the...
Jun 18, 2012 2:30 PM ET

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