- link Copy Url - [ Share on twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Social Accountability International's Newsletter - November 2012 https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/32108?absolute=1&via=3blnews "link to 3 B L Media's Twitter") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/32108?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/32108?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Social Accountability International's Newsletter - November 2012&body=ESG News from Social Accountability International (SAI) https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/32108?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Responsible Business & Employee Engagement](/CSR-News/responsible-business-employee-engagement) # Social Accountability International's Newsletter - November 2012 ##### The latest news and events on CSR and supply chain management from Social Accountability International (SAI) Nov 14, 2012 10:45 AM ET Campaign: [Social Accountability International - Monthly Newsletter](/news/campaign/social-accountability-international-monthly-newsletter) ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/Nov2012newslettercover.jpg "SAI November 2012 Newsletter: www.sa-intl.org/news") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/electionday1.jpg "On October 23, 2012, workers at a garment factory in Gurgaon, India lined up to cast their vote for worker representatives for the factory's Internal Social Performance Team.") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/electionday_gurgaon.jpg "On October 23, 2012, workers at a garment factory in Gurgaon, India lined up to cast their vote for worker representatives for the factory's Internal Social Performance Team.") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/electionday2.jpg "On October 23, 2012, workers at a garment factory in Gurgaon, India lined up to cast their vote for worker representatives for the factory's Internal Social Performance Team.") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/PiPgroupshot.jpg "'Pillars in Practice' partners stand together to promote UNGPs outside the DIHR offices. Left to right: Dirk Hoffmann, DiHR; Mutuso Dhliwayo, ZELA; Paloma Munoz Quick, DiHR; Shahamin Zaman, CSR Centre Bangladesh; and Eliza Wright, SAI. See more photos @facebook.com/pillarsinpractice. ") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/anantnadkarni1.jpg "Anant G. Nadkarni, VP of TCCI and SAI Advisory Board member") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/hurricanesandy.jpg "Photos, from left: 1) In Staten Island, one of the many piles of debris that was left after Hurricane Sandy; (right) Inside the St. Francis de Sales gymnasium in Breezy Point, Queens, a makeshift shelter is put together for people to donate goods. View more photos at http://ow.ly/f2nVv. [Photo credit: Stephanie Wilson]") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/Nov2012newslettercover.jpg?h=ace074cf "SAI November 2012 Newsletter: www.sa-intl.org/news") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/electionday1.jpg?h=dec22bcf "On October 23, 2012, workers at a garment factory in Gurgaon, India lined up to cast their vote for worker representatives for the factory's Internal Social Performance Team.") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/electionday_gurgaon.jpg?h=f0326925 "On October 23, 2012, workers at a garment factory in Gurgaon, India lined up to cast their vote for worker representatives for the factory's Internal Social Performance Team.") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/electionday2.jpg?h=dec22bcf "On October 23, 2012, workers at a garment factory in Gurgaon, India lined up to cast their vote for worker representatives for the factory's Internal Social Performance Team.") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/PiPgroupshot.jpg?h=db9b6c52 "'Pillars in Practice' partners stand together to promote UNGPs outside the DIHR offices. Left to right: Dirk Hoffmann, DiHR; Mutuso Dhliwayo, ZELA; Paloma Munoz Quick, DiHR; Shahamin Zaman, CSR Centre Bangladesh; and Eliza Wright, SAI. See more photos @facebook.com/pillarsinpractice. ") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/anantnadkarni1.jpg?h=2dd024bb "Anant G. Nadkarni, VP of TCCI and SAI Advisory Board member") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/hurricanesandy.jpg?h=b664856d "Photos, from left: 1) In Staten Island, one of the many piles of debris that was left after Hurricane Sandy; (right) Inside the St. Francis de Sales gymnasium in Breezy Point, Queens, a makeshift shelter is put together for people to donate goods. View more photos at http://ow.ly/f2nVv. [Photo credit: Stephanie Wilson]") [Read SAI's November 2012 newsletter](http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs128/1101273597722/archive/1111557724739.html) [**Evolving 'CSR': Co-Creating Human Value**](http://www.sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1374) Interview with Anant Nadkarni, Vice President of the Tata Council for Community Initiatives (TCCI) [**SAAS Releases Statement on Activities in Pakistan**](http://www.sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1377) In response to the tragic fire at Ali Enterprises in Karachi, SAAS implements country-wide actions to investigate and enhance the SA8000 system [**AKUT Returns to Pakistan**](http://www.sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1378) The Turkish NGO AKUT Search & Rescue Association conducts emergency & fire safety assessments in Pakistan for SAAS [**'Pillars in Practice' Program Launch in Copenhagen**](http://www.sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1375) Partners convened to discuss program goals to build capacity of local organizations on the UN Guiding Principles for Business & Human Rights [**'RAGS' Gender Discrimination Trainings Continue in India**](http://www.sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1376) Classroom trainings focus on how to address gender discrimination in the India ready-made garment industry [**Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable for Electronics Sector in India**](http://www.sa-intl.org/emacs) SAI & Cividep invite stakeholders from the electronics sector to November 30 roundtable [**November 27-28, Bangalore: Transforming the UN Guiding Principles into Business Practice**](http://sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1349) SAI & ICCO to convene a two-day training to help businesses implement the UN Guiding Principles [**SA8000 Auditor Training: Bangalore**](http://sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1380) On September 24-28, SAI convened a Basic Auditor Training course in Bangalore, India [**Snapshot: Election Day in Gurgaon for Worker Representatives**](http://sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1382) On October 23, 2012, workers at a garment factory in Gurgaon, India lined up to cast their vote for worker representatives for the factory's Internal Social Performance Team. **[Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort in NYC](http://www.sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1383)** After the storm on Oct. 29-30, inspiring volunteer initiatives spring up to help relief effort **Highlights & Announcements** - [**ESSTIN Annual Workshops to 'Invent a Responsible Future'**](http://www.sa-intl.org/_data/n_0001/resources/live/Lorraine_SAIAliceTepperMarlin.pdf) On October 3 and 4, Alice Tepper Marlin lectured at [ESSTIN](http://www.esstin.univ-lorraine.fr/) at the Universite de Lorraine in Nancy, France. The lectures were part of the annual workshops to 'Invent a Responsible Future.' Ms. Tepper Marlin gave a lecture and led an interactive workshop with a group of engineering students focused on global responsibility and sustainable development. These workshops were featured in the French newspaper, L'Est Républicain, in the article, "[Trois Nobel alternatifs à l'Esstin](http://www.sa-intl.org/_data/n_0001/resources/live/Lorraine_SAIAliceTepperMarlin.pdf)." - [**GRI Supply Chain Disclosure Working Group**](https://www.globalreporting.org/reporting/latest-guidelines/g4-developments/g4-working-groups/Pages/Supply-Chain.aspx) On October 29-31, SAI's Jane Hwang participated in the 4th in-person meeting of the working group in Amsterdam. The group is part of the revision process for the GRI Guidelines (G4). See photo above. - [**UNGC Advisory Group on Supply Chain Sustainability**](http://www.unglobalcompact.org/Issues/supply_chain/advisory_group.html) On November 14-15 in Berlin, SAI Executive Director Eileen Kaufman will attend this semi-annual meeting, hosted by group member, Volkswagen. Discussions will include a report from its Human Rights task force, which is focusing on contract workers and the UN GPs. The group will also meet with the UNGC German Local Network, and hear from keynote speaker, Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency International and past chair of the EITI. 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