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CSR EUROPE 活动消息

欧盟委员Spidla和商界领袖共议全球供应链中的企业社会责任问题

欧盟委员会就业、社会事务和均等机会委员Vladimir Spidla在6月26日主题为“全球供应链中的企业社会责任”研讨会上指出：“在全球一体化的形势下，商界为可持续发展作出贡献比以往显得更加必要。”此次研讨会吸引了来自欧洲企业社会责任协会和倡议商界遵守社会责任组织（BSCI）的会员企业代表的参与。与会者就进一步确保欧洲企业的长期竞争力达成一致，分享和传播来自有关CSR的倡议例如BSCI和CSR实验室有关负责任供应链管理方面的经验。

CSR EUROPE会员新闻

IBM提供新的有关企业社会责任的咨询服务项目

IBM发起一项新的“企业社会责任基准效用”工具，帮助客户评估其环境政策、劳工实践、法规遵守、企业价值以及其他企业社会责任相关活动的有效性，同时也将评估客户在消费者和其他利益相关方参与以了解利益相关方关注进行沟通交流方面的绩效。通过这一工具揭示出客户存在的问题，IBM将提供其企业社会责任战略评估和路线图来帮助客户提升其商业实践和运作，指出其缺陷之处，帮助客户将企业社会责任融入公司整体战略和目标。

惠普发布指南帮助消费者减少碳足迹

惠普日前发布了一项有关使用惠普解决方案来实现潜在的减少二氧化碳排放的指南。惠普发布标题为“低碳IT解决方案”白皮书，将帮助消费者识别产品和服务的特点而使用更加低碳排放的方式操作。

安赛乐米塔尔发起针对新清洁技术的风险资本基金和碳基金

作为安赛乐米塔尔应对环境挑战、寻求解决方案的承诺的组成部分，日前公司发起了一项针对新清洁技术的风险资本基金和一项新的碳基金。新清洁技术风险资本基金的目的是支持新清洁技术的商业化应用。该基金还将特别青睐那些与钢铁产业和其客户相关的项目。

大众汽车与德国自然保护联合会（NABU）联手开展节约燃油培训课程

作为大众汽车与NABU的重要合作，大众汽车开展了节约燃油培训课程，以此传播负责任的驾驶信息和技术，并向使用者揭示汽车使用时对环境的影响，通常驾驶者如何使用是汽车公司无法掌控的。课程的独特之处在于，NABU的地区组织、大众汽车经销商组织和一名专业培训师组成团队协同工作。参与是免费的，且针对任何人开放。培训下来平均能够使参与者节约燃油消耗达13％，最佳的案例能够达到节约25％的消耗。

欧盟观察（来自欧盟的最新动态）

欧委会更新社会议程

欧委会最新社会议案寻求推动“通路、机会和社会公证”。其中，不歧视也是欧委会处理由全球经济一体化而引发社会变化的应对中的重要一项。欧委会指出，近年来欧盟的经济发展势头越来越好失业率不断下降，但是几乎每六个欧洲人中就有一个生活处于或接近贫困线，而每七个人中就有一个遭受歧视。

评论指出欧盟环境立法“速度慢，不完善”

EurActiv报道说，7月2日发布的2007欧盟环境政策回顾中欧委会这样评价：去年，环境问题在政治议程中凸显，但具体措施的执行却“落在后面”。这份回顾列举了数项成果，包括化学品REACH法规的实施，2007年4月通过的环境责任指引，以及2007年3月欧盟理事会签署了颇具雄心的能源和气候变化框架。但是，欧委会也同时对2010年欧盟制止生物多样性损失的目标无法实现表示担忧。成员国政府在欧盟层面采取措施的缓慢进度，也是其他领域的一些担忧的重要根源之一。

NEWS FROM CSR EUROPE

Commissioner Spidla and business leaders discuss CSR in global supply chains

"The global context makes the business contribution to sustainability more necessary than ever",said Vladimir Spidla, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities at a meeting on 26 June with representatives from member companies of CSR Europe and the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) on the topic of CSR in global supply chains.

CSR EUROPE'S MENBERS NEWS

IBM launches new CSR consulting service offerings

IBM has launched a new Corporate Social Responsibility Benchmarking Utility to help clients assess the effectiveness of their environmental policies, labor practices, regulatory compliance, corporate values, and other CSR-related activities, as well as their engagement with customers and other stakeholders to understand their concerns and to communicate CSR performance.

HP publishes guide to help customers reduce their carbon footprint

HP has published a guide that identifies the potential to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by using existing HP solutions. HP's white paper, titled "Low Carbon IT Solutions," helps customers identify products and services that can help them transition to operate with a lower carbon footprint.

ArcelorMittal launches new clean technology venture capital fund and carbon fund

ArcelorMittal has launched a new clean technology venture capital fund and a new carbon fund as part of its commitment to finding solutions for environmental challenges. The objective of the clean technology venture capital fund is to support the commercialisation of clean energy technologies. In particular, the fund will focus on ventures that have relevance for the steel industry and its customers.

Volkswagen partners with NABU to run fuel economy training courses

As an integral part of its partnership with the German environmental protection organisation NABU, Volkswagen runs fuel economy training courses in order to spread information about responsible driving and address the impacts of their vehicles during the use phase, a situation that the company cannot easily control. The unique aspect of the courses is that local NABU groups, Volkswagen dealer organisations and a professional trainer team all work hand-in-hand. Participation is free of charge and anyone can take part. The fuel economy trainings yield an average fuel consumption reduction of 13% for all participants and up to 25% in the best cases.

Latest News Form the EU

Commission launches Renewed Social Agenda

The Commission's new social proposals seek to boost access, opportunities and social justice. Discrimination is also tackled under a wide EU package on coping with social change in a global economy. EU economic growth has been brisk in recent years and unemployment is down, but almost one in six Europeans are living below or close to the poverty line and one in seven has suffered discrimination, the Commission said.

EU environment legislation 'slow or incomplete', says review

Environment issues leapt up the political agenda last year, but implementation of measures is "lagging behind", according to a Commission review of EU environment policy in 2007 published on 2 July, EurActiv reports. The review outlines a number of successes, including the implementation of the REACH legislation on chemicals, the Environmental Liability Directive adopted in April 2007, and the ambition of the energy and climate change package endorsed by the Council in March 2007. However, the Commission expressed concern that the EU target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010 may not be achieved. The slow take-up by national governments of measures taken at EU level is a strong source of concern in other areas too.

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一周要闻

欧盟农业部长同意对杀虫剂设定严格标准

经过长达两年的谈判，欧盟农业部长在上周同意，将草拟有关已被证实能引发癌症、基因突变或对生育造成伤害的农药的使用和销售的限制规定。然而，在特殊情况下，如果替代品无法有效地保护农作物，存在有害物质的农药将可以使用，但是仅限于在严格规定的条件下使用，且最长使用时间为5年。

英国的矿业公司为津巴布韦的投资计划辩护

尽管政府对公司施加压力要求其撤出津巴布韦，位于伦敦的矿业巨头——英美资源集团为其在津巴布韦的铂金开采计划进行辩护，这个项目价值4亿美元，如果成功将是津巴布韦有史以来最大的一起外国投资。股东和政治家们纷纷对这个铂金开采项目有可能支持津巴布韦的政权表示关注。

美国联合欧盟和澳大利亚调查制药工厂

随着药品生产日益全球化，美国于上周宣布将与欧盟和澳大利亚合作调查位于中国和印度的工厂，这些工厂为制药提供了原材料。布什政府表示这一协议将允许调查机构覆盖更多的地区，检查更多的工厂，以及那些已经由其他国家检查过的设备。同时，美国食品药品管理局希望在中国的北京、上海和广州设立三处机构，并派去13名员工在这些地方工作。

世界银行的一份内部报告认为生物燃料与食品价格高涨有关

日前，根据英国《卫报》（Guardian）获得的一份世行未公布的内部报告显示，生物燃料导致了世界粮食价格上涨75％。报告的作者，世行高级经济师Don Mitchell认为，报告的结果与美国政府声称植物燃料导致食品价格上涨的幅度小于3%相矛盾，美国政府同时指出食品价格上涨的主要原因是由于印度和中国的需求增长。报告指出，由于生物燃料将粮食转换成燃料，这鼓励了农场主抛弃粮食生产而转向粮食的金融投机，从而扰乱了粮食市场。这份报告加重了美国和欧盟政府的压力，它们一直将生物燃料作为减少温室气体排放和降低石油进口依赖的途径，这也是上周G8峰会上讨论的重要话题。

报告精粹

智能技术将引领低碳经济发展之路

到2020年，全球产业——特别是能源密集型的建筑业、物流业、电力工业等部门，如果在这些领域使用更加智能的技术，将使每年的能源成本减少8000亿美元，同时还可以降低15％的全球温室气体排放量。了解有关信息请阅读“智能2020：信息时代使低碳经济成为现实”，这是全球电子可持续性倡议组织(GeSI)和全球气候组织发布的最新报告，下载地址：www.theclimategroup.org/assets/resources/publications/Smart2020Report.pdf。

BSR新闻

“对话媒体”远程电话会议——灾难过后企业的应对

在近期中国、缅甸发生自然灾害后，企业应采用何种方式应对这些灾难，以使与它们在健康、人权、减贫和其他企业社会责任相关议题所承诺的义务相一致？BSR和克林顿全球倡议联合组织一个小时的远程电话会议——在任何地点的电话都可以被接入——聚集来自商界的领袖和NGO组织的领导，例如国际关怀组织（CARE）、克林顿全球倡议、Pfizer和乐施会，他们就这些当前和未来的挑战发表观点。

This Week's Top Headlines

European Farm Ministers Agree to Restrict Pesticides

After two years of negotiating, European agricultural ministers agreed last week to draft rules restricting the use and marketing of pesticides proven to cause cancer, gene mutation or harm reproduction. However, in exceptional cases, hazardous substances may be used when alternatives do not effectively protect plants, but only under strictly regulated conditions for a maximum of five years.

U.K Mining Firm Defends Zimbabwe Investment Plans

In spite of government pressure on companies to withdraw from Zimbabwe, London-based mining giant Anglo American plc defended plans to develop a platinum mine in Zimbabwe — a project worth about US$400 million that could be the largest foreign investment in that country. Shareholders and politicians alike are concerned the planned platinum mine would help support the Zimbabwe regime.

U.S. Joins Europe and Australia in Inspecting Pharmaceutical Plants

Faced with the globalization of drug production, the United States announced last week that it will be joining with Europe and Australia to inspect factories in China and India that make raw materials for medications. The Bush administration announced that the agreement would allow regulators to cover more territory, inspect more plants and also go into facilities that have already been inspected by another countrys regulators. In addition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to establish offices in three Chinese cities — Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou; 13 employees would be assigned to work there.

Secret World Bank Report Links Biofuels to High Food Prices

Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to an unpublished World Bank report recently obtained by Great Britains Guardian newspaper. The results of the report — authored by World Bank senior economist Don Mitchell — contradict the U.S. governments claims that plant-derived fuels contribute less than 3 percent to food-price rises and are attributed to an increase in demand from India and China. According to the report, the drive for biofuels has distorted food markets by diverting grain away from food for fuel, encouraging farmers to set aside land for its production and sparking financial speculation on grains.

Report Corner

Smarter Technology Leading the Way to Low-Carbon Economy

By 2020, global industries — especially energy-intensive building, logistics, electricity and industrial sectors — that use smarter technologies can save up to US$800 billion in annual energy costs while reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent. Read about these forecasts, and others, in the new report “SMART 2020: Enabling the Low Carbon Economy in the Information Age,” from the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) and the Climate Group: www.theclimategroup.org/assets/resources/publications/Smart2020Report.pdf.

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After Disasters: the Corporate Response

Wednesday, July 2, 2008. In the wake of recent natural disasters in China and Myanmar, how can companies respond to such tragedies in ways that are consistent with their overall commitments to health, human rights, poverty alleviation and other CSR issues? Jointly organized by BSR and the Clinton Global Initiative, this one-hour teleconference — accessible by phone from any location — will feature the perspectives of business and NGO leaders?from CARE, Clinton Global Initiative, Pfizer and Oxfam who are working together to address these urgent challenges today and in the future.