星期二, 3月 9th, 2010
1. 再生能源費率附加電費可望在今年 4月至 5月上路，經濟部表示，以對電價影響每度0.01元為計算基礎，估計再生能源附加電費實施第一年，每戶電費負擔將增加42元。根據規劃，民國 99年、100年再生能源的推廣預估值分別為104千瓩、215千瓩，估算明年度台灣電價受影響程度約為0.4%。(Yahoo!新聞)
2. 美國蘋果公司（Apple）坦承上游工廠雇用童工，生產電腦, iPod 和手機。蘋果在致供應商年度報告中指出：「這3座工廠，我們要求檢視年度僱用紀錄，以及完整的僱用程序分析，以釐清未成年人士如何能被錄取。」
蘋果屢次因工廠剝削員工和工作環境惡劣而備受抨擊，上週才傳出62名蘋果和諾基亞（Nokia）上游工廠員工正己烷（n-Hexane）中毒，這種有毒化學物會引起肌肉退化和視力模糊。勝華科技發言人表示，受到影響的工人「幾乎都」已經回去上班，只有一些人還在住院。(Yahoo! 新聞)
3. Robin Hood Tax
Click image to link to the Robin Hood Tax website
NPOs in the UK are promoting a new idea that uses a bank tax to raise hundreds of billions and fund projects that fight both domestic issues, such as education and child poverty, as well as global crises like climate change and poverty. (Robin Hood Tax)
星期二, 3月 9th, 2010
本屆增加了不少新做法，包括：首次公開未回券的企業名單、增設首屆CSR民意調查等。結果發現已有超過七成的企業，會按CSR表現選擇供應商，而今年的20家得獎企業，更不因景氣低迷而停止投入CSR，成就更顯卓越。
為了讓讀者瞭解與之最切身相關的企業CSR做法，《遠見》特請光寶、台灣杜邦、台灣晶技、台灣大哥大、住華科技、英特爾等6家標竿企業現身說法，分享他們的CSR創意。(遠見雜誌)
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星期一, 3月 8th, 2010
Reality based on fiction? The recent Hollywood action film “2012″ tells the story of the end of the world, marked by natural disasters. But 201o in the real world is also facing natural disasters, namely earthquakes, that are anything but fictional.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12 was not only devastating for the people of Haiti, but looking back also seems to have sparked a series of earthquakes around the world: less than two months later, on February 27, another big earthquake shook the world, this time in Chile.
- Snapshot of the damage after the earthquake. (CNN/Getty Images)
Scientists believe that the Chilean earthquake–registered at an 8.8 magnitude–may have shifted the Earth’s axis by 3 inches, changing the length of one Earth day by 1.26 microseconds. (MSNBC)
Here in Taiwan we’ve had our own encounter with the earthquake mania: in the early morning of March 3, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan. And just this morning another earthquake rocked the planet in Turkey, hitting at 5.9 magnitude at around 4:30 a.m. (CNN)
So what does all this mean for our planet? Scientists say that these quakes are not related (CNN), but nonetheless planet Earth seems to be staging a revolt. Though we have no power to control Mother Earth and her shakes and quakes, what we can do is try to appease her by giving back to the environment what we’ve taken away through the decades of industrialization and modernization.
This is where CSR comes in. While any one person–you, me, the stinky tofu vendor down the street–can do his or her part to live a “socially responsible” lifestyle, big corporations have the power, not to mention the money, to make a bigger contribution towards saving the planet.
Thankfully, CSR is becoming a trend that many companies–big and small, domestic and international–are beginning to catch on to. Let’s hope CEOs and Board Members around the world get to action, they could be the real-life superheroes this planet needs.
星期二, 2月 23rd, 2010
（中央社記者韓婷婷台北11日電）為協助國內上市櫃公司履行企業社會責任，追求企業永續發展，櫃買中心與台灣證券交易所共同制定上市上櫃公司企業社 會責任實務守則，期望企業能為環境及社會多盡一分心力。
櫃買中心表示，該守則將作為國內上市、上櫃公司落實企業社會責任基本參考原則。
櫃 買中心指出，隨著地球環境暖化問題日益嚴重，以及全球性金融風暴的發生，愈來愈多的國際組織及專 家開始呼籲企業應重視其社會責任 (Corporate SocialResponsibility，CSR) ，期許企業除了傳統經營宗旨－獲利之外，也能多考量公司在環境、社會、治理、人權等方面的責任與義務。
櫃買中心為因應此股國際間對於企業經 營的新趨勢，與台灣證券交易所共同研訂企業社會責任實務守則，希望上櫃公司能瞭解並進而參考履行社會責任。
守則內容涵蓋總則、落實推動公司 治理、發展永續環境、維護社會公益、加強企業社會責任資訊揭露以及附則。 (中央社)
星期四, 1月 28th, 2010
AP Photo/Jorge Cruz
The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12, 2010 has left the country in dire need of international aid. The massive quake has taken an estimated 111,000 lives, and has left approximately 1.5 million Haitians homeless. 85% of the city of Leogane, the epicenter of the earthquake, has been destroyed.
Fortunately, to say that the plight of the Haitian people has attracted international attention and compassion is an understatement to say the least. At present, there are more than 500 international agencies in Haiti providing necessary aid, includingmedical care, heading rescue efforts, distributing donated survival goods, and managing orphaned children.
But beyond the initial donations of money, goods, and services, many worry about Haiti’s sustainability. Current efforts are dealing with the most immediate issues: searching for, and rescuing, survivors, treating patients, and keeping the survivors alive; but what happens when the so-called “compassion window” closes and Haiti must stand on its own two feet?
Randy Strash, Strategy Director for Emergency Response at World Vision, says that “In a disaster of this magnitude, charities typically have three to six weeks before the media and the public’s attention shifts… that’s how fast this ‘Window of Compassion’ closes.”
If this is true, then the Haitian government, not to mention relief efforts in the country, should begin to focus their attention not only on the “here and now” but also for Haiti’s future–giving more thoughtto the country’s infrastructure and economy.
On the bright side, Haiti now has the opportunity to re-build in a more eco-friendly manner, making use of renewable energy technology that will not only help the country’s development, but the environment as well. Several corporations have already spearheaded efforts to provide long-term aid to Haiti, including Solar Electric Light Fund, Architecture for Humanity, and Trees for the Future.
Architecture for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair says, “When a disaster strikes the second disaster that looms is the efficiency and impact of the three R’s–Response, Recovery, and Reconstruction.”
Sinclair also noted the importance of careful and thoughtful post-disaster planning, the absence of which could cause yet another collapse of Haitian society. With this in mind, Sinclair says that the best move now is to work with local NGOs and the community to find the best way to reconstruct this developing country.
With aid from such forward-thinking companies, Haiti will no doubt be put on the right path towards re-development, and in the face of a natural disaster of such magnitude, this is effective CSR at work. Re-constructing Haiti will not be easy, but learning from past mistakes–such as FEMA’s failureafter Hurrican Katrina–will allow relief workers to start on the right path.
For more information on what you can do to help Haiti’s sustainability, please visit:
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/haiti-earthquake-relief-efforts.html
Sources:
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/rebuilding-haiti-cameron-sinclair.html
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/stronger-haiti-recovery-efforts.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/24/haiti.leogane/index.html#cnnSTCText
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/24/haiti.earthquake/index.html
星期四, 1月 21st, 2010
1.綠色和平組織持續關注電子業品牌大廠在Green Product (環境友善產品)的投入，最新公布調查報告顯示，最綠的企業是手機大廠Nokia和 Sony Ericsson；Dell, Lenovo及Toshiba則排名下降。 (Greenpeace研究)
2.台灣大哥大CSR企業社會責任報告書獲得第三單位BSI英國標準協會認證，是國內電信業第一本通過AA1000、GRI G3雙重國際標準查證的社會責任報告書，也是國內少數通過雙重查證的企業。 (台灣大哥大CSR報告書網站)
3. 環保署在18至19日舉辦一場「跟隨碳足跡—發現減碳新道路」國際論壇，邀請英國碳信託（Carbon Trust）國際發展經理Robin Dickinson、日本經產省碳足跡制度國際標準化委員會主席/東大教授稻葉敦、WBCSD資深研究員Dr.Laura Draucker。碳議題與碳經濟發燒，例如全球最大的連鎖零售商沃爾瑪於2009年7月16日宣布將實施永續產品指標，要求其供應商提供產品生命週期的環境資訊，此舉預計將影響沃爾瑪10萬個供應商。沃爾瑪會將這些訊息與價格一併標示在標籤上，供消費者了解。 (自立晚報)
星期四, 1月 14th, 2010
1. 勞委會擬修法規範，金融業合併不能裁員，一旦修法通過，首當其衝的就是目前進行中的南山人壽。依據過去的合併個案，對於原任員工的保障均僅有一年，勞基法將保障期間延長到二至三年。 (苦勞網新聞)
2. 「世界是平的」以及「世界又熱又平又擠」的作者佛里曼來台，強調發展綠能科技，一定要有足夠的市場誘因，因此價格是重要關鍵，例如增加石油稅與碳稅，讓汙染性高的能源更貴，以刺激潔淨能源的需求。他也強調啟動綠能革命刻不容緩，而在他看來許多企業在從事的是Green Party，而非Green Revolution. (Yahoo新聞)
3. GRI has announced its next focus. GRI will soon begin a Supply Chain Disclosure Project with the aim of addressing what is one of the most difficult challenges for sustainability reporting organizations today. (GRI News)
星期四, 1月 7th, 2010
It has often been said that in order to create progress, one must first look back at past mistakes and learn from them.
As we near the end of 2009, a look back at President Barak Obama’s CSR initiatives during his first year in office may seem disappointing; especially with the failed Copenhagen Accord still fresh in mind. The divide between what was promised during his campaign and what has been delivered since his taking office, has created a “success/failure dichotomy” that leaves an open invitation for criticism.
However, putting all loft aspirations aside, Obama has made several steps in the right direction, perhaps most importantly the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which unites the country’s economic aid program with green energy, paving the way toward a low carbon economy. From this perspective, Obama is making slow progress in economic, environmental, and social reform. What remains to be seen is whether these minor shifts can create the sustainability needed to ultimately fulfill Obama’s campaign promises of change.
The partnership between the NGO and big business is a trend that is quickly gaining popularity in the CSR world. Despite past differences, both parties are recognizing that there is an opportunity for a win-win relationship if nurtured correctly.Businesses gain credibility in their CSR initiatives, and NGOs gain publicity that is necessary for their survival. With this in mind, it is only a matter of time before this partnership becomes standard procedure; and in the big picture, it’s a win-win for the economy and the environment.
-Jessica Li
Related news:
Assessing Obama’s First Year Through the CSR Lens: Beyond the Success/Failure Dichotomy
NGOs: Friend or Foe to Business & Sustainability?
星期一, 1月 4th, 2010
1. 除沃爾瑪預定在2014年起，要求上架產品必須配合提供產品生命週期的碳足跡外，包括戴爾（Dell）、惠普（HP）、摩托羅拉（Motorola）、諾基亞（Nokia）等國際大廠，也都提出落實溫室氣體管理的承諾。 例如惠普，要求70%以上的初級承諾供應商必須配合揭露溫室氣體（GHG）排放 … (中央社)
2. 國內五大面板及筆電企業中華映管、友達光電、奇美電子、明基電通（BenQ）與華碩電腦，今（28日）同台與環保署簽署包裝減量協議，承諾未來一年內共8款暢銷面板及筆電產品包裝將達到10%的輕量化，並進行包裝材質友善化設計…(行政院環境保護署)
3. 台灣大哥大出版第二本社會責任報告書，是台灣電信業第一本通過AA1000、GRI G3雙重國際標準查證的社會責任報告書。台灣大也是台灣少數通過雙重查證的企業，獲得英國標準協會(BSI)頒發查證證書與獎座… (中央社)
