Civil society and corporate sector, which would contribute to the initiative, ruled by principles of corporate responsibility and social, cultural, environmental and technical sustainability.

The flavor of the week in Rio is sustainability indexing for corporations, by way of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

ISAR noted that an enterprise's environmental performance could affect its financial health and hence its sustainability.

Promoting the regular and transparent reporting of sustainability performance can also create a conducive atmosphere for continuous improvement.

Expanded measurement of the dimensions of economic, social, and environmental performance is necessary to broaden awareness of sustainability issues.

But the weakness of manufacturing is a drag on India s overall economic performance and threatens the sustainability of its growth.

Targets and performance indicators relating to the Core Corporate Commitments for Children in Emergencies (CCCs) were also being developed.

The new challenge currently facing the world was to go beyond short term environmental performance and to strive for environmental sustainability.

Yet politics in the US has increasingly allowed corporate profits to dominate all other aspirations fairness, justice, trust, physical and mental health, and environmental sustainability.

The group took the view that the board should disclose its policy and performance in connection with environmental and social responsibility and the impact of this policy and performance on the firm's sustainability.

To measure institutional performance, UNDP has produced a new corporate scorecard', which has inspired other mainstream agencies and donors to do likewise.

France s economic performance has been lackluster during the past ten years, particularly with respect to competitiveness, debt sustainability, public spending, and the labor market.

Since then the approach has evolved to take into account developments in corporate sustainability reporting as well as development in the field of accounting for social and environmental impact.

Even where no legislation exists, it is considered good practice to make additional commitments, as corporate reputation and performance may require recognition of broader interests.

The corporate structure will comprise the executive office, audit, a strategic analysis unit and a product service performance unit responsible for assessment and quality control.

Improved economic performance, a more favourable policy environment and corporate profitability, as well as an increase in M A activity in the region, are key underlying factors.

The Sustainability Mindset

Sustainability of achievements

Ensuring environmental sustainability

C. Environmental sustainability

Women and sustainability

Corporate identity.

Corporate strategy

Corporate responsibility

Just as a CEO with a record not only of poor performance, but also of massive corporate misconduct, should be fired, so, too, should political leaders be held to a similar standard.

Harnessing Disruption for Sustainability

The Transition to Sustainability

Corporate leaders realized that economic incentives accrued from being a good corporate citizen.

Pricing Corporate Governance

Corporate specific reasons.

Mandatory (e.g. performance requirements), inducive (e.g. incentives) and hortatory (e.g. voluntary guidelines) approaches to increasing corporate contributions to development have been pursued at various times, in various circumstances and with various degrees of success.

The Business Case for Sustainability

Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability

Debt sustainability and debt relief

Ensure environmental sustainability (MDG 7)

Round table 7 Environmental sustainability

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The Secret Corporate Takeover

Politics and Corporate Money

The Corporate Tax Conundrum

Unblocking Corporate Governance Reform

Whose Corporate Social Responsibility?

Principles of corporate communication.

Operationalizing the corporate strategy

In both areas, the corporate strategy provides for UNIDO's focus on the least developed countries (LDCs) and the poor to continue to be stressed and sharpened, and for the environmental sustainability of industrial development to remain an essential ingredient of UNIDO's services.