Global Compact Network Belgium News

This blog is intended to capture all the activities of the Belgian Network for the Global Compact with news on upcoming and past events, tidbits, press releases etc. Contact us if you would like to publish your message to the Belgian Network.

Mr. Duco Sickinge - CEO Telenet - Manager of the year 2011

The readers of the weekly magazine Trends and the jury have elected Mr. Duco Sickinghe, Manager of the year 2011. The 53-year-old CEO of Telenet was already five times nominated.

Efico launches the World’s First Coffee Farm Finca El Platanillo to be Rainforest Alliance Verified™ as Climate-Friendly

El Platanillo coffee farm in San Marcos, Guatemala, has become the world’s first coffee farm to become Rainforest Alliance Verified™ for its compliance with the Climate Module of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), the international coalition of conservation organizations that manages Rainforest Alliance certification.

We are pleased to inform you that the European Commission has adopted today a new strategy on Corporate Social Responsibility.

More information is available here

AWDC, member of the UN Global Compact, urges Antwerp diamond sector to support Horn of Africa famine emergency relief fund

August 12, 2011

B-token first Micro-enterprise to be included in the UN Global Compact Network Belgium - news item on Belgian local television

http://www.kempenactueel.be/regio-retie/b-token-uit-retie-als-eerste-micro-onderneming-lid-van-un-global-compact-network-belgium

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=BLMAD_20110714_001

B-token first Micro-enterprise to be included in the UN Global Compact Network Belgium

New Centre of Excellence for CSR training in Antwerp launched in presence of UN Global Compact Network Belgium

New Centre of Excellence for CSR training in Antwerp launched in presence of UN and Belgian government leaders

IX Annual Local Networks Forum in Copenhagen displays Syria among Networks with achievements

UN Global Compact Week in Copenhagen, Denmark from the 16-20 May 2011

UN Global Compact Week will convene practitioners who are engaged in the initiative’s working groups, issue platforms and Local Networks. The Week will feature the Global Compact Annual Meeting, the Annual Local Network Forum and a variety of issue-specific meetings. This global gathering of the most active companies and organizations is designed for working-level representatives to share experiences across issues and countries

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20

20 years after the EARTH SUMMIT in Rio, the United Nations is organizing a new international conference on Sustainable Development. The conference will take place in Brazil on 4-6 June 2012.

http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/

The conference will focus on two themes: