Submitted by Ingrid Heivers on 2 June, 2010 - 14:38
The United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) announced that the deadline for delegates’ applications for the Global Model UN Conference taking place from 14 to 18 August 2010 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia has been extended to 21 June 2010. Details are available on the website www.un.org/gmun
Submitted by Stephan Vanhaverbeke on 8 May, 2010 - 04:33
Earlier this year your company's chief executive received a personal invitation to attend the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2010: Building a New Era of Sustainability on 24 - 25 June 2010 in New York.
With the Summit quickly approaching, we very much hope that your chief executive will confirm attendance and register as soon as possible. If you are unable to attend, we ask that you register another C-suite or board-level representative to participate.
Submitted by Ingrid Heivers on 19 May, 2010 - 16:46
Corruption represents a major challenge to sustainable development and a quest of titanic proportions for poorer communities around the world. It represents also a very costly imposition for business, with the extra financial burden added to the cost of doing business in many parts of the world. The World Banks has stated that “bribery: has become a $1 trillion industry”. Corruption faces business in different industries, taking many devious forms which prove deadly all the same.
Submitted by Stephan Vanhaverbeke on 8 May, 2010 - 04:18
Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Office, will hold briefings on 13 May and 17 May on the upcoming UN Global Compact Leaders Summit (24-25 June, New York City). All Global Compact participants are invited to take part in the 45-minute briefing, which will cover the structure and themes of the Summit, as well as information related to registration and participation.
To accommodate different time zones, two webinars will be held:
For most companies who join the Global Compact, producing their first Communication on Progress (CoP) can be a challenge. The COP is a public document, and it's important that it meets the expectations of the company's stakeholders. Especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's), the existing frameworks, like GRI, may be too much.
Transparency International Belgium is pleased to invite you to a lunch seminar by Evert-Jan Lammers.
Board member of Transparency International Belgium, Board member of Institute of Forensic Auditors, Partner at INSTIFIN and UAMS executive professor, Evert-Jan Lammers (1959) is a fraud expert with 25 years of professional experience. He is one of the founding fathers of forensic auditing in Belgium (90's) and of the Masterclass Forensic Auditing program at the UAMS Management School (2000) and the Institute of Forensic Auditors (2001).
