Principal memberships
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3.15 Principal memberships Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), U.S. ABB is a member of Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a global organization that helps member companies achieve success in ways that respect ethical values, people, communities and the environment. BSR member companies represent trillions of dollars in combined annual revenues and employ more than six million workers around the world. Members gain access to research, education and training programs, consulting and practical guidance on all aspects of corporate social responsibility. BSR promotes cross-sector collaboration and contributes to global efforts to advance the field of corporate social responsibility. Web site: www.bsr.org Centre for Environmental Assessment of Product and Material (CPM), Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden CPM is a national competence center dedicated to sustainable product development. It is jointly funded by industry, VINNOVA (the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems), and Chalmers. ABB is a board member. Web site: www.cpm.chalmers.se Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP), U.S. The partnership was formally launched at the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002. The World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme are important drivers of the initiative. The intention is to build a coalition to help bring energy to the 1 - 2 billion people who currently lack it. GVEP addresses both urban and rural communities and focuses on action plans, knowledge exchange, capacity development, financing facilitation and results monitoring. ABB is a registered partner in GVEP. Web site: www.gvep.org Global Reporting Initiative, Netherlands ABB is an organizational stakeholder for the GRI. The initiative has enjoyed the active support and engagement of representatives from business, non-profit advocacy groups, accounting bodies, investor organizations, trade unions and others. Together these constituencies have worked to build a consensus around a set of sustainability reporting guidelines with the aim of achieving worldwide acceptance. Web site: www.globalreporting.org International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Switzerland The ISO is responsible for standardization in all fields except electrical and electronic engineering. ABB’s corporate staff for sustainability affairs is a member of Technical Committee 207. Web site: www.iso.ch oikos International, Switzerland oikos is an international student organization for sustainable economics and management, founded in 1987 at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and now present in some 20 universities in 16 countries. The head of ABB’s sustainability affairs organization is a member of the oikos Advisory Board. Web site: www.oikosinternational.org Pew Center on Global Climate Change, U.S. ABB is one of nearly 40 companies on the Business Environmental Leadership Council. The Pew Charitable Trust established the organization in 1998 to bring together "ingenuity and experience of all sectors of our society - private, public, and non-governmental organizations" to address global climate change constructively. Web site: www.pewclimate.org SustainAbility, U.K. SustainAbility, founded in 1987, is the longest established international consultancy specializing in business strategy and sustainable development - environmental improvement, social equity and economic development. During 2004, SustainAbility willcarry out an investigation to assess ABB’s sustainability reporting and benchmark our sustainability reports against those of our peers. Web site: www.sustainability.com Transparency International, Germany The global non-governmental organization, founded in 1993, is dedicated to fighting corruption. ABB is a group contributor and donor and was one of ten international companies to sign a set of "Business Principles for Countering Bribery in the Engineering and Construction Industry" at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in 2004 in Davos, Switzerland. The principles were developed by a multinational task force of engineering and construction companies, including ABB, working with the World Economic Forum, the BaselInstitute on Governance, and Transparency International. Web site: www.transparency.org United Nations Global Compact, U.S. ABB was one of the 50 companies that supported the inaugural launch of the Global Compact in New York in July 2000. The Compact is a platform for encouraging and promoting good corporate practices and learning experiences in the areas of human rights, labor and the environment. Web site: www.unglobalcompact.org World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland Established in January 1995, the WBCSD (of which ABB is a member) is a coalition of 170 international companies drawn from more than 30 countries and 20 major industrial sectors, and united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. Web site: www.wbcsd.org World Energy Council, U.K. A non-governmental energy-policy forum founded in 1923. Its objective is to promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all. ABB is a patron and active in several WEC national member committees. ABB provides the national president in Italy and the vice chairman in Sweden. Web site: www.worldenergy.org World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Switzerland One of the world’s largest and most effective organizations devoted to the conservation of nature, operating in around 100 countries and supported by nearly five million individuals. ABB is currently working on three projects with WWF: on energy efficiency, Access to Electricity in Tanzania and sustainability risk assessment in Indonesia. Web site: www.wwf.org CSR Europe, Belgium Corporate Social Responsibility Europe, founded in 1997 by its current patron Etienne Davignon, is a network of 65 multinational companies whose aim is to integrate corporate social responsibility into mainstream business. ABB serves on the board of directors and is actively engaged in social sustainability activities to support this aim. Web site: www.csreurope.org |
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