Individuals are not selected based on their knowledge or interest in social and environmental performance.
The good news is that well-regulated countries have done something about the industry's poor environmental performance.
In the report, the company discusses its workplace safety record, environmental performance and social contributions in detail.
Like Akbank, an elite group of companies is also offering detailed disclosure of their environmental performance records.
Approaching sustainability as a journey is a holistic way to increase corporate environmental performance and long-term growth.
It will not be a positive picture for those who believe sustainable organizations require high levels of financial, social and environmental performance.
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The consultation will be followed by the launch of a sustainable development website, which will allow schools to evaluate their environmental performance.
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We will once again see that executive performance was solely focused on financial performance and that social and environmental performance received little attention.
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In addition, it would have brought home to executives the need for social and environmental performance as it relates to the sustainable effectiveness.
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Until they do, they will not be sustainably effective and will continue to be criticized and vilified for their poor social and environmental performance.
Oman is ranked 110 out of 132 nations surveyed in environmental sustainability over the past decade, according to Yale University's 2012 Environmental Performance Index.
Although financial performance increased dramatically in 2010, there is little evidence that the social and environmental performance of organizations improved at the same rate or at all.
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The old blast furnace was decommissioned in July last year before being completely rebuilt, incorporating the latest technology to improve energy efficiency, environmental performance, safety standards and capacity.
On the other, the model legislation requires that benefit corporations report on their overall social and environmental performance and make them available to the public, using a third-party evaluator.
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BP's Russian partners, who had sparred with the British company over management at the venture in recent years, last week came out publicly to defend BP's environmental performance amid the Gulf crisis.
It is great that the Global Reporting Initiative is helping more companies to report on their social and environmental performance, but it would be better if more analysts and investors used this information.
Social and environmental performance is not always measured.
Unfortunately, recent surveys which have been done as part of our research programs at the Center for Effective Organizations show that most organizations do not integrate social and environmental performance into the way the organization operates.
In addition to its technological prowess, Motorola PHOTON Q is the seventh device in the Sprint line-up to receive ULE Platinum Certification, the highest level of environmental performance recognized by sustainable requirements established by UL Environment and Sprint.
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Additionally, HTC One SV is HTC's first and Boost Mobile's second device to include ULE Platinum Certification, the highest level of environmental performance recognized by sustainable requirements established by UL Environment and Sprint, and is packaged in 100 percent recyclable materials.
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Not surprisingly, the countries are wealthy and among the world's greenest as well, according to the Environmental Performance Index, a joint product of Columbia University and Yale University, which measures performance against 25 indicators, such as measures of air pollution, water supply or use of natural resources.
The company identified 17 products that met its standard of providing "significant and measurable environmental performance advantages, " including a Lexan film that replaces conventional paint, Harmony water-conserving washing machines, the new fuel-efficient GEnx jet engine and GE's Evolution locomotive, a 208-ton, 4, 400hp workhorse that burns 3% less fuel and puts out 40% less pollution than its immediate predecessor.
Instead of basing incentive payments strictly on financial performance corporations could have based them on environmental and social performance as well as financial performance.
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Simply put, organizations must make environmental and social performance a part of the way the corporation operates just as much as it does financial performance.
Our surveys of Board members and HR executives show clearly that most large organizations have not integrated environmental and social performance into their way of doing business.
Consumers care most about safety, quality, value, performance and environmental kindness, in that order, according to Consumer Reports.
Samsung's 64GB MicroSD Memory Card is designed to meet the security, capacity, performance and environmental requirements of leading-edge audio and video consumer devices.
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This might include by mandating social performance through environmental standards in real estate, or by using tax credits to favor subsectors like affordable housing.
Intel has provided public reports on its environmental, health and safety performance since 1994 and produced an annual Corporate Responsibility Report since 2001.
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President Obama saw an important opportunity for the Federal Government to lead by example when he issued Executive Order 13514 directing agencies to meet ambitious sustainability goals in our operations that will improve the government's environmental, energy and economic performance, reduce pollution, and save taxpayer dollars in avoided energy costs.
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