Impact and people
2015
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"Corporate Social Responsibility and Decent Work" by ILO Director-General
31 March 2015
Corporate Social Responsibility has the stated aim of encouraging the positive contribution of business to socio economic development and reducing the risk of possible negative impact, including along the complex systems of global supply chains, thus becoming an intrinsic part of the way business does its business.
2010
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ILO launches new web-based information and assistance service for business: ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards
09 December 2010
Building on the success of the ILO Helpdesk confidential assistance service established in March 2009 to help companies implement principles of international labour standards in business operations, the International Labour Office (ILO) has now launched a web-based information service component drawing on all sectors of the ILO. News item, 9 December 2010
2007
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When global leaders discuss business and labour principles - Global Compact Leaders Summit 2007
09 July 2007
What are the benefits and challenges of implementing labour principles in supply chains? What support from the ILO or the Global Compact would be useful for implementing such principles? These and other questions were the gist of the discussion on labour during the Global Compact Leaders’ Summit here. ILO on-line reports.
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International Day of Cooperatives 2007 - Seeds of change: cooperatives in Ethiopia
05 July 2007
Celebrated annually on the first Saturday of July, the International Day of Cooperatives highlights this year how cooperatives can promote corporate social responsibility by their very nature as enterprises that balance economic, environmental, and social imperatives. ILO Online reports from Ethiopia where the ILO helped to organize more than 100,000 coffee producers in 115 cooperatives.