Best Practice - Spring 2015 Issue

The Spring 2015 issue of Best Practice highlights five companies with exemplary CSR and sustainability programs. It also features a look at CR reporting leader Centrica's approach to best serving stakeholders. 

In this issue:

• Turning Biomass into the Height of Fashion: Gildan - Like most textile manufacturers Canadian apparel company Gildan traditionally relied on fossil fuels but it has transitioned to a more carbonneutral energy supply.  
   
• Making a Splash in Water Stewardship: Nestlé - Different water-stressed areas present different problems and call for different solutions. Nestlé  finds that working in partnerships is key to spearheading progress.
   
• Keeping Model Behaviour In Vogue: VELUX Group - Danish window company the VELUX Group adopted its Model Company Objective mission statement long before they became the corporate norm. So how is a credo devised in the Sixties still proving relevant today? 
   
• Learning Sustainability by Degrees: International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility - The International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility  based at Nottingham University Business School is expanding its academic offering later this year with its very first MSc in Sustainability.
   
• A Far from Standard Approach: Standard Life - Why is employability so important to Standard Life , the long-term investment savings business? And how is it helping to break down the barriers to employment? 
   
• An Example of Reporting Best Practice: Centrica - Considered a leader in corporate responsibility reporting, Centrica  continued to evolve its 2014 reporting which was driven by a desire to better meet the needs of their stakeholders. This journey started by taking a step back to understand who its key stakeholders were and the best ways to engage them.

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