Global Sustain
Member: Platinum
Since: 26.02.2006
Since: 26.02.2006
People | Planet | Profit
10 John Street, WC1N 2EB London, United Kingdom
Corporate
Since 2006, Global Sustain has
evolved in response to sustainability challenges, providing a wide
range of services and solutions to support its members succeeding triple
bottom line results. With offices in Athens (Greece), Nicosia (Cyprus), Berlin (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), London (U.K.), New York (USA) and Zurich (Switzerland), Global Sustain
offers innovative online and off-line services related to
sustainability, corporate responsibility, responsible investing, green
economy, business ethics and excellence, transparency, human rights and
accountability. Its members include corporations, non-governmental and
non-profit organisations, municipalities and local authorities, academic
institutions, media, professional bodies, service providers, chambers,
think tanks and other public or private entities..
- Facilitates synergies among members, between the corporate and third sectors as well as key stakeholders.
- Effectively communicates CSR and sustainability news, reports, events and information on behalf of members and clients, with a geographic focus on Europe and with a global audience.
- Is a UN Global Compact signatory and founding member of the Global Compact Network Hellas since 2008 and member of United Nations Global Compact Network Belgium, since November 2012.
- Is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Initiative, an international network of investors working together to put the six Principles for Responsible Investment into practice.
- Is a member and partner of CSRwire, Inc., U.S.A., The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire.
- Collaborates with numerous other leading organisations, including Ethical Performance, U.K.
- Is a Data Partner for the Global Reporting Initiative and GRI Organisational Stakeholder (OS).
- Is an affiliate member of EABIS - European Academy of Business in Society, since February 2013.
- Annually funds hard-needed not-for-profit projects making an impact.
- Has financed 17 charitable projects carried out by Global Sustain's NGO members to date.
- Participates in, presents at and officially supports local, regional and international conferences, events and exhibitions organised by prestigious companies and organisations, including Economist Conferences, Ethical Corporation, FT Business, Social Capital Media - SOCAP/Europe, Transparency International, TBLI Conference B.V., EBD Group AG, Gens Terra Quaestus Ltd., Institute of Directors (IOD) India, Enterprise Asia and many others.
- Co-organises numerous conferences and events, including the Sustainability Forum, a training, networking and professional development event.
- Conducts research on sustainability, CSR, the green economy and the third sector for members and clients.
- Has published seven (7) Yearbooks to date.
- Appointed Sofia Bekatorou, double Olympic sailing medallist and sports psychologist, who has served as a member of the Organising Committee Special Olympics World Summer Games ATHENS 2011, as Global Sustain's "Best Practices Ambassador" and a member of the company's Annual NGO Project Funding Committee.
- Operates as a 100% carbon neutral firm.
- Can be followed on Twitter (@GlSustain), Facebook (Global Sustain), LinkedIn (Global Sustain) and YouTube (Global Sustain).