Sustainable Luxury, Beauty & Sport

  WJCEF (World Jewellery Confederation Education Foundation) will launch its inaugural Executive Course in Corporate Social Responsibility on June 20-22, 2010, in Antwerp, Belgium. Hosting the event is HRD Antwerp. The Executive Course was designed for WJCEF by AIFOMD (Association Internationale de Formateurs en Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement) in cooperation with UN-ONG-Irene. Delivering the course will be a team of CSR experts from the Université de Genève, the University of St. Michaels’s College in the University of Toronto, and MHC International. The course was devised with the active support and participation of ECOSOC, and it is the first time that a dedicated CSR programme has been developed by a United Nations for the benefit of the international jewellery sector. More news.

In crisis time, it is important for any community to face difficulties and address solutions. In France, a recent SOFRES poll indicated that 58% of employees do not trust their employer. Many workers of the luxury industry, especially within watch factories and companies, struggle to keep their job and are evolving in a harassing stressed environment.

Former employees of KPMG in the UK decided to set up a specific tool for companies that want to improve their performance and establish responsible and ethical practices. GoodCorporation was born. It is a responsible business auditing company founded in 2000 by a group of former partners and directors of KPMG Consulting who wanted to create a straight-forward and transparent system which would enable companies to assess their ethical business practices in a credible way. Its aim is to drive up standards in business life by assessing companies against the GoodCorporation Standard. Developed in association with the Institute of Business Ethics, the GoodCorporation Standard assesses all areas of business management and is independently verified by the Accreditation Council. Many worldwide companies have already been assessed, such as Total, DHL and GDF-Suez, and new tools for Small and Medium Enterprises have also been developed.

The company now offers its services in Switzerland. It is a real added value for any organization (international or smaller ones, but also profit and non-profit ones) as it helps managers to point out the malfunctions and implement adapted solutions. www.goodcorporation.com