Danske virksomheder overrepræsenteret som vindere af internationale priser
Til galla og højt humør trak to danske virksomheder flere priser hjem til uddelingen af Responsible Business Awards 2019 i London. For alle andre er der masser af inspiration at hente i kataloget over shortlistede samfundsansvarlige strategier og projekter.
Vindere af Responsible Business Awards 2019
Sustainable Innovation Award
WINNER: AeroFarms – Feeding the world with sustainable indoor vertical farming
“The judges were impressed by how AeroFarms was using 95% less water than field farmed-food with zero harmful run-off and zero pesticides. This innovation is needed to deliver a clean and sustainable world for all. A clear winner.”
SDG Impact Award – sponsored by Absolute Genius
JOINT-WINNERS: Kimberly-Clark – Toilets change lives AND Mastercard – Inextricably linking our business goal to the SDGs
“This is a new category and the judges were quite impressed by the contrasting approaches to the SDGs. While Kimberly-Clark focused on one SDG with clear impact, Mastercard tackled multiple SDGs in a larger joined-up approach. Both have excelled in their respective approaches and the judges would like to reward both with the 2019 Award. Congrats to both winners.”
New Start-Up Award
WINNER: Little Freddie, sustainable baby & toddler food brand
“Excellent start-up tackling a full circular approach to the baby industry. Scalability factor is excellent with clear impact in terms of business approach, development, supply chain and ambition.”
Community Impact Award
WINNER: Kimberly-Clark – Alliance for period supplies by U by Kotex®
“Kimberly Clark addressed an important problem that is rarely understood, rarely spoken about and has scalability around the world. The judges look forward to seeing how this is scaled outside the US to all developed and developing regions worldwide.”
Plastic Innovation Award
WINNER: The Body Shop – Community trade recycled plastic from India
“Highlighting the human side of plastic waste, Body Shop’s partnership brings dignity and stable income to wastepickers with a strong potential for expansion. Strong partnership approach. Good use of technology to ensure fairness and efficiency.”
Purpose-Driven Communications Award
WINNER: BT – Let’s get drastic about plastic
“Fantastic employee engagement on a well-known global programme in an engaging, tangibly inspiring manner with clear impact. A worthy winner for purpose-driven communications!”
Business Transformation Award
WINNER: Ørsted – A world that runs entirely on green energy
“An energy business that has achieved the rare leap of transforming from fossil fuels to be a renewable energy company. May there be more in the field!”
Responsible Investment Award
WINNER: Hannon Armstrong – Investing in climate change solutions
“Hannon Armstrong are the American pioneers of climate-friendly investment. The first US-public company to be solely dedicated to investing in carbon reduction and climate resilience, they are setting down a marker for others to follow – and achieving decent returns as they do so.”
Business Leader of the Year Award
WINNER: Paul Rice – Fair Trade USA
“As founder of Fair Trade USA, Paul Rice has championed the cause of farmers and workers in the Global South (and now in the US as well) for decades – generating close to $500 million for workers and farmers in the process. His disruptive thinking and restless ambition for the Fair Trade movement stands out as an inspiration for business leaders across all sectors.”
Partnerships of the Year Award
WINNER: Fairphone – Joint forces to tackle child labour: from gold mine to electronics
“A brave, determined and bold move forward to tackle a very challenging topic. An approach that many others could follow and, in turn, deliver sizable change.”
Clean Energy Award
WINNER: Maersk’s Zero Carbon 2050 target
“Ocean shipping is notoriously hard to decarbonise. Maersk has set the standard with its own robust carbon target and is working in collaboration across the sector to help the maritime freight industry as a whole take a more ambitious and responsible stance on its environmental impact. An excellent example of a company leading from the front.”
Reporting and Transparency Award
WINNER: Maersk – A.P. Moller: Maersk Sustainability Report 2018
“A short, impactful report with clear accounting principles making this a winning submission. Bravo.”
Diversity and Inclusion Award
WINNER: Firmenich – Thriving on difference!
“A well-rounded approach to diversity embedded in the ethos of the company that is scalable to any industry worldwide. Impact is impressive. The judges look forward to seeing greater innovation in partnerships in the coming years.”
Circular Innovation Award
WINNER: Flex – Sinctronics, a Flex Founded Company, Creating a Circular Economy
“100% circular innovation that takes e-waste and packaging waste as a whole, separating each material individually and transforming into new products. The project is perfectly scalable around the world, has excellent endorsement from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation with zero waste impact. A winning submission.”
Responsible Supply Chain Award
WINNER: Intel Corporation – Advancing Supply Chain Responsibility
“Ground-breaking work on human rights in the supply chain particularly in tackling and abolishing recruitment fees. This work truly reflects a supply chain with sustainability at its core.”
Det er ikke for ingenting, vi på dansk har udtrykket "verdensberømt i Danmark". Som et lille hip til os selv, når feststemningen over dansk genialitet og forsynethed bliver lige vel høj. Onsdag d. 2. oktober på i et højloftet ballromm på et hotel nær Trafalqar Square viste det sig, at denne gang overdrev vi ikke. Denne gang var udlandet enige.
Den aften vandt Ørsted nemlig en Responsible Business award i kategorien "Business Transformation" for omstillingen af hele deres forretning fra sort til grøn energi. Og Mærsk vandt hele to priser. Den ene i kategorierne "Clean Energy Transition", for deres ambition om at have nul CO2-udledninger fra deres drift (netto i al fald) i 2050, mens resten af søfartsverdenen har et fælles mål om at halvere sine udledninger i samme periode. Den anden for sin bæredygtighedsrapport for 2018.
"Det betyder rigtig meget at få sådan en pris. Det giver en enorm stolthed internt over den rejse, vi har været på sammen i Ørsted. Så det er både en anerkendelse til medarbejderne og rart, at nogle udefra værdsætter det stykke arbejde, vi har leveret," sagde Ida Krabek, ansvarlig for "sustainability programmes and partnerships" hos Ørsted, som tog imod prisen sammen med kollegaer fra Ørsteds britiske afdeling.
Mangler du en god idé?
Selvom det kun er Mærsk og Ørsted, som kom med på vinderbilledet fra Responsible Business Awards, så er der masser at hente for degnene i kirken for samfundsansvarlige virksomheder.
Responsible Business Awards uddeles nemlig i 15 kategorier, hvor man i hver kategori har en short list på alt mellem fem og 14 virksomheder eller projekter. Så hvis man gerne vil vide, hvad 11 eksperer i en international jury mener, er best practice i dag, så kan man kigge der.
Det er et veritabelt tag selv bord af ideer og måder at arbejde på med alt fra ny teknologi til at løse social problemer, måder at skalere innovation fra pilot til mainstream, integartion af verdensmål - i bredden eller dybden, adgang til sanitet, bæredygtig ejendomsadministration, cirkulær babymad, finansielle ydelser til demente, genbrug af plastik, nye materialer, medarbejderinvolvering, investeringer i kvinder, partnerskaber med stor impact, børnearbejde i guldforsyningskæden, formulering af gode målsætninger på ren energi, flexible rapporteringsformater, inklusive kulturer for at fremme mangfoldighed, e-waste og til arbejdet med menneskerettigheder i leverandørkæden. Og det er bare et lille udsnit. Alle løsningerne er kort beskrevet her.
Responsible Business Awards blev uddelt for 10. gang i 2019 og er ejet af Ethical Corporation.
