EuroCharity presents must-read Yearbook on ‘Leadership for Sustainability’

EuroCharity recently held a special event at the National Library of Greece to present its fifth annual album entitled EuroCharity Yearbook 2011/12 – Leadership for Sustainability. This prestigious, multi-stakeholder publication will also be presented to leading policy formers, Members of European Parliament (MEPs), European Commission officials, CEOs of sustainability-driven corporations as well as the international media at the European Parliament building in Brussels on October 29, 2012.

A high-profile line-up of top experts, business leaders, decision-makers and academia from 16 countries on three continents contributed to EuroCharity’s global publication, which each year is read by key stakeholders in more than 50 countries.

Published on the eve of Rio+20, the latest 164-page, English-language EuroCharity Yearbook contains expert articles and viewpoints written by the following prominent guest authors:

FOREWORD

• His All-Holiness, Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, also known internationally as the “Green Patriarch”

KEYNOTE ARTICLES

• Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest voluntary corporate responsibility initiative
• Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission; Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship
• Mark Drewell, CEO, Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI), a global multicultural community of action and learning
• Dr. Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director, Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption

INSTITUTES & NETWORKS

• Neven Marinovic, Executive Director, Business Leaders Forum Serbia, the country’s first coalition of socially responsible companies and partner of the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF)
• Jonathan Cloud, Founder, Center for Leadership in Sustainability, a N.J.-based non-profit addressing the needs of local leaders and the opportunities for global leadership in sustainable development
• Frances Hesselbein, President and CEO, The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, which was established in 1990 as the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management
• Juan de la Mota, Member of the Board, United Nations Global Compact; President, Global Compact Network Spain, the world’s most active Global Compact Local Network with the highest number of members compared to any other Local Networks globally
• Amy Lyman, Co-Founder, Great Place to Work® Institute, a global research, consulting and training firm with over 40 affiliates operating in 45 countries and regions of the world
• Prof. Alexander Likhotal, President, Green Cross International, an independent, non-profit and non-governmental organisation founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former President of the U.S.S.R. Mikhail S. Gorbachev in 1993
• Dr. Harald Bergsteiner and Dr. Gayle C. Avery, Co-Founders, Institute for Sustainable Leadership (ISL), an independent non-profit organisation that promotes the science and practice of sustainable leadership through research and education

EDUCATION & RESEARCH

• Prof. Gilbert Lenssen, Ph.D., MBA, President, ABIS – The Academy of Business in Society, a global network of over 80 business schools and universities world-wide, as well as 40 global companies committed to mainstreaming sustainability in management education and management practice
• Andrew Foran, CEO, Centre for Sustainability Leadership (CSL), an Australian-based not-for-profit company dedicated to expanding the influence of emerging leaders who want to create a sustainable future
• Jean-Christophe Carteron, Director of CSR; Deputy Director of the Corporate Department, Euromed Management, which has embraced the core values and principles of the UN Global Compact and is an active member of the UN Global Compact Academic Working Group and the PRME Sustainable Leadership Working Group
• Graham Ward, Managing Director, LEAD International, the world’s largest international non-profit organisation focused on leadership and sustainable development
• Dr. Alessa D’Amato, Fellow, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, one of the foremost social science universities in the world
• Yury E. Blagov, Director, PwC Center for Corporate Social Responsibility, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University, which was created in 2008 and has already earned the leading position in Russian academia with its research, teaching and knowledge sharing activities
• Dr. André Martinuzzi, Director, Research Institute for Managing Sustainability (RIMAS) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, an independent university institute specialising in research for sustainable development and corporate sustainability

VISIONARY LEADERS

• Kris Amiralis, Chairman of the Board and Founding Partner, Future Leaders, a non-profit organisation that brings together the business community, NGOs and the “new generation” in a programme that combines leadership development and CSR, and generates sustainable solutions to overcome current community challenges
• Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, Founder and Scientific CEO, EPEA (Environmental Encouragement Agency) Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH, which works with clients world-wide to apply the Cradle to Cradle® methodology to the design of new processes, products and services
• Lisa Hall, President and CEO, Calvert Foundation, a non-profit that has pioneered a new type of investing that delivers a social and financial return
• Per Meilstrup, Climate Director, Green Growth Leaders, an international alliance of cities, regions, countries and corporations, sharing a vision of building prosperous, green economies and communities – and a better tomorrow for their citizens
• Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Ph.D., M.D., Founder, The Natural Step, an international not-for-profit organisation with a mission to connect sustainability leaders with the inspiration and education they need to integrate economic, environmental and social priorities into their planning and decision-making
• Vassilis Triantopoulos, President, Young Enterpreneurs Association Hellas (with the distinctive title “YoungLeaders”), a non-profit organisation founded in 2007 by a group of young, established entrepreneurs
• Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya Group of Hospitals, which was founded in 2001 with a vision of providing affordable healthcare to the masses world-wide

FACTS & STATS
A rich selection of comprehensive data, facts and recent statistics can be found throughout the EuroCharity Yearbook. Authoritative sources include Aon Hewitt, Hay Group, United Nations, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Global Compact, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Centre for Sustainable Leadership (CSL), Copenhagen Business School, Ketchum, Sustainability Leadership Institute, Don Bray, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, GlobeScan, SustainAbility, The Natural Step, GRLI, Great Place to Work® Institute, CIA, World Economic Forum and others.

CORPORATE LEADERSHIP
Corporate leaders and CEOs profiled in the EuroCharity Yearbook 2011/12 – Leadership for Sustainability include Delhaize Group, AB Vassilopoulos, APIVITA, Citi, Italcementi Group, Halyps Cement, HYGEIA Group, ICAP Group, INTERAMERICAN (part of Achmea of The Netherlands), Japan Tobacco International (JTI), KPMG, Leaders for Economic Change Programme (made possible by ABN AMRO Bank, ING Bank and KPMG; the programme itself was made possible by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amsterdam Bright City, CREM B.V. and many others), MYTILINEOS Group, NBG Group, OTE, COSMOTE and WIND Hellas Telecommunications.

Commenting on the EuroCharity Yearbook 2011/12 – Leadership for Sustainability, Peter Michel Heilmann, President, EuroCharity, said: “Following last year’s global success when we focused on the Future of Responsible Investing, this year’s theme, Leadership for Sustainability, could not have been better timed. Now in its fifth publishing year, the EuroCharity Yearbook rolled off the press on the eve of Rio+20, two decades after the 1992 Earth Summit and precisely four decades following the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm. A must-read for business, governmental, third sector and young leaders from around the world, our new EuroCharity Yearbook is a rich resource of information, intelligence and viewpoints written by a very diverse line-up of international guest authors and top experts. We have carefully selected this very knowledgeable group of business, academic, religious and other influential leaders and asked them to share their own ideas, expertise and proposals on Leadership for Sustainability with the high-level readers of our EuroCharity Yearbook.

“Sustainability leadership is a force for change and an everlasting journey. Today, leadership for sustainability cannot be considered to be a ‘luxury’, but an absolute necessity. We therefore hope that the EuroCharity Yearbook 2011/12 – Leadership for Sustainability will inspire its readers globally, be a catalyst for change and kick-start dialogue on this very important and timely subject world-wide.”

The National Library of Greece was the sponsor of EuroCharity’s special book presentation in Athens. MBA International (AUEB) was the grand supporter, while the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce also officially supported this event. Media sponsors: the Kathimerini English Edition / International Herald Tribune and KERDOS dailies; the MarketingWeek, CSR Review and HR Professional magazines; the CSRweek e-newsletter; Think Plus; CSRnews.gr and CSRwire.com. Wine sponsor: Limnos Organic Wines.

EUROCHARITY YEARBOOKS
The EuroCharity Yearbooks aim at highlighting critical issues and helping galvanise public opinion into positive action. To date, five multi-stakeholder albums have been published with the contribution of over 150 guest authors from 20+ countries, which have been distributed to more than 10,000 key stakeholders in 50+ countries on four continents. Indicatively, EuroCharity Yearbook readers and contributors include heads of state (Presidents), Prime Ministers, Ministers and Deputy Ministers/Chancellors, royal family members active or interested in sustainability and related issues, European Commissioners, members of Parliament of numerous countries and of the European Parliament, Nobel laureates, academics, activists, adventurers, authors, CEOs, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, financiers, bankers, investors, ESG asset managers, philanthropists, top-level United Nations officials, journalists, publishers, NGO leaders, university students, researchers and many others.

The fifth EuroCharity Yearbook is a climate-neutral publication, since all CO2 emissions associated to the publishing process were offset through high-quality carbon credits generated by the Capacity Upgrade of Gunung Salak Geotherman Power Plant Project in Indonesia.

For further information on the invitation-only October 29 launch in Brussels, please visit www.eurocharity.eu/en/story/8719.

Speeches delivered during the Athens book presentation from the following presenters are now available on-line at www.eurocharity.eu:

• EuroCharity: Peter Michel Heilmann, President
• EuroCharity: Michael Spanos, Managing Partner
• Italcementi Group: Serge Schmidt, Managing Director, Halyps Building Materials S.A.
• Citi: Grant Carson, Citi Country Officer, Greece

To order the EuroCharity Yearbook 2011/12 – Leadership for Sustainability on-line, please visit http://eshop.eurocharity.eu/en/catalog/order-eurocharity-yearbooks or contact EuroCharity at info@eurocharity.org.