The Canary Wharf Estate is located within an area of London where many young people do not gain the skills required to move from education into the job market – the youth unemployment rate in Tower Hamlets remains well above the London average. So, Canary Wharf Group’s relationships with the community need to create a long-lasting impact through indirect economic value.
FBRH Sustain Case
Sustainability reporting using the Global Reporting Initiative’s G4 framework is essentially a four-step process: Identify – Measure – Take Action – Report
Being aware of your most important impacts
By becoming aware of your company’s most important impacts towards the environment and all your key stakeholders – investors, clients, employees, suppliers and the wider society – you will be able to measure, set targets, take action to minimize your negative impacts and increase your positive impacts.
Using the GRI Framework in order to maintain and increase the value of your company
With each article in this series the FBRH team will highlight one key impact identified by a …show more content…
Collaborating closely with Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership, an independent charity, Canary Wharf Group took on 99 work experience participants in 2014. During July and August, the Group took on four placement students for six weeks and – as part of its internship programme – also hosted undergraduates from local universities. Three Bangladeshi interns joined its East London Business Place (ELBP) team as business engagement officers, in order to recruit local black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) businesses to the Fit for Legacy (FfL) programme. Making use of their strong local ties and knowledge, the interns registered 61 businesses from this hard to reach sector of the business community – more than half from referrals – in six
FBRH Sustain Case
Sustainability reporting using the Global Reporting Initiative’s G4 framework is essentially a four-step process: Identify – Measure – Take Action – Report
Being aware of your most important impacts
By becoming aware of your company’s most important impacts towards the environment and all your key stakeholders – investors, clients, employees, suppliers and the wider society – you will be able to measure, set targets, take action to minimize your negative impacts and increase your positive impacts.
Using the GRI Framework in order to maintain and increase the value of your company
With each article in this series the FBRH team will highlight one key impact identified by a …show more content…
Collaborating closely with Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership, an independent charity, Canary Wharf Group took on 99 work experience participants in 2014. During July and August, the Group took on four placement students for six weeks and – as part of its internship programme – also hosted undergraduates from local universities. Three Bangladeshi interns joined its East London Business Place (ELBP) team as business engagement officers, in order to recruit local black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) businesses to the Fit for Legacy (FfL) programme. Making use of their strong local ties and knowledge, the interns registered 61 businesses from this hard to reach sector of the business community – more than half from referrals – in six