FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2020
GCSA: Creating a Sustainable World by Recognizing Those Who are
Building It
Entries
are now open for the Global Corporate Sustainability Awards (GCSA)
Taipei,
Taiwan, May 14th, 2020 - Companies worldwide with an
outstanding commitment to sustainable development have the opportunity
to earn the recognition and acclaim they deserve by entering the 2020
Global Corporate Sustainability Awards (GCSA).
2020 GCSA embraces the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) outlined in the UN’s 2030 agenda. In previous years, the award
winners included Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) from the US, Siemens
from Germany, ASUSTeK from Taiwan, GSB from Thailand, PT Vale Indonesia
Tbk from Indonesia, and JANAJAL from India. The entries will be
reviewed by a distinguished panel of international judges drawn from
government, academia, and corporations.
Guided
by the UN’s sustainable development outline, GCSA has four key
objectives:
1. Promoting corporate sustainability principles and SDG practices.
2. Recognizing corporate efforts toward sustainable development.
3. Honoring companies that provide complete disclosure of economic,
environmental, social and governmental performance and clearly
communicate sustainability performance and impacts through
sustainability reporting.
4. Encouraging individuals who contribute to positive impacts and
accomplish outstanding successes in sustainability.
GCSA offers awards and recognition in three major categories:
Outstanding Professional, Sustainability Reporting, and Best Practice.
GCSA-Outstanding Professional: Highlights exemplary individuals who
have made outstanding contributions to sustainable development within
their respective organizations. Individuals can be nominated for this
award by government agencies, corporations, or academic organizations.
GCSA-Sustainability Reporting: Rewards those corporations that disclose
information in their corporate social responsibility reports that is
complete, reliable, and transparent.
GCSA-Best Practice: Recognizes outstanding performance in sustainable
development business practices and projects.
Registration opens on 11th May 2020, and submission closes on
10th August 2020. The results will be announced, and the winners
notified on 4th October 2020. The awards ceremony will be held on 18th
November 2020 during the 3rd Global Corporate Sustainability Forum
(GCSF) in Taipei, Taiwan.
2020 GCSA is hosted by the Alliance for Sustainable
Development Goals(A•SDGs), co-organized by Taiwan Academy of Corporate
Sustainability (TACS), Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE),
and Center for Corporate Sustainability (CCS).
For details about 2020 GCSA, please visit: https://bit.ly/2VBbhcM
Brief
introduction of the Alliance for Sustainable Development Goals
Founded
in 2018, A•SDGs is a platform for sustainable development that brings
together industry, government, academia, non-profit organizations, and
leading companies, to promote the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), provide a positive influence on society, and promote the
future of sustainable development.
Brief
introduction of the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE)
TAISE was initiated and funded by the advocates of sustainable energy
in 2007, aiming to facilitate research into development of sustainable
energy and to promote sustainable energy infrastructure. TAISE
continuously working towards raising the awareness of sustainable
energy and related issues, establishing a knowledge exchange platform
for academic and technological sustainability groups, facilitating
publication of sustainable energy journals and specialist books, and
raising the concern of the local industries towards sustainable energy.
Through exchanges of academic knowledge and technologies, TAISE aims to
gather the expertise in the field to further the journey of sustainable
developments. For more information about TAISE, please refer to https://www.taiseen.org.tw/.