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Capgemini supports the United Nations "Caring for Climate" initiative
 
 Capgemini, a member of
the United Nations
Global Compact (UNGC)
since 2004, has pledged
its support to the
"Caring for Climate"
initiative. Launched in
July 2007 at the UNGC
Leaders Summit, the
project is designed to
advance business
commitments on climate
change in markets around
the world.
   Paul Hermelin, CEO of
Capgemini, is one of 200		 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 publicly disclose their
emissions and work
together with
governments where the
Group is located to
develop climate friendly
policies.
   The UNGC brings
business together with
governments, large
companies, United
Nations agencies, labour
and civil society to
advance 10 universal
principles notably in
the areas of human		 
 rights, labour,
environment and
anti-corruption.
   "Our support of this
initiative is another
important step in our
commitment to corporate
social responsibility
and sustainable
development. Moreover,
it is very much in line
with the actions we have
begun in recent years to
minimise our
environmental impact and
to save energy		 
 expenditure in the
workplace," said
Hermelin.
   Capgemini is one of
the few companies in its
sector to disclose as
much of its carbon
footprint as can be
calculated in both the
annual report and as
part of the Carbon
Disclosure Project (CDP)


http://www.cdproject.net/
 		 
 CEOs worldwide who have
signed up as official
supporters of the
initiative to commit to
the development of
corporate strategies and
practices to reduce
carbon emissions,		 
 
TCS subsidiary wins €100m BPO contract
 
 Diligenta, a subsidiary
of Tata Consultancy
Services, has won a
contract to deliver
business process
outsourcing services to
support Sun Life
Financial of Canada UK's
(SLF UK) operations. The
services, expected to
commence in May 2008,
are estimated to be
worth €100m (over $200m)
over the life of the		 
 contract.
   Diligenta has been
working with SLF UK as
preferred supplier since
October 2007, following
a competitive tender
which came towards the
natural end of SLF UK's
existing outsourcing
agreement. Diligenta
will continue to run the
operation in Basingstoke
where SLF UK's head
office is based. 		 
    "This contract win
adds significantly to
Diligenta's reputation
as a leading player in
the UK Life and Pensions
outsourcing market and
is proof that the TCS
promise of certainty can
be translated in that
market," said Phiroz
Vandrevala, chairman of
Diligenta.
   "With the Sun Life
Financial deal,		 
 Diligenta is moving into
the second phase of its
history, expanding its
client base and UK
market share and we are
confident it heralds
further growth for
Diligenta," added A.S.
Lakshminarayanan,
vice-president and
country head, TCS UK &
Ireland.
   Diligenta is the
UK-based, FSA regulated		 
 subsidiary of TCS. Since
2006, it has provided
BPO services for the
Pearl Group under a
12-year, €486m contract
to consolidate 11
financial and
administrative systems
onto a single platform.
  
   		 
 
Kline strengthens management consulting capabilities in Europe
 
 Consulting and research
firm Kline & Company has
recruited Luca
Raffellini to further
develop and support the
firm's management
consulting client base
located throughout
Europe, Russia, and the
Middle East.
   Raffellini most
recently was the head of
global marketing for the
Infineum Group, a
joint-venture of
ExxonMobil and Shell
specialising in
petroleum additives. He
will be based in the		 
 Oxford, UK office.
   In his role as
director with Kline
Europe, Raffellini will
lead client service
teams providing chemical
and energy industry
clients with strategy
development, technology
management, and merger
and acquisition support.
   "Luca's expertise in
corporate and business
strategy development for
multinational clients
and on M&A assistance
will be invaluable to
our clients," said Fred
du Plessis, senior vice		 
 president, Kline Europe.
"His commercial industry
and consulting
experience with
companies doing business
in polymers,
specialties, and
particularly across the
lubricant industry value
chain complements
Kline's legacy serving
these industry
segments."
   "Kline has an
outstanding reputation,
spanning nearly half a
century, helping
companies to address
business challenges,		 
 capitalise on global
market opportunities,
and grow profitably,"
said Raffellini. "I'm
excited to be part of
the team and I look
forward to working with
our clients to help them
achieve their goals."
   Prior to his position
with Infineum,
Raffellini was a senior
manager in the chemicals
practice at Arthur D.
Little in London and has
held R&D and commercial
positions with EniChem
in Italy.
   He earned a doctorate		 
 in chemistry from
Bologna University in
Italy and an MBA from
Cranfield University in
the United Kingdom.
Raffellini currently
serves on the Harvard
Business Review Advisory
Council, on the
Communication Directors
Business Board, and has
been on the Business
Competition Judging
Panel of Oxford
University.
  
  
   		 
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