• Place: London, United Kingdom
• Date: 6 October 2010
• Host: Business in the Community (BITC)
• Time: 9.30 – 16.30
• Cost: 350+VAT (BITC Members) / 490+VAT (Non-BITC Members)
• RSVP contact: Esther Toth esther.toth@bitc.org.uk
• More information or registration

Description

The One Day Introduction to CR course will provide shortcuts through the plethora of Corporate Responsibility (CR) advice available and give you a chance to reflect on what is important for your company. This specialized workshop has been designed and facilitated by Business in the Community’s most experienced staff, including Stephen Farrell, Training & Development Associate. On the day, Stephen will be joined by expert company speakers who will showcase their experiences in integrating their CSR strategies.

• Place: Stuttgart, Germany
• Date: October 26-28, 2010
• Time:
• Cost: 480€
• RSVP contact: Event team, info@pe-international.com
• More information or registration

Description

Use this opportunity to inform yourself about the newest developments and trends in sustainability and exchange ideas with experts from all over the world. Register now!

• Event title: Communicating Sustainability 2010: Integrating Social Responsibility Into Your Organizations’s DNA
• Place: Santa Clara, California, US
• Date: September 22-23, 2010
• Time: 8-4PM 9/22; 9-22 PM 9/23 (virtual)
• Cost: $695
• RSVP contact: John Gerstner @jjg@communitelligence.com
• More information or registration

Description

Join us in Santa Clara (or on the Web Day 2) for challenging interactive discussions, illustrative case studies and practical tutorials. You’ll leave armed with the knowledge, inspiration — and a social network — to help you move the needle on your organization’s social responsibility program. The conference is built on these simple premises:

• Sustainability (which we define to encompass corporate responsibility, citizenship and green) is a crucially important goal for all organizations
• Good sustainability efforts can be badly
• Organizations that can create a culture that integrates sustainability into their DNA are at a competitive advantage in
• There are some exciting new tools and some inspiring new models of sustainability and communications that every organization – large and small – could benefit from knowing about.

• Place: Brussels, Belgium
• Date: 28th October 2010
• Time: 8am to 18pm
• Cost: fee structure available on the CSR Europe website
• RSVP contact: Sandrine Lalmant: enterprise2020@csreurope.org
• More information or registration

Description

Enterprise 2020 is about addressing global, regional and national socio-economic challenges crucial in driving transformation towards a smart, sustainable and inclusive society. CSR Europe will address these issues through Communities of Practice focused on innovative company initiatives and joint business and stakeholder collaborative ventures. This event brings together companies, European institutions, non-governmental organisations, government representatives, academics and other stakeholders from Europe and internationally. They will provide insights and opportunities for you to do your part. It is your point of departure for Enterprise 2020!

Contact details

• MA Programme Leader, Dr Nadia Bernaz: n.bernaz@mdx.ac.uk
• MA administrator, Ms Sharon Procter: humanrights@mdx.ac.uk
• Phone: 0044 (0)20 8411 6149

• Event: Great Leaders Conference
• Place: New York City, United States
• Date: October 7, 2010
• Time: 8:30 am to 6:30 pm
• Website: www.greatleadersconference.com

Description

The Great Leaders Conference is a CSR event that is grounded in the belief that the culture of leadership is fundamentally changing. The Great Leaders Conference will bring together pioneers in the areas of Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Advocacy, Sustainability and Innovation. Thanks to a new culture of accountability, companies today are seen through the lens of the Triple Bottom Line: people, planet and profit. The GLC will honor innovative CEOs who are building socially responsible organizations, and demonstrate how business can use social influence and social channels to give back. The aim of the Conference is to inspire today’s business leaders to think creatively and act responsibly. The Great Leaders Conference is an invitation-only event for C-Suite and Senior Executives from across all industries.

El Dr. Wayne Visser, Fundador y Director del Think Tank “CSR International” y profesor del Programa de Sustentabilidad de Cambridge, de visita en la Argentina, compartió sus conocimientos en un workshop teórico-práctico desarrollado en Casa Natura. El encuentro de reflexión para ejecutivos de RSE fue organizado por ReporteSocial con el apoyo de Acindar, Arcor, Carrefour, Gas Natural BAN, Grupo Sancor Seguros, Manpower, Natura y Nobleza Piccardo, y se centró en las oportunidades y desafíos de impulsar el cambio a través de la sustentabilidad en las personas, organizaciones y la sociedad en su conjunto.

El miércoles 14 de julio, en el encuentro desarrollado por ReporteSocial en Casa Natura, el Dr. Wayne Visser presentó sus investigaciones realizadas sobre el perfil y rol de los ejecutivos de RSE para promover el cambio en las organizaciones, abordando problemáticas sociales, ambientales y éticas en las corporaciones. Los participantes pudieron explorar la interacción entre valores, inspiración, expertise, pensamiento estratégico, contribución social y motivación en los líderes de sustentabilidad de distintas partes del mundo. A través de ejemplos concretos, analistas y gerentes de RSE reflexionaron sobre su rol como agentes de cambio, ya sea como expertos, facilitadores, catalizadores y/o activistas en sus organizaciones, explorando los desafíos y oportunidades para promover la sustentabilidad en sus organizaciones, a través de estrategias integrales y transversales.

Según Wayne “Subestimamos el rol de las personas para cambiar el mundo. Muchos de los cambios más dramáticos han ocurrido a través de individuos apasionados. Uno de los grandes desafíos para impulsar el cambio hoy en día es la resolución de los problemas sociales, ambientales y éticos que enfrenta la sociedad. En este contexto, las empresas deben decidir si actuarán en forma defensiva, en cuyo caso serán parte de los problemas, o si serán proactivas, buscando formar parte de las soluciones. Muchos de los “héroes silenciosos” actuales no siempre tomados en cuenta, son los ejecutivos de RSE, quienes como agentes de cambio constructivo enfrentan desafíos tanto dentro como fuera de las empresas”.

Wayne Visser, PhD en Sustentabilidad y CSR, es senior associate del Programa de Liderazgo para la Sustentabilidad de la Universidad de Cambridge y profesor adjunto en RSE de la Escuela de Negocios de La Trobe. Es autor/ editor de diez libros sobre el rol de las empresas en la sociedad, uno de los más recientes “La Guía Mundial sobre la Sustentabilidad y Responsabilidad Corporativa”, que incluye, entre otros, capítulos específicos sobre el estado de la RSE en Argentina y América Latina. Para más información www.waynevisser.com

ReporteSocial es una organización que impulsa el desarrollo de la RSE y sustentabilidad en Argentina, romoviendo la innovación, el cambio y las mejores prácticas en las organizaciones. Para más información www.reportesocial.com. Contacto María Irigoyen, Directora de Proyectos. Tel. de contacto:4802-5675.

• Topic: Human Rights and Business: Towards Ethical Globalisation?
• Place: Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
• Date: 14 July 2010
• Time: 6-9pm
• Cost: Free but registration necessary
• RSVP contact: Ms Sharon Procter: humanrights@mdx.ac.uk
• More information or registration

Description

An interactive panel discussion on “Human Rights and Business: Towards Ethical Globalisation?”with Christopher Avery (Director of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre), Martyn Day (Senior Partner at Leigh Day &Co), Petter Matthews (Construction Industry Transparency Initiative), Stephanie Stocker (Clifford Chance) and Prof. Joshua Castellino, Head of the Law Department at Middlesex University.

• Place: Berlin, Germany
• Date: 22nd-24th September 2010
• Cost: dependend on participant and time of registration. Further information
• RSVP contact: Anja Schwerk, info@csr-hu-berlin.org
• More information or registration

Description

The 4th International CSR-Conference at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is organized and hosted by the Institute of Management – Forum Business & Society – at the School of Business and Economics at Humboldt-University Berlin and by its program partners. Among the 500 participants are representatives from science, corporations, politics and governmental- as well as non-governmental organizations. Thus, the conference addresses both practitioners and academia!

Topics to be discussed will range widely within the general field of CSR but in particular focus on approaching the “the bottom of the pyramid”, social business and entrepreneurship, partnerships between companies and civil society organisations, CSR measurement and the internal management process, responsible leadership and management education.