Corporate Citizenship

Amanda Jordan

Amanda is Joint Chair of Corporate Citizenship

My career began in the voluntary sector in policy and campaigning. That background made my move into the corporate sector a surprise to everyone, including me, and some wonder as a move that way was virtually unheard of at that time. However I had the job of a lifetime at NatWest initially developing a strategic focus for community involvement, inventing the concept of financial literacy and being in the vanguard of employee involvement. We were the first to measure skills development and my drive to demonstrate business impact led me to set up the London Benchmarking Group LBG with David Logan – now my joint Chair at Corporate Citizenship.

I then moved on to develop and run our joined up corporate responsibility strategy. I kept my public policy interests and took on a number of public appointments including as a member of one of the key lottery bodies, the New Deal Advisory Board and as an advisor to the Social Exclusion Unit when it was first established in the Cabinet Office. Helping to set up the inaugural corporate responsibility unit in government.

I love a challenge and took on the ultimate when setting up my own business The SMART Company – one of CC constituent businesses. Growing that business has been the most satisfying experience of my career. I have been lucky to have been part of a movement that has helped business to demonstrate that it is a force for positive change -  You should never lose sight of the bigger picture.

Past Experience
Age Concern,  Scope, NCVO, NatWest, The SMART Company.

Other roles
Former non executive Chair of Internet Watch Foundation and non exec Director of the Banking Code Standards Board. Chair of the Baring Foundation and The National Literacy Trust. Current Chair of UKCCIS Industry Standards working group. Member of ICAEW Sustainability and the ICCSR Advisory Boards.

Clients have included: PwC, ExxonMobil, Aviva, National Grid Foundation, Vodafone Foundation, Sodexo, Alliance Trust

Call Amanda to talk: About Corporate Citizenship and the whole range of what we do.

Alison Braybrooks

Alison is an Associate Director and Head of LBG

Companies play a major role in society and I strongly believe each company has the potential to be a major force for good. My drive and passion comes from working with companies to understand and fulfil this potential.

My first taste of corporate responsibility came in the voluntary sector, heading up corporate fundraising and sponsorship teams at three leading charities – Macmillan, NCH and Shelter – before joining EDF Energy as Community Investment Strategy Manager. Now, with over a decade and a half of experience, I find being a consultant at Corporate Citizenship allows me to use my knowledge and expertise to successfully advise a wide range of clients.

I enjoy helping companies set new ground in corporate responsibility. Most recently, this has been focussed around assessing social impacts and proving the business case for community investment. Corporate Citizenship is a great environment in which to work. We are a team that challenges ourselves and challenges our clients to continually look outside the box and improve what we do.

Past experience: EDF Energy, Macmillan, NCH and Shelter

Clients have included: Barclays, BT, Friends Provident, HSBC, Vodafone, Volunteering England

Call Alison to talk: Community Investment, Employee Engagement, Impact Assessment, Internal Communication, New Business, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategy Development

Amy Lunt

Amy is a Senior Consultant

Back in 2001, I emerged from Bath University with a brand new PhD in the still emerging field of corporate responsibility, wondering what to do next. Fortunately, I discovered the SMART Company and joined them as one of their first employees. Our wide range of clients, from The National Trust to Lloyds TSB, gave me a great insight into what CR meant out in the real world. Since then, we’ve seen some big changes in corporate responsibility and some big changes for our company. What hasn’t changed is the sense that companies and the people within them have real power and capacity to bring about positive change, both social and environmental, and being part of that has got to be one of the best places to be in the business world.

Past experience: The SMART Company; CEA@Islington

Clients have included: Richemont, The GoAhead Group, National Grid, Lloyds TSB, Charities Aid Foundation

Call Amy to talk: Research, Community Investment and Corporate Foundations

Rupali Patni

Rupali is an Associate Director at Corporate Citizenship and leads our reporting services.

I left university wanting to save the world – as one does. The only question was how…! My undergraduate years at LSE left me in no doubt as to the immense social, environmental and economic challenges facing our world. At the same time it was becoming clear that the actors were changing – the role of the public sector was diminishing and the role of business was growing in all spheres of life, including social and economic development. Helping businesses harness their energies to be a force for good seemed to be the way to go.

Eight years of sustainability consulting have brought their share of realism and pragmatism. Change takes time. But I still feel inspired by the work we do and privileged to work with some of the leading lights in this area – both colleagues and clients!

My work ranges from developing sustainability strategies for clients to address their biggest impacts on society; to helping them communicate their journey in a creative yet credible way.

Clients have included: Unilever, Abbott Laboratories, Coca-Cola, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Standard Life, Roche Pharmaceuticals, BAA, Centrica, Nationwide Building Society

Past history: CSR consulting at Article 13

Call Rupali to talk: Sustainability/CSR strategy, Reporting, Assurance, Stakeholder engagement.

Cecilia Law

Cecilia is Corporate Citizenship’s Office Manager

I make sure everything is in its place and the office runs like clock work. I help support the team from conducting desk research and event logistics, to sorting out computer woes and providing a creative eye for those all important presentations.

Prior to joining Corporate Citizenship, my background is in PR, working on a range of consumer accounts and dabbling with clients in the health and fitness industry before deciding that my time could be better spent doing something that makes a difference, rather than selling in another product/service to hard-nosed journalists.

Past experience: Killa Communications, Hattrick Marketing and freelance PR.

Clients have included: Bacardi Brown Forman, Channel 4, Georgia Pacific, Habitat and an array of health and fitness clients.

Call Cecilia to talk: Corporate Citizenship Knowledge Series, marketing, general enquiries and anything in between.

Chad Rogerson

Chad is a Senior consultant at Corporate Citizenship

My passion for corporate responsibility evolved out of an educational background in marketing and ecology. I became fascinated by the role of business in society in terms of both environmental and social impact, and particularly how companies improve and communicate performance. Six years on, I’ve experienced corporate responsibility through a number of different roles, from working in-house in the financial services sector to managing corporate partnerships for NGOs. In 2007, I jumped at the opportunity to join Corporate Citizenship, to work for a consultancy that has been pushing the boundaries in this field for over 10 years. I look forward to coming in to work every day, not only because I’m able to work with a fantastic array of clients on a wide range of interesting projects, but also to be part of a buzzing team that is so passionate about the work that we do.

Past experience: Credit Suisse, ABN AMRO, Whizz-Kidz, Deafness Research UK

Clients have included: Aviva, Barclays, Britvic, City of London, Hammerson, Hewitt, Mars, Provident Financial and T-Mobile

Call Chad to talk: Assurance, Community, Impacts, New Business, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategy Development

David Logan

David Logan is Joint Chair of Corporate Citizenship with Amanda Jordan

My early career was with the British Trades Union Congress which I left to work on youth unemployment and community economic renewal in the voluntary sector.  That is where I helped run a community owned business and came into contact with a range of companies that supported our work when government was making it difficult.  I saw the value of what companies could do and 1980 I joined the Community Affairs staff of Levi Strauss & Co managing activities across Europe.  I move to San Francisco and worked for the Social Responsibility and Ethic Committee of the company on a wide range of CSR issues around the world.

After leaving Levis, I consulted on CSR for several years, returned to the UK and then started The Corporate Citizenship Company with Mike Tuffrey in 1997, to gear up for the rapidly emerging interest in the field which companies were showing in Europe and beyond. Business had become the driver of the global economy and it was seeking to define its role as a good corporate citizen in its own business and the total value chain around the world.  I have been able to travel across five continents for our international clients, and see how business helps shape human society and culture around the globe, the power of business can be a force of good and I am still excited by the challenge of making that real and effective.

Past experience: Teaching, The Trades Union Congress, Youthaid and the Jubilee Hall, Levi Strauss & Co, The Corporate Citizenship Company.

Client have included: Unilever, Vodafone, Cadbury, Diageo, IFC, UNICEF, Abbott and Deloitte

Call David to talk: about ethics and values, economic and social measurement, managing CSR around the world in different cultures, and a wide range of the work we do.

Deepa Mirchandani

Deepa is a Consultant at Corporate Citizenship.

I joined Corporate Citizenship (SMART Company as was) in October 2007.

After a Politics and Spanish degree I left university full of beans and wanting to make a difference in the world. This enthusiasm initially led me to being Parliamentary Officer at Amnesty International (UK) and also working for Save the Children Fund.

My interest in corporate responsibility comes from having the belief that if international standards, principles and aspirations for how we should live are to be met, then business’ buy-in, engagement and participation is vital to making this happen. There’s much to be done to realise sustainable development globally, and being a part of the action has been a driving force throughout my career. A couple of roles in the venture capital and responsible investment worlds led me to Corporate Citizenship and the enthusiasm continues. It’s inspiring to work with people who are passionate about what they do and are determined to deliver pragmatic yet creative solutions to the many challenges businesses face. It’s a bonus to also have clients who are constantly challenging themselves to achieve more as responsible global citizens.

Past experience: Amnesty International (UK), Save the Children, P3 Ventures, FTSE

Clients include: ACEVO, BP, Caterpillar (UK), Cadbury, Freshfields, Sony, UNHCR

Call Deepa to talk: Community Investment & LBG, MDGs, Impacts measurement

Francesca Hicks

Francesca is a senior researcher and acting editor of the publication Corporate Citizenship Briefing.

After my degree, and a stint at The Ecologist, I was keen to work more closely with the corporate world, yet continue to be involved in social and environmental issues. The fact that, via corporate responsibility, business is seeking to make a real difference through positive contributions, responsible activity and careful management is really exciting to me. I see engagement with the corporate sector as an opportunity to bring about real change. Corporate Citizenship is about facilitating those changes, and helping companies to take responsibility for their actions in a very positive way. The way humans operate needs to change significantly, and this company is about advising and implementing those changes. I joined Corporate Citizenship as an intern, and then persuaded them to let me stay!

Past experience: MA in History and Anthropology at Edinburgh University, followed by a year working as a student nurse, then The Ecologist Magazine, and afterwards a few short term research projects, before starting at Corporate Citizenship.

Client history: I have carried out research for Standard Life, Sony, ANZ, DHL, Friends Provident, Britvic and Whitbread.

Call Francesca to talk about: press releases, media partnerships and advertising for Corporate Citizenship Briefing

Grace Palazzolo

Grace is Corporate Citizenship’s Marketing and Creative Director.

I came to Corporate Citizenship having spent most of my working life in the world of Consumer PR.  Increasingly I found I was spending more and more of my working day wondering why it was getting so hard to feel enthusiastic about coming up with ‘more creative ways’ to get people to write about and buy different brands.  It seemed obvious that rather spending all day brainstorming the merits of ‘celebrity endorsement’ versus ‘guerilla stunt’ why weren’t we encouraging clients to do something real and take a positive action that would not only give them a competitive edge but create a whole new way of connecting with a much wider group of people.  So, when I joined Corporate Citizenship in 2007, it was with a feeling of real excitement about having the opportunity to be part of a business committed to helping clients make a positive difference.  What can I tell you?  So far, so good!

Past experience: WCRS, Freud Communications and HHCL & Partners followed by setting up my own agency, Killa Communications.

Clients have included: Pepsi, Bombay Sapphire, ITV, Texaco, Yahoo, Habitat, Channel 4, Oxfam, Sci Fi Channel, Bacardi Brown Forman and Sky.

Call Grace to talk: Brands, Communication, New Business

Helen Rushton

Helen is a Director at Corporate Citizenship.

Having worked in-house, as Head of Corporate Responsibility for Camelot, I have had hands-on experience of stakeholder consultation, social auditing and reporting. I don’t just know about CR in theory – I have got my hands dirty, convinced the sceptics and seen the real difference a fully embedded CR strategy can make. It is for this reason that I am so passionate about the power of stakeholder dialogue; understanding your stakeholder’s views and priorities is a vital ingredient of long term business success.

During my 6 years in consultancy, my most rewarding projects have involved the strategic integration of CR within an organisation; bringing corporate responsibility in to the mainstream of a business’ strategy.

I enjoy working with clients, getting to grips with their organisation’s issues and helping them to identify and manage their key social, ethical and environmental risks. I have a particular interest in companies with challenging and high profile social impacts, including those in the alcohol and gambling sectors.

Good client relationships are central to the success of a project. One of my clients recently said to me “You were much more than consultants to us, you were truly part of S&N” – and that to me is what my job is all about.

Past experience: Camelot, Aristoc, Sleepeeze and, pre merger, The SMART Company. MBA from Warwick Business School

Clients have included: Scottish & Newcastle, Richemont, Alfred Dunhill, National Express, Royal and Sun Alliance, Sodexo, Aegis, MFI, 888.com, Sportingbet and Rank.

Call Helen to talk: CSR strategy, reporting, assurance, stakeholder engagement and community investment.

Ita McMahon

Ita is a Senior consultant at Corporate Citizenship.

I came to Corporate Citizenship from DEFRA, where I’d been involved in emissions trading policy and the early planning stages of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. Joining Corporate Citizenship was a great opportunity to work “hands on” with companies on a wider range of CR issues.

Two and a half years later, I’ve worked with clients on everything from community investment and LBG, to report writing, assurance and e-learning. It’s the variety of the work that I enjoy. And it’s good to be doing a job that – slowly but surely – is helping to shape for the better the way that companies are run.

Past experience: DEFRA, Hitachi and local government in Japan.

Clients have included: Linklaters, UNHCR, UNICEF, Deutsche Post, Unilever, Vodafone Foundation, Britvic and Gatwick Airport.

Call Ita to talk: Community investment, impact measurement and report writing

Jon Lloyd

Jon is a senior consultant and acting head of LBG

I work with clients on a range of projects from community investment strategy through assurance and on to CSR reporting. I take most enjoyment from helping clients to develop practical solutions to the challenges of operating both responsibly and competitively. If there’s one thing that sets Corporate Citizenship apart from the pack it’s our ability to move clients beyond the ‘why’ and on to the ‘how’ of CSR.

I have been involved with LBG since crunching its first full benchmark numbers back in 2001 and have been proud to see membership grow to more than 120 companies, with an ever expanding international network. I am also excited as we enter a new phase of impact assessment that can take reporting of the results of corporate community investment to a new level.

Past experience: Office for National Statistics, Employment Service

Clients have included: BSkyB, Diageo, ISS UK, Shell, Unilever, Whitbread, Zurich

Call Jon to talk: Assurance, Community investment, Impact assessment, LBG

Katie Dodds

Katie works as Consultant for Corporate Citizenship

After spending four years working in the financial sector I decided to return to university to build on my undergraduate degree in Environmental Science. I came to Corporate Citizenship after completing an MSc in Environmental Technology at Imperial College London where I specialised in Environmental Economics and Policy. It was while writing my thesis on managing the CSR issues faced by UK supermarkets that I realised I wanted to work in the industry.

I primarily work on projects within Corporate Citizenship’s ClimateSMART service offering, which involves environmental data analysis, carbon footprinting and report writing. I have worked on projects for a number of global companies, providing research and analysis of stakeholder issues, as well as third‐party assurance.

Past experience: NatWest Plc, Savills Private Finance Ltd, Citigroup SRI Team.

Clients have included: Gatwick Airport, Pearson, Royal & Sun Alliance, and Vodafone

Call Katie to talk: ClimateSMART, Sustainability Services

Larissa Carter

Larissa is a Consultant at Corporate Citizenship

I became interested in corporate responsibility while studying for my Masters in International Business. I’d never heard of CR prior to joining the course but five minutes into the introductory lecture I was sold. It was one of the most inspiring talks I had been to – not because it offered any solutions or clever facts and methodologies, but because it showed the intrinsic links between companies, communities and our environment, and unearthed the vast scope of issues surrounding the services and products that we take for granted in everyday life. I made the decision to specialise in CR, and went on to work in the CR reporting teams at Standard Chartered Bank and Corporate Edge following my graduation. I joined Corporate Citizenship in April 2007 and have worked with some great clients across the private and voluntary sector focusing on community investment, research and CR reporting. I am also an LBG account manager, and I run the Knowledge Series to encourage debate around key CR topics.

Past experience: The Corporate Citizenship Company, Standard Chartered Bank, Corporate Edge

Clients have included: Volunteering England, Exxon Mobil, PepsiCo, The Nationwide Foundation, Abbey Charitable Trust, Imperial Tobacco Group, Unilever

Call Larissa to talk: Community investment strategy / research, London Benchmarking Group, Knowledge Series

Liza Lort-Phillips

Liza is Associate Director at Corporate Citizenship.

My journey to Corporate Citizenship has been a Beatles-esque long and winding road that began in the bowels of a Chinese state-owned brewery, took a brief detour to West Africa, and ended with a nice window seat and a pot plant in a smart part of London.

In the early-mid ‘90’s, there was nowhere more exciting to be than working in China, the world’s largest and fastest growing market, advising companies how to build their businesses. But it became increasingly apparent to me that while deals were being struck, factories were being built and land was being cleared, companies were far less aware of the environmental and social impacts they were having. I decided to return to the UK – then regarded as a beacon of progress on the subject of corporate citizenship – to learn more.  My work with Save the Children taught me the effectiveness of campaigning from the ‘outside’ but it was my arrival at Corporate Citizenship that gave me the opportunity to campaign from within..though scaling buildings and dressing up in orangutan outfits is sadly ruled out..!

A friend once said to me ‘it must be nice to wake up to a job that gives you an opportunity to make a difference’.. Well, yes, rewarding to get a ‘light-bulb moment’, but most times it’s a case of slowly chipping away and letting in the chinks of light…but then as Tesco might say, ‘every little helps..!’

Past experience: Director, APCO China, Private Sector Advisor, Save the Children, Procurement Manager, Carlsberg Brewery, South China

Clients have included: Cadbury, Heineken, Vodafone, Durex, Britvic, SAB Miller, Tiffany’s, Estee Lauder, Dunhill, Holcim China, Global Witness

Call Liza to talk about: China, supply chain, brand footprint, karate tips

Megan DeYoung

Megan leads our US office

Having grown up in a house where one of the family mottos was “no one can do everything, but everyone can do something,” my family and friends are not surprised that my career involves working on social and environmental issues.  After graduating from Emory University, I worked for a nonprofit organization where I assisted businesses with recycling initiatives. Realizing that I did not want to be limited to only one issue, I pursued graduate studies in corporate responsibility at the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, and received a MBA and a MS in Natural Resources and Environment.  Working on international projects in Croatia and Peru while in graduate school led me to Population Services International (PSI), a nonprofit organization working on health issues in developing countries.  At PSI I advised our offices in Africa, traveling to the region several times, and established a service offering that developed and ran corporate employee HIV/AIDS education programs.

Since my passion is working with businesses on multiple social and environmental issues, I took a job in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ sustainability practice.  Three years later when a position opened at Corporate Citizenship, I knew that it was the perfect place for me to combine my skills, knowledge, and passion to work closely with businesses to embed corporate responsibility into their operations in a way that creates business value.

Past experience: WasteCap of Massachusetts, Calvert Group, Population Services International, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Clients have included: PepsiCo, Hershey’s, Abbott, National Grid

Call Megan to talk: consumer brand (BrandFit), reporting and assurance, corporate responsibility strategy

Mike Tuffrey

Mike is a founding director of Corporate Citizenship

Having worked with companies on CSR since 1987, a decade ago I asked for my P45, left the security of employment and set out with David Logan to create our own management consultancy – unashamedly intending to create the best, most business-focused and internationally-orientated agency. Today it’s a source of pride and pleasure to have more than 30 colleagues, offices in London and New York and associates around the world.

The intervening years have brought unique opportunities to work on the inside with some of the world’s leaders in responsible and sustainable business – and the ability that brings truly to make a difference.

Along the way, I’ve combined business with active involvement in local government and as a volunteer with community groups too. Today I serve as an elected member of the London Assembly, and among other responsibilities have been appointed by the mayor to the London Sustainable Development Commission.

What gets me out of bed in the morning? Well, usually the noisy intervention of my kids. And actually that answers the ‘why’ question too… hopefully everything I try to do is in some small way helping make the world a better place, now and for future generations.

Past history: Economics degree from Durham University. Chartered accountant, qualifying with KPMG. Speech writer and legislative counsel, House of Lords. Director, Action Resource Centre (employee engagement charity, now part of BitC). Consultant with PRIMA Europe, public and community affairs agency. Founded Corporate Citizenship Briefing in 1991. Named by the London Evening Standard as one of the 1000 most influential Londoners for work on the environment. Served as a judge for IR Magazine’s best annual report award, for the Charities Aid Foundation Company of the Year and on the IPPR public involvement awards panel, among others.

Clients have included: Unilever, HSBC, Centrica and Standard Life.

Call Mike to talk: about any aspect of developing your strategies for building a responsible and sustainable business

Mitun Majumdar

Mitun is a Senior Consultant at Corporate Citizenship

I have always been interested in how business works. My years working as a Chartered Accountant for BDO Stoy Hayward certainly gave me valuable insight into the inner workings of many different companies across a spectrum of industries. A background in economics, followed by five years working with companies on financial and business assurance projects convinced me of the pivotal role of business in society and the opportunities to maximise the positive contribution companies can make. However, it was a move into an in-house corporate responsibility team that gave me first-hand experience of the challenges that arise in the implementation of a corporate responsibility strategy and the rewards of getting it right.

Since joining Corporate Citizenship in 2008, I have really enjoyed the variety in my work – the clients, the issues they face and the approaches they take. Whether it’s helping corporate responsibility leaders to measure and report their economic impact, or helping companies starting out on their CR journey to identify their impacts and develop their strategies, it has been a brilliant experience so far!

Past experience: BDO Stoy Hayward, HM Treasury

Clients have included: Aviva, Richemont, Go-Ahead Group, DHL, Alliance Trust, Xchanging and Telecity Group

Call Mitun to talk: Assurance, Reporting, Economic Impact and Strategy

Peter Hughes

Peter is a Director at Corporate Citizenship

Joining Corporate Citizenship from SMART, I have built up eight years of consultancy experience and a further 13 years working on corporate responsibility issues.  Having joined SMART from day one, I am proud to still work with many of the same clients all these years later.   My simple formula is:

1. Listen to the client – understanding their issues
2. Share knowledge, so the client can solve the problem next time.
3. Deliver what the client wants whether that be board level strategic advice or an extra pair of hands
4. Measure success by which ideas the client adopts.

Past experience: The SMART Company and 13 long years at NatWest.

Clients have included: Pearson, Abbott Laboratories, BDO Stoy Hayward, The Go-Ahead Group, Centrica, Richemont and Standard Chartered.

Call Peter to talk: Reporting, assurance, stakeholder engagement, supply chains, community investment and environmental management

Peter Truesdale

Peter is an Associate Director.

Peter specialises in a number of aspects: reporting, report assurance and external standards.

I came to Corporate Citizenship in 1999 after nearly twenty years in the HR and Public Affairs functions of Esso. I love the content of what we do, the really interesting issues our clients are engaged with and the people that we meet who are on the front line making corporate citizenship a reality.

Past experience: Working in Esso in the human resources function, everything from service delivery to salary systems planning, and public affairs running the community programmes.

Clients have included: Cadbury, HSBC, Lafarge, SABMiller

Call Peter to talk: Report assurance, external standards

Sue Woolcott

Sue is Directors’ PA & Client Liaison Officer

I started with Corporate Citizenship back in 1997 (a long time before the merger with the SMART Company).  Being with the company for so long is I think an indication of the positive way I feel about the people I work with as well as what the company does.

I look after the company’s directors, manage subscriptions for the company’s bi-monthly journal ‘Corporate Citizenship Briefing’, and provide admin support to the LBG team along with making sure the office runs smoothly.

In my spare time I love going for long walks with our border collie, and in fact I find that my experience of dog training stands me in good stead when attempting to keep everything in order at Corporate Citizenship!

Past experience: The Magistrates Courts Service in various management roles and then at PRIMA Europe, a public policy research company as an executive assistant.

Call Sue to talk about: CCB subscriptions, Directors’ diaries, LBG Admin and any general enquiries.

Victoria Hartley

Victoria is an Associate Director at Corporate Citizenship

I joined Corporate Citizenship (SMART Company as was) in 2004. I came into corporate responsibility via fundraising for the NSPCC – many years ago! A secondment from the NSPCC into Microsoft UK’s community affairs team as their Community Affairs Project Manager opened my eyes to growing pressures on business to fulfill their responsibilities, but also the benefits that can be achieved when it works – both to the business, but also to society and the environment. After spending 6 months in South Africa, I joined the SMART team, and whilst I have continued to focus on community investment and cross sector partnerships, I have also worked across a wide range of projects and also developed our own environmental offering – Climate SMART, and am currently leading our work in the Middle East.

Corporate Citizenship has a fantastic network of clients and contacts which have allowed me to be part of so many positive things – from research, to strategy, to hands on support with implementation – what do they say about variety and the spice of life!

Past experience: NSPCC, Microsoft UK and then various community development projects in South Africa.

Clients have included: Sony, National Grid, Camelot, Scottish & Newcastle, MNDA, BP, Vodafone Foundation, Caterpillar

Call Victoria to talk: Community investment, stakeholder engagement, Environment and Middle East

Yohan Hill

Yohan is one of Corporate Citizenship’s senior consultants.

I joined Corporate Citizenship after spending about four years researching corporate responsibility (CR) in publicly listed firms for a socially responsible investment (SRI) research house called EIRIS. CR consuIting was thus a natural career progression for me as I was able to transfer knowledge and expertise of analysing CR performance on behalf of investors, to advising companies and other institutions on how to improve their CR practices in a strategic manner. I now provide CR management support and advice to a wide variety of organisations including financial institutions, professional services firms, and food and beverage manufacturers. The focus of my work is primarily on the environmental side of CR, helping companies to measure, improve upon and report their environmental performance. The emphasis here is on credible, pragmatic action that can lead to measurable improvement and greater stakeholder confidence over time – and it’s both a challenging and evolving arena to work in.

Past experience: Working for EIRIS on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange SRI Index, FTSE4Good and a range of other SRI clients including the Co-operative Bank and Norwegian Government Pension Fund.

Clients have included: BDO Stoy Hayward, Britvic, Pearson

Call Yohan to talk: ClimateSMART, Sustainability Services, SRI

Matt Balestrieri

Matt is an Intern at Corporate Citizenship.

Business to me has always been about more than the bottom line. In my undergraduate education at Marquette I straddled that line by studying management and environmental ethics and learned that a combination of both types of thinking was necessary if we were going to move toward a more sustainable way of living. After college I worked in business development and marketing management for ORP, a human services company that provides a wide array of services for individuals with disabilities. After several years in the social sector, I decided to make a switch and pursue an MBA at Columbia Business School, with the hopes of finding a balance between social, environmental and financial thinking in the business world and figuring out what it actually means to be a sustainable business.

I am very fortunate to have worked with several organizations that are exploring the boundaries of what sustainability means and where it can go. My experience includes branding and integrated marketing for BBMG, a firm at the forefront of connecting with the new conscious consumer, and strategic consulting for Verdant Power, a marine renewable energy company. And now I have arrived at Corporate Citizenship, where I am thrilled to work with clients to integrate corporate responsibility into the essence of their businesses and with colleagues who are truly passionate about bringing change to world around them.

Jen Peckman

Jen is Corporate Citizenship’s Senior Consultant and LBG US manager

I have always been interested in the intersections of society and business and have sought experiences which would give me the skill set and understanding of both sectors. I’ve worked for an international private voluntary organization focusing on international development issues in Africa, High Technology Public Relations and developed expertise in strategic and effective communications; the non-profit Hispanic Scholarship Fund and Chevron’s Corporate Community Involvement, where I learned the power of partnerships and the emerging field of corporate responsibility. Just before joining Corporate Citizenship I earned my Master’s in Public Administration from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service.

Corporate Citizenship is the perfect culmination of all my previous experiences, and I am able to help my clients — navigate the intersections of society and use their capabilities to promote positive change in the world.

Past experience: Chevron, Weber Shandwick, World Education, and The Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Clients have included: Unilever, Becton Dickinson, Pearson, and Citi

Call Jen to talk: Community involvement, LBG US, Impacts and Reporting

Andrew Wilson

Andrew is a Director at Corporate Citizenship

I have more than seventeen years experience in consulting on all aspects of corporate responsibility and sustainable development. This has provided fantastic opportunities to work with the leaders of multinational companies, advise government ministers and civil servants, and participate in initiatives in the third sector.

I have also been lucky enough to work on five continents, experiencing first hand how the role of business in society is interpreted in many different cultures.

My role as consultant is to help organisations understand changing market forces, respond appropriately and implement positive change in the way they operate.

As someone who has run a business, I know the difficulties in balancing competing stakeholder demands – I am also very aware of the benefits that come from successfully managing a company’s social and environmental impacts.

Clients have included: Barclays, Camelot, CEMEX, Hewitt, Imperial Tobacco, J&J, Telecity Group, UNICEF and Vodafone Foundation.

Past history: Management experience in the hotel and retail sectors. More recently I was director of research at Ashridge, the international business school.

Call Andrew to talk: All aspects of Corporate Citizenship’s work.

Tara James

Tara is a senior researcher at Corporate Citizenship

As a chartered environmental engineer, I have spent seven years in the consulting industry working on water sector projects. The projects have spanned stormwater reuse and recycling programmes in Australia to assessments of flood risk, including for the London 2012 Olympics and the Battersea Power Station redevelopment.

Coming from the largely-dry Australia, the concept of water sustainability has been a key focus for me in identifying ways we can reduce our environmental footprint. After taking a course on Strategic Sustainable Development however, I realised that I wanted to broaden my understanding of sustainability to encompass the full spectrum of issues we currently face, and help to educate and raise awareness in others. The more people we can get thinking and talking about sustainability (and no longer seeing “sustainability” as a dirty word equivalent to “greenwash”), the greater the chance of us achieving that goal. Joining Corporate Citizenship has allowed me to start on this journey, from providing insight into contentious issues of deforestation and biofuels to assessing strategies for employee engagement and community investment. I look forward to delving further.

Myriam Galopin

Myriam is a Consultant at Corporate Citizenship

Since graduating in Business and in International Development, I have been striving to demonstrate that the two can work hand in hand through innovative and responsible business practices.

This passion has driven me to work on community investment at The New York Times, and to join the L’Oréal group, managing The Body Shop’s social campaigns and CR strategy internationally. Finding the right corporate responsibility mix for 65 countries worldwide was no easy task but it opened my eyes to sustainability’s multiple facets, approaches and opportunities.

At Corporate Citizenship, I found a company full of people that share this passion, working with clients committed to responsible success.

Accompanying businesses on this journey is fantastic. It gives me the chance to take on new challenges, to discover new facets of sustainability and to contribute to shaping tomorrow’s sustainable companies.

Past experience: L’Oreal – The Body Shop, The New York Times

Clients have included: Britvic, Starbucks, Standard Life, Diageo, Abbott, L’Oreal

Call Myriam to talk: Campaigns, Responsible Sourcing, Strategy Development, Brands and Impacts Assessment