Corporate Citizenship

The London Benchmarking Group recently held a webinar on “Improving the management & measurement of your Corporate Contributions” hosted by Corporate Citizenship’s Jen Peckman and Alison Braybrroks, alongside Lindsay Tucker at Citi.
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One of Corporate Citizenship’s team Kate Wylie has just had a paper released from the World Bank. This paper, entitled Development 2.0 highlights the power of digital technology, including social media, within International Development.
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LBG is the international standard for corporate community investment. It helps companies better manage and measure their community investments so they can capture the full picture of their contributions and demonstrate the impact to the community and the business.  As a international network, there are more than 200 companies using the LBG model to manage [...]

Corporate Citizenship associate director Liza Lort Phillips writes an article on behalf of the Bell Pottinger Group on ethical consumers.
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The new issue of the Corporate Citizenship Briefing is out now.
Highlights in issue 108 include:

“Bee-hags…the concept of sustainability by numbers” by Mike Tuffrey
“From cams to carrots” Liza Lort-Phillips on democrasiation of supply chains
“Let’s clean up fashion” Jon Lloyd examines how retailers address the concept of a living wage

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Becoming a Brand of the Future: Making Your Brand Appeal to Consumers’ Consciences 
Brands live in a world of ever-changing expectations. Differentiating your brand by building and keeping trust and loyalty among consumers is increasingly dependent on social or environmental promises.  Brands of the future anticipate, rather than just respond to, what consumers and customer want. 
Megan [...]

THE CARBON REDUCTION COMMITMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCHEME
HOW DOES IT AFFECT MY BUSINESS?
Rochman Landau Environmental Team in association with the British Property Federation and Environ invite you to a seminar on the CRC energy efficiency scheme and its impact on your business.
http://www.rochmanlandau.co.uk/news-and-publications.php?story=19
Date and time: Thursday 12 November 2009, 6.30pm – 8.00pm
Location: Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 [...]

As the recession eases, should sustainability become a priority?
 As the economic recovery kicks in and the crisis abates, brands have more room for manoeuvre when it comes to signing up to carbon-labelling and similar ethical and environmental schemes
Christopher Satterthwaite, chief executive, Chime Communications
Nowadays I sense that competitive advantage for brands is no longer just about [...]

U.S. Chamber’s BCLC Unveils International Aid Report at Global Corporate Citizenship Conference
New tool for tackling global public-private partnerships
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) released a first-of-its-kind report that analyzes how 10 significant international aid agencies and the China development model relate to the private sector and affect market development around [...]

The Institute for International Research (IIR) hosts its 6th CSR Summit in Dubai, 18-22 October 2009. Corporate Citizenship founder and co-chair, Amanda Jordan, will be attending as guest panelist and leading the “Measuring and reporting the business performance of CSR” workshop.
For more information, visit http://www.iirme.com/csr/

The new issue of the Corporate Citizenship Briefing is out now.
Highlights in Issue 107 include:

Editorial commentary from Mike Tuffrey, a year on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers
Peter Truesdale takes a closer look at advisory body’s “get tough” stance
Rupali Patni considers corporates who are tackling supply chain malpractice

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The latest edition of Corporate Citizenship Briefing is now available.
This issue focuses on “Business values – a fresh perspective on capitalism” an editorial piece by Mike Tuffrey, including articles from Liza Lort-Phillips on Human Rights and Peter Truesdale giving his views on the Third Sector.
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Corporate Citizenship’s co-chair Amanda Jordan features in the recently published “Building Stronger Communities – Business and the third sector: Innovation in tough times”.
Businesses, the government and third sector need to develop stronger and more innovative partnerships to provide real and practical help for communities at risk of fracture due to the recession, a report published [...]

In recent months, companies operating in the financial services sector in the City of London have experienced unparalleled economic challenges. In the midst of a recession, as companies come under increasing pressure on costs, the temptation might be to reduce corporate contributions to local communities.
However, to cut back on this important aspect of corporate responsibility [...]

Corporate Citizenship’s Jen Peckman will be chairing the Community Engagement session at ASA’s forthcoming Sustainability Stakeholder Engagement event to be held in New York, 14-15 September 2009.
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Corporate Citizenship’s Mike Tuffrey recently participated in IR Magazine’s judging panel, testing various annual reports to see which could effectively convey their company’s investment story in just 180 seconds. He also provides commentary from the CSR perspective.
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Corporate Citizenship co-chair Amanda Jordan recently chaired sessions for “The Great Debate: Corporate Responsibility: Overhead or Value Creator?” and “The New Era: Present Landscapes & Planning for 2020” on behalf of BitC.

Hot off the press is the latest issue of Corporate Citizenship Briefing. With CSR issues recently dominating much of PR Week, this issue looks at contrasting sustainability in the United States and Europe, and the introduction of the ISO 26000 Guidance Standard on Organisational Social Responsibility.

Corporate Citizenship are delighted to welcome Katie Dodds, who joins us as Senior Researcher. Katie has an MSc Environmental Technology, Specialising in Environmental Economics and Policy from Imperial College London. She previously held a position at Citi Investment Research.

Corporate Citizenship’s work for the Dubai Chamber of Commerce features in their latest newsletter.
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