| 8.30 |
Registration and Coffee
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| 9.00 |
Chairmans Welcome and CR Landscape Review
Lord Dick Newby (Chairman, Live Consulting) |
| 9.30 |
Bringing focus to community investment
Nigel Pate (Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility HSBC Holdings plc)
Why does HSBC have a community investment programme?
How do you set priorities?
How do you measure success? |
| 9.50 |
The Legal Perspective
Caroline Goodall (Partner, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Herbert Smith LLP)
What are the Companies Act changes on Directors' responsibilities and reporting requirements in respect of stakeholders?
What do Directors and companies need to do to fulfill these new requirements?
What role can legal and other advisers play in helping companies satisfy the new requirements? |
| 10.10 |
HR Perspective
Phillip Roark (Chief Executive Officer, Insala)
How do you ensure that best practice is adopted and followed?
How do you set relevant KPIs?
How do you communicate policies internally and externally? |
| 10.30 |
Refreshments
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| 10.50 |
Responding to the environmental agenda
Kim Clemo (Climate Change Director, AXA Insurance)
How do you keep abreast of and respond to the rapidly evolving environmental agenda?
How do you set relevant KPIs?
How do you report on your environmental policies? |
| 11.10 |
What are investors looking for?
Peter Montagnon (Head of Investment Affairs, Association of British Insurers)
How is best practice in CR changing?
What are investors looking for in companies' reporting on CR?
What are the advantages to companies in adopting best practice in CR? |
| 11.30 |
How business can effect real change
Julia Cleverdon (Chief Executive, Business in the Community)
Is there a business case for adopting best practice in CR?
How should/will the Companies Act affect corporate behaviour?
What emerging trends will affect best practice in coming years? |
| 12.00 |
Keynote Address
Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms MP (Minister of State, Dept of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) |
| 12.20 |
Panel Discussion
All previous speakers and delegates |
| 13.00 |
Lunch
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| 13.50 |
The lessons from sport when building a CR strategy
Peter Kenyon (Chief Executive, Chelsea Football Club)
Why does Chelsea take CR seriously?
Can CR change perceptions of a business?
Is CR anything more than a sop to stakeholders? |
| 14.20 |
The Media Communicating CR policies; opportunities and pitfalls
Neil Sherlock (Partner, Public Affairs, KPMG)
How can a company communicate its CR activities credibly?
How does CR help develop perceived brand values?
How can you avoid high profile breaches of good practice in stakeholder relationships? |
| 14.40 |
Practitioners Workshop/Case Studies: Creating the optimal CR plan for your business:
Building on the presentations earlier in the day, the workshops will enable participants to discuss with leading practitioners exactly how they respond to the new legal requirements, develop best practice and report on it.
Stream One - Christine Farnish (Director, Public Policy & Sustainability Barclays Corporate Affairs, Barclays Plc)
Stream Two - Dr Chris Tuppen (Head of Sustainable Development & Corporate Accountability, BT) |
| 15.30 |
Refreshments
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| 15.50 |
Panel Discussion Q+A
Chaired by Lord Dick Newby (Chairman, Live Consulting)
All previous speakers and delegates |
| 16.35 |
Closing Speech
Baroness Sally Greengross (Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Corporate Responsibility)
How has Parliament's attitude to CR evolved?
What are politicians looking for from the new requirements in the Companies Act?
Is there a political appetite for further legislative change on CR? |
| 16.55 |
Chairmans Final Q&A
All previous speakers and delegates |
| 17.20 |
Drinks Reception
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| 18.30 |
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