Designing your Corporate Responsibility strategy for the new Companies Act

Partners

Live Consulting

Live Consulting specialises in helping clients to design, implement and report on Corporate Responsibility (CR) strategies.
Using our extensive knowledge of the marketplace and the CR world, we work with companies and other organisations to put in place strategies which are aligned to their commercial, social and environmental values.
We help companies articulate their core values and then translate them into practical policies, setting targets and ensuring that they are met.
We understand the constraints involved in implementing change in this area, particularly for international companies with operations in many countries. We therefore concentrate on helping a company make progress at a pace which is challenging, realistic and above all effective.
A Case Study – Avis Europe:
Live has drafted the CSR section of the Avis Europe 2005, 2006 and 2007 Annual Reports and its CSR website text. We produced guidelines which explained how the company could meet its environmental KPI of reducing energy consumption. We worked with the company to identify priority areas for global community investment activities. We then produced guidelines which explained how these policies could be implemented.

www.live-consulting.com

Supporters

Bristish Property Federation

The British Property Federation (BPF) sustains and promotes the interests of all those who own and invest in property in the UK. We aim to create the conditions in which the industry can grow and thrive, for the benefit of our members and of the economy as a whole. We represent a wide range of companies, including property owners and developers, institutions, fund managers, investment banks and organisations that support the industry. We work very closely with Government and other regulators, providing the knowledge and expertise they need to produce workable legislation and regulations. Find out more at www.bpf.org.uk.

www.bpf.org.uk

Business in the Community

Annual Conference 2008: Scanning Future Scenarios

In association with BT

14 February 2008, QEII Centre, Westminster, London

Explore how business will use competitive advantage and innovation to exist in tomorrow's marketplace. Designed for senior business staff involved in CSR, issues management, external relations, business planning, stakeholder and community engagement and NGOs, government, and academia, it's set to be an innovative and engaging conference focussing on the potential challenges and opportunities of the future.

www.bitc.org.uk/what_we_do/conference_2008/index.html

Food and Drink Federation

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is the voice of the UK food and drink industry, the largest manufacturing sector in the country. The industry directly employs 500,000 people, and as many as 1.2 million in ancillary services; it accounts for 15% of the UK's total manufacturing sector by value; and it is an invaluable partner to British agriculture buying two-thirds of what farmers produce.


FDF's membership comprises manufacturers of all sizes as well as trade associations and groups dealing with specific sectors of the industry. FDF helps its members operate in an appropriately regulated marketplace to maximise their competitiveness. FDF communicates industry's values and concerns to Government, regulators, consumers and the media. FDF also works in partnership with key players in the food chain to ensure food is safe and that consumers can have trust in it.

www.fdf.org.uk

Exhibitors

Good Corporation

The best companies know the benefits of responsible business. GoodCorporation conducts independent assessments of business practices to help companies systematically assess corporate responsibility and to make improvements.

Organisations meeting the required levels of performance against the GoodCorporation Standard benefit from certification and recognition as a GoodCorporation Member. The Standard was developed in conjunction with the UK’s Institute of Business Ethics. Over 100 organisations have been assessed in more than 35 countries. The assessment can also be tailored to take account of sector/client-specific issues or to measure the progress of implementing a code of conduct.

www.goodcorporation.com

Charities Aid Foundation

The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is an independent, cause-neutral charity that channels over £300 million to the charity sector each year. Our vision is a society motivated to give ever more effectively, transforming lives and communities around the world.

We work in partnership with organisations to design and implement Corporate Community Investment programmes that are based on effective and sustainable methods of giving, encouraging closer engagement with communities.

CAF currently works with over 80% of the FTSE 100 and a further 3,500 companies throughout the UK. We also have a significant global reach through our international offices and partners.

www.cafonline.org/companies

Student Partnership Worldwide

Student Partnership Worldwide is the Global leader in engaging and supporting young people to address the urgent health, education and environmental issues which affect their lives.

SPW works with more than 400,000 young people on a weekly basis in Africa and South Asia helping them to lead healthy and productive lives.

www.spw.org

Skill Force

Almost 20% of 18-24 year olds are not in employment, education or training. 30,000 young people fail to gain any qualification at school, and 10,000 are excluded. Skill Force is a national charity which transforms the lives of underperforming teenagers.
Skill Force was established in 2000 to work with 14-16 year olds who are underachieving at school. It operates by placing its instructors in schools to deliver vocational training programmes to pupils who are identified by the school as at risk of exclusion, have truancy problems, are disruptive, have low self-esteem and who have given up on education.
We have the opportunity to have a positive impact on these young people, their families and their communities by improving their life chances.

www.skillforce.org