Paul Hohnen on non-financial corporate reporting

Paul Hohnen, CEO Sustainability Strategies and Senior International Associate, ACCSR, discusses the imporatance of non-financial information in corporate reporting and the steps the Global Reporting Initiative has taken to help businesses capture a wholistic view of an organisation. Paul also explains why accountants are critical to the success of corporate social responsibility.
Paul has worked [...]

CSR panel held at Standford

Standford Graduate School of Business shares 2.5h of their recent CSR panel.
In the past few years, several international reporting standards have emerged. But are they actually changing corporate behavior? With particular emphasis on labor standards, this panel explores the effectiveness of current efforts to monitor and improve labor conditions abroad, the role of verification groups, [...]

Comms Job at Australian Conservation Foundation

ACF is looking for a Supporter Liaison Officer.
Their description “Are you an inspiring networker with a talent for engaging people to take action? Do you have an aptitude for fostering relationships with business partners and major donors? Are you passionate about contributing to a healthier and more sustainable future for all Australians?”
Please read the [...]

Generate Better Leads for Better Sales Results

Do the Sales and Marketing execs in your organization agree on what constitutes a qualified lead? Industry experts at CSO Insights say more often than not they don’t and that disconnect is what’s hurting your win rates.
This free white paper tackles tangible strategies for improving your lead gen tactics and getting marketing and sales on [...]

CSR on a Global Scale

In this Boston University School of Management faculty roundtable discussion “Corporate Social Responsibility: Is the Triple Bottom Line More Than a Trend?” several faculty members from the School discuss the myriad implications of CSR initiatives in the private, public, and nonprofit spheres.

Communitelligence Newsletter

Hi all,
It’s been pretty quiet here for some weeks. The reason is that I recently moved abroad again to start an exciting job. Therefore I needed to finish several ongoing client projects with only very limited time, needed to handover projects and so on. But things will be back to normal soon and I’m already [...]

Job offer: CEO of Greenpeace Asia Pacific

Received this message from Michael Green, Director of Bradman Recruitment Group, and thought you might be interested
Greenpeace Australia Pacific based in Sydney is seeking a visionary leader who wants to join the vanguard of environmentalism. The best candidate for this role will probably already be a CEO of a values driven organisation with a successful [...]

Arabia Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2008

The Emirates Environmental Group - a voluntary, non-government organization (NGO) devoted to protecting the environment through the means of education, action programs and community involvement - shares the full Arabia Corporate Social Responsibility Awards DVD 2008 online.
The DVD is presenting the corporate profiles and CSR initiatives of various socially responsible and environmentally conscious companies [...]

Ray Anderson on Sustainability at Dowling Focus Green Maui ‘09

Ray Anderson, Founder and Chairman of Interface Inc, is one of the world’s leading change agents in business and industry. He is also patron of One at a Time Foundation, an independent, entrepreneurial, not for profit organisation dedicated to fostering change to reduce and halt global warming. I personally support One at a Time Foundation [...]

Understanding the 5 W’s when targeting media contacts

Received recently a mymediainfo-update. Have a look at their email and decide yourself if you go for the trial. Seems to be a good service for the Australian North American market, especially if the journalists-database is accurate. For the German market, I’d recommend Zimpel. Not the cheapest, but always up-to-date and a good start to [...]

Neues CSR-Magazin von Helios Media

Am Wochenende erhielt ich eine email von Sebastian Lange, Chefredakteur politik&kommunikation, mit Infos zum neuen Magazin CR-Report. Das Magazin positioniert sich im Bereich CSR und soll zwei mal pro Jahr erscheinen.
Inhaltlich bietet die erste Ausgabe zum Teil ganz interessante Beitraege und es werden auch Kommunikationsagenturen aufgelistet, die CSR-Dienstleistungen anbieten. Optisch wirkt das Magazin m.E. [...]

Australian Conservation Foundation: Job Offer

Hi guys,
quick entry as I’m quite busy these days. I’m currently developing a couple of websites, write a newsletter, design an online comms strategy for a client and work on some media analyses.
I just received this note via email and thought you might be interested.
ACF is seeking a talented and experienced project manager to lead [...]

Free Tix for EACA Care Awards Ceremony in Brussels

This year’s EACA Care Awards will be presented at the European Parliament in Brussels on 16th April from 18h30 to 20h30 . The EACA Care Awards celebrate creative excellence in European social marketing campaigns & promote care for people, resources and the environment.
The winning campaigns in six categories are selected by a jury of MEP’s [...]

First Arab Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility

The Arab Administrative Development Organization, which operates under the League of Arab States, will be holding the 1st Arab Forum for Corporate Social Responsibility in cooperation with the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The event, slated for April 13 to 15, 2009 at the Chamber headquarters with the theme ‘Arab and Foreign Experiences.’
Social responsibility is [...]

Impact of the financial crisis on not-for-profit organisations and CSR

The end of corporate social responsibility? Professor Peter Shergold, Macquarie Group Foundation Chair, Centre for Social Impact, discusses the impact of the global financial crisis on not-for-profit organisations and corporate social responsibility.

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Deloitte-Studie zu Corporate Social Responsibility

Beim Recherchieren fuer einen dt. CSR Newsletter gerade eine neue deutschsprachige CSR-Studie gefunden. Auszug aus der PM zur Studie “CSR - Verankert in der Wertschöpfungskette” der Prüfungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft Deloitte Deutschland
“Deutsche Unternehmen sind im Hinblick auf Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) gut aufgestellt - in erster Linie auf dem Papier. Laut den Ergebnissen einer Befragung [...]

Social Media Resource Map

Just found this great social media tools list, created by Liberate Media. It includes links to many useful tools, like social media campaign monitoring tools, social media press kit tools etc. Click the picture to get to Liberate Media’s social media resource map. The site might take some secs to load…

Green Marketing Vs. Green Washing: Penny Burgess (Ketchum)

Penny Burgess, MD of Ketchum Shanghai, sits down to discuss the fine line of communicating CSR programs in China.
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A white paper on white papers

knowledgeatwork published a white paper on how to use white papers. It’s a nice intro paper, that tells about different kind of white papers, potential values and about the creation process of white papers.
In the conclusion, the paper states “a white paper is a highly valuable document which supersedes other public relations and marketing [...]

The Social Pulpit: Barack Obama Social Media Toolkit

It’s been published some weeks ago, but for those of you who haven’t seen it yet…in this report, Edelman’s Digital Public Affairs team in Washington, D.C., examines the tactics of Obama’s online campaign and what it means for communicators in “a new era of public engagement”.
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