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Event: 2nd Feb 2009 – 4th Feb 2009
Attend the UK Anti-corruption Summit 2009 and engage in thought provoking, challenging, interactive debate led by senior experts in the field. Network with your peers and take advantage of this valuable learning platform.
Event: 11th May 2009 – 12th May 2009
The Responsible Business Summit is returning on 11 - 12 May 2009 for the eighth time. This conference brings together the leading minds in the corporate world to discuss the sustainability and CSR challenges facing business over the coming year.
Event: 17th Feb 2009 – 18th Feb 2009
Now in its 3rd year, this is the only gathering for corporate responsibility and environmental professionals that offers practical guide to effective environmental strategies that help grow and strengthen businesses in the uncertain times ahead.
– 3rd Dec 2008
A recent article on Manufacturing & Logistics IT website talks about the rapidly rising energy costs and environmental concerns have driven ‘green’ issues ever higher on the business agenda.
– 17th Nov 2008
This Publicly Available Specification (PAS) has been prepared by BSI to specify requirements for assessing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of goods and services. The development of this PAS was co-sponsored by the Carbon Trust and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
What is PAS 2050?
PAS 2050 provides a consistent method [...]
– 4th Nov 2008
CSR Europe’s CSR solutions database is a unique collection of over 600 best practice examples in corporate social responsibility.
– 27th Oct 2008
AA1000 AS is an international sustainability assurance standard that can be linked to other dominant business audit and assurance standards. Sustainability assurance provides a comprehensive way of holding an organisation to account for its management, performance and reporting on sustainability issues.
– 27th Oct 2008
Of the 3,000 CSR reports that will be published worldwide during 2008, around 750 will include an external assurance statement. But while verifications and audits for year end accounts are usually closely regulated and follow a standard format, this isn’t the case for the CSR assurance statements.
– 13th Oct 2008
The global launch of AccountAbility’s AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS) 2008 will take place next week in London and be followed by numerous regional and country level launches beginning November 2008.
The new AA1000AS (2008) marks a step forward in the development of sustainability assurance. As these issues become increasingly important for businesses and their stakeholders a [...]
Event: 24th Oct 2008 –
Keynote speakers at the global launch include: Denise Esdon, Deputy Chair IAASB; Ernst Ligteringen CEO, GRI; Kevin McKinley Deputy Secretary; ISO who provide their insights into the important but still emerging area of sustainability reporting and assurance.
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