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Stakeholder engagement

Business Assurance at work - LINPAC/LRQA PAS 2050 Podcast Series, episode 3

– 30th Jul 2010 by Alex Briggs

Episode 3 in the LINPAC_LRQA PAS 2050 podcast series features an interview with Mike Hill of Sustain.

Hill stated: “PAS 2050 gives a good basis to work from but until an organisation gets the results verified, there will always be those who doubt the process.”

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Business Assurance at work - LINPAC/LRQA PAS 2050 Podcast Series, episode 2

– 20th Jul 2010 by Alex Briggs

Episode 2 in the LINPAC_LRQA PAS 2050 podcast series features an interview with LRQA Climate Change Manager, Paul Smith.

Paul Smith said: “As more companies follow LINPAC Allibert’s lead, environmental performance will be enhanced and verified product carbon footprint data will become an increasingly important factor in both domestic and commercial purchasing decisions.”

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Business Assurance at work - LINPAC/LRQA PAS 2050 Podcast Series, episode 1

– 10th Jul 2010 by Alex Briggs

Episode 1 in the LINPAC_LRQA PAS 2050 podcast series features an interview with Simon Mendes of LINPAC Allibert.

Commenting on the benefits of being verified to the PAS 2050 specification, Simon said: “Internally, the process has helped us to identify and improve performance along the supply chain. Externally, LRQA verification delivers confidence and trust in the data so that we can now help customers to achieve their own environmental targets.”

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Assurance: what it means for you and your stakelholders

– 15th Apr 2010

Document from CarbonSmart where Alan Knight, AccountAbility, talks about best practice assurance and what are the questions companies should ask themselves for their next assurance engagement.

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Catherine Francois, Director of Food Programmes, Consumer Goods Forum, Interview

– 26th Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs

Catherine Francois, Director of Food Programmes, Consumer Goods Forum, Interview On the final day of February, LRQA’s Food Month, we bring you an interview with Catherine Francois, Director Food Safety Programmes, Consumer Goods Forum. Catherine is one of the most influential figures in the world of food safety. This podcast features her thoughts on certification, the GFSI’s role in harmonising global food safety standards and the Global Food Safety Conference.

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LRQA Trust and Transparency Podcast Series

– 19th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs

This page contains all 10 episodes of the LRQA Trust and Transparency Podcast Series, which included 5 audio and 5 video episodes, as well as the “What Assures Consumers in an Economic Report.” The report was launched in April, 2009 and this podcast series is a result of that report and a series of interviews that were conducted during the launch of the report.

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Episode 10, LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series

– 6th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs

In Episode 10, the final one in the LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series, Harriet Lamb, Fairtrade Foundation, Kate Ives, AccountAbility, Helen McTaggart, the Co-operative and Solitaire Townsend, Futerra Communications talk about the key findings from the “What Assures Consumers” research.

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Episode 9, LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series

– 19th Oct 2009 by Alex Briggs

In Episode 9 of the 10-part LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series, Helen McTaggart rom the Co-operative talks about the What Assures Consumers in an Economic Downturn Report. She also talks about some of the key issues that the Co-operative is dealing with regarding CSR and climate change.

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Acountability embarks on revision of its Internationally accepted stakeholder engagement standard

– 7th Oct 2009

AccountAbility, the global not-for-profit standards developer is revising its AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement standard (AA1000SES) the world’s first international stakeholder engagement standard. View the video and get have your say and get involved on the state-of-the-art interactive web-based wiki platform.

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Episode 8, LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series

– 14th Sep 2009 by Alex Briggs

In Episode 8 of the 10-part LRQA Business Assurance Trust and Transparency Podcast Series, Harriet Lamb, Fairtrade Foundation, Alan Knight, AccountAbility and Solitaire Townsend, Futerra Communications share their thoughts on what it will take for organisations and government to rebuild consumer trust.

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