When: 16-17 April, 2008Where: Chicago, IL, USACorporate corruption scandals have increased drastically over the last few years throughout the United States. High profile cases are now regularly reported in the global media and continue to highlight the massive risks for both the companies and the executives involved. It is no wonder that many US companies are now taking the lead on developing their anti-corruption programs and policies.However, anti-corruption policies and programmes mean very little without the foundation of an effective and robust compliance and ethics infrastructure. This is especially true when your organisation is operating globally. So how do you develop and role out a successful anti-corruption, compliance and ethics programme?See full...
The 2008 schedule of Conferences and Observances was released last month. The body of the document is organized by subject; the index at the end gives all the decades, years, days and weeks in chronological order. ......
Date: Tuesday, 18 March 2008 to Thursday, 20 March 2008Place: JW Marriott, Safat, KuwaitEvent DescriptionDuring the Corporate Governance and Responsibility Forum (CGR Forum) 2007 and as a result of its success, the CGR Forum was announced to become an annual event.The success of CGR Forum is evidence that it is possible to reap value from creating a venue for the private and public sector to discuss key topics such as corporate governance and responsibility and overcome obstacles by working together. See full...
When: June 3, 2008Where: The Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th Floor (New York City), USAEthisphere & Forbes Conference - Ethical Leadership Forum & Awards DinnerWho should attend? Attendance is limited to 150 senior executives.Description:Companies with a strong ethical culture and reputation for integrity are consistently outperforming their competitors. In surveys, consumers have demonstrated a preference for goods and services produced ethically.The next generation of employees—and leaders—want to join businesses that value ethics, and not just the bottom line. In today’s global marketplace, where companies are not only concerned about a corporate culture but also the merging of several different cultures, how do you lead ethically? How do you convey the importance of an...
When: April 16-17, 2008Where: Hyatt Regency, Chicago, Il, USAHow to effectively manage corporate compliance and ethics, globallyEthical Corp ConferenceAt this conference you’ll gain cutting edge knowledge and information on: * How to manage risk Find out about new emerging risks – and learn how to successfully deal with existing ones * Getting it done Hear how the world’s leading companies are putting theory into action – what do they know that you don’t? * Tools of the trade Discover the latest and compelling tactics and technologies that will help you deliver a powerful compliance and ethics culture * New opportunities Learn how to make your compliance leaner and more effective * The value of reputation What it means for winning...
When: March 27 - 28, 2008Where: Atlanta, Ga, USAChairs: * Paul B. Murphy - King & Spalding LLP, AtlantaWhy You Should AttendThe state of corporate compliance is changing dramatically. The advent of new and more stringent government regulations and oversight and better informed management is causing a shift in the responsibilities and priorities of legal, ethics and compliance departments and the corporations they serve. At no time has promoting and maintaining an ethical corporate culture been more crucial to a company’s success, survival, and well-being. Are you and your company prepared to thrive in this new environment?At the Corporate Compliance and Ethics Institute, a distinguished faculty, drawn from major corporations, ethics organizations, law firms, academia, and the...
When: August 5-6, 2008Where; Nashville, Tenn. USAWaste News, the leading news source about waste and environmental management, is launching a new technology event for waste haulers and recyclers. The Waste News Sustainability and Compliance Conference is scheduled for Aug. 5-6 in Nashville, Tenn. Routeware Inc., a leading supplier of integrated hardware and software solutions for the waste industry and commercial fleets, is co-organizer of the event.The conference will feature speakers from business and government, providing haulers and recyclers a better understanding of sustainable business practices and environmental compliance. By focusing on technology, this conference will give attendees the opportunity to learn practical solutions and enable them to better compete for bids, achieve...
When: May 13-14, 2007Where: DescriptionResponsible Business is in the spotlight more than ever before. Climate Change is never off the news, ethical supply chain awareness has filtered down to the general public, anti-corruption is seen as one of the most pressing corporate concerns of the day. This year, as always, we are directly reflecting the concerns of the CR community. Topics we’ve been asked to address include: * Mainstreaming Corporate Responsibility - how do you embed CR in your company, and will it kill your CR department as a result? * Measurement - we have a whole selection of sessions dealing with different aspects of measurement of your CR initiatives. For a more detailed look, go here * Controversy and CR - the whole conference will have a controversial bent -...
Date: April 16-17th, 2008Where: Chicago, IL, USASo far 34 top level speakers have confirmed to share their valuable experience and knowledge. This unique learning opportunity offers you the chance to truly master your anti-corruption, compliance and ethics programs and polices. The companies and organizations participating include Wal-Mart, BP, Texas Instruments, Trace, Hospira, ITT, Best Buy, Kraft, Fluor, Newmont, Lockheed, SAIC, Pfizer, Intel, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, and the FBI, to name a few. See full...
Date: April 16-17th, 2008When: Chicago, IL, USASo far 34 top level speakers have confirmed to share their valuable experience and knowledge. This unique learning opportunity offers you the chance to truly master your anti-corruption, compliance and ethics programs and polices. The companies and organizations participating include Wal-Mart, BP, Texas Instruments, Trace, Hospira, ITT, Best Buy, Kraft, Fluor, Newmont, Lockheed, SAIC, Pfizer, Intel, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, and the FBI, to name a few. See full...
When: 31 March, 2008Where: University of Exeter, UKThere is now huge pressure on university and college staff and students to become more engaged with sustainability and sustainable development practice. Yet most staff development programmes and academic curricula still fail to deliver the competencies, knowledge, skills and attitudes needed if the goal of sustainability is to be achieved.As the key annual sustainability event for UK Further and Higher Education, this important conference will encourage and inspire to identify essential skills and knowledge and go on to equip them to embed skills for sustainability in their own staff and students.See full...
When: March 3-4, 2008DescriptionThe Global Corporate Responsibility Reporting Summit is a focused 2 day conference designed to shed light on the current climate of global CR reporting.With an ever more vociferous demand for solid CR information from stakeholders, accurate and efficient reporting is becoming integral to a successful CR agenda throughout the corporate world. It has grown to the extent that we are now able to celebrate best practice in reporting as is evidenced by Corporate Registers CR Reporting Awards 07. Tying in with this landmark event is this in depth study of CR reporting around the globe.This informative and interactive experience will raise a number of key issues. Listen to views from some of the leading experts in reporting and draw your own conclusions based on...
When: 13-14 March 2008Where: New York, New York, USAThe premise behind the ESF challenge is to make you think and learn!Develop knowledge and gather information through participation in the industry’s most unique form of learning and engagement...Click on Ethical Sourcing Forum 2008 North America to download the latest conference brochure!Secure your place today... and you will: * Gather and exchange experiences on good implementation practices * Build partnerships and engage with relevant stakeholders * Increase your awareness and strengthen your ability to reach your goals * Benchmark your current experience with other industry practitioners * Strengthen your ability to impact key issues that are important to you * If you don’t want to...
When: 28 February, 2008Where: The Environment Council, Holborn, London, UKClimate Change Condensed, a fantastic new 3-hour 'all you need to know' course, uses a carefully-concocted recipe of expert knowledge (we bring the experts to you on film), group discussion and pair work.This course is suitable for people living and working in London be it in businesses, community organisations, the public sector, and anyone else who has a genuine interest in climate change.The training is part of a winter season of trainings, discussion and action that COIN is running in London in partnership with The Environment Council, which will build your confidence in communicating about climate change with your colleagues, community, friends and family.See full...
Sustaining Momentum and Responsible GrowthWhen: Thursday 13 March 2008 to Friday 14 March 2008Where: Chatham House, London, UKAt their 2007 Summit, the G8 nations signalled an unprecedented interest in corporate responsibility. Not only did they encourage the business sector to use specific Corporate Responsibility instruments, such as the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the UN Global Compact, but they committed to establishing a high level dialogue with leading emerging economies on the subject. What are the emerging governmental expectations of the business sector, and how far are these fair and reasonable?Is government trying to play 'catch-up' with a sector that is already leading across a broad front?If so, what support for Corporate Responsibility is it most...
When: 27 February, 2008Where: London, UKFollowing the launch of CIPFA’s Sustainability publication ‘A reporting framework for the public services’ we are pleased to present the 2nd CIPFA Sustainability Conference bringing together experts and practitioners to discuss the most critical and pertinent issues surrounding sustainability. Sustainability is an increasingly important concept in both the public and private sectors. Many organisations now have sustainability strategies setting out excellent intentions, but they often lack the systems, tools and skills to fully implement them, and there is no simple, consistent reporting framework that enables stakeholders to assess performance.Some of the key issues covered at this high-level event• The results of the Accounting for...
When: 21 February, 2008Where: Barbican Centre, London, UKIt is imperative that we now act on the policy guidelines, pushing the key principles of sustainability into every aspect of modern British life. The recently published indicators on the progress of Securing the Future have demonstrated that there is much still to be done to improve environmental performance in a number of sectors.Sustainable Development 08 will focus on both policy and delivery, with our morning plenary assessing the legislation surrounding sustainability, analysing the implications of the indicators on its progress to date. Speaking in the morning plenary are Sara Parkin, Founder, Forum for the Future; Yvette Cooper MP; and Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for Energy.Our afternoon session, taking the form of a panel...
When: 26 February, 2008Where: London, UKLike it or not, it is increasingly difficult for organisations to ignore the concept of corporate sustainability. Companies are under unprecedented scrutiny from governments, regulators, NGOs, investors and consumers in terms of how their business practices and operations impact society and the wider world. In the context of business, sustainable practices encompass everything from reducing the environmental impact of industry to socially-responsible investing, ethical supply chains regulatory compliance and safety and diversity in the workplace. Sustainability has implications for virtually all aspects of business, including strategy, finance, HR, procurement, compliance, product development and marketing.With this in mind, the Economist...
When: Wednesday 20 February 2008 09:30 - 17:30Where: The Council House, Old Market Square, Nottingham NG1 2DT, UKThis ICAEW Midlands conference brings together business leaders, accountancy professionals, investors, academics and policymakers to debate a series of issues around the key question of how we ensure that economic growth can be carried forward on a basis that is sustainable for our climate.The conference is supported by Co-operative Financial Services, East Midlands Development Agency and Nottingham City Council.Our keynote speaker is:James Murdoch, Non Executive Chairman of British Sky BroadcastingSee full...
When: February 14, 2008Where: United Nations Headquarters, New York City, USAThe 2008 Investor Summit on Climate Risk will bring together more than 400 institutional investors, Wall Street leaders and CEOs from around the world to consider the scale and urgency of climate change risks, as well as the economic opportunities of a global transition to a clean energy future. Participation in the Summit is by invitation only and due to space limitations, Summit registration is now closed (except for members of the press, see below).See full...
When: February 8-9, 2008Where: Washington, D.C., USAChairs * Linda Chatman Thomsen - Director; Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC * John W. White, Director - Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DCWhy You Should AttendAs the Securities and Exchange Commission approaches its 75th anniversary in 2009, it is more important than ever to hear directly from the Chairman, the Commissioners, and the senior staff about the initiatives for the coming year.The focus of the Commission for the past several years has been on Sarbanes-Oxley rulemaking and, following that far-reaching set of regulations, securities offering reform, executive compensation disclosure, and significant enforcement activity.See full...
The 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) conference will be held in New York from February 25 to March 7, 2008. Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women is the priority theme for the session. Visit the web site for the Calendar of parallel events organized......
Deliberations at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month did not go entirely as planned, but few of the 2,400 people attending the meeting were deterred by the plunging market. In this opinion piece, management professor Michael Useem, who directs Wharton's Center for Leadership and Change Management and who attended the forum, discusses how Davos has emerged as a "classroom on globalization." Among the key lessons from this year's class: Central bankers have lost their way; sovereign wealth, hedge and private equity funds are the new power brokers; and no new authority should be put in control. I was about to board a flight to London and then onto Zurich for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. With a final check of the Internet, my laptop screen lit...
When: September 26-28, 2007Where: Atlanta, GA, USAWhen: March 5-7, 2008Where: Scottsdale, AZ, USAIf it has value, you can measure it. If you measure it, you can prove it has value. Do you have measurable evidence that your company's community involvement programs contribute to your company's competitive edge, strategic goals or bottom-line? Can you justify their value-added benefit to senior management?In this program you will learn how to establish an ongoing process to evaluate the impact of your community involvement programs. You will learn to design and conduct evaluations for individual programs as well as your overall community involvement function, including the key steps in the evaluation process, different methods for conducting evaluations, best practices in evaluation and how...
An organization’s Code of Conduct, alternatively referred to as ‘Code of Ethics’ or ‘Code of Business Standards’, is the stated commitment of the behavioral expectations that an organization holds for its employees and agents. Such Codes are now commonplace for most corporations, increasingly shared not only with employees, but with customers and the public at large as well. To be successful, a Code must be believable by all stakeholders to which it applies. Certainly the subject corporation's commitment in action has significant impact. However, how the Code itself is written, what it contains (and doesn’t), and how it is communicated all play instrumental underlying roles in whether it has the power to influence not only perceptions, but actions.See full...
When: 18-21 February 2008Where: Dubai, UAE“Corporate Governance is perhaps one of the very few strategic tools available to Companies around the world, which can help them redefine the very purpose of the business i.e. not only to create wealth but distribute it with a principle of equanimity to all the shareholders as well as stakeholders of the company in a transparent manner.” M.K.Chouhan, Chairman - Mahendra & Young Knowledge Foundation & Vice Chairman - Global Advisory Board, Asian Centre For Corporate Governance, and speaker at the Corporate Governance Summit 2008.With the rapid growth of the market and the volume of financial transactions taking place in the GCC, it is necessary for corporate governance processes and standards in order to ensure the future growth and stability...
When: February 6-8, 2008Where: San Diego, CA, USAIn your company, do corporate leaders and managers have awareness of and alignment about the citizenship-related issues important to your company? Is there a common understanding of the range of stakeholders your company impacts and that impact your company? How is corporate citizenship integrated into business functions such as product development, human resources, manufacturing, marketing and sales, or governance and business strategy? To what extent does your company have policies, processes, procedures, structures and goals that support corporate citizenship being embedded into core business operations and strategy?This course will help you learn to close these kinds of gaps and find synergies that are only possible when corporate...
The second session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption is meeting in Bali. The UN Convention against Corruption, adopted in 2003 by the General Assembly resolution 58/4, calls for the conference to regularly review the implementation of the co......
Following the huge success of Bioenergy Europe in 2006 & 2007 we are pleased to announce the third conference in the series which will take place in February 2008. At Bioenergy Europe 2008 you will be brought right up-to-date on the latestEU legislation and incentive schemes that aim to produce a dramatic increase in the use of biomass and biofuels across the 25 member states. You will benefit from insights and analysis from top-level specialists from a broad range of organisations, including: * Impacts of legislation, tax incentives and subsidies on biofuels investment * Food vs fuel – the land-use debate * Bioenergy and the carbon markets * Certification and environmental issues * Byproducts and their economic importance * Raising...
The Global Corporate Responsibility Reporting Summit is a focused 2 day conference designed to shed light on the current climate of global CR reporting.With an ever more vociferous demand for solid CR information from stakeholders, accurate and efficient reporting is becoming integral to a successful CR agenda throughout the corporate world. It has grown to the extent that we are now able to celebrate best practice in reporting as is evidenced by Corporate Registers CR Reporting Awards 07. Tying in with this landmark event is this in depth study of CR reporting around the globe.This informative and interactive experience will raise a number of key issues. Listen to views from some of the leading experts in reporting and draw your own conclusions based on groundbreaking debate on areas...