The British Council and eQualC Sustainability Communications Present..

SEPTEMBER GREEN LEADERS FORUM (GLF8): CSR & Sustainability Communications

Monday September 6, 2010 @ British Council from 7pm to 9pm (doors open at 6:30pm)

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EVENT INFORMATION

• DATE/TIME Monday September 6, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
• ADMISSION FREE! Includes wine, soft drinks and snacks
• LOCATION British Council, Iidabashi Station
• MAP http://www.britishcouncil.org/japan-about-us-tokyo-centre-contact-details.htm
• TOPICS CSR and Sustainability Communications, CSR and company strategies, Main actors and stakeholders, Evaluation and effectiveness, Actions to support CSR by companies, greenwashing, advertising, branding, Green Leaders, Social entrepreneurs, ecopreneurs
• RSVP Due to the growing popularity of this event, places will be limited to 100 attendees. We ask everyone to please register here: GLF RSVP FORM (http://equalc.com/en/events/japan/129-glf8-registration).
  
• ATTENDEES 100 Green Leaders! Leading thinkers and practitioners from business, NGOs and government, as well as entrepreneurs, media, students, and those with a general interest in the fields of environmentally friendly and socially responsible green business, products and services, cleantech, innovation, and social entrepreneurship
• NOTE Photos and/or video of this event may be uploaded to Facebook, YouTube or other websites live or post event. Please advise at the door if you wish to be excluded.

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Panelists

• Dr. Dave Mateo, Ph.D., Verifier Japan GHG Team - Technical Group, LRQA Climate Change & CSR Unit   (www.lrqa.or.jp)
• Makiko Akabane, Director Japan CSR Asia (www.csr-asia.com)
• Setsu Mori, President, Alterna Magazine (www.alterna.co.jp)
• Masayuki Ando, Senior Manager, Cre-en (www.cre-en.jp)

Moderator

• Luke Poliszcuk, CEO/Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), eQualC Sustainability Communications (www.equalc.com)

Topics

1. CSR and company strategies

o What is the role of corporate social responsibility in corporate business strategies?
o What are the driving forces for companies to assume their social responsibility? What are the expectations behind such engagements? On which areas do these engagements focus? What is the benefit for companies?
o What are the most important best practice ways to implement and manage corporate social responsibility?
o What are the best means to promote further knowledge about the business case for corporate social responsibility and its value-added?

2. Main actors and stakeholders

o What are the best ways to establish and develop a process of structured dialogue between companies and their various stakeholders on corporate social responsibility?
o What should be the respective roles of the main actors, that is, companies, social partners, public authorities, NGOs in promoting corporate social responsibility?

3. Evaluation and effectiveness

o What are the best means to develop, evaluate and ensure the effectiveness and reliability of corporate social responsibility instruments such as codes of conduct, social reporting and auditing, social and eco-labels, socially responsible investing?

4. Actions to support CSR by companies:

o support for training and retraining, to ensure managers have the skills and competences necessary to develop and promote corporate social responsibility;
o dissemination and exchange of information, in particular in relation to good corporate social responsibility practice, standard setting, benchmarking and monitoring, accounting, auditing and reporting;
o medium-term social policy analysis and research;

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About the Green Leaders Forum @ British Council

The Green Leaders Forum @ British Council is a free monthly learning and networking event for leading thinkers and practitioners from business, NGOs and government, as well as entrepreneurs, media, students, and those with a general interest in the fields of sustainability, cleantech, the environment and society, energy and climate change, corporate social responsibility (CSR), socially responsible investment (SRI), and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).

Upcoming Green Leaders Forums

September Green Leaders Forum (GLF8): CSR & Sustainability Communication

• DATE/TIME: Monday September 6, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm @ British Council
• TOPICS: CSR, sustainability communications, Green Media, web2.eco, strategic sustainability versus greenwashing, green PR, advertising and branding, green marketing, ethical advertising

Past Green Leaders Forums

Previous Green Leaders Forums were amazing evenings, with over 100 sustainability focused business professionals, eco-minded students and green media representatives participating in these ground-breaking bilingual events! A great big thanks to all of our Green Leaders, the British Council and to the huge crowds that turned out on Monday evenings to push the boundaries of sustainability and green business!

See the eQualC Sustainability Communications website links below for full event reports including photos, videos and presentation files.

GLF5 EVENT REPORT: June Green Leaders Event Showcases E-Ideas Winners
http://equalc.com/en/events/japan/127-event-report-glf5-showcases-e-ideas-winners

GLF4 EVENT REPORT: GREEN MONEY & SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
http://equalc.com/en/events/japan/119-event-report-glf4

GLF3 EVENT REPORT: LOW-CARBON COMMUNITIES & EcoHABITATS
http://equalc.com/events/japan/115-glf3-event-report-photos-video