Excellence In Leadership Issue 1 front coverWelcome to the
June 2008 issue
Responsible Business

The contents of this issue are listed below and a selection of articles are available for you to download in full.
 

Foreword


CIMA, Charles Tilley, Chief Executive
Vital Statistics

Key figures and findings, plus the latest sound bites
     

Responsible Business:


CIMA proposes there is a strategic imperative for organisations to look at the risks and opportunities posed by climate change. There is a need for companies to act now in inspiration rather than later in desperation.

 

Helenne Doody
CIMA Innovation and Development
Specialist


Business strategies for sustainability: why sustainability is entering the mainstream of business.

 

David Bent
of sustainable development charity Forum for the Future

 

Creating Growth from Effective Opportunity Risk Management

 

Tamara Bekefi
Marc J. Epstein
Kristi Yuthas

published by CIMA, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Society of Management Accountants of Canada

 

Building a Sustainable Development Business Case

 

William Langdon
CIMA


Sustainability through strategic CSR: why a commitment to the best practice of the UN Global Compact initiative creates greater corporate-wide awareness of universal environmental and social principles.

 

Georg Kell
Executive Director
UN Global Compact
Ravi Fernando
the UN Global Compact Focal Point for Sri Lanka


Business and Human Rights: the frameworks that need to be in place for considering and addressing the business and human rights terrain and why there needs to be a 'corporate responsibility to respect' as the basic expectation society has of business in relation to human rights. 

 

Prof John Ruggie
Harvard University
and the UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Business and Human Rights
Caroline Rees
Foreign and Commonwealth Office

 

The impact of emerging economies on CSR and the implications for the rest of business globally

 

Tom Burke
CBE, sustainability advisor to
Rio Tinto plc
and visiting professor at Imperial College, London (and former advisor to three ministers of the environment)

 

Making the business case for responsible investment in sustainable development

  Christine Farnish
Director, Public Policy & Sustainability
Barclays
Will Oulton
Head, Responsible Investment
FTSE Group
Chris Tuppen
Director Sustainable Development
BT
Chris Brown
Head of Ethical and Sustainable Sourcing
ASDA  

Techniques for measuring CSR performance   Martin Blake
Head of Sustainability
Royal Mail
Paul Dickinson
CEO
Carbon Disclosure Project
 

Climate change and smart operating in an international environment- maximising opportunities and minimising risk. What is the future potential for maximising opportunities through the creation of ‘green products’?

  Jan Thompson
Head of Negotiations, International Climate Change
DEFRA
John Ashton
Director General, FCO and the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative on Climate Change
 
 
Also in this edition

Corporate Finance:
Corporate finance and value creation: identifying value in the business. Plus, an overview of growth strategies and financial considerations.

 

Nick Luff
Group Finance Director
Centrica


Supply Chain Management:
Time based metrics versus financial metrics: how the two silos can synchronise and communicate effectively.

 

Richard Pennycook
Finance Director Morrisons


Strategic Risk Management:
The concept of corporate risk – what are the key issues in managing strategic risk?

  Helen Weir
Group Finance Director
Lloyds TSB

Performance Management / Business Intelligence:
How information is transforming corporate performance and why we are witnessing a sea-change in the way data and information is used. Plus, business intelligence competency centres in action.

 

Nigel Rayner Research VP
Gartner


Customer Relationship Management:
The best things in life are free: how to learn from both customers and employees and build better customer experiences.

 

Nicola Millard
Customer Experience Futurologist
BT


Human Capital:
Adapting to an increasingly competitive market, a rapidly changing environment and rising expectations - how to support financial leaders and equip them for the future challenges.

 

Tony Sheehan
Director of Learning Services
Ashridge Business School


Outsourcing / BPO:
How do companies ensure that they reap innovation and other high profile benefits of their outsourcing investments? Plus, achieving sustainable business advantage from outsourcing - is there such a thing as business partnering to create incremental value?

  Martin Holt
CFO
Dalkia plc.
     







All editorial contributors are subject to change






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