{"id":44847,"date":"2013-05-01T08:20:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T09:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/?p=44847"},"modified":"2013-05-01T08:20:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T09:20:28","slug":"responsible-business-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/responsible-business-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsible Business Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/scarcity.jpg\" alt=\"scarcity\" width=\"270\" height=\"410\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-44859 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/scarcity.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/scarcity-131x200.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/scarcity-197x300.jpg 197w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 270px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 270\/410;\" \/>Are you going to the <a href=\"http:\/\/events.ethicalcorp.com\/rbs\/\">Responsible Business Summit<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s next week, so you&#8217;ve not got long to clear your diary, but it does look good. (<a href=\"http:\/\/events.ethicalcorp.com\/rbs\/conference-agenda.php\">See the agenda<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Key topics for discussion include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Stakeholder Engagement<\/li>\n<li>Trust<\/li>\n<li>Supply Chain<\/li>\n<li>Resource Constraints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m particularly looking forward to the discussions on resource scarcity. This is a growing area of interest for companies; for example, water usage is increasingly monitored and reductions sought as part of the CSR programme, particularly for companies where water usage is necessarily high. Food scarcity is another topic; and energy is a third.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of companies who discuss these issues on the corporate website&mdash;and, indeed, go further than just discussion&mdash;include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabmiller.com\/index.asp?pageid=2406\">SABMiller<\/a> on the nexus between water, food and energy: they host online debates, bringing together academics, thinkers and businesses.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unilever.com\/sustainable-living\/water\/\">Unilever<\/a> have an extensive section on Water Use, and discuss the Water Footprint Network, of which they were a founding member.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/foodsecurity.dupont.com\/fsi\/\">Dupont on Food Security<\/a>, discussing the index developed with the Economist Intelligence Unit, to help measure risk and the factors that drive food scarcity. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This subject will be covered in a couple of sessions, and there are lots of other fascinating topics, so if you haven&#8217;t already, book your ticket soon*, and prepare to get involved! There&#8217;s going to be lots of audience participation this year, with small round-table discussions of particular topics, speaker pitches and polling, question and answer sessions and real-life dilemma discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe meet you there?<\/p>\n<p>(*And for the first time Ethical Corporation is offering special rate tickets to businesses with fewer than 250 employees &#8211; down to  \u00a3350 +VAT for a one-day ticket or \u00a3750 +VAT for both days \u2013 a fifth of the normal price.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you going to the Responsible Business Summit? It&#8217;s next week, so you&#8217;ve not got long to clear your diary, but it does look good. (See the agenda). Key topics for discussion include: Collaboration Stakeholder Engagement Trust Supply Chain Resource Constraints I&#8217;m particularly looking forward to the discussions on resource scarcity. 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