Presentación Mark Kramer- 22 Encuentro Empresarial CRCP
SUMS 231115
1. Business in the Community www.bitc.org.uk
Business in the Community
Working with business to develop strategies
with responsibility at heart
Creating a Fairer Society and a More Sustainable
Future
2. Business in the Community www.bitc.org.uk
Business in the Community
The Prince’s Responsible Business Network
Founded, funded and led by business
Responsible business is good for business
800+ companies in membership
10,000+ companies engaged in campaigns
137 partners in 67 countries
33 years experience of supporting and
challenging members to develop and deliver
strategy with responsibility at its heart
Work with companies to build a fairer
society and a more sustainable future
3. Business in the Community www.bitc.org.uk
A picture paints 1000 words... how about a video
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7. www.bitc.org.uk
Integrating responsible business across all business operations
Marketplace and Environment
•Products and services with improved social and environmental impacts
• Marketing to positively influence customers behaviour
• Manage social, environmental and economic impacts in your supply chain
•Taking action to tackle climate change and prepare for a low carbon economy
Employees
• Ensuring development, wellbeing and fair treatment
Community
•Investing in the communities in which the business operates and those
communities in greatest need
What is Responsible Business?
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What does that mean for business?
“Strategy has always been
about making profits first, and
that can’t change. But what
must change is how we go
about making those profits.”
- Adam Werbach, CEO of yerdle
11. Business Case for responsible business
Link to: Business Case for being a Responsible Business, 2011
12. 67% of business leaders do not
believe business is doing enough to
address global sustainability
challenges
97% see sustainability as important
to the future success of their
business
Thoughts from the boardroom
Yet only 38% of business leaders
believe they can quantify the value of
their sustainability initiatives
Only 32% of business leaders
believe that the global economy is on
track to meet the needs of a growing
population
78% see sustainability as an
opportunity for growth and innovation
Accenture and UNGC CEO Study 2013
13. It’s time for a new contract between business & society
Business in the Community stands for
responsible business
•We work with business to drive change
•Our local national & international programmes enable business to achieve
more through collaboration
•We work with members to develop an integrated approach to running a
responsible business
•We encourage action by publicly recognising those businesses that are
bringing about change
14. Business in the Community www.bitc.org.uk
How we support companies
Research Benchmarking Awards
PR and Marketing
Events and networking
Community brokerageAdvice and guidance Leadership
opportunities
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What we ask of companies
• A genuine commitment to active engagement
• Involvement of employees from across the business
• A joint action plan in place and regular meetings to review progress
• Advocacy of the responsible business movement
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Integrate
The CR Index is the UK’s leading
voluntary benchmark of Corporate
Responsibility
The CR Academy is a collaborative
project led by BITC to provide
training, support and advice
Training @ BITC
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Collaborate
• Business in the Community’s Employee
Volunteering programme is a network of
more than 350 partner companies that
address social issues in communities by
volunteering their employees time and skill
during business hours.
• Business Class provides a
systematic framework for
business to support young
people facing social
disadvantage.
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Convene, inspire and celebrate
• The Prince’s Seeing is Believing
programme engages the UK’s
top business leaders with key
social responsibility issues.
• The Responsible Business
Awards are independent and
peer assessed corporate
responsibility awards.
19. • Responsible Growth
• Sustainable Business Models
• Waste
• Energy
• Water
Marketplace and Environment
20. • Diversity
• Gender
• Race
• Age
• Wellbeing
• Mental Health
• Benchmarking
• Research
Employees
Ensuring that age, gender, health and race do not limit an employee's
engagement and success in the workplace
21. BITC Community Investment
Education
Ensuring a young person's success at school and beyond is not
determined by their social background
Employment
Helping people overcome disadvantage by creating access to
sustainable, good employment
Enterprise
Creating jobs and vibrant communities by supporting small, local
businesses
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Environment and Marketplace
Veolia has gone through transformational
change to convert from a waste management
company to a producer of resources,
reducing dependency on natural resources for
itself and its customers, creating new revenue
streams and opening up new markets.
Winner 2015 Environmental Leadership Award
25. www.bitc.org.uk
Tackling Unemployment
• Barclays' youth employability strategy
provided many routes for progression,
meaning that leadership roles, further
qualifications and long-term careers are no
longer out of reach.
Barclays Bank plc - Grow with Barclays, the Youth Employment Strategy
26. www.bitc.org.uk
Workplace & Employees
Unilever UK Ltd has created a mental health programme that incorporates
manager training and awareness, employee learning, information, and tools
for individuals and teams to improve their resilience and positive mental
health.
Unilever UK Ltd – Mental Wellbeing Programme
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Responsible Business of the Year 2013
Jaguar Land Rover is improving its environmental performance and investing in
communities, while developing its future workforce and ensuring growth as a
responsible business
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Business in the
Community inspires,
engages, supports &
challenges companies,
through collaborative
action, to continually
improve the impact they
have on society
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