Asia Pacific Corporate Social Responsibility Conference July 8, 2008

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming a bigger priority to organizations in Asia Pacific. While CSR is not a new concept or practice, it’s initiatives in the region is still comparatively young. However, it’s now recognized as one of the best ways to enhance a company’s position and value and many companies are now increasing their CSR initiatives.

Today’s CSR priorities are determined through ethical reasoning rather than governmental or legal requirements. CSR can also be used as a strong risk management tool against shareholder and consumer dissatisfaction. It’s now clearly entwined in many multinational organizations’ strategic planning process. In fact, 54% of today’s business school requires a course in CSR which is a significant jump against 2001’s 34%.

Why you should attend:
• Forming and furthering your CSR initiatives to better brand your company to be socially responsible.
• Learning from world class organizations with strong and impressive CSR accomplishments
• Selecting suitable projects to invest resources in
• Building and sustaining your organization’s branding and consumer base
• Adopting an effective measurement, monitoring and KPI system for your company’s CSR initiatives
• Understanding what it takes to work successfully with the community
• Aligning stakeholder’s interest with your company’s CSR initiatives
• Managing your company’s sustainability reporting structure and system

Official Website: http://www.apac-csr.com