In the article published in the McKinsey Quarterly Al Gore US Vice President and his partner in an investment-management firm, David Blood, the former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, argue that sustainability investing is essential to creating long-term shareholder value. In the interview, the two men discuss traditional approaches to socially responsible investing, as well as society’s widening expectations of corporate responsibility.
To read the complete article please visit the McKinsey Quarterly website here
We are pleased to announce the latest Issue of the EABIS Newszine that covers the first quarter of 2007 is now available to EABIS Members on the dedicated intranet library. The Newszine features EABIS & Members News, Events and delivers the latest corporate responsibility knowledge and learning from the field to our network.
Issue 11 of the Newszine will be made publicly available on the ressources' webpage upon release of the next issue. Issue 10 is now available to all visitors here.
If you have any comments or specific questions about the content, please do not hesitate to contact EABIS' Deputy Director, Simon Pickard, at simon.pickard@eabis.org.
EABIS and host ESADE Business School are pleased to announce the official online launch of the EABIS 6th Annual Colloquium website and the conference registration process which will this year be administered online. We invite you to visit the 2007 Conference Site to start your preparations for the largest collaborative Business-Academic Conference of the year.
The website will keep the participants updated on latest developments and news throughout the summer. It will host, among others, dedicated sections for speakers and presenters, recommended reading around the conference theme, links to existing resources and detailed programmes.
The EABIS Colloquium offers an outstanding platform for its participants to experience the following:
Listen and respond to high-level contributions from global business, stakeholder and thought leaders
Develop personal networks, among an audience of 300+ informed representatives
Present institutional leadership initiatives in reflective multi-stakeholder forums
Contribute to the shaping of a future European knowledge and learning agenda
Special reduced fees are available to all those who register before July 16, 2007. Sign up from today to assure your place at this unique event!
Colloquium Highlights and Special Events
The EABIS Annual Colloquium consistently attracts the presence of some of the most prominent figures in corporate responsibility knowledge, learning and practice. The event will promote exchange and discussion between all actors engaged in corporate responsibility through:
Keynote speeches by renowned business executives, academic leaders and other stakeholders
Interactive Panel & Plenary Sessions
Workshops and Research Tracks with Cutting edge Multi-Stakeholder Input
3rd EABIS Corporate Responsibility Education and Training Exchange
Gala Dinner with International Awards Ceremony Annual PhD Conference Registration will this year be administered online here.
You may also download the registration form if you wish to register via fax/ email.
The 3rd EABIS Education and Training Exchange on Corporate Responsibility
The EABIS Education and Training Exchange (ETE) provides a platform for interactive and creative exchange of successful executive learning and development initiatives across different stakeholder groups. The 2006 event in Milan revealed the emerging need to identify and share cases on the education and training of tomorrow's managers. This year’s Exchange will address this challenge by profiling 30 innovative Business School and In-Company initiatives as selected by a peer review panel.
PhD Conference At IESE Business School – September 22
The Colloquium will be followed by a day devoted to doctoral candidates, this year hosted by IESE Business School. It is a unique opportunity for PhD students to share their research experience and findings with senior faculty from the EABIS network and to discuss the challenges they face in pursuing their doctoral studies in areas linked to corporate responsibility. More information will be communicated in the next 2 weeks.
Early Registration before July 16 / Late Registration after July 16
€ 700 / 825 for Business
€ 600 / 725 for Academia, SMEs, NGOs and Civil Society
€ 600 / 725 for Affiliate EABIS Members
€ 250 / 300 for PhDs (limited places)
€ 50 / 60 set fee for those who only wish to attend the PhD Conference (no Colloquium registration)
For further inquiries please contact Christina Komrowski, ESADE Business School Coordinator, via e-mail christina.komrowski@esade.edu or Tel. +34 934 952 064 / +34 932 806 162.
We strongly encourage you to book early and make your travel plans for what promises to be an exceptional event in Barcelona!
An updated (more international) edition of the Cambridge Climate Leaders Reference Guide has recently been published. The four broad themes are:
The Science of Climate Change
The Economics and Technology of Climate Change
Policy Responses to Climate Change
Business Responses to Climate Change
Within each theme, the Guide provide one page summaries of three of the key documents, as well as profiling four key websites and listing additional resources. A web-link is provided for every document and website referenced in order to allow readers to follow up with the full reports and websites in their own time.
The report is available via the University of Cambridge Programme for Industry website for free download, and can be accessed from the Publications page at www.cpi.cam.ac.uk or directly here.
The Clinton Foundation and Microsoft have announced a long-term partnership to develop a suite of technology tools that will enable cities to accurately monitor, compare and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The partnership aims to empower cities with relevant technology to address shared global environmental issues. The Clinton Foundation and Microsoft will be assisted in developing these new measurement tools by ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability and the Center for Neighborhood Technology.
Microsoft, together with a consortium of partners, will develop a single Web solution to allow cities to clearly understand their environmental footprint. With this information, cities can make better choices as they aim to improve their energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. The new online, Web-based software tools will be provided pro bono to cities and will be available by the end of the year. The software tools will support cities to collaborate in new ways via the Web and online communities, enabling them to work together to monitor their progress and share best practices. They will be compatible with existing emissions reduction tools for cities, allowing the export and import of data from other systems.
The completed measurement tools will consist of a multilingual, online and offline software service accessible around the world. Microsoft will lead the technical software development, and will help establish a consortium of private sector partners that will support the cities in the creation and long-term sustainability of the project. The Clinton Climate Initiative will direct the project and disseminate the new tool to cities that are taking action to curb carbon emissions around the world. For more information please visit Microsoft’s website here.
On May 14 the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), with academic support from the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR) at Nottingham University Business School, successfully launched their 2nd European Survey on business in society and corporate responsibility (CR) issues in research, education and training.
This major project comes as part of a growing strategic partnership between EABIS and EFMD – respectively viewed as Europe’s reference networks on corporate responsibility knowledge development and learning and on management development. The data from the Survey will generate a world-leading, state of the art online resource: a Public Directory that will feature dedicated profiles of the participant institutions' leadership and innovation in these vital areas.
The 2nd European Survey builds upon an original initiative designed in 2003 by ICCSR in partnership with EABIS and EFMD. The resulting data was published in the public domain in the form of the European Directory on Corporate Responsibility Research and Education, accessible here.
To learn more about this unique initiative please visit the dedicated online space here.
The MBA in CSR is a unique programme combining advanced teaching and learning in management with state of the art thinking in corporate social responsibility. This combination allows progressive learning at the leading edge of knowledge in the general discipline of management studies and socially responsible business.
The MBA in CSR enables students to:
Study organisations, including private, public, and not-for-profit organisations, their management, and the changing external environment in which they operate
Critically evaluate at an advanced level the core business disciplines, while applying business ethics and corporate social responsibility issues across all management disciplines
Develop a career in business and management
Develop the capacity for lifelong learning in global business and to enhance personal development.
This MBA is available full-time and part-time and is offered in conjunction with the School's International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR).
Closing Date: 1 June 2007. A number MBA Corporate Social Responsibility Scholarships and Bursaries are available.
For further details for MBA programmes please visit the Nottingham University Business School website here.
The Curriculum Development for Mainstreaming Corporate Responsibility is a three-year project carried out by London Business School and funded by EABIS through its Corporate Funded Programme. The aim of the project is the development of teaching materials that can be used to mainstream corporate responsibility into all management disciplines, as well as core ethics and corporate responsibility courses, for the purposes of MBA and executive education.
Ten case studies are currently being written by faculty in business schools across Europe, and are on track to be delivered this summer. The cases will be launched at an event this autumn. Each of the following cases can each be taught in the management disciplines indicated in parentheses, as well as a course on Business Ethics or Corporate Responsibility:
Corporate Responsible Best Practices in Small and Medium Sized Multinational Enterprises: The Cases of illycaffè (International Strategy, Organisational Behaviour, Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Managing Acquisitions) By Francesco Perrini (Bocconi University) and Angelo Russo (Bocconi University)
Betapharm: Be Different or Die (Strategy, Organisational Behaviour, Marketing) By Andre Habisch (Ingolstadt School of Management), Stephan Kaiser (Ingolstadt School of Management), and Nigel Roome (Solvay Business School)
Enel: CSR and performance measurement (Financial Reporting, Strategic Planning and budgeting, Managerial Reporting and Performance Evaluation, Financial and Management Accounting) By Anna Pistoni (Bocconi University) and Lucrezia Songini (Bocconi University)
Microsoft: Aging Population in the Knowledge Society (Strategy, Organisational Behaviour, Marketing & Communications, Finance) By Maurizio Zollo (INSEAD) and Robert Crawford
Unilever, Oxfam and the Role of International Business in Poverty Reduction (Strategy, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Marketing) By Craig Smith (London Business School) and Robert Crawford
Waste Concern: Turning a Problem into a Resource (Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Competitive Strategy, Strategic Alliances and Global Strategy) By Johanna Mair (IESE Business School) and Jordan Mitchell (IESE Business School)
Innocent: Values and Value (Marketing, Strategy, Organisational Behaviour and Operations Management) By David Grayson (Cranfield School of Management)
The Strategic Agreement between Iberdrola and SEO/Bird, Stakeholder Management and Competitive Advantage in Sustainability (Leadership and Innovation, Strategy, Marketing, Operations Management) By Tanguy Jacopin (IESE Business School) and Joan Fontrodona (IESE Business School)
Hydro Polymers Ltd - Sustainable PVC? (Strategy, Managing Organisational Behaviour, Decision and Risk Analysis, Operations and Technology Management, Product Development/Innovation, Supply Chain Management) by N. Craig Smith (London Business School) and Josephine Brennan
An outline of each of the cases is available at the EABIS Intranet for this please click here.
If you, as EABIS member, are not a member yet of this project space, click here (Curriculum Development) to join (following approval of your request to join, you can click on link above). For further intranet assistance, contact Volodja Vorobey (tel: +32 (0)2 536 0123).
This EABIS co-funded project, analysing the management of stakeholder interactions of in total 6 companies in the telecommunications and financial service industry, is coming to its close. The final results of the project will be presented at our concluding conference on 22 June 2007 as well as in two books aimed at academics (published in 2008) and practitioners (published in 2007).
Insights into the key findings and the content of the business book are exclusively available to EABIS members via our intranet presence (click here).
Other recent developments are the finalisation of our last single-case investigation, the Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (Suva). The executive summary of this case can be found on the EABIS intranet space (click here). We are also very proud to announce the acceptance of seven papers (full papers, discussion papers and working papers) at the forthcoming IABS Conference in Florence, 2007.
We are looking forward to meet with EABIS members at this occasion in order to present and discuss insights and outcomes of the project. Please visit the project space on the EABIS Intranet for further news and project related publications and activities of the Center for Strategic Management: Stakeholder View of the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration, Zurich (HWZ) or contact dominic.kaeslin@fhhwz.ch.
Prof. Nigel Roome, Chair of EABIS’ Academic Board, will make a prominent contribution to the ‘Sustainable Neighbourhood – from Lisbon to Leipzig through Research’ Conference that will take place on 8-10 May 2007, Leipzig, German, a highlight in the German EU Presidency. The aim of this conference is to position sustainability research as an engine for European competitiveness within the Lisbon Agenda. It is a cooperative event between policy and scientific communities, which seeks to provide a forum to debate current research in this field, the interaction between policy, economic and research communities, as well as future research priorities.
Prof. Roome will be chairing the Session ‘Do We Need Non-Technological Innovations?’ and will participate in the plenary discussion on the question ‘Which Innovations beyond Technology do We Need to Achieve Sustainable Development?’. Prof. Roome currently holds the Daniel Janssen Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility at Solvay Business School, Free University of Brussels and the University Chair in Sustainable Enterprise and Transformation at the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
For all additional information on the event please click here.
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