EARLY BIRDS SAVE 15% -- REGISTER NOW G&A Institute & Rutgers IEL CSR Certificate 2 –Track Program "Building a Best-in-Class CSR Department" (September 28-29, 2016)  The Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School Newark and Governance & Accountability Institute are joining forces again on a two-day Certificate program in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
The theme is "Building a Best-in-Class CSR Department." The program will be on September 28 and 29, 2016 at the Rutgers Business School campus in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Participants will have a choice of two tracks -- one for corporate responsibility topics and the other for not-for-profit / social sector organization topics, with plenary sessions to share knowledge and experience with all participants. Early Bird Registration is open!
Registrants save 15% through August 31st.
Click here to register & save now! Two Tracks: - Corporate CSR Executive Track
- Nonprofit and Philanthropy CSR Track
Topics include: - The Ethics of Corporate Responsibility
- Industry Specific Metrics and Measurements
- Sustainable Development Goals
- CSR Trends – Locally, Nationally and Internationally
- CSR Through the Investor Lens
- Materiality - Identify & Focus on Strategic ESG Issues
An outstanding group of keynoters, panel moderators and speakers is lining up for the program. To date, among those confirmed as faculty are outstanding corporate sector responsibility leaders Mary O'Malley, Vice President of Corporate Governance, Prudential Financial, Inc; Ellen Lambert, President of PESG Foundation and Chief Diversity Officer one of the nation's leading energy providers. In the not-for-profit sector, Wanda Lopuch, Chair of the Board at The Global Sourcing Council (GSC); and Georg Kell, Founding Director and long-time leader of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and now Vice Chairman, Arabesque Partners, are confirmed presenters. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! For more information contact Louis D. Coppola, EVP of G&A Institute, at lcoppola@ga-institute.com Top Story 5 reasons sustainability will transform the global economy
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 Watching the Watchers
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity (Yale University)
KEY PARTNERS
Part of Yale University. Rudd Foundation financing.
OVERVIEW/MISSION
The Rudd Center’s FAQ includes a question about the Center’s purpose, which it answers with this: “The Rudd Center seeks to improve the world’s diet, prevent obesity, and reduce weight stigma by establishing creative connections between science and public policy, developing targeted research, encouraging frank dialogue among key constituents, and expressing a dedicated commitment to real change.” BACKGROUND
The Rudd Center was formed in 2005: it held a meeting in August 2005 that sought to “assemble leading people [with differing opinions] from around the world expert in science, private-public partnerships, business, law, and bioethics.” STRUCTURE
The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity employs some staff members full-time; others are paid by Yale University or other funders. The Center is located at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut (USA). METHODOLOGIES / OPERATIONS
The Center addresses public health issues related to diet and obesity through several types of activity, including public education and research. The Center cites economic costs of obesity, writing “Obesity-related illnesses cost the United States USD$117 billion in 2000, and the bill will only grow as more Americans continue to gain weight.”
The Rudd Center’s publications include newsletters, where entries for the Rudd Center Health Digest at the time of our February 2012 update covered topics including processed foods, school meals, and marketing practices. Policy briefs and reports are also available online, as are journal articles. Rudd retired its blog, Rudd Sound Bites, in 2011, but an online archive is available. News Sweeps |
