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"Building a Best-in-Class CSR Department"
CSR Certificate Program September 28-29, 2016
Two-Tracks: Corporate & Nonprofit/Philanthropy Labor Day Sale -- Save 10% on Registration!
Click here to register & save now! Governance & Accountability Institute and The Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School Newark are joining forces for the Fall two-day CSR Certificate program. Theme as "Building a Best-in-Class CSR Department," 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. 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
The two-day, "deep dive" into CSR and related fields of philanthropy including corporate foundation work, corporate sustainability, risk management, and ethics. Rutgers IEL notes: "Executives in both for-profit and not-for-profit fields and their teams need to develop the skill sets, networks, and ever-increasing expertise to achieve their CSR goals, and deliver value to their organization. This certificate program will be presented over two-days with an outstanding faculty of speakers who are experts in their fields." Confirmed faculty and guest presenters include: - Erika Karp, CEO of Cornerstone Financial (formerly head of research for UBS)
- Mary O’Malley, Vice President of Corporate Governance, Prudential Financial, Inc
- Ellen Lambert, President of PSEG Foundation and Chief Diversity Officer
- Wanda Lopuch, Chair of the Board at The Global Sourcing Council (GSC)
- Georg Kell, Founding Director of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and now Vice Chairman, Arabesque Partners
The program will take place at the Rutgers Business School campus in downtown Newark, New Jersey on September 28 and 29, 2016. Labor Day Sale -- Save 10% on Registration!
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Watching the Watchers  World Economic Forum
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in New York, New York; and Beijing, China.
Established: 1971
ESG/Sustainability Focus: Many issues are related to sustainability and ESG.
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The World Economic Forum's alphabetical list of dozens of strategic partners begins with ABB and ends with Zurich Financial Services. Twenty Industry Partner Groups involve corporations.
OVERVIEW/MISSION
The World Economic Forum describes itself as "…an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas." In its Web site FAQ, the World Economic Forum writes of its mission: "The Forum is 'committed to improving the state of the world' and we go about achieving this through projects which address issues like HIV/AIDS treatment, water supply and fostering dialoque between Islam and the West." The World Economic Forum's programs emphasizes its "collaborative and collegial" atmosphere. BACKGROUND
Klaus Schwab, a professor of business policy at the University of Geneva, founded the World Economic Forum in 1971: the organization was known as the European Management Forum until 1987. The World Economic Forum is probably best-known worldwide for its annual meetings in Davos, in the Swiss Alps. A very detailed history of the World Economic Forum's first 40 years is available online in PDF format. News Sweeps |
