Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility
Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility



 

The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) is Australia’s leading specialist corporate social responsibility services provider. We provide advisory, research and training services in corporate social responsibility to a wide range of clients in the public, private and government sectors.

Our advisory services cover the complete range of corporate social responsibility issues including sustainability reporting, stakeholder engagement and CSR measurement. Whether your company is a recognised global corporate social responsibility leader or just beginning its corporate social responsibility journey, you need the knowledge, tools and support to embed and strengthen your company’s CSR capabilities.

Our popular executive development and learning workshops will help your company achieve real improvements that create value for you and your stakeholders. Our programs and advice are based on the best international and national empirical research.

ACCSR appeared in BRW in April 2008 as one of Australia's 100 fastest growing start-up companies.


International organisational change expert Sanjay Sharma presents
“Building Organisational Capacity for a Sustainable Strategy” Workshop for the first time in Australia

WHERE and WHEN:

MELBOURNE:
Thursday 31st July  – Friday 1st August, 9am-5pm
Melbourne Business School, 200 Leicester Street, Carlton

SYDNEY:
Thursday 7th – Friday 8th August, 9am-5pm
Macquarie Graduate School of Management,
Level 6, 51-57 Pitt Street, Sydney

This two-day workshop will help you to build support for CSR within your organisation. Aimed at leaders from business, government, and civil society organisations who want to enhance their ability to build organisational capacity for formulating and implementing effective sustainability strategy. The workshop will impart leading-edge concepts and help participants develop a plan for catalyzing change and building an organisational capacity.

Before joining Concordia University in Toronto as the Dean of the John Molson School of Business, Sanjay Sharma was the Canada Research Chair of Organizational Sustainability, a Professor of Strategy and Sustainability and the Director of the Centre for Responsible Organizations at the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada.

To download the brochure and registration form for
Building Organisational Capacity for a Sustainable Strategy click here (272 KB PDF) or click here for more information. .


CSR on Boardroom Radio (April 2008)

Listen to Dr Leeora Black, Managing Director of ACCSR, discuss CSR with Francis Grey, Head of Australian Research at Sustainable Asset Management and Paula Benson,  Alcoa’s General Manager, Corporate Affairs on Boardroomradio by clicking here


2008 CSR Workshop Program

ACCSR is holding essential programs in corporate social responsibility throughout 2008. Topics include: Introducing CSR, ExperienceCSR, Reporting CSR and Measuring CSR. Our flagship CSR workshops with international faculty will be held in Melbourne and Sydney.

Click here to see the full list of programs for 2008 and to download a registration form.

Flagship CSR Workshops with International Faculty in Melbourne and Sydney

Ann Svendsen, international stakeholder relations expert, is returning to Australia in May to hold a two-day workshop on stakeholder engagement and dialogue. Ann is from the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

International sustainability and organisational change expert, Dr Sanjay Sharma, will facilitate a two-day workshop in July/August on “Building Organisational Change for Sustainable Strategy”. Sanjay is Dean of the John Molson School of Business in Toronto.

If you wish to further your study by enrolling in a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (GCBA), La Trobe University's Graduate School of  Management will recognise four days of ACCSR workshops and an assessment component as one elective unit towards the GCBA (subject to students meeting the entry requirements).

ACCSR’s 2nd Annual Conference attracts over 200 delegates
ACCSR was very pleased to host its 2nd Annual Conference, “Raising the Bar: Leading Sustainable Business in 2008”, in Sydney on February 20th.

The conference was a great success, attracting over 200 delegates. Speakers including Gail Kelly, CEO of Westpac, Human Rights Commissioner, Graeme Innes, Victorian Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Innovation, Gavin Jennings, and Peter Botten, Managing Director of Oil Search.

For the full conference report and conference speeches click here.

ACCSR Services

For more information about our services, download these brochures:


"ACCSR has assisted us on a number of projects including a CSR review, stakeholder research and engagement, sustainability reporting and index participation support. Many of our employees have attended ACCSR’s workshops and courses to build our knowledge of CSR and stakeholder engagement.

ACCSR’s advice has been invaluable in building our in-house expertise in CSR and how it relates to our business."
Mike Roberts
General Manager, Corporate Relations & Strategic Marketing, Transurban

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