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Past Conference Reports

"Conferences such as this play an important role in encouraging stakeholders to discuss and debate the often complex issues raised by the deceptively simple three letters – C-S-R.

While terms like “corporate social responsibility” and “responsible investment” may sound altruistic, they all boil down to sustainable business practices. The kind of business practices Australia needs right now."

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law
Closing Keynote Address to Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, 3rd Annual Conference


"The conference provided an excellent range of high quality speakers and topics which were both informative and thought provoking. It was also a great opportunity to meet industry and other government CSR practitioners."

Jill Grant, Manager, Sustainability Policy, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism


"Congratulations on a most informative and intellectually-stimulating conference. It is obvious ACCSR worked very hard to deliver a great range of speakers. It was also good to network with delegates from across the country."

Betty Kotevski, Research Manager, Responsible Investment Consulting


"Finally we are moving beyond 'blue sky' optimism to 'down-to-earth' integration of sustainability principles into core organisational practices. Coming to this conference feels like being on board the 'sustainability train'. I am enjoying this journey's next stages."

Liz Sidiropoulos, Lecturer, Central Queensland University Melbourne


ACCSR’s 5th Annual Conference
  • THE STATE OF CSR IN AUSTRALIA:
    The Innovation Imperative Taking CSR from Risk Management to Value Creation

 

NABProudly Hosted and Sponsored by NAB

15 February 2012 | Melbourne
Auditorium, Ground Floor, NAB, 800 Bourke St, Docklands

 

Conference Objective

The aim of ACCSR’s 2012 Conference is to explore how good CSR practices can drive company innovation and value creation.

This conference will assert that innovation and value creation are the next frontier in demonstrating the business case for CSR. By way of evidence, the proportion of CSR managers who said that CSR had delivered new value for their organisations more than doubled, from 27.3% to 62% between 2008 and 2010 (State of CSR in Australia surveys).

The conference will examine how CSR can drive innovation in development of:

  • Governance and management
  • New products
  • New programs (including partnerships)
  • New processes
  • New business models
  • Access to new markets  

This high-level one day event will enable participants to hear concrete examples of best practices in Australia and overseas, to be briefed on academic analysis, and to share examples, dilemmas and ideas with peers, regulators and stakeholders.

Participants will leave inspired, better networked, and with a portfolios of concrete new ideas and strategies for their work.