Dr
Leeora Black
leeorablack@accsr.com.au
Leeora
D. Black, Ph.D, is founder and managing director
of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility
and an honorary research fellow in the Faculty
of Business and Economics at Monash University.
Leeora’s work focuses on analysing and solving
complex CSR issues and problems, building organisational
CSR capacity and strategy, stakeholder engagement
and research, and CSR measurement.
She has consulted for global firms, government
businesses and social sector organisations on integration
of CSR into business operations and strategies,
stakeholder engagement and communications, issues
management and reputation, and has published and
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Her doctorate from Monash University developed
a new approach to understanding and measuring capabilities
for corporate social responsiveness and is the
basis for CSR Management Capacity™.
Current and past clients include Westpac, Transurban,
CSL, the Australian Council of Super Investors, CPA
Australia, CitiPower/Powercor, South East Water,
and The Education Foundation.
A widely published author and speaker at international
conferences on corporate social responsibility, business
and society and organisational communications, Leeora
is an experienced and highly sought-after facilitator
of workshops.
She applies a capability-development approach to
every engagement, ensuring knowledge and skills transfer
that facilitate continuous improvement for clients
and colleagues both during and after engagements.
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Kate Niblock-Siddle
kateniblocksiddle@accsr.com.au
Kate Niblock-Siddle is ACCSR’s Program Manager.
She co-ordinates ACCSR’s learning program
and provides support for our research and consulting
work.
Kate has over seven years of international experience
in the CSR field – and was previously Deputy
Publisher of Ethical Performance, a global monthly
newsletter on corporate social responsibility and
socially responsible investment in the UK.
Prior to joining ACCSR, she was Deputy Regional
Editor for Superbrands Asia, the global independent
arbiter of branding. In this role she worked with
clients across South-east Asia to help strengthen
and promote their brand identity.
She has a first-class BA Hons degree in Social Anthropology
from the University of Kent in the UK.
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Sara Bice
sarabice@accsr.com.au
Sara Bice is a part-time Research Associate at ACCSR. Sara has worked in international and community development on issues including corporate responsibility in the mining industry, public participation and work-life balance.
Sara is also currently a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Melbourne, developing a social impact assessment instrument focused on the Australian mining industry. She holds a Master of Arts in International Development and Gender Studies from the University of Melbourne.
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Gail Rehbein
gailrehbein@accsr.com.au
Gail Rehbein is a Senior Consultant with the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility. Gail has recently completed a Masters with honours in Professional Ethics and Governance at Griffith University and through her recent postgraduate research brings in-depth knowledge of integrating corporate social responsibility into business.
Gail combines this with an extensive commercial background as an executive coach, consultant and Chartered Accountant. She has experience within a wide range of organisations, both public and private sector. She has published and presented regularly on CSR over recent years.
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Dr
Robert Boutilier
We are proud to work together with Dr Robert G. Boutilier,
Ph.D., a researcher, author, and consultant. He is
president of Robert Boutilier & Associates, a social
research consultancy based in Vancouver, Canada, and
a research fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Community
Development at Simon Fraser University.
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Prior to joining
SFU, he spent 15 years forecasting socio-economic trends,
analysing markets, and researching public opinion to
help companies devise realistic, profitable longer-term
strategies. He has written a book and a monthly magazine
column on consumer trends and marketing. He has consulted
for organisations ranging from government environmental
regulators to mining companies, from ice cream retailers
to banks, from entrepreneurs to state-owned corporations.
Robert’s current work involves the
application of concepts like social capital,
stakeholder engagement, and sustainability
to community development and firm-stakeholder
relationship management. His Stakeholder
360 tracks the quality of company-stakeholder
relationships and guides relationship improvement
activities. Bob works together with ACCSR
to use the Stakeholder
360™ to help clients
benchmark and develop quality stakeholder
relationships and engagement strategies.
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Paul
Hohnen
www.hohnen.net
We are proud to work together with Paul Hohnen, an
international sustainability consultant, speaker and
author based in Amsterdam. A former Australian diplomat,
he has worked intensively with the UN, with NGOs and
with business on sustainable development issues since
1989. A founding director of the Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI), Paul remains a special advisor to that organisation
and is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of
International Affairs (Chatham House). His clients
include governments, the UN, business and NGOs. Paul
has a track record of identifying emerging global business
issues.
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In his
tailored keynote addresses, Hohnen explores the various
policy issues facing governments, business and the
non-profit sector in relation to sustainable development.
An advocate of the proposition ‘policy-as-usual’ commits
us to business-as-usual’, Paul encourages
the development of policy coalitions between business,
labour and NGOs that explore pragmatic policy options
to fast-track progress towards sustainable development.
Paul has developed a reputation as a gifted facilitator,
reflecting his three decade diplomatic and international
conference experience. He specialises in multi-stakeholder
discussions on issues such as sustainable development
and CSR. Paul works with ACCSR
on client assignments and visits Australia from
time to time to co-facilitate workshops. |
