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Westpac’s new CEO, Gail Kelly, opens ACCSR 2nd Annual Conference

Raising the Bar: Leading Sustainable Business in 2008 was opened by Westpac’s new Chief Executive Officer on February 20th in Sydney.

To read the full conference report and download speeches and presentations please click here

Gail Kelly, CEO
Westpac Banking Corporation

Corporate Social Responsibility: Making it Real
ACCSR’s Managing Director, Leeora Black spoke on ABC’s Radio National program, Life Matters on February 20th with Oil Search’s Managing Director, Peter Botten.

To listen to the program click here (6.4 MB MP3)

New Labor Government will be good for Corporate Social Responsibility
Click here to read ACCSR’s briefing paper (93 KB PDF) on what the new Labor Government means for CSR. This article appeared in The Age. Click here to read the article (950 KB PDF), Courtesy of The Age

ACCSR released Australia’s 1st survey on the role of the CSR Manager in October 2007
The research report examined the key demographics of people working in CSR in Australia; and includes information on the CSR Manager’s work environment, job activities, pathways into CSR, remuneration and benefits, and support structures.
To download the report click here (552 KB PDF)

New Zealand Companies Play Catch-up on CSR
“New Zealand companies are still grappling with CSR issues and have yet to come to grips with the concept and what it means to them…But they are not alone…”

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This article appeared in New Zealand’s Management magazine in September 2007

Pension Funds Come Alive
Rapid growth in superannuation funds in Australia has brought with it a new core driver of corporate social responsibility – the pension fund industry itself…

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This article appeared in Ethical Corporation in July 2007

The Importance of CSR for SMEs
“Small to medium-sized enterprises account for about 90 percent of businesses worldwide and are responsible for 50-60 percent of employment. As such, they play a fundamental role in society and can potentially have a huge impact on social welfare.

It is surprising, therefore, that corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, so far, have tended to focus on large companies and multinationals. As SMEs have stakeholders and an impact on society, the concept of CSR is just as valid for small companies, as for large companies…”

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This article is adapted from ACCSR’s submission to the Victorian Government Family and Community Development’s inquiry (June 2007) into the involvement of small and medium businesses in CSR

ASX Corporate Governance Council
ACCSR recently tendered a submission to the ASX Corporate Governance Council (ASX CGC) review of its Corporate Governance Principles.

To read the ACCSR submission to the ASX CGC click here (79 KB PDF)
To read ACCSR’s analysis of the submissions to this enquiry click here (50 KB PDF)

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