Thursday, 9 August 2012

Vol. 8 Week 32 | 8 August 2012    
HIGHLIGHT


CSR Asia Summit 2012 is just 6 weeks away
Confirmed participants at the CSR Asia Summit in Beijing include: Aviva Asia, Danone, Vestas Asia Pacific Wind Technology, VF Asia, Abercrombie & Fitch, Deloitte, Bank Indonesia, Barclays, Migros, McDonald's Corporation, Disney, Citi China, Damco, Levi Strauss and many more...Embrace the opportunity to play a role in moving CSR forward!
Click here to secure a place and view the full programme now!



CSR Asia –GBCHealth Charity Gala Dinner at CSR Asia Summit 2012
Partnering with GBCHealth, Chi Heng Foundation and kindly sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, the dinner aims to inspire business leaders to support public health in China. Guest of Honour: Representative from The Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China.
The Summit 2012 is just two months away! Check out more details here.





ARTICLES


The CSR Asia Summit: Business solutions to global challenges

The CSR Asia Summit in Beijing is gearing up to be the biggest and best yet! With six weeks to go, our speakers are busy preparing some of the most cutting edge workshops that we have seen. One of the key themes being discussed at the Summit on September 18th and 19th is about the key global challenges of our time, how they have relevance in 2012 and what companies are doing to raise awareness and address these issues. One of the ... Read more


Greening the urban city-state with the Green Mark

Singapore, 8 August 2012 – I stared at the network of water pipes mounted on the ceiling of the carpark basement, appreciating the ingenuity of the technicalities in the campus’s design. Unlike conventional designs, these water pipes are free from right angles, mimicking the natural flow in water bodies. Like Mother Nature’s blueprint for rivers and streams, there is no right angle to break the water flow in ... Read more


Human Rights and Guiding Principles – Managing Risks and Impacts in Asia

The “The Future of CSR: CSR Asia’s CSR in 10 project” carried out by CSR Asia in 2012 (available for CSR Asia Strategic Partners) saw human rights rise up the agenda in terms of an important issue for companies and their stakeholders in the Asia region. While the region is incredibly diverse many of those ‘high risk’ countries in terms of human rights issues are in the region (See, for example ... Read more



Enroll in the upcoming module of our Professional Master's in CSR!


Interested in dealing with contemporary environmental challenges and identifying opportunities for reducing operational impacts on the environment? Want to learn to apply business-related tools and life-cycle based approaches? Join us for the next module of the Professional Master's Degree in CSR, which can also be taken as a 'stand-alone' course and will be delivered in Bangkok from 7-10 September 2012.

The Environmental Management and Climate Change module will focus on business contributions to mitigating and adapting to climate change as well as approaches to developing comprehensive climate change strategies. Participants will gain in-depth knowledge of relevant issues and professional skills to plan environmental management strategies for their own organizations.

Interested applicants can visit www.csr-asia.com or email the Program Manager Clelia Daniel at cdaniel@csr-asia.com.

Training - "Sustainability trends & issues in Asia – What does it mean for businesses in Australia? (Webinar)"
August 14, 2012
Webinar

CSR Asia Summit 2012
September 18-19, 2012
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