Toolbox Tuesdays and Thursdays

  • CSR Europe invites its members and national partners to participate in its Toolbox Tuesdays and Thursdays, a bi-weekly opportunity to dial into a one-hour conference call update where you and your colleagues can benefit from a mini training on the new CSR tools and networks launched as part of CSR Europe's Toolbox in December 2008.

Get your colleagues involved in CSR! This is a great opportunity for you to invite your relevant operational colleagues to understand how they can benefit from the specific tools and learn about the activities of the CSR Laboratories in 2009.  In order for you to easily identify these colleagues, we have created a planning spreadsheet where you can indicate which individuals you should invite to attend each call.

The calls will take place as follows (click on the title for more information):

Tuesdays 

Thursdays

Tuesday 24 February 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Demographic Change - Presented by Johanna Ebbing, econsense

What? Online platform and interactive 'Demographic Risk Maps' to help companies and public authorities integrate demographic factors into long-term strategy. Additionally a study EU's 264 regions calculating the expected changes in demography and their consequences on regional location such as labour productivity, human capital, R&D innovation and more.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Human Resources (Recruitment, Mobility, Retention)
  • Health & Safety (Employee Health, Wellbeing)
  • Sales & Marketing (Pricing, Promotion, Selling)
  • Finance (Pension plans, Competitive salaries)
  • Operations (Labour productivity)
  • Research & Development (Performance, Innovation, Highly-skilled workers)

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Thursday 26 February 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Financial Inclusion - Presented by Angela Tanno, ABI (Italian Banking Association)

What? Comprehensive reports and best practice examples to support the development of innovative and cost-effective approaches in product offering, service delivery and risk assessment

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Marketing (Planning Products/Financial Needs Assessment, Advertising Campaigns
  • Communications/PR (Event planning/Sponsorship of products)
  • Site Operator (Basic financial products offerings)
  • Investors/Investor Relations (Fund Management/SRI)

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Tuesday 3 March 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Wellbeing in the Workplace - Presented by Virginie Delwart, Johnson and Johnson 

What? Eleven straight-forward and practical tips for implementing a successful wellbeing strategy in any company, a detailed analysis of the three elements of addressing wellbeing in the workplaces: Prevention, Identification and reintergration.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Human Resources (Policy creation, Absenteeism, Staff turnover, Employee satisfaction, Retention)
  • Health and Safety (Policy creation)
  • Operations (Productivity measurements)
  • Corporate/Public Affairs (Legislation)
  • CSR/Communications (Reporting, Communications, Transparency)

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Thursday 5 March 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Sustainable Business at the Base of the Pyramid - Presented by Jan Noterdaeme, on behalf of the European C'homme'pany for CSR Europe 

What? Louis Michel, EU Commissioner of Development and Humanitarian aid offered to mobilise local Heads of the EC Delegations for a meeting in early 2009 with companies/organisations to discuss the European Commission's (EC) role in potentially engaging in Base of the Pyramid activities. This call will provide an update and inform you of how you can engage in this meeting and further activities with the EC. Companies who are planning or developing BoP projects are asked to complete this template and submit it to CSR Europe before the 20th of March.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Sales & Marketing (Business Plan creation, Market Analysis, Branding, Promotion, Selling)
  • Production (Product Development)
  • Finance (Financial Analysis)
  • Research & Business Development (New Product Development)
  • Human Resources (Recruitment)
  • Corporate/Public Affairs (Reputation, Cooperation with Stakeholders, Legislation)
  • Comunications/Media (Communications, Transparency, Reputation)
  • Management (Strategic Planning)

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Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

CR & Market Valuation of Financial and Non-Financial Performance - Presented by Paolo Nazzaro, Telecom Italia

What? A European Framework, 10 principles, and recommendations designed to facilitate the communication of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors to investors. Academic research and high-level multi stakeholder consultations on linking core ‘non-financial’ performance indicators and ‘traditional’ financial indicators.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • CSR (Reporting, Communications, Transparency)
  • Investor Relations(Communication)
  • Finance (Valuation Models)
  • Human Resources (Data Input)
  • Top Management/Board of Directors (Corporate Governance)
  • Corporate/Public Affairs (Reputation Management)
  • Sales & Marketing (Customer Loyalty)
  • Customer Service (Service Quality)
  • Environmental Department (Data Input)

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Thursday 12 March 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Equality Between Men and Women - Presented by Gianfranco Romano, Sodalitas

What? A study on key barriers facing women in the workforce and in management roles in particular including guidelines aimed at granting career opportunities to women across different industries through practical support mechanisms, such as support and visibility to high potential women, coaching and mentoring schemes, committees and network implementation, work/life balance schemes.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Human Resources (Policy Creation, Hiring, Salary Allocation, Career Progression)
  • Corporate/Public Affairs (Legislation)
  • CSR (Reporting)

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Tuesday 17 March 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Mainstreaming Diversity in the Company - Presented by (Tentative)

What? A “Do’s and Don’ts Guidebook” for company leaders, Human Resources (HR) and managers at all levels of the organisation to aid in the practical implementation of diversity and inclusion goals and a ‘How To Guide’ for hosting Diversity Career Fairs as a way of diversifying the more classical recruitment sourcing for potential discriminated candidates.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Human Resources (Policy Creation, Recruitment, Mobility, Training, Retention)
  • Corporate/Public Affairs (Legislation)
  • CSR (Reporting)
  • Communications (Communications, Transparency)

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Thursday 19 March 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Eco-Efficiency - Presented by Renato Di Stefano, STMicroelectronics 

What? Guidelines built on the priciple of 3-E's (Ecology, Efficiency and Economy) addressing issues such as: how to measure consumption; idenfity improvement areas; define benchmarks; develop action plans; and monitor progress

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Procurement (Purchasing)
  • Operations/Infrastructure (Energy/Utilities Usage)

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View the Eco-Efficiency Check-Up Tool Demo Video

Tuesday 24 March 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Responsible Supply Chain Management - Presented by Maria Alexiou, Titan

What? An explanation of the key elements of a responsible supply chain management process through a user-friendly web portal including access to key international standards and principles.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Procurement (Standards, Communication)
  • Corporate/Public Affairs (Reputation, Monitoring & Compliance)
  • Production (Risks & Opportunities)
  • CSR (Reporting, Strategy)
  • Communications (Communications, Transparency)

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Thursday 26 March 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Skills for Employability through Employee Engagement - Presented by Maria-Jose Subiela, BITC

What? Examples of outstanding Employee Community Engagement programmes involving cross-secotal collaboration in Europe and strategic insight on the value of this form of community investment, its impact on both the business and society and how this is measured, its contribution to the EU Growth and Jobs agenda, and its role in delivering companies' corporate responsibility commitments.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from... 

  • Human Resources (Performance Management, Reputation, Employee Satisfaction)
  • Marketing (Promotion)
  • CSR (Reporting) 
  • Organisational Learning (Training, Content Development)
  • Governmental Affairs (Policy Creation (jobs))

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Tuesday 31 March 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Sustainable Marketing - Presented by Emma Williams, BT

What? The business case for sustainable marketing - concrete benefits to the company and quantitative data from consumers across Europe - along with a toolkit with practical tools ranging from basic sustainable marketing audits to advice on embedding sustainability within the company.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • CSR Manager (Internal training module on sustainable marketing)
  • Marketing (Product, Price, Place, Promotion)
  • Communication (Reputation)
  • R&D/Innovation Team (Product Innovation)

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Thursday 2 April 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

R&D Innovation Networks with SMEs - Presented by Livio Baldi, Numonyx

What? Guidelines based on success factors and obstables identified during a series of hearings and interviews with 'role models' in the sphere of open innovation, leading to practical recommendations on how to enhance the effectiveness of network-based innovation programmes.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Departments Involved with SMEs (Access to Innovation)
  • External Relations (Answering to Public Authorities about research opportunities involving SMEs)

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Tuesday 7 April 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

European Alliance on Skills for Employability - Presented by Carsten Johnson, Cisco Systems and Sylvie Laffarge, Microsoft

What? A collaborative model to build skills for employability across Europe

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Human Resources (Recruitment, Training, Employee Engagement, Employee Satisfaction)

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Thursday 9 April 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Business Involvement to Enhance Social Inclusion - Presented by (TBD)

What? Best practice methods by which businesses can facilitate social inclusion for the marginalised and disadvantaged with a focus on social entrepreneurship and the expansion of access to finance and financial services.

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Tuesday 14 April 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Proactive Stakeholder Engagement - Presented by Delphine Poligine, ORSE

What? The Laboratory completed mapping of successful and unsuccessful experiences of engagement between corporations and key stakeholder groups such as NGOs, local authorities, consumer groups and trade unions.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • CSR (Reporting)
  • Procurement (Contractual Obligations)
  • Finance (Shareholders, Investors, Rating Agencies)
  • Corporate/Public Affairs (Legislative Bodies, NGOs, Governments)

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Thursday 16 April 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Sectoral CSR Reporting - Presented by Ines Garcia-Pintos, CECA

What? Standardised Financial Sector Reporting Framework. Recommendations to savings banks on what they should include, adapt or drop from their CSR reports in order to meet the G3 guidelines and to not overlap with other reported data. Standardised reporting mechanism to increase stakeholder comprehension and transparency, based on a series of indicators focused on social, environmental, socio-economic and financial performance.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • CSR (Reporting)
  • Communications (Reporting, Communications, Transparency)

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Tuesday 21 April 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Science in Schools - Presented by Celia Moore, IBM

What? Collaboration across companies to enhance science teaching in schools. Collaborative networks with 30 organisations and MST education groups established in 10 countries (Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK).

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Human Resources (Recruitment, Training, Employee Engagement, Employee Satisfaction)
  • R&D (Recruitment)
  • Philanthropy (Community projects)

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Thursday 23 April 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Recruitment and Ethical Management of Foreign Workers - Presented by (TBD)

What?  Guidelines outlining: legality of entry and permanence of workings into destination countries; suitability of foreign workforce to fill vacant positions; and actual ability of foreign workforce to fully integrate into host countries (i.e. overcoming cultural and linguistic barriers).

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Human Resources (Recruitment, Training)

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Tuesday 28 April 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Stimulating Entrepreneurial Mindset and Promoting Entrepreneurship Education - Presented by Rebekah Smith, BUSINESSEUROPE

What? Collection of best practices in the field of entrepreneurship education, focusing on innovative initiatives that actively involve businesses and/or business organisations.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Human Resources (Employee Engagement, Externally mentoring young people)  

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Thursday 30 April 2009 at 11:00-12:00 CET

Environment and the Financial Sector - Presented by Ines Garcia-Pintos, CECA

What?  Research findings on the key direct and indirect impacts of the financial sector on the environment and information on industry-specific mechanisms to enhance profitability through lower costs and the securing of new business opportunities.

For whom and why? You and your colleagues from...

  • Building Facilities
  • Products and Services

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