United Kingdom
Business in the Community
Profile
Founded in 1982, Business in the Community is an independent business-led charity with an objective to create a public good by inspiring companies to improve the impact they have on society. Business in the Community is a membership organisation working through 11 Regional offices in the UK including Northern Ireland and Wales and participating in over 100 partnerships.
We have a current membership of over 750 companies, including 71 of the FTSE 100 and 82 percent of the FTSE's UK leading companies in their sector. Together Business in the Community members employs 12.4 million people in over 200 countries worldwide, including 1 in 5 of the UK private sector workforce.
Mission
Our purpose is to inspire, engage, and support and challenge companies to continually improve the impact they have on society. Membership is a public commitment of intent to improve positive impact on society and support the growing movement of responsible business practice.
Members make three commitments:
- Inspire, innovate and lead by sharing learning and experience
- Impact on key social issues by engaging in collaborative action in areas of greatest need
- Integrate, manage and measure responsible business practice
Activities
We INSPIRE companies: We provide effective and prestigious platforms and awards to communicate companies' commitment to responsible business and inspire businesses and others to do likewise. Over 4,000 business leaders have been inspired to take action through The Prince's Seeing is Believing Programme alone.
We ENGAGE companies in collaborative (multi-business) activities that tackle key social issues in the most deprived communities. Harnessing the power of Business in the Community's membership we help raise achievement of young people, remove barriers to work for disadvantaged individuals, and prioritise investments in the most deprived areas.
We SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE businesses in integrating responsible business practice across the four key impact areas of environment, marketplace, workplace and community by providing a dedicated account manager, sharing our own expertise, knowledge and experience, and that of our members; helping companies to adopt best practice to improve business performance and using a range of services and benchmarks, including the Corporate Responsibility Index and Race, Gender and Environmental indices.
Members
780 members (view members)
Chairperson
Michael Rake, Chairman - KPMG International
Contact
Mallen Baker or David Halley
e-mail: information@bitc.org.uk
Phone: +44 (870) 600 2482
Fax: +44 (207) 253 1877
Address: 137 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7RQ, United Kingdom
