Certificate course in Corporate Social

Responsibility (CSR) Strategy

18-19 March 2013 | Mumbai, India

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) entails all efforts implemented by private organizations to manage social and environmental impacts that may have a negative effect on business performance and

sustainability if left unattended. The entire process that is executed via the CSR Strategy enables the organization to reduce operational risk and better engage with stakeholders thus achieve an overall positive on the three pillars of sustainability: environment, society, economy.

Objectives

In today’s competitive business environment, survivability presupposes adaptability. The essence and content of CSR is continuously changing as the world’s economy adapts to evolving global development strategies. For companies with international horizons and perspectives, CSR is becoming a prerequisite for survival. However, CSR practices need to be continuously updated to respond to new challenges.

The Training shall address all relative CSR thematic areas aiming to provide participants with an understanding of all the relative issues so as they are able to design and implement their organization’s CSR Strategy and programs.

The Training offers official Certification of successful completion by the Indian Centre for CSR, recognising Indian professionals who have taken an active step towards better understanding how to design and implement CSR within their organizations.

Learning Objectives & Training Deliverables

The training presents global and local trends, methodologies and examples in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), enabling participants to:i. Understand the evolution of CSR over the years and consider present and future developments that will have

a direct impact on their operations. ii. Assess the efficiency and viability of their organization’s current operations vis-à-vis the internal and external

environments in which they operate as well as the stakeholders who have a direct impact on operationsiii. Design and manage their organization’s CSR Strategy

Who the training program is aimed ati) Working Managers: Managers who are involved in or have moved into positions where they drive CSR

programs for their company. The course will be an important foundation stone of a formal training in CSR. The course will enable them to analyze the current CSR activities in their organizations and construct future approach, strategies and plans.

ii) Academicians: People who want a formal introduction to CSR as a subject will find this course very useful. Academicians are interested to understand the subject and subsequently incorporate it in their courses will benefit immensely from this program

Training MaterialThe Training promotes CSR knowledge by relying on the active interaction among participants, trainers and leading sustainability guest speakers. Training material consists of presentations, exercises, reference material, videos, and audio material.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Strategy

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Strategy

Monday 18 March 20138:30 – 9:00 SIGN-IN

LEGISLATION & TRENDS

9:00 – 11:00

History and current issues in CSR

l The evolution of CSR

l Legislation

l CSR Guidelines/Standards/Labels

l Global Trends

THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STRATEGY

11:00 – 12:30

Assessing the Sustainability Context of Operations

l Operational Impact

l Stakeholder Identification & Prioritization

12:30 – 13:00 Exercise: Stakeholder Identification

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00 – 16:30

Design the CSR Strategy – Translating impacts into Action

l Social Management & Community Involvement

l The Role of NGOs and the Civil Society

16:30 – 17:30 Exercise: Designing your social responsibility programme

Tuesday 19 March 20138:30 – 9:00 Morning Coffee

THE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY

9:00 – 13:00

Design the CSR Strategy – Translating impacts into Action

l Environmental Management Strategy

l Looking at the Operational & Product level (GHG Emissions,

LCA, Ecolabels)

13:00 – 13:30 Guest Speaker: Vassilis Nikolopoulos, Founder, Intelen

13:30 – 14.30 LUNCH BREAK

DISCLOSURE AND ASSURANCE

14:30 – 16:00

Sustainability Reporting (based on the G3.1 Guidelines of GRI)

Quality Assurance Statement

l Exercise: Understanding Sustainability Reporting

COMMUNICATION & MARKETING

16:00 – 16:45 Communicating your sustainability report

l The importance of social media

Training Agenda

Indian Merchants’ ChambersIMC Building , IMC Marg,Next to Churchgate StationChurchgate , Mumbai 400 020

For more information contact:Indian Centre for CSR601, 6th Floor, Technocity, Plot No. X4/5 A, TTC Industrial Area Mahape, Navi Mumbai- 400701 (India).Tel No: +91 22 2778 8481 / 82Email: ea@iccsr.org / du@iccsr.org

Dr. Panagiotis Panagiotakopoulos

Panagiotis (Panos) is globally renowned speaker and trainer in CSR. He has extensive scientific knowledge in the fields of Sustainability, Environmental Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ecolabel Strategies and Organizational Development, both from his postgraduate studies as an Environmental Engineer, and his research during his Ph.D. He

has an extensive teaching experience on these fields both at an academic (Democritus University of Thrace and National Technical University of Athens) and a professional level, through the delivery of specialized seminars to numerous organiza-tions and companies. His research and teaching experience has contributed to the provision of high-level specialized consulting services to various public and private organizations. He is Greece’s National Eco-Innovation Expert for OECD, member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Associate of the Chamber of Environment and Sustainability and a member of the Network of Project Managers in Greece. Dr. P. Panagiotakopoulos has served as assessor of the IPMA International Project Excellence Award, while the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has assigned him as a Quality Control Consultant for its Certified Training Programs in Greece.

• For Corporates: `38,000/- plus taxes per delegate. 10% discount on base rate for bulk participation (three or more participants from the corporate)

• For Educational Institutes / NGOs etc: `33,000/- plus taxes. 10% discount on base rate for bulk participation (three or more participants from the corporate)

• Service Tax of 12.36% is applicable• If the participant registers on or before 31st January, 2013, there will be an early bird discount of

10% applicable.

Ms. Irene Daskalakis

Irene Daskalakis is an International Advisor on Corporate Responsibility Management and Business Management. She holds a Bachelor in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business from George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA and a Master in Business Administration with a concentration in International Business

from the Athens University of Economics and Business. Irene has worked at the Global Programs and Partnerships Unit at the World Bank, where she was involved in the promotion of strategic partnerships with Foundations. She also worked at the European Commission Delegation in Tirana, Albania where she supported the involvement of Civil Society in Albania’s European Integration Process (political Unit) and executed a project in Public Internal Financial Control, in close consulta-tion with the Albanian Ministry of Finance (operations Unit). In the area of Corporate Responsibility Management, Irene has active experience having implemented projects and workshops in Europe (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Luxemburg), in the Middle East (U.A.E, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon) and in the U.S.A. Project areas of focus include the design of a Corporate Sustainability Strategy, implementation of Sustainability Assessments (based on the EFQM Framework for CSR, Corporate Responsibility Index, ISO26000) and creation of Sustainability Reports (based on the G3 Guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative, UN Global Compact Principles).

Rajesh Tiwari

Rajesh Tiwari is Founder of Indian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR). Earlier, he founded Tikona Digital Networks Pvt. Ltd. in 2008 and served as its Joint Managing Director. He was Group Director at Reliance Communi-cations, where he made significant contributions to its telecom tand Optical Fibre infrastructure development. He

was also Group President of Reliance Industries and has served across array of functions. Earlier in his career, Rajesh Tiwari was part of the elite government service for 14 years where he was part of the founding team of MTNL. He also worked as Private Secretary to Minister of Information and Broadcasting (Government of India).He was Executive Director of Bharat Aluminium. He started his career with Hindustan Lever Limited. He also served as Executive Vice President of Afro-Asian Satellite Communications. He is an alumnus of St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata, an MBA from University of Hull, England and a Doctorate in Social Administration from USA.

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