Agenda

CSR Exchange 2008
Launching

Determining CSR Priorities
13 February 2008 at 09.00 – 12.30

Participants will be given thorough understanding on how to analyze the problem, define the situation, list the program in sensible ranks, analyze cost effectiveness and confirm priority activities with stakeholders.

The priority-setting process is designed to find the optimal and most viable fit between the company’s available resources, comparative institutional strengths and opportunities in doing a CSR program.

CSR Exchange I

CSR Innovation
13 March 2008 at 09.00 – 12.30

Some current CSR models are incapable of functioning in the dynamic growth of the business environment. The future of a company is not only about managing current risks, but also about innovating new and alternative CSR programs and services that will engage and inspire customers, employees, investors and future generations.  Sustainability help stakeholders calibrate risks, which guide and facilitate engagement and analysis to explore societal problems and issues as the source of business opportunities.

What will you learn?
In this seminar, participants will be brought into new perspective in understanding the perceptions of the challenges and opportunities, thinking around innovation and criteria for a successful CSR Program. They also will learn how to identify the key stakeholders who can bring fresh ideas to the table to contribute and assess their appetite for engagement. The participants will also devise and facilitate a process for creative stakeholder inputs, with clear criteria to help short-list solutions. The output of this seminar will create participants that are able to create options for innovation within a clear set of agreed criteria.

CSR Exchange II

Creating Value
16 April 2008 at 09.00 – 12.30

In this seminar we will discuss the basics of value creation philosophy and how these principles can be applied throughout a company’s CSR program.
The participants will learn the meaning of stakeholders’ “unique and residual” interest and be able to define the cost of equity of CSR Programs.

What will you learn?
The participants are expected to understand the basics of value philosophy, how shareholders are rewarded, define the cost of equity, and outline how value principles can be applied throughout the organization.

CSR Exchange III

Stakeholder Engagement
14 May 2008 at 09.00 – 12.30

A business does not exist in isolation. It relies on a multitude of relationship with customers, employees, suppliers, communities, investors and others - - in other words, stakeholders.
Stakeholder engagement comprises both formal and informal ways of staying connected to the parties who have an actual or potential interest in or effect on the business.
Stakeholder engagement spans a continuum of interaction that reflects the degree of influence stakeholders have in decision making. At the end, businesses simply inform stakeholders of their plans. At he other, stakeholders are deeply involved, early in the decision-making process. In between are varying degrees of consultation and participation.

What will you learn?
The participant will learn how to identify stakeholders in CSR programs, understand the reasons for stakeholder engagement, plan the engagement process, start the dialogue / communication, and finally maintain the dialogue / communication to deliver on commitments.

CSR Exchange IV

Issues Management
11 June 2008 at 09.00 – 12.30

Companies running CSR program must also consider the strategy of its issues management concerning the effect and impact of the CSR program. It is also imperative that the company start to create an integrated reporting system for a typical program.

What will you learn?

Participants will learn how to understand the strategy of doing issues management in CSR Programs, understand the timing of implementation, understand how to communicate the program and how to maximize the support from stakeholders. Last but not least is the reporting management system for publishing achievement to peers or public domain.

CSR Exchange V

Social Return on Investment
9 July 2008 at 09.00 – 12.30

Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis in CSR programs are on of the several approaches in building a sustainable business process. The term means that decision makers evaluate their investment by comparing the magnitude and timing of expected gains to the investment cost with proper tools.
Decision makers will also look for ways to improves SROI on their CSR program by innovation, reducing cost, increasing gains, or accelerating gains.

What will you learn?

Participants will learn the concept of SROI in implementing CSR, understand how to evaluate investment on CSR Program, and understand how to prioritize their CSR Programs.