Last year, the Inaugural International Singapore Compact CSR Summit was a great success with Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Manpower as the keynote speaker and H.E. Par Ahlberger, Ambassador of Sweden to Singapore at the opening ceremony. Our summit attracted about 400 delegates from multinational corporations, small and medium enterprises, unions, government, academia and the public in general to the year’s theme "CSR: Strategy for Sustainability and Success".

The Singapore Compact CSR Summit is back this year on the same date and in the same month (6 & 7 October 2010) at Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore.

Recent event at Copenhagen indicated the seriousness of the global crisis and urged companies to take more voluntary actions to stop climate change. Carbon Disclosure receives more attention from diverse industries than ever, and the ISO 26000 Standard for Social Responsibility is just on the brink of completion and release. It will be soon used by public and private organizations across the borders.

Having learnt from many global business cases, the challenge for entrepreneurs is to secure long-term profitability without jeopardising the interests of the community. For profit is more meaningful, and far more sustainable, when enterprises are able to demonstrate concern for the social issues of their communities.

We all know CSR is about businesses doing well and doing good. We now know that it is about the long term strategy of aligning business strategy and operations with universal values to achieve positive and sustainable outcomes for customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders, communities, other stakeholders and as well as the environment. We are also familiar with the triple bottomline towards the 3Ps of Profit (Economic), People (Social) and Planet (Environment).

The main question is, then, 'how' we implement the CSR strategies for different industries and 'how' we measure the impact on the business bottomline and the community. How will my business keep pace with ever changing energy challenge? How is my business relevant to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and what do I start with? How is the government's policy shaping along with the global impetus? How do I publish the first sustainability report and how do I minimise the time and cost in doing so?

To answer these questions and more, the 2nd Singapore Compact Summit will host many experts from different sectors locally and globally.

More details of the CSR Summit are:

• Theme: CSR for Sustainability and Success
• Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore
• Date: 6 & 7 October 2010
• Sub themes will be:
  
  1. CSR and Energy Use
  2. Carbon Disclosure and Sustainability Reporting
  3. People factor in CSR
  4. Impact of ISO26000 (International Standard for Social Responsibility)
  
  
• CSR Awards 2010
  
  The Singapore Compact CSR Award is to recognize outstanding achievement in how companies behave towards environment, the local community, people and supply chain. The main awards will comprise of four categories namely (working titles) the Best Community Investor, Marketplace Excellence Award, Green Champion, Caring Employer Award and the Best Workplace Award.
  
  
• Proposed Guest of Honour : Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources
  
  
• Objectives of the Singapore Compact CSR Summit
  
  1. To promote and raise the awareness of the value and importance of CSR among organisations
  2. To inform, educate and increase the acceptance of key topical CSR issues
  3. To build and establish the international Singapore Compact CSR Summit brand locally and regionally
  4. To champion and further the CSR movement in Singapore
  5. To promote and launch the Singapore Compact’s new publication highlighting good CSR practices among Singapore-based companies
  
  
• Key Partners
  NTUC, SNEF, MCYS, MOM, SBF, MEWR/NEA(TBC)
  
  
• Some Information about the 2009 Summit
  
  Partners:
  National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF), Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Singapore Environment Council (SEC), Singapore Business Federation (SBF), UN Global Compact, ACCA, EuroCham (Singapore), National Environment Institute (SEI), Swedish Presidency of the European Union, The Delegation of the European Commission to Singapore, Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE), Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), Singapore National Co-operative Federation Limited (SNCF)
  
  Media Partners:
  AsiaIsGreen.com, Green Business Times, Management Systems Asia, People Trends, The CSR Digest
  
  Sponsors:
  Hyflux Limited, City Developments Limited, Singapore Exchange Limited, SMRT Corporation Limited, Cerebos Pte Ltd, Sembcorp Industries Limited, Calyon Pte Ltd, DBS, FairPrice, Tolaram Group
  

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