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CSR Geneva December Talk, Dec 09, 2009, 18:30-20:00,at Fenomeno
In Transient Caretakers: How to make life on Earth sustainable Mervyn King and Teodorina Lessidrenska offer a hopeful prescription for sustainability and change, plus an important, sobering report on the challenge of global warming and its impact.
Come to CSR Geneva December Talk and meet Transient Caretakers co-author Teodorina Lessidrenska. She will speak to us in an informal setting where you can directly engage with your questions. Come along for an enjoyable and educational evening.
| When: Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009, 18:30-20:00. Where: Fenomeno, rue des Pâquis 28, 1201 Genève, 022 732 32 02 |
Entrance: free, but drinks compulsory at your expense.
Registration: by sending an email to csrgenevatalks@gmail.com by Dec 8, 2009.
Reference: CSR Geneva Talks and Drinks
CSR Geneva November 11 Talk-Adapting to Climate Change- Managing the Unavoidable
Climate change is one of the most serious problems facing sustainable development worldwide. Come to CSR Geneva’s November Talk to learn about effective action for adaptation to climate variability and change.
Adapting to Climate Change- Managing the Unavoidable
Prof. Dr. Martin Beniston -Full Professor, Chair for Climate Research and Director of the Geneva Environment Institute (GEI) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
and
Ms. Carine Richard-Van Maele- Chief, Communications and Public Affairs, World Meteorological Organization will share the latest developments in the area of adaptation to climate change.
When: Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009, 17:30-19:00.
Where:Restaurant la Broche, rue du Stand 36, Geneva, free parking available next to restaurant.
Entrance:free, but drinks compulsory at your expense.
Registration: by sending an email to csrgenevatalks@gmail.com by Nov 10, 2009. Max: 40 people.
Reference: CSR Geneva Talks and Drinks – and mention if you would like to stay for dinner.
CSR Geneva Breakfast with Switcher
How does the pioneering company SWITCHER deal with traceability? To find out come to our next CSR Geneva breakfast on Thursday, 5 November 2009
What does is mean transparency in the supply chain? How much the consumer has to right to know? What is the cost of transparency? How does Switcher reveal the DNA of their articles? What are the challenges and opportunities? Come and meet the CSR managers of SWITCHER, Danièle Buonocore and Gilles Dana and discuss with them around a hearty breakfast.
CSR Geneva breakfast will take place as usual between 8-9am, Thursday, 5 November 2009 at Le Pain Quotidien, 21 Blvd Helvétique in Rive (1205 Genève) in a room on the right-hand side of the café as you look from the street – come in through its own glass door there.
Bring CHF 14.– per person which buys you one hot drink, a croissant and all sorts of interesting bread with jam, honey and chocolate spread – anything on top of this must be paid for additionally: it’s delicious!
Nicole Voillat
CSR Geneva co-founder
Landscape Auction: Innovative Financing Mechanism for Nature Conservation
When: Wednesday, 13 May 2009 – From 08H00 – 09H00. Be on time!
Where: Pain Quotidien, Rive, 21 Boulevard Helvétique, Geneva
Cost: CHF 14.– included hearty and healthy breakfast
Our next CSR Geneva breakfast will focus on a unique event, an example of how companies make their CSR ambitions tangible. On the 9th of June the International Tropical Conservation Foundation, Papiliorama, and Triple E are organizing the ‘Landscape Auction for Belize’. The Landscape Auction is an innovative mechanism to attract funding for nature conservation. Set up as a business-to-business event, Swiss companies are invited to place a bid on a diverse selection of biodiversity living in Belize: such as a Jaguar, the Kinkajou, the Mexican anteater or a giant Mahogany tree. By bidding, companies together realise the purchase of pristine tropical forest in the north of Belize. When the auction is successful, the forest will be purchased and added to the existing Shipstern nature reserve.
At the breakfast, a month before the ‘Landscape Auction for Belize’ will take place, a challenging and exciting time, Lieske van Santen, International Advisor at Triple E, will talk about the Landscape Auction mechanism and provide some context in which this innovative finance mechanism is developed. A brief overview of experiences gained at previous Landscape Auctions will introduce a discussion about the willingness of companies to move “from talking to acting”. What drives companies to support the purchase of a piece of forest? Are they interested and ready to move from CSR ambitions on paper to a tangible result in practice. Lieske can be reached at lieske@tripleee.nl.
Spring Drinks – 20th May 7pm
Come join us at the bar in Parc de Bastions on Wednesday 20 May starting at 19h00. This is a social event where new members and old can meet other people working on CSR issues, brainstorm new collaborations, and talk about the latest issues in this area.
Over the past year CSR Geneva has grown larger than ever as Geneva continues to be a centre for work on corporate responsibility and responsible investment issues. With more than 500 members now on our mailing list, it’s time to get together for our annual Spring Drinks to welcome new members, rekindle existing networks and discuss the year ahead.
What: CSR Geneva Spring Drinks – a social and networking event
When: Wednesday 20 May from 19h00-20h00
Where: Parc de Bastion, Geneva. (Meet at the bar near the large outdoor chess pieces. Remember, it is a covered bar, so we can meet there rain or shine). Questions? Contact Anthony.Miller@unctad.org
CSR and the FUTURE of FOOD: Innovative Solutions to World Malnutrition – 22 April 2009
Can strategic corporate social responsibility achieve both social and business objectives to overcome malnutrition? What innovations and successful partnership models will move the nutrition agenda forward?
Join the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), in partnership with CSR Geneva and Geneva Women in International Trade (GWIT), for a roundtable discussion with CEO of a leading food company in India, director of FAO, GAIN and the World Economic Forum (WEF) for a comprehensive perspective on these subjects. The event will provide participants with an authoritative understanding of the state of food in the world while addressing the complex spectrum of nutrition challenges, including the global food crisis, undernutrition and obesity. Examples of how these issues are being tackled through sustainable initiatives in both developed and developing countries will be highlighted.
We look forward to welcoming you to the discussion and meeting you at the post-roundtable networking cocktail!
When: Wednesday, 22 April 2009, from 18h00 to 21h00 including networking networking cocktail
Where: Hotel Intercontinental, 7-9 Chemin du Petit Saconnex, Geneva
Entry Fee: CHF 30.- , CHF 20.- for CSR Geneva and GWIT members, students and pensioners.
REGISTRATION: http://www.gainhealth.org/CSR
CSR GENEVA RETREAT – Creating Deeper Change. May 22-24
Are you working on issues related to CSR in Geneva and want to achieve a greater scale of systemic change? Are you looking for new opportunities to further CSR in Geneva whilst deepening your own sense of well-being? Do you seek a community of people to share your vision of how CSR could be developed in Geneva ?
Join us for a weekend retreat to reflect individually and collectively in discerning your role in systemic change. Through a cross-sectoral focus on systems thinking, participants will be challenged to deepen their perspectives on a personal and professional level. The retreat will function as a forum for exchange between representatives from civil society (NGOs, unions), academia, the public sector (national and international) and the private sector. This cross section will ensure the diversity necessary for deep change. At the close of the retreat, people will be equipped with a deeper sense of self and a plan of action to realise new opportunities related to CSR in Geneva.
For further details and a brochure, please contact Ian Doyle at eclecticbeats@yahoo.com.au
CRS Geneva Talks and Drinks with Salil Tripathi, Institute of Human Rights and Business, 15th January 2009, 18h00
CSR GENEVA TALKS AND DRINKS WITH SALIL TRIPATHI FROM THE INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS, UK
CSR Geneva has the pleasure to invite you for Talks and Drinks with Salil Tripathi, one of the most prominent international experts in Business and Human Rights.
What’s next in the field of Business and Human Rights
after the 60th celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Salil is Director of Policy at the Institute of Human Rights and Business in London, chaired by Mary Robinson. Besides, he is also engaged as adviser to Business Leaders’ Initiative on Human Rights. Previously he was member of the Governance Group of the Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights and of the complicity project of the International Commission of Jurists. Senior Visiting Fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard and renowned journalist with more than 1000 articles published in the major English speaking newspapers.
When: Thursday, 15th January 2009, from 18h00 to 19h30.
Where: Restaurant la Broche, salle Combourgeoise, 1st floor, rue du Stand 36, Geneva, free parking available next to restaurant.
Entrance: free, but drinks compulsory at your expense.
Register now, max. 40 persons by sending an email to info@convergence-durable.org – Reference: CSR Geneva Talks and Drinks – and mention if you would like to stay for dinner with Salil Tripathi.
Looking forward to meeting you soon!
Nicole Thonnard Voillat
CSR Geneva
CSR Geneva Business Breakfast: 2 April 2008. Responsible Business: Tools for defending labour rights in the global economy
Responsible Business: Tools for defending labour rights in the global economy
There is a multitude of international legal instruments, guidelines and standards which purport to protect labour rights. These are often criticised on the basis of a lack of enforceability. Despite this, there are instances of the effective use of these documents as tools to exert pressure on employers and other key economic actors to make a real difference in the lives of workers around the world.
At CSR Geneva’s next breakfast, Claire Parfitt of UNI Global Union, an international federation of trade unions representing 15 million workers in the service sectors of 900 countries, will discuss some UNI’s initiatives including the use of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the ILO core labour standards and the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.
The breakfast is on Wednesday, 2nd April, from 8 to 9 a.m. Please bring 11CHF per person (which buys you one tea or coffee and all different sorts of interesting bread with jam, honey and chocolate spread – anything on top of this must be paid for additionally: it’s delicious and a bargain!). We’ll be at Le Pain Quotidien, 21 Boulevard Helvétique in Rive (1205 Genève), in a room on the right-hand side of the café as you look from the street – come in through its own glass door there.
Please email Kerry Sinclair (kerrykilcullen@yahoo.com) to confirm your attendance.
CSR GENEVA BREAKFAST: Responsible marketing and communications: an oxymoron?
Welcome to CSR Geneva Business Breakfast on
February 6th, from 8:00 to 9:00 am in the Annexe of ”Le Pain Quotidien”, 21, Boulevard Helvétique, Off Rive, 100% non-smoking!
RESPONSIBLE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS: AN OXYMORON?
Marketing and communications (M&C) ultimately aims to influence audiences. Is there a conflict between this desire to influence and the notion of responsible M&C? How is perception managed: is engaging in CSR credible or do companies have to go a step further to be convincing? In today’s competitive environment, M&C professionals need to go beyond social and environmental awareness – they need to think ethically and find a balance between truthful and persuasive messages.
At CSR Geneva’s next breakfast, Patricia Goldschmid and Glenn O’Neil of the Geneva Communicators Blog will discuss the issue of responsible M&C and how we can join forces to stand out from the crowd. Please join the informal discussion and share your thoughts and experiences on this topic .
Breakfast is on Wednesday 6th February, from 8 to 9am please bring Sfr. 11.– per person (which buys you one tea or coffee and all different sorts of interesting bread with jam, honey and chocolate spread (anything on top of this must be paid for additionally – it’s delicious and a bargain!).
Please reply to Caroline Redrup (caroline.redrup@iucn.org) to confirm your attendance.
