Business in the Environment

BiE's programme of seminars and conferences: Cover leading edge corporate environmental responsibility and sustainability issues Disseminate best practice and are designed to help businesses develop and implement strategies to optimise their overall performance. Attract high profile speakers and thinkers and audiences from FTSE listed companies, the City, Government and NGOs.
Corporate Responsibility & BiE Index results launch - one day practitioners conference	12 March 2003
Companies have an impact on society and the environment through their operations, products or services and through their interaction with key stakeholders such as employees, customers, investors, local communities, suppliers and others. Corporate responsibility means managing this impact so as to add value to the company and increase wider economic and social well-being now and over the longer term. This one-day corporate responsibility conference will officially launch the results of the BiE Index of Corporate Environmental Engagement and Business in the Community's Corporate Responsibility Index 2002. The Corporate Responsibility Index will define what corporate responsibility means in practice, setting the management and reporting boundaries against which businesses will be judged. The conference will provide a unique opportunity to explore strategies for sustaining corporate engagement over the long term. The new Index incorporates the 7th Business in the Environment (BiE) Index of Corporate Environmental Engagement. It will build on the latter's success in engaging board members, by raising awareness of the full range of corporate responsibility issues that are relevant to a company's business. Companies will have the option of completing the BiE Index only, or completing the new overall Index and being reported in both indices. This conference will be a must for all those in business who are involved in developing and sustaining corporate performance and gaining competitive advantage. It will be of particular interest to: Directors/Managers responsible for - Environment, Community and Social Responsibility - Business Development and Marketing - Human Resources - Investor Relations, Corporate Communications and Public Relations - Finance Directors - Company Secretaries. plus City analysts, fund managers, Consultants, NGOs, Academics For further information and to register your interest please email

BiE North of England conference First among Equals - How does good environmental performance contribute to a better way of doing business?	12 February 2003, York Racecourse
'First Among Equals', a gathering of leading businesses and decision makers in the North of England, will consider how environmental excellence contributes to corporate responsibility. The event will focus on how positive breakthroughs in corporate environmental management can be an engine of change towards a sustainable society. The conference will show that committed businesses enhance these values, set priorities, create sustainable visions and strategies, and then put them into action to combat global degradation. The conference will explore: How business can be a driving agent of global governance and hold the keys to the goals of global sustainability How can good environmental management be incorporated into strategies for excellence in corporate responsibility The major environmental challenges facing business today Practical examples of environmental excellence in leading businesses For further information and to register your interest please email

Visit Business in the Community's 20th year anniversary events calendar for a comprehensive list of events across the corporate social responsibility agenda.