NHBSR March E-News; Conf sessions & keynote announced

The Triple Bottom Line as a Decision Making Tool for Sustainable Business Practices

Is your company concerned with more than profit? Consumers are increasingly drawn to companies that value the common good. The triple bottom line is the non-financial performance of an organization: environmental, social, and economic. Learn the metrics to design and implement sustainable business practices. Meet a company that has adopted context-based sustainability management on a wide-ranging basis, creating specific metrics targeting each site's impacts and operating environment.

ISO 26000 - Guidance on Corporate Social Responsibility: An Overview of What it Means for Your Company

The community of socially responsibly organizations is eagerly anticipating the emergence of Draft International Standard ISO 26000 - Guidance for Social Responsibility. For organizations beginning to address social responsibility and for organizations more experienced with sustainability implementation, this session provides critical information about how ISO 26000 can be leveraged to support social responsibility and sustainability initiatives. The session also shows how ISO 26000 assists organizations in enhancing the credibility of reports and claims made about their SR programs. Participants will leave this session with a clear understanding of the standard, the path to finalizing the standard, and how it can be used to support social responsibility and sustainability initiatives.

What the Recession has taught us about Business Sustainability

The recession has forced most companies to make painful adjustments to their business practices in an effort to survive. This is an especially difficult challenge for values-led companies trying to preserve their competitiveness without undermining those values. Join this workshop to hear how some companies have turned this adversity into an asset, determined to move forward as stronger companies in terms of both finance and values. They will share with you some creative no- and low-cost examples of how they have maintained their values-driven business agendas in spite of having to cut costs.

Getting Started in Corporate Social Responsibility - Basics 101: A Practical Guide

Are you new to 'social responsibility?' Would you like to learn the basics of corporate responsibility and what it could mean for your organization? What do all those acronyms mean and how can you apply principals of corporate responsibility to your organization in a meaningful way? You'll hear from two well-respected local companies who will share their stories and inspire you with ideas and lessons from their experience. You'll leave with the framework for creating a customized plan that meets your own unique needs.