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UN Global Compact

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==Background==

The United Nations Global Compact initiative was started by the then UN Secretary General Mr. Kofi Anan in the year 2000<ref>Global Compact Society:India [http://globalcompactasiapacific.org/india/viewPage.php?ID=History History] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>.

According to its website, the UN Global Compact 'is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. By doing so, business, as a primary agent driving globalization, can help ensure that markets, commerce, technology and finance advance in ways that benefit economies and societies everywhere'<ref>United Nations Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/AboutTheGC/ Overview of the UN Global Compact] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>.

The Global Compact describes itself as 'the largest corporate citizenship and sustainability initiative in the world', which in 2009 has over 5100 corporate participants and stakeholders from over 130 countries<ref>United Nations Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/AboutTheGC/ Overview of the UN Global Compact] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>.

It has two stated objectives, which are:
* Mainstream the ten principles in business activities around the world
* Catalyze actions in support of broader UN goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

The Compact brings companies together with governments, civil society, labour, the United Nations and other key interests. It agreements are not binding as this is a voluntary initiative which relies on a policy of transparency and accountability, known as the Communication on Progress (COP) as its means of monitoring. Companies are required to report annually as a demonstation to their commitment to the Global Compact and its principles. As the UN Global Compact states, 'a commitment to transparency and disclosure is critical to the success of the initiative'. They go on to add that failure to communicate 'will result in a change in participant status and possible delisting'.

In 2009, 1065 companies that have signed up to the Compact are listed as 'Non-Communicating Participants'. With 5100 signed up in total, this translates into over one in five of the participants failing to provide a Communication on Progress or refusing to engage in dialogue on a matter raised under the Global Compact integrity measures in a timely fashion (within 3 months of being contacted by the Compact office)<ref>United Nations Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/COP/non_communicating.html. Communication Progress: Non-Communicating Participants] Accessed 28th May 2009</ref>

==The Ten Principles of the Global Compact==
In 2009, The UN Global Compact declares its ten principles to be:
*Human Rights
: Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
: Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

*Labour Standards
:Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
: Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;
: Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; and
: Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

* Environment
: Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;
: Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and
: Principle 9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

* Anti-Corruption
: Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

==Accountability==
As the Global Compact is a voluntary initiative, a company has no accountability to meet the stated principles. Instead it must simply declare a commitment to the principles in the form of a yearly report<ref>UN Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/COP/Overview/COP_Policy.pdf Policy for “Communication on Progress”] 30th April 2008. Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>. This is the Compacts policy of Communicating on Progress, which has only 4 requirements: that it is submitted annually, contains a declared commitment to the principles, it describes some of the actions taken to work towards the principles and includes a measurement of outcomes that are either real of 'expected'.

It is up to the company itself to report to the Compact, there is no mention of any external or independent monitoring to validate the reports and the Compact's policy also does not cover the reporting of violations to the principles.

As the ''Guardian'' reports, 'From the start, the global compact has been dogged by accusations that it lacks transparency, has no accountability mechanisms and invites companies to trade off the prestige of the UN'<ref>Balch, O. (2004) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2004/jun/23/money.ethicalmoney Citizenship test: The UN's latest pitch at fostering corporate responsibility isn't all it's built up to be] The ''Guardian'' 23rd June 2004. Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>

Corporate Watch quotes Deborah Doane, of the Corporate Responsibiility (CORE) Coalition (from her argument in 'Red Tape to Road Signs') as saying 'by promoting these instruments as substitutes for international governance institutions, the UN and OECD effectively undermine the ability of national governments to put forward a different approach'<ref>Corporate Watch [http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=2682 The evolution of CSR] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>.

In 2000, Monbiot reported how the Global Compact had been established 'with 50 of the world's biggest and most controversial corporations'<ref>Monbiot, G. (2000) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,361567,00.html Getting into bed with big business
] 31st August 2000. Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>. He went on to report that:
:'The companies promised to respect their workers and the environment. This, Annan told them, would "safeguard open markets while at the same time creating a human face for the global economy". The firms which signed his compact would be better placed to deal with "pressure from single-issue groups". Again, they would be allowed to use the UN's logo. But there would be no binding commitments, and no external assessment of how well they were doing'.
Refering to the UN's previous announcement in 1997 (and their subsequent actions in this respect) that corporations would be given a formal role in UN decision-making when Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, suggested that he would like to see more opportunities for companies - rather than governments or the UN - to set global standards. Monbiot added:
:'The UN, in other words, appears to be turning itself into an enforcement agency for the global economy, helping western companies to penetrate new markets while avoiding the regulations which would be the only effective means of holding them to account. By making peace with power, the UN is declaring war upon the powerless'.

Declarations on ethics such as Human rights are now the norm, but as the ''Guardian'' has highlighted, the international business community has mounted a concerted campaign against these norms, arguing that corporations should not face binding human rights obligations. Instead, business has demanded weak voluntary principles such as the much-derided Global Compact<ref>Hilary, J. (2007) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/mar/30/powerwithoutresponsibilities Corporate abuse: Efforts to hold multinational businesses accountable for human rights violations are meeting stiff resistance] 30th March 2007. Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>.
The report continues by adding:
:'It will come as no surprise to discover that the British government has consistently sided with business against the human rights community. The government's official submission on the UN norms argued that corporations should not face legally binding responsibilities for their actions under human rights law. This week in Geneva, the British representative echoed the corporate line yet again by holding up the Global Compact as an example of a bridge between different sectors and standards... The last time the UN drew up a binding code of conduct for multinational companies, the British government joined forces with Germany, the US and other rich nations to ensure such rules never saw the light of day. The final draft of the code was suppressed in 1990, and the UN bodies responsible for it were closed down'.

==Smokescreens and the 'creeping corporate takeover of the UN'==

In a critique by Bello<ref>Bello, W. (2001) [http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?page=archives_bello_conjuncture The Global Conjuncture: Characteristics and Challenges] ''Focus on Trade''. No. 60. March 2001. Accessed from the Transnational Institute, 15th April 2009</ref>, the Global Compact has been described as a 'whitewash mechanism' used to legitimise business as usual as a 'soft corporate counteroffensive' against rising criticism of the workings of modern capitalism. In other words, to whitewash the corporate image. Enoch has a similar view of voluntary codes when he argues that signing up to voluntary codes for social responsibility is a tactic used by the business world to avoid binding regulations and constraints on corporate power<ref>Enoch, S. (2007) 'A Greener Potemkin Village? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Limits of Growth'. ''Captalism Nature Socialism''. Volume 18, Number 2. June 2007.</ref>. According to Enoch, this gives the impression of companies as acting responsibly, whilst behind the scenes they continue with business as usual. Such measures of corporate social responsibility have also been criticized as being little more than a PR exercise as companies are not driven by concern for people and communities, but by their own reputations<ref>Christian Aid (2004) ''Behind the Mask: the real face of corporate social responsibility''. Christian Aid Publications</ref>. Businesses are commercial entities acting in the pursuit of profit. Currently law states that actions must be in the best interests of their shareholders, in other words to maximise their returns. Their primary interests must be 'shareholder value and profit projections, not justice, equity or morality'<ref>Hertz, N. (2001) ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Arrow Books</ref>. Initiatives such as membership of the UN Global Compact works to improve their bottom line as 'cause related marketing enhances corporate image, builds brands, generated PR and increases sales'<ref>Ibid</ref>, which has also been descibed as 'hypocritical window dressing'<ref>Bakan. J, (2005) ''The Corporation''. Constable & Robinson Ltd</ref>.

In 2002, Jupiter wrote in the ''Guardian'' of how the creation of the Compact reflected a 'creeping corporate takeover of the UN itself<ref>Jupiter, T. (2002) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2002/jul/31/society.worldsummit2002 Smoke screen: Bringing corporations to book] ''The Guardian''. 31st July 2002. Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>'. One of the key players instrumental in setting up the Compact was the [[International Chamber of Commerce]] (ICC), the world business organisation which describes itself as 'the voice of world business'<ref>International Chamber of Commerce [http://www.iccwbo.org/id93/index.html About the ICC] Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>. In the words of Jupiter:
:'The ICC has been involved with blocking the agreement of several international environmental standards, including the Kyoto protocol on climate change, the Basel convention on toxic waste and the convention on biological diversity. Given this environmentally challenged track record, the fact that the ICC played an instrumental role in setting up the compact should set the alarm bells ringing. After the Seattle protests in 1999, the momentum for corporate globalisation was in danger of stalling. Campaigners pressing the case for international regulation on the environment, labour standards and human rights, staged highly effective protests against the way businesses had acted to craft an international economic order to promote their own ends. For defusing this pressure, what better remedy than to co-opt the UN through firms adopting aims apparently aligned to its peace, security and environment agenda?'

As Annan himself has acknowledged in addressing the UN's general assembly, "The global compact is not intended as, and does not have the capacity to be, a corporate code of conduct or global standard,"<ref>Jupiter, T. (2002) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2002/jul/31/society.worldsummit2002 Smoke screen: Bringing corporations to book] ''The Guardian''. 31st July 2002. Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>. There is no systematic scrutiny of corporate performance against the Compact's principles and Juniper reports that the ICC had 'been at pains to prevent the compact from having compliance or monitoring mechanisms'.

Juniper describes the Compact as acting as a smokescreen for corporations to hide behind, an effective method of positive PR with little cost or effort. The article reports that the actions of companies reinforce the strong impression that the Compact is little more that a 'public relations vehicle for companies'. [[DaimlerChrysler]] is one example given when the 'automotive mammoth' published a booklet with a picture of one of its senior executives, [[Matthias Kleinert]], shaking hands with Annan in front of the UN flag. The article continues by stating that, 'they are not alone in exploiting this opportunity for public relations purposes: [[Nike]]'s [[Phil Knight]] pulled off a similar photographic coup, while chemicals giant [[Bayer]] has cited its membership of the compact as a means of dealing with public criticisms. It is thus difficult not to see the compact as providing a very effective (and cheap) public relations vehicle for international business, while requiring executives to do nothing more.'

Regulation and mandatory codes holds companies to account, voluntary initiatives do not. Organisations such as Friends of the Earth have previously called for governments to agree to commence talks leading to a corporate accountability convention. Juniper highlights how 'such a treaty would enshrine in international law rights for affected citizens to seek redress from multinationals, introduce duties on big business to take account of social and environmental concerns and create a baseline (and level playing field) for sound practices'. But as he goes on to report, 'Far from adopting an approach that will lead to global regulation for companies, the powerful governments negotiating in the UN instead propose a future based on public-private partnerships that will acknowledge "the important role that multinational enterprises", no doubt including the global oil, forestry, mining and GM food companies, "play in sustainable development".'

Proposals calling for the regulation of companies in terms of their social and environment impacts has been dismissed, as in the words of one leading business representative - [[Lord Holme]], as ideological and the agenda of a "fundamentalist minority". Yet the arguments presented by the likes of Enoch, Bello and Juniper are compelling and the corporate influence on institutions such as the UN is of concern. As Juniper has stated, the Charter of the United Nations opens with the grand phrase "We the Peoples", but we must question is it really "We the Peoples" who are driving the agenda? or would "We the Corporations" be a more fitting address?

In 2005, the ''New York Times'' reported that Annan has effectively turned the United Nations into an institution that sees corporations as its partners and thus as part of the solution, not as part of the problem of global governance and development. Annan is quoted as emphasizing that it "is the absence of broad-based business activity, not its presence, that condemns much of humanity to suffering."<ref>Benner, T. (2005) ( [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/opinion/17iht-edbenner.html?_r=1&scp=13&sq=global%20compact&st=cse The UN can help business help itself] <i>New York Times</i>. August 18th 2005. Accessed 28th May 2009</ref>. This is a contradiction to the UN's ''World Social Situation'' report ([[Image:UN World Social Situation report 2005.pdf]]) published in the same year which stressed that economic growth and income generation (which are key charateristics of the business model) are ineffective as a development strategy as it 'leads to the accumulation of wealth by a few and deepens the poverty of many'. They go on to elaborate that 'foremost among the global dynamics that help explain the root causes of persistant inequality trends are the liberalization policies'<ref>United Nations (2005) ''World Social Situation'' United Nations Publication 2005</ref>. In other words poverty and inequality are increasing primarily through the free and unhindered activities of business, which is the model championed by the ICC. This inequality predicament is not only an issue for 'developing' countries but also for the majority of the world's population including the UK and USA. Another UN report in 2005 entitled the ''Human Development Report''<ref>United Nations (2005) ''Human Development Report''. United Nations Publications 2005</ref> showed how more than 80% of the world's population live in countries with rising inequality. This included much of the EU (including the UK) and the USA. The report stressed that Britain and America have some of the highest levels of poverty in the western world despite being two of the world's top economies with continued economic growth.

The UN stress that the 'persistent and even deepening forms of inequality worldwide should not be accepted with equanimity', they describe business models as being a root cause of this and argue that with the unprecedented wealth and resources available in the world, the most vulnerable cannot continue to be left so far behind<ref>United Nations (2005) ''Human Development Report''. United Nations Publications 2005</ref>. Yet at the same time the United Nations have reached out to business in numerous ways and formed an increasing number of partnerships, even though this contradicts their own findings. It also flies in the face of the realisation, as stated in the ''New York Times'' that at the same time as forming these partnerships, 'the United Nations has come to realize that the corporate social responsibility agenda is bound to fail if it is not embedded in a framework of binding rules. In the medium term, an "à la carte" approach to corporate social responsibility will undermine itself through lack of credibility. Responsible business needs a core set of binding rules to credibly be able to counter accusations that its corporate social responsibility initiatives are mere window dressing'<ref>Benner, T. (2005) ( [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/opinion/17iht-edbenner.html?_r=1&scp=13&sq=global%20compact&st=cse The UN can help business help itself] <i>New York Times</i>. August 18th 2005. Accessed 28th May 2009</ref>.

==People==
===Board Members===
The Board is chaired by the United Nations Secretary-General and in 2009, Global Compact Board Members are listed as<ref>UN Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/AboutTheGC/The_Global_Compact_Board.html About Us:The UN Global Compact Board] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>

====Business====
[[Toshio Arima]] - Director and Executive Advisor to the Board, [[Fuji Xerox]], Japan | [[José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo]] - President and CEO, [[Petrobras]], Brazil | [[Guillermo Carey]] - Senior Partner, [[Carey & Allende Abogados]], Chile | [[Charles O. Holliday]] - Chairman of the Board, [[DuPont]], US | [[Cecilie Ibru]] - CEO & Managing Director, [[Oceanic Bank International]], Nigeria | [[Jamshed Irani]] - Director of the Board, [[Tata Steel]], India | [[Anne Lauvergon]] - Chair of the Executive Board, [[Areva]], France | [[Juan De La Mota]] - President, [[Global Compact Spanish Network]] | [[Ntombifuthi Mtoba]] - Chair of the Board, [[Deloitte]], South Africa | [[Mads Oevlisen]] - Chair, [[Lego]], Denmark | [[Fernando Chico Pardo]] - Founder and President of [[Promecap]] S.C., Mexico | [[Chey Tae-won]] - President & Chairman, [[SK Group]], Republic of Korea | [[Chen Ying]] - Deputy Director General, [[China Enterprise Confederation]], China
====International Labour and Business Organizations====
[[Antonio Peñalosa]] - Secretary-General, [[International Organization of Employers]] | [[Guy Ryder]] - General Secretary, [[International Trade Union Confederation]] | [[Guy Sebban]] - Secretary-General, [[International Chamber of Commerce]] | [[Manfred Warda]] - General Secretary, [[International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions]]
====Civil Society====
[[Habiba Al Marashi]] - Chair, [[Emirates Environmental Group]] | [[Oded Grajew]] - Chair of the Board, [[Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social]] | [[Huguette Labelle]] - Chair, [[Transparency International]] | [[Mary Robinson]] - Chair, [[Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative]]
====Ex-Officio====
[[Georg Kell]] - Executive Director, UN Global Compact Office | [[Mark Moody-Stuart]] - Chairman, Foundation for the Global Compact

==Corporate Partners==
Below are listed some of the companies and business associations signed up to the Global Compact. This provides just a very small sample as the full list reaches to over 5100 corporate participants which would be impossible to include as a list on this page. The list of participants of the Global Compact can be accessed through the Compacts website using their [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/ParticipantsAndStakeholders/search_participant.html Participant search function].

===Companies===
In 2009, some of the world's most controversial companies were listed as being signed up to the UN Global Compact. These include<ref>UN Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/ParticipantsAndStakeholders/search_participant.html Participant Search] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>:
:[[Shell]] | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[BP]] | [[Nike]] | [[DuPont]] | [[Gap]] | [[Coca Cola]] | [[General Electric]] | [[Levis Strauss]] (who have already been dropped from the [[Ethical Trading Initiative]] for failure to commit to labour standards<ref>Ethical Trading Initiative [http://www.ethicaltrade.org/Z/lib/2007/02/levistrauss2-stmt/index.shtml Resignation of Levi Strauss & Co. from ETI]. 5th February 2007. Accessed 15th January 2009</ref>) | [[Dow Chemical]] and [[Nestle]] to name just a few.

As the Global Compact is a voluntary initiative and the agreements are not binding, monitoring relies on a policy of transparency and accountability known as the Communication on Progress (COP). Companies are required to report annually as a demonstation to their commitment to the Global Compact and its principles. As the UN Global Compact states, 'a commitment to transparency and disclosure is critical to the success of the initiative'<ref>United Nations Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/AboutTheGC/ Overview of the UN Global Compact] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>. However In 2009, 1065 companies that have signed up to the Compact are listed as 'Non-Communicating Participants'. With 5100 signed up in total, this translates into over one in five of the participants failing to provide a Communication on Progress or refusing to engage in dialogue on a matter raised under the Global Compact integrity measures in a timely fashion (within 3 months of being contacted by the Compact office)<ref>United Nations Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/COP/non_communicating.html. Communication Progress: Non-Communicating Participants] Accessed 28th May 2009</ref>

In 2009, companies listed as Non-Communicating Participants include:
:[[ABN AMRO]] Holding N.V.; [[Adecco]] USA, Austria, Belgium, Findland, Germany, Switerland Italia, Luxembourg, Nederlands, Peru, & Poland; [[BP]] Exploration - Caspian Sea Ltd, Georgia; [[Coca-Cola ]]Beverages Hrvatska d.d. Croatia; [[Coca-Cola]] Bottling Company of Ghana Ltd; [[Coca-Cola]] Mesrubat Pazarlama Ve Danismanlik Turkey; [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]] - France ([[Deloitte & Touche]]); [[Edelman]] U.S.; [[Eli Lilly]] y Compañia de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.; [[Johnson & Johnson]] S.E. d.o.o. Croatia; [[KPMG]] Armenia cjsc; [[Medcom]] Panama; [[Merck]] KGaA Germany; [[Nestlé]] Dominicana S. A. Dominican Republic; [[Publicis]] Skopje Macedonia; The [[Shell]] Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Limited; [[Unilever]] Ghana Limited; [[Unilever]] Mocambique Lda. Mozambique; [[Wyeth]] Mexico.

The Compact also has a list of 'Inactive Partners', these are companies which have signed up to the Compact but who either have either failed to submit a COP in the first 3 years of signing up, or who have not submitted a further COP for 2 years or more<ref>UN Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/COP/inactives.html?submit_x=page&pc=100&pn=1 Communication Progress:Inactive Partners] Accessed 28th May 2009</ref>. In 2009, companies listed amongst those 'Inactive' included:
:[[Ernst & Young]] - Hungary; [[Ernst & Young]] Baltic UAB - Lithuania; [[GlaxoSmithKline]] Romania; [[GlaxoSmithKline]] Ukraine Representative Office; [[KPMG]] Dominicana; [[Merck]] Pty Ltd - South Africa; [[Nissan]] Motor Ukraine; [[SC Johnson]] - A Family Company, Ukraine; [[Unilever]] South Central Europe and [[Unilever]] South East Africa.

Both the Non-Communicating and Inactive Participants lists are littered with companies from sectors such as the oil and gas industry, chemicals, pharmaceuticals & biotechnology, construction industry, food, beverages, the finance industry and the media. The inclusion on this list of a great deal of companies operating in Latin America and Eastern Europe is noticeable.

===Business Associations===
Business Associations are also included in the Global Compact. In 2009, global business associations were listed as<ref>Un Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/ParticipantsAndStakeholders/business_associations.html Participants and Stakeholder:Business Associations] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>:
: [[World Savings Banks Institute]] - Belgium | [[World Confederation of Businesses]] - United States of America | [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]] - Switzerland | [[Wafa Investing]] LLC - Syrian Arab Republic | The [[Conference Board]] - United States of America | The [[Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India]] - India | [[Norwegian Shipowners' Association]] - Norway | [[International Post Corporation]] - Belgium | [[International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association]](IPIECA) - United Kingdom | [[International Organization of Employers]] - Switzerland | [[International Council of Chemical Associations]] - United States of America | [[International Chamber of Commerce]] (ICC) - France | [[Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsibilidade Social]] - Brazil | [[Indonesian Suiseki Association]] - Indonesia | [[Hippocrates Research]] Srl - Italy | [[Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS]] - United States of America | [[Foreign Investment Promotion Organisation]] - India | [[European Savings Banks Group]] - Belgium | [[Dison Investment & Services Co. Ltd]] - [[Sudan]] | [[CSR Europe]] - Belgium | [[Caux Round Table]] - United States of America | [[Byblos Bank Syria]] - Syrian Arab Republic | [[Business for Social Responsibility]] - United States of America | [[Bellagio Forum for Sustainable development]] - Germany | [[American International General Chamber of Commerce]] - United States of America | [[ADSG Atrugal]] - Spain

==Funding==
The Global Compact receives funding through the [[Foundation for the Global Compact]], which collects voluntary contributions to finance the Compacts activities<ref>UN Global Compact [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/AboutTheGC/The_GC_Foundation.html Foundation for the Global Compact] Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>.

===2009===
Contributers in 2009 are listed as<ref>Foundation for the Global Compact [http://www.globalcompactfoundation.org/donors/our.donors.htm Contributers] Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>:

Contribution between 10,000 — 20,000 USD - [[Levi Strauss]] Foundation

Contributions between 5,000 — 10,000 USD:
: [[Accenture]] LLP | [[FLSmidth & Co]] A/S | [[SK Telecom]] | The [[Davis Service Group plc]] | [[Celer Soluciones]] | [[Coop Centr Raiff]] | [[Adecco]] | [[Danfoss]] AS | [[Dong Energy Oil & Gas]] | [[FLSmidth & Co]] A/S | [[ICA Sverige]] | [[Tata Steel]] | [[OSASCO]] SP

Contibutions between 1,000 — 5,000 USD:
: [[Bpn Banco Brasil Multiplo]] | [[Brodrene Hartmann]] AS | [[Centrica]] | [[City Developments Ltd]] | [[DHV Holding]] BV | [[DigiTelecommunications]] | [[DNB Nor Bank]] | [[Driling Equipment]] | [[Ducati Motor Holdings]] SPA | [[Ernst Young]] AG | [[Esquel Enterprises]] | [[Firmenich]] | [[HM GBC]] Ab | [[Holmen]] AB | [[Invest for Children Foundation]] | [[Lanco Infratech Ltd]] | [[Motor Oil Ellas Dilistiria Korin]] | [[Novartis]] | [[Nykredit]] | [[SIRTI Societa per azioni]] | [[SKF]] HQ | [[Sungjin Geotec Ltd]]

A long list of contributers of under 1,000 USD is also included on the Foundations website.

===2008===
In 2008, Contributers of over US$ 20,000 are listed as<ref>Foundation for the Global Compact [http://www.globalcompactfoundation.org/donors/our.2008donors.htm Contributers 2008] Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>:
: [[Broad Air Conditioning]] | [[HSBC]] Holdings plc. | [[Petrobras]] SA | [[Royal Dutch Shell]] plc. | The [[Coca-Cola]] Company

Contributers of between 5,001 – 20,000 USD were:
: [[Aktiebolaget]] SKF | [[Anglo American]] | [[ArcelorMittal]] | [[Celer Soluciones]] S.L. | [[Daimler]] AG | [[Deutsche Bank]] AG | [[Deutsche Post]] (in kind) | [[Diageo]] Plc | [[Fundacion fondo de cultura de Sevilla]] | [[Heineken International]] | [[Hindustan Construction Company Ltd]] | [[ICA]] AB | [[ING Group]] | [[Nexen Inc.]] | [[Norsk Hydro]] ASA | [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation]] | [[PetroChina Company Limited]] | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[Suez]] | [[Symantec Corporation]] | [[Tetra Pak Limited]] | [[Trelleborg]] AB | [[TUV Rheinland Holding]] AG

Contributers of between 1,000 to 5,000 USD:
: [[2Moro]] SAS | [[A Raymond]] SCS | [[ABN AMRO]] Bank N.V. | [[Ading Ad Skopje]] | [[African Petroleum PLC]] | [[AG2R]] | [[Akkok Sanayi ve Gelistirme]] A.S. | [[Akritas]] S.A. | [[Alcatel-Lucent]] | [[Altana]] AG | [[AMPEG Technologie and Computer Service]] GmbH | [[Aqua y Saneamientos Argentinos]] S.A. - AySA | [[Arla Foods]] amba | [[Armacell Group]] | [[ASUR]] - [[Grupo Aeropuertuario del Sureste]], S.A. de C.V. | [[Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb]] d.d | [[Aviatur]] | [[Aviva Sigorta]] AS | [[Aviva]] | [[AvivaSA Emeklilik ve Hayat]] A.Ş. | [[AXA]] | [[Ayr Aviation]] | [[Barrick Gold Corporation]] | [[Befesa Medio Ambiente]], S.A. | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[Bombeo Energia y Compactacion de Madrid]] (BECMA) | [[Bouygues]] | [[Broedrene Hartmann]] A/S | [[Brown Flynn]] | [[C.I.P.I.]] - [[Compagnie Internationale de Promotion Industrielle]] | [[CA Inc.]] | [[Caixa Catalunya]] | [[Caja De Ahorros Y Monte De Piedad De Zaragoza Aragon Y Rioja]] - Ibercaja | [[Caja Madrid]] | [[Caja Provincial De Ahorros De Jaen]] | [[Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona]] (La Caixa) | [[Calvert Group Ltd.]] | [[Carvalho, Coimbra y Esteves]], Lda. | [[Cassa di Risparmio di Volterra]] S.p.A | [[Cassab Ahun]] SRL | [[CEGELEC Nord et Est]] | [[Centrica plc]] | [[Citizen Holdings Co. Ltd.]] | [[City Developments Limited]] | [[Cloetta Fazer]] | [[Coca-Cola]] Beverages Hrvatska | [[Colombia Movil]] S.A. E.S.P. | [[COMBIS]] d.o.o. | [[Confidi Roma Gafiart]] | [[Consolidated Contractors International Co.]] | [[Constructus Ltd]] | [[Corporate Fashion International Ltd]] | [[CPT]] AG | [[Danfoss Groups]] | [[Deloitte]] Croatia | [[Deutsche Post World Net]] | [[Dexia Group]] | [[DnB]] NOR ASA | [[Eastern Produce Kenya Ltd]] | [[Edelman]] | [[Eiffage]] | [[Ekol Logistics Co Inc]] | [[Electrical Industries Limited]] | [[Elektroncek]] D.D. | [[ENI]] | [[Environnement]] S.A. | [[EPOS Health Consultants]] | [[EPS]] (Engineering and Professional Services, Inc.) | [[Essilor International]] | [[EUROTECH]] France | [[Euskaltel]] | [[Exxaro Resources Ltd]] | [[FAI rent-a-jet]] AG | [[Fairmount Minerals]] | [[Financiere de Champlain]] | [[Folksam]] | [[Gahood Holding Co Ltd]] | [[Garrigues]] | [[Geodis]] | [[Global Calcium Pvt Ltd]] | [[GlobeScan Incorporated]] | [[Grant Thornton]] Amyot LLC | [[Grindeks]] | [[Gris Decoupage]] | [[Groupe]] SEB | [[Groupe Vedior]] France | [[Grupo Eroski]] | [[Grupo Inmobiliario y Constructor M]], S.A. de C.V. | [[Grupsa System]] | [[HaiConsult]] - Consulting Fund | [[HC Tekstil Tas.Gumr.Ith.Ihr.Ltd.Sti.]] | [[Hellenic Petroleum]] | [[Hilti Aktiengesellschaft]] | [[Hiroca]] CxA | [[Holcim Ltd]] | [[Holmen]] AB [[IFOP]] | [[Impact Development Training Group]] | [[Infosys Technologies Ltd]] | [[Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey]], Campus Queretaro | [[International Distillers Lanka Limited]] | [[Ipek Kagit Sanayi]] | [[Iquest]] | [[Izanet Global Services]] S.L. | [[Jal Group]] Tunisia | [[Jason Electronics (Pte) Ltd]] | [[Kedrion]] s.p.a | [[Kelani Valley Plantations Limited]] | [[Kenya Grange Vehicle Industries Ltd]] | [[Kjaer Group]] A/S | [[Kluntz]] A/S | [[Koç Holding]] | [[Kongsberg Gruppen]] ASA | [[Koninklijke Philips Electronics]] N.V. | [[Korea Electric Power Industrial Development Co Ltd]] | [[KPMG]] LLP | [[KPMG]], Cardenas Dosal, S.C. | [[Lanka Hydraulic Institute]] | [[Lantrade Global Supplies Ltd]] | [[Lazare Kaplan International Inc]] | [[Li and Fung Limited]] | [[Lindex]] | [[LM Ericsson]] | [[Mabroc Teas Pvt Ltd]] | [[Magadi Soda Company]] | [[Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd]] | [[Mane]] | [[Mansour Manufacturing & Distribution Group of Companies]] | [[Masisa Argentina]] S.A. | [[Maxibit Worldwide]] AB | [[Miele & Cie]] KG | [[MIPS]] - Mozambique International Port Services | [[MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd]] | [[Naouri Group]] | [[NATIXIS]] | [[Netafim]] | [[Newman Foundation]] | [[Nexen Inc]] | [[NOBA]] Verbandmittel Danz GmbH & Co. KG | [[Nordea Bank]] AB | [[North American Communications]] | [[Novartis]] International AG | [[Novo Nordisk]] AS | [[Novozymes]] | [[OCBC Bank Ltd]] | [[Okbil Bilgisayar Elektronik Danismanlik Pazarlama Sanayi ve Dis Ticaret]] | [[Orsys]] | [[Otto GmbH & Co]] KG | [[Ozka Tyre and Rubber Co]] | [[Pan Asia Banking]] | [[PARTICIP]] GmbH | [[Perstorp Holding]] AB | [[Petrolin Group]] | [[Pfizer]] Inc. | [[Phoenix Design Aid]] A/S | [[Phytomonitor]] | [[Pranda Jewelry Public Company Ltd]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Privredna Banka Zagreb]] | [[Rahimafrooz Batteries Ltd]] | [[REN]] - [[Redes Energeticas Nacionais]], SGPS, SA | [[Representaciones Industriales]] jbl S.A. de C.V. | [[Rhodia]] | [[Rideau Recognition Solutions Inc]] | [[Rosy Blue]] | [[RWE]] AG | [[Sa Van Den Broeke-Lutosa]] | [[SAB Ingenierie Informatique]] | [[SAP]] AG | [[Sasol Ltd]] | [[Seguros Catalana Occidente]] S.A. | [[Selamoglu International Transport]] | [[Senoko Power Ltd]] | [[Shaheen Airport Services]] | [[Sigdopack]] S.A. | [[SINAK Corporation]] | [[Sinosteel Corporation]] | [[Sirota Consulting]] LLC | [[SK Energy Co Ltd]] | [[Société Générale]] | [[software-systems.at]] | [[Sokoa]] S.A | [[Sotral]] S.P.A | [[SPERIT]], IT Consulting Services S.L. | [[StatoilHydro]] ASA | [[Steel Authority of India Limited]] | [[Steelhenge Consulting Limited]] | [[Stopanska Banka]] Ad | [[Suzano Papel e Celulose]] | [[Talisman Energy Inc]] | [[Tata Chemicals]] | [[Taxis G7]] | [[Teck Cominco]] | [[Tek-Ser Ltd]] | [[TGI Consultoria em Gestao Ltda]] | [[Thal Engineering]] | The [[Dow Chemical]] Company | [[TNT]] N.V. | [[Todini Costruzioni Generali]] S.p.A. | [[Trimo]] d.d. | [[Veolia Environnement]] | [[Volkswagen]] AG | [[Vukmir and Associates]], Law Firm | [[Westpac Banking Corporation]] | [[Xiring]] | [[Yuksel Holding]] A.S. - Yuksel Holding Co., Inc. | [[Zhejiang Zhenhua Electronics]] Co., Ltd | [[Zygon Baltic Consulting Ltd]]

===2007===
Contributers in 2007 are listed as (no USD amount is disclosed)<ref>Foundation for the Global Compact [http://www.globalcompactfoundation.org/donors/our.2007donors.htm Contributers 2007] Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>:
: [[AB Lindex]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[Autostrade per Italia]] S.p.A. | [[Carvalho, Coimbra & Esteves]], Lda. | [[COIB]] | [[Deutsche Telekom]] AG | [[Eskom]] | [[Green Mountain Coffee]] | [[Grupo Cementos Portland Valderrivas]] | [[Noredea Bank]] | [[Otto Group]] | [[PhB Nigeria]] | [[RWE]] | [[Sonae]] SGPS SA | [[Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization]] (TAGorg) | [[Telecom Italia]] | [[Total]] | [[TUV Rheinland Group]] | [[Unilever]] UK | [[William E. Connor and Associates]]

===2006===
Contributers in 2006 were listed as (no USD amount is disclosed)<ref>Foundation for the Global Compact [http://www.globalcompactfoundation.org/donors/our.2006donors.htm Contributers 2006] Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>:
: [[Aditya Birla Management Corporation]] | [[Alcan Inc]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[Banco General]] S.A | [[Bayer]] AG | [[BHP Billiton Group]] | [[BP]] | [[Brødrene Hartmann]] A/S | [[Carey and Allende]] | [[Centrica]] plc | [[Citizen Watch Co Ltd]] | [[Cosmo Oil]] | [[De Beers Group of Companies]] | [[Deutsche Bank]] | [[Deutsche Post]] AG | [[Deutsche Telekom]] AG | [[Diageo]] | [[Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited]] | [[Fidanque Panama]] | [[Gaz de France]] | [[Guilé Foundation]] | [[Lego Systems]] A/S | [[Nexen]] Inc | [[NHO]] (Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise) | [[Norsk Hydro]] ASA | [[Novartis]] Foundation | [[Novo Nordisk]] A/S | [[OMV]] | [[Pakistan Refinery Limited]] | [[Pranda Jewelry Public Company Limited]] | [[Statoil]] ASA | [[Storebrand]] ASA | [[Symantec]] Corporation | [[Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization]] (TAGorg) | [[Telefonica]] | The [[Coca-Cola]] Company | [[Total]] | [[UBS]] AG | [[Veolia Environment]] | [[Volvo]] | [[Wessex Water]] | [[William O'Connor and Associates]]

==External Links==

* Global Compact Primer.
* DaimlerChrysler and The Global Compact, DaimlerChrysler.
* Kenny Bruno, Perilous Partnerships. The UN's Corporate Outreach Program , Multinational Monitor, March 2000.
* Coalition Says Global Compact Threatens UN Mission And Integrity. Corporate Partners Scrutinized, Common Dreams, July 25, 2000.
* NGO Letter to UN Secretary General on Global Compact re Nike Inc.,Third World Network, July 28, 2000.
* Ellen Paine, The Road to the Global Compact: Corporate Power And The Battle Over Global Public Policy at The United Nations, Global Policy, October 2000. Particularly focuses on think tank opposition to Globalization, i.e. Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute.
* Global Compact with Corporations: "Civil Society" Responds, Women's International Leage for Peace and Freedom, February 15, 2001.
* "Globalization": the UN’s "Safe Haven" for the World’s Marginalized, Laetus in Praesens, March 6, 2001.
* Nityanand Jayaraman, Norsk Hydro: Global Compact Violator, CorpWatchIndia, October 18, 2001.

==References==
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[[Category:CSR]]

PERC

2009-09-09T13:22:07Z

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'''Political Economy Research Center''' (PERC) or sometimes "[[Property and Environment Research Center]]") sees it self a pioneer in free market environmentalism. It covers endangered species, forestry, fisheries, mines, parks, public lands, property rights, Superfund, water, wildlife, and environmental education. It is part of the anti-environmental Wise Use movement.

==Links to Republicans ==
===Department of Interior===

Secretary of Interior Former Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton is a protege of Reagan Interior Secretary James Watt (see MSLF). She was hired by the [[Mountain States Legal Foundation]] in 1979 and worked there as a Senior Attorney until 1983, when she moved to the [[Hoover Institute]]. She also served on the advisory boards of two other right wing groups, Defenders of Property Rights and the [[Washington Legal Foundation]]. In 1998, she founded a group called the [[Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy]] (CREA). The sponsors for CREA’s kick-off gala included the [[Chlorine Chemical Council]], [[National Coal Council]], [[Chemical Manufacturers Association]], and the [[National Mining Association]]<ref>[http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=6187]</ref>. She was a fellow at PERC when it was announced that she was to become Secretary of Interior. Norton was also on the Advisory board of the [[Advancement of Sound Science Coalition]], run by [[Steve Milloy]].<ref>[http://www.clearproject.org/reports_nortonWU.html]</ref>

Norton’s appointment was met with dismay by environmental groups. The nomination of [[Gale Norton]] amounts to a declaration of war on the environment," said Dr. Brent Blackwelder, President of Friends of the Earth<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/news2001/0110-02.htm]</ref>. The [[NRDC]] said “No amount of rhetoric can conceal who she is: an ideological extremist who has worked for more than two decades to systematically dismantle our nation's environmental protections. The direct beneficiaries of her views on enforcement are mining, grazing, timber, oil and other multinational corporations -- at the expense of the environment and public health”<ref>[http://www.nrdc.org/legislation/norton/execsum.asp]</ref>

Robert F Kennedy JR from the NRDC wrote in the Independent that: “In autumn 2001, the Interior Secretary, Gale Norton, provided the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with her agency's scientific assessment that Arctic oil-drilling would not harm hundreds of thousands of caribou. Not long afterwards, Fish and Wildlife Service biologists contacted the [[Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility]], which defends scientists and other professionals working in state and federal environmental agencies. ‘The scientists provided us the science that they had submitted to Norton and the altered version that she had given to Congress a week later’, said the group's executive director, [[Jeff Ruch]]. There were 17 major substantive changes, all of them minimising the reported impacts. When Norton was asked about the alterations in October 2001, she dismissed them as typographical errors”<ref>R. F Kennedy, “America's War on Nature; for Decades, US Corporate Interests Have Systematically Sabotaged Efforts to Protect the Environment”, The Independent, 4 December 2003.</ref>.

== Funding ==
According to PERC “Currently, 92 percent of our funding comes from foundations, 7 percent from individuals and miscellaneous sources and 1 percent from corporations”<ref>[http://www.perc.org/aboutperc/funds.php?s=1]</ref>

It has received money from [[Amoco]], [[ARCO]], the [[Chemical Manufacturers Association]], [[Conoco]], [[Eli Lilly and Co.]], [[Pfizer]], and [[Coors]]<ref>[http://www.clearproject.org/reports_nortonWU.html]</ref>. The Institute received some $4,125,875 in 88 grants from 1985 to 2002, from the following 10 foundations<ref>[http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/info_on_any_recipient.php?274]</ref>:

*[[Philip M McKenna Foundation]]
*[[Castle Rock Foundation]]
*[[Earhart Foundation]]
*[[John M. Olin Foundation]]
*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]]
*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]
*[[Claude R. Lamb Foundation]]
*[[Carthage Foundation]]
*[[JM Foundation]]
*[[Charles G Koch Foundation]]

== Personnel ==

*[[Terry L. Anderson]] – Executive Director - author of “''Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well''”, which argues that entrepreneurs in the private sector rather than the federal government “guarantee protection and improvement of environmental quality”<ref>[http://www.perc.org/publications/books/good_well.php?s=2]</ref>. He is a senior fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] at Stanford University. He is an adjunct fellow at the [[Cato Institute]] and Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute.

== Board ==

*[[Thomas J. Bray]] - trustee of the conservative [[Earhart Foundation]] in Ann Arbor.
*[[David R. Atkinson]] - runs a private investment company
*[[Thomas E. Beach]] - On the board of the Reason Foundation.
*[[David W. Brady]] - senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
*[[Jean Briggs]] - the assistant managing editor of Forbes.
*[[David G. Cameron]] - retired professor of biology and genetics at Montana State University
*[[William A. Dunn]] - on the board of directors of the [[Reason Foundation]] and the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]].
*[[Joseph Ignat]] - on the board of the Independence Institute and a member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.
*[[Paul J. Ingrassia]] - president of Dow Jones Newswires,
*[[Andrew S. Martzloff]] - managing director of Bitterroot Capital Advisors LLC, an independent wealth management firm
*[[E. Wayne Nordberg]] - fund manager.
*[[George Fitzgerald Ohrstrom]] - “active with the [[Cato Institute]], the [[Foundation for Economic Education]], the [[Foundation for Teaching Economics]], and the [[Institute for Humane Studies]]”.
*[[Leigh Perkins]] - on the board of the [[National Fish and Wildlife Foundation]].
*[[Vernon L. Smith]] - 2002 Nobel Prize winner.

===Some Senior Associates===

*[[Daniel K. Benjamin]] - He was a national fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] at Stanford University
*[[P.J. Hill]] - Co-author of Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism. with Joseph L. Bast and Richard C. Rue. (See [[Heartland Institute]])
*[[Donald R. Leal]] – Co- author with Anderson of Enviro-Capitalists, Doing Good While Doing Well.
*[[Jane S. Shaw]] co-author with [[Michael Sanera]] of Facts, Not Fear: A Parents' Guide to Teaching Children About the Environment. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Council of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] (London). Wife of [[Richard Stroup Below]]. According to PR Watch: “The purpose of Facts Not Fear is not to enlighten parents, teachers or students, nor is it to broaden scientific debate or inquiry. The real goal is political: to attack the very idea that environmental problems exist, and especially to disparage the view that government or citizen action might be necessary to address these problems” [[Michael Sanera]] is an adjunct scholar at the conservative [[Heritage Foundation]] <ref>http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2000Q2/fearnotfacts.html; http://www.prwatch.org/improp/cei.html</ref>.
*[[Randy T. Simmons]] - Simmons is a senior scholar with the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] in Washington, D.C and “expert” on the [[Endangered Species Act]]
*[[Richard L. Stroup]] - During the Reagan administration, Stroup served as the director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the Department of Interior.
*[[Bruce Yandle]] – author of “Common Sense and Common Law for the Environment”

==Issues==
*Education – to provide all students with access to a quality education
*Entrepreneurship – to strike down barriers to economic growth and innovation
*Health Care – to provide better quality and access to health-care while lowering costs
*Technology – to identify and limit harmful government regulation in the technology sector
*Environment – to sustain the trend toward a cleaner environment

==Contact, References and Resources==
===Contact===
:2048 Analysis Drive, Suite A, Montana, 59718
:Web address: [http://www.perc.org/ www.perc.org]
===Resources===
===References===
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[[Category:Think Tanks]]

S. Fred Singer

2009-09-09T13:20:13Z

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S. Fred Singer is a climate change sceptic.
Positions held:

* 1989- Director and President, the [[Science and Environmental Policy Project]]. Foundation-funded, independent research group, incorporated in 1992, to advance environment and health policies through sound science. SEPP is a non-profit, education organization.
* 1993- Member of the board of the International Center for a Scientific Ecology
* 1994- Distinguished Research Professor, Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

His wife [[Candace Carolyn Crandall]] was in the early 1990's Executive Vice President of SEPP and now she is still a Research Associate of SEPP. <ref>TobaccoDocuments.org [http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2025528294-8299.html Philip Morris] March 1991. Accessed September 2006</ref>

In 1994 Singer was Chief Reviewer of the report Science, economics, and environmental policy: a critical examination published by the [[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]] (AdTI). This was all part of an attack on EPA regulation on environmental tobacco smoke funded by the [[Tobacco Institute]]. <ref>Smoke Free For Health [http://www.smokefreeforhealth.org/studies/YachBialous.htm Sponsored listings] Accessed September 2006</ref> At that time, Mr. Singer was a Senior Fellow with AdTI. <ref>Tobacco Documents.org [http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2040165575.html Briefing on Sound Science and Environmental Policy] 2nd Aug 1994. Accessed September 2006.</ref>

"The report's principal reviewer, Dr Fred Singer, was involved with the [[International Center for a Scientific Ecology]], a group that was considered important in [[Philip Morris]]' plans to create a group in Europe similar to The [[Advancement for Sound Science Coalition]] (TASSC), as discussed by Ong and Glantz. He was also on a tobacco industry list of people who could write op-ed pieces on "junk science," defending the industry's views.39" <ref>Yach, D. & Bialous, S. A. (2001) [http://www.tobaccoscam.ucsf.edu/pdf/9.6-JunkScience-Yach.pdf Junking Science to Promote Tobacco] <i>American Journal of Public Health</i> November 2001, Vol 91, No. 11. Accessed September 2006</ref>

"On Feb 12, 2001, Singer wrote a letter to The Washington Post in which he denied receiving any oil company money in the previous 20 years when he had consulted for the oil industry.

In a Sept. 24, 1993 sworn affidavit, Dr. Singer admitted to doing climate change research on behalf of oil companies, such as [[Exxon]], [[Texaco]], [[Arco]], [[Shell]] and the [[American Gas Association]]. <ref>Doris M Jones & Associates Professional Court Reporters [http://home.att.net/~espi/S-F-Singer_Deposition.pdf Court Report In The Matter Of S. Fred Singer V.s Justin Lancaster] 24th September 1993. Vol 1. Accessed september 2006</ref>

==Affiliations==
*[[Science and Environmental Policy Project]]
*[[Centre for the New Europe]]
*[[Independent Institute]]
*[[Frontiers of Freedom]]
*[[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] lists Singer as "expert" on their website.<ref>[http://www.cei.org/dyn/view_expert.cfm?expert=20]</ref>
*The [[National Center for Public Policy Research]] [http://NationalCenter.org] lists Singer as someone that journalists can interview on climate change policy.<ref>http://www.nationalcenter.org/KyotoInterviewLocator.html</ref>
==Notes==
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National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy

2009-09-09T13:11:28Z

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The [http://www.ncfap.org/ National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy] (NCFAP) describes itself as 'a private non-profit non-advocacy research organization'. However, an [http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/%20journal/v419/n6905/full/419327a_r.html article] in the science journal Nature describes NCFAP as 'a pro-GM industry group' and, looking at the invariably industry-supporting claims emerging out of NCFAP stiudies, it may seem difficult to be certain where reseach ends and advocacy begins.

NCFAP conducts studies in four areas: biotechnology, pesticides, international trade and development, and farm and food policy.

NCFAP's Program Director and Senior Research Associate is [[Leonard Gianessi]]. Curiously, Gianessi's only academic [http://www.ncfap.org/staff.htm qualification] appears to be a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Affairs from George Washington University.

Prior to joining NCFAP in October 1993, Mr Gianessi spent seventeen years as a researcher at Resources For the Future (RFF), a Washington-based 'conservation' research organisation with funding from major US corporations. Sponsors include [[Sourcewatch:Dupont|Dupont]] and [[Sourcewatch:Union Carbide|Union Carbide]] as well as a number of oil companies. RFF's Director of Risk, Resource, and Environmental Management is [[Michael R. Taylor]], Monsanto's former vice-president for public policy who was at the centre of a major controversy over conflicts of interest in relation to Monsanto's genetically engineered cattle drug rBGH ([http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9904b/monsantofda.html Revolving doors: Monsanto and the regulators]). Resources For the Future turned their attention to agriculture in 1984 with funding from the Kellogg Foundation.

NCFAP was spun out of RFF as an independent organization in 1992 and Gianessi moved with it. Gianessi's focus was particularly on pesticide use though not exclusively so. In 1999 he was cited as 'a water quality scientist and the developer of the water quality modeling method used to measure feedlot and confinement livestock waste' when he took the Environmental Protection Agency to task for what he called 'a bad case of shoddy data' in their concern over the impact of livestock waste. ([http://www.heartland.org/archives/environment/aug99/pigs.htm The problem with pigs], August 1999)

Mostly though, Gianessi has been involved in defending pesticides - speaking on [Thttp://www.continuingeducation.ncsu.edu/postseminar.html he Value of Pesticides] in US Crop Production, expressing concern about the [http://www.pesticidesafety.uiuc.edu/newsletter/html/199802d.html loss of organophosphate and carbamate insecticides on minor crops], and [http://westernfarmpress.com/ar/farming_ncfap_study_touts/ touting the benefits of herbicide use]. [[CropLife International|CropLife America]] (CLA), a trade organization representing agro-chemical manufacturers, is among those that have commissioned studies which have inspired often evangelical farm press coverage: 'thank God for the chemicals that beat back the ever threatening, yield-sapping tide of weeds. Because of such chemicals there's food available to feed the world... according to the data compiled in the [NCFAP] report, there's no going back to the good, old, pre-chemical days.'

Gianessi has shown a talent for producing eye-catching figures, arguing for instance that herbicide-free agriculture would require 'up to 7 million workers to hand remove weeds' while still causing the loss of '300 billion pounds of food and fiber'. Organic agriculture on anything but the smallest scale is a non-starter. Herbicides, Gianessi says, are absolutely essential for maintenance of high yields and, 'If we truly wanted to maintain current yields and do away with herbicides, 70 million additional hoe-toting farmhands would be patrolling fields. That would mean one of every four U.S. citizens chopping weeds for a month every year. There just isn't a future for a vast expansion of organic agriculture,' says Gianessi. ([http://westernfarmpress.com/ar/farming_ncfap_study_touts/ NCFAP study touts herbicide benefits])

NCFAP began to focus on GM crops in 2000. Its main biotechnology research programme was launched in the spring of 2001 with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Biotechnology Industry Organisation, Monsanto, the biotech-industry funded Council for Biotechnology Information (CBI), the Grocery Manufacturers of America, and [[CropLife International|CropLife America]]. It is also said to receive money from the US Department of Agriculture.

According to NCFAP, 'researchers began an ambitious project to estimate the realized and potential impacts of 40 separate case studies of biotech crops.' NCFAP's findings were as usual eye-catching. According to the report, during the 2001 crop year, eight GM crops in production had increased crop yields by 1.8 billion kg (4 billion lb), saved growers US$1.2 billion by cutting production costs, and reduced pesticide use by 21 mil. kg (46 mil. lb).

The NCFAP report did not stop there but looked to the future, considering the potential of 27 GM crops in the U.S., some of which were still being developed, to increase annual production, improve farm income, and reduce pesticide use. (PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY: CURRENT POTENTIAL IMPACT FOR IMPROVING PEST MANAGEMENT IN U.S. AGRICULTURE, AN ANALYSIS OF 40 CASE STUDIES, NCFAP, June 200)

The report drew enthusiastic press coverage. One article, [http://www.ipmnet.org/IPMnet_NEWS/news103.html National Study Finds Biotech Does It All], told its readers the report showed GM crops meant farmers could 'sharply increase crop production', 'significantly reduce' pesticide use and 'generate truckloads of additional cash' - 'It's a win-win-win combination that reads like a proponent's wildest hope, but is, in reality, the prediction of an expert group based on extensive results from 40 studies of 27 biotech crops all across the U.S.A.' The article described NCFAP's summary report as 'eye-popping', its predictions for the future as 'visionary' and the predicted pesticide reductions (70 mil. lb plus) as 'whopping'. (emphasis added)

Gianessi followed up his 'eye-popping' report with a U.S. speaking tour. The Associated Press reported, 'Leonard Gianessi... has been barnstorming across the country promoting the benefits of genetically modified crops.' ([http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Leonard-Gianessi-Opposition-Sacramento23oct02.htm Biotech-advocate Leonard Gianessi meets with Opposition in Sacramento])

Gianessi's findings, however, have been notably at odds with those of the independent agronomist Dr Charles Benbrook, who in a series of studies has shown significant yield losses with GM soya - the main GM crop grown in the U.S.. Benbrook's own calculations suggest farmers are barely breaking even financially, although they are attracted by the ease of the weed management. (Fields of gold? - Biotech's cash benefits may not be what they seem, New Scientist, June 22 2002)

As regard NCFAP's claim of decreased usage of pesticide, a 2003 [http://www.biotech-info.net/technicalpaper6.html technical paper] by Dr Benbrook analysed all the publicly available US Department of Agriculture (USDA) data on pesticide use in the US since 1996 when GM crops were first introduced. Like the NCFAP report it looked at pounds of pesticides applied and found that, while they initially led to a reduction in pesticide use, in the period 2001-2003 GM crops increased use of over all pesticides by over 73 million pounds. This directly contradicts the NCFAP estimate for 2001, as well as undermining its 'visionary' predictions of 'whopping' pesticide decreases in the future.

As a former Executive Director of the Board on Agriculture of the U.S. National Academy for seven-years, Benbrook represents an authoritative voice on agricultural science and some see the funding of NCFAP's biotechnology research as driven by a need to to contradict the findings emerging out of Benbrook's research as well as to provide the industry with positive data.

In fact,one of Gianessi's first interventions in the biotech arena came in October 31, 2000, when he circulated via the Internet a [http://www.biotech-info.net/bt_benefits_gianessi.pdf critique] of [http://www.biotech-info.net/UCS_benefits_text.pdf Benbrook's review] of the benefits assessments on genetically engineered Bt crops developed by the EPA as part of the reregistration of Bt crops. Benbrook in [http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Leonard-Gianessi-Opposition-Sacramento23oct02.htm responding] to some of the major points raised in Gianessi's critique considered some of the criticisms both 'disingenuous and unfounded'.

NCFAP's eye-popping statistics have not only been brought into question by Benbrook. In the same month that the NCFAP report was published, the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its own [http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpwessex/Documents/usdagmeconomics.htm extensive analysis] of the economic performance of GM crops in America. This revealed a completely different picture. The USDA report went so far as to conclude, 'Perhaps the biggest issue raised by these results is how to explain the rapid adoption of GE crops when farm financial impacts appear to be mixed or even negative.' (more on the USDA report)

There has been no shortage of funding for NCFAP's biotechnology studies. In 2002 [http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/nonprofits/ NCFAP's funders] once again included the [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]], the [[Council for Biotechnology Information]], [[CropLife International|CropLife America]], the [[Grocery Manufacturers of America]] and [[Monsanto]], as well as [[Aventis]], [[Bayer]], [[DuPont]], and [[Syngenta]].

And Gianessi and his team have also been funded to look beyond the U.S.. NCFAP received funds from Monsanto, Syngenta, [[EuropaBio]] and the [[Biotechnology Industry Organisation]] to estimate the potential impacts of GM crops on European agriculture. According to the UK-based biotech-industry lobby group [[ABC]], 'NCFAP's proven methodology and strong ties to European researchers made it an ideal organization to conduct the first comprehensive study of how biotechnology could impact European agriculture.'

Despite the fact that only Spain has any commercial GM crop acreage, and there appears to be no market for GM foods amongst European consumers, NCFAP's [http://www.ncfap.org/reports/Europe/ExecutiveSummaryDecember.pdf study] reported that the 'widespread adoption of plant biotechnology in maize, oilseed rape, wheat, rice, tomatoes, potatoes, sugarbeets and stone fruit in Europe would result in significant yield increases, savings for growers and pesticide use reductions. All together, the nine biotech crops would increase yields by 8.5 billion kilograms per year, increase grower net income by 1.6 billionEuro per year and reduce pesticide use by 14.4 million kilograms per year, compared with existing practices that would be replaced.' The 'same methodology that NCFAP researchers used in its U.S. work' is apparently employed in the European study. ([http://www.abcinformation.org/news_display.php?news_id=82 Plant Biotechnology: Potential Impact for Improving Pest Management in European Agriculture])

In April 2004 NCFAP sponsored Greg Conko of the right wing lobby group, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) to go on a lobbying trip around farmers in those States in Australia which were making decisions in relation to large-scale GM trials being sought by Monsanto and Bayer. The itinerary for the NCFAP-sponsored tour was organised by the U.S. Embassy. (AUSTRALIA: U.S. FACING TOUGH BATTLE FOR GE CROPS, IPS-Inter Press Service, April 1, 2004)

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[[Category:Think Tanks]]

Competitive Enterprise Institute

2009-09-09T13:09:56Z

Lynn Hill: added category

'''Competitive Enterprise Institute''', founded in 1984, says it "has grown into a $3,000,000 institution with a team of nearly 40 policy experts and other staff".<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20020127163935/http://www.cei.org/pages/about.cfm About CEI]", Competitive Enterprise Institute website, version placed in web archive January 27 2002, accessed in web archive April 27 2009</ref>

One of the most important and vociferous anti-environmental think tanks in Washington, it is the main climate change-sceptical organisation in Washington as well as promoting "Sound Science" and denigrating environmentalists.

It is described by PR Watch as "an ideologically-driven, well-funded front for corporations opposed to safety and environmental regulations that affect the way they do business".<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20011107223849/http://www.prwatch.org/improp/cei.html Impropaganda Review: Competitive Enterprise Institute]", PR Watch, version placed in web archive 7 November 2001, accessed in web archive 27 April 2009</ref>

It has close working relationship with other right wing think tanks as well as the [[Wise Use Movement]]. It is a member of the Wise Use umbrella organisation, the [[Alliance for America]]. {{ref|3}}

==Projects/Issues==

CEI belongs to various conservative alliances, including the [[Alliance for America]], [[Get Government Off Our Backs]], the [[National Consumer Coalition]] (a pro-corporate front group headed by [[Frances Smith]], the wife of CEI founder [[Fred Smith]]), and the [[Environmental Education Working Group]] (EEWG), a national umbrella group for organizations working to undermine environmental education in schools. It also sponsors several other subsidiary organizations, including:

*[[Center for Private Conservation]] A green-sounding front group that opposes environmental regulations by claiming that "free market" solutions work better.

*[[Cooler Heads Coalition]]

*[[Center for Environmental Education Research]] Michael Sanera's organization based in Washington, D.C. {{ref|14}}

==Conko and Prakash – Pro-Biotech==

CEI affiliates [[Gregory Conko]] and [[C.S. Prakash]] are two of the most vociferous proponents of biotech in the US. Prakash is professor of plant genetics at Tuskeegee University in Alabama, and a co-founder of the [[AgBioWorld]] Foundation along with Conko. According to his biography, "Dr. Prakash has also been actively involved in enhancing the societal awareness of food biotechnology issues around the world. His Internet website http://www.AgBioWorld.org has become an important portal, disseminating information and promoting discussion on this subject among stakeholders such as scientists, policy makers, activists and journalists. He recently served on the [[USDA]]'s [[Agricultural Biotechnology Advisory Committee]] and continues to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Department of Biotechnology for the government of India". {{ref|15}}

Prakash claims that his newsletter 'AgBioView' is read by more than 4,000 experts in 55 countries, and is "widely recognized as a premier news outlet on agbiotech issues because of its broad focus on technical, societal and ethical issues". {{ref|16}}

But some of the material on AgBioView is highly suspect. According to GMWatch, "Prakash also shares the antipathy of the extreme right towards those with environmental concerns. Some of the material he has posted on his [[AgBioView]] list has accused critics of GM crops of fascism, communism, imperialism, nihilism, murder, corruption, terrorism, and even genocide; as well as of being worse than Hitler and on a par with the mass murderers who destroyed the World Trade Centre". {{ref|17}}

Also the [[AgBioView]] list was central in undermining important research published by [[Nature]] that concluded that maize in Mexico had been contaminated. Some of the most virulent attacks against the research were on AgBioView discussion group. Prakash says that the AgBioWorld website "played a fairly important role in putting public pressure on Nature." {{ref|18}}

The first attacks on the website were traced back to false e-mails linked to [[Monsanto]]’s PR company [[Bivings]] and Monsanto itself. There are also unresolved issues on whether AgBioWorld had also been set up by [[Bivings]]. {{ref|19}}

Prakash was also at the announcement in May 2003 by US Trade Representative [[Robert B. Zoellick]] and Agriculture Secretary [[Ann Veneman]] that the United States - joined with Argentina, Canada, and Egypt - would file a [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) case against the [[European Union]] (EU) over its "illegal five-year moratorium on approving agricultural biotech products".

Also at the announcement were [[T.J. Buthelezi]], a farmer of biotech crops from South Africa; Dr. [[Diran Makinde]], Dean of the School of Agriculture, University of Venda for Science and Technology, South Africa; and Dr. [[Ariel Alvarez-Morales]], Center for Research and Advanced Studies, Irapuato, Mexico. {{ref|20}} Conko was also at the press conference.

Later that day, all the above appeared at a CEI seminar in Washington "to speak out against the European Union's moratorium on trade in genetically engineered foods. Agricultural experts from around the world will discuss the negative impact of the EU moratorium on the developing world and urge the United States government to mount a World Trade Organization challenge".

The conference was addressed by Conko, Prakash and Nobel Prize winner and GM proponent [[Norman Borlaug]], as well as [[Professor Makinde]], Dr. [[Ariel Alvarez-Morales]] and [[TJ Buthelezi]]. {{ref|21}} Buthelezi has been paid by Monsanto and the biotech industry. GM Watch notes that "with their assistance he has been brought to Washington, Brussels, Pretoria, St. Louis, London, Johannesburg, and Philadelphia to help promote GM foods". {{ref|22}}

Conko used the conference to argue that, "The European Union's refusal to license new biotech crops is a clear and blatant violation of its obligations under trade treaties it has signed and ratified," said Competitive Enterprise Institute Director of Food Safety Policy [[Gregory Conko]]. "More importantly, it poses a genuine threat to the health and well-being of people throughout the developing world." {{ref|23}}

Both Prakash and Conko work with other biotech proponents. Prakash has travelled overseas to speak at a number of events on behalf of the US State Department, including at the US embassy in London. He has also spoken at a debate staged by the right-wing [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] in London in 2000, {{ref|24}} and at the [[Seeds of Opportunity]] conference chaired by British contrarian [[Philip Stott]] in 2001. Also attending were known GM proponents such as [[Phil Dale]], from the [[John Innes Center]], and Lord [[Dick Taverne]] from [[Sense About Science]] as well as leading members of the UK's [[Royal Society]]. {{ref|25}}

Conko has also worked with other right-wing activists such as [[Kendra Okonski]], who used to be at the CEI and who now works at the [[IPN]] on trade related issues, calling for "more open trade, lower subsidies and better protection of property rights". {{ref|26}}

He has written articles with [[Henry I. Miller]] of the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] and [[Hoover Institution]], one of which argues that the "new biotechnology pose no inherent risks" despite evidence to the contrary. {{ref|27}} Another article on biotechnology suggests that the [[UN Biosafety Protocol]] was based on "trade protectionism" and "anti-science fearmongering", {{ref|28}} which was originally published on the [[European Science and Economic Forum]] website (see below). {{ref|29}}

In March 2003 Conko took part in a debate on 'GM food: should labelling be mandatory?' which was organised by the ex-[[Living Marxism]] organisation [[Spiked]] and the [[International Policy Network]], at the London office of PR company [[Hill and Knowlton]]. {{ref|30}} At the meeting Conko argued against any requirement to label GM foods. {{ref|31}}

===Climate===

The CEI has a long-standing opposition to [[Kyoto]] and a commitment to debunking climate science. In 1996, [[RJ Smith]] said that "after the US State Department announced they were going to call for mandatory controls in Kyoto, we said, 'What do we do? How do we stop this?'" At a strategy meeting held in November 1996, participants included [[Ray Evans]] from Australia's [[Western Mining Corporation]], along with a senior world vice-president for [[Ford Motors]], the then [[American Petroleum Institute]] Executive Director [[William O'Keefe]], and [[Dick Lawson]], the executive director of the US [[National Mining Association]]. {{ref|32}}

In February, [[Fred Smith]] warned that the insurance industry may use climate change as a way of off-loading liability onto taxpayers, comments that were dismissed by the insurance industry. {{ref|33}}

In July 1997 the CEI held the first of its anti-Kyoto conferences in Washington. Entitled "The Costs of Kyoto", the speakers included [[Fran Smith]] from the [[Wise Use]] group [[Consumer Alert]], [[Patrick Michaels]] from [[Cato Institute]] and British contrarian [[Wilfred Beckerman]] from Oxford University. There was also Australian Embassy Chief of Mission [[Paul O'Sullivan]] and [[Brian Fisher]] from the [[Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics]] (ABARE), whose funders include [[Rio Tinto]], [[Texaco]], [[Mobil Oil]], [[Exxon]], the [[Australian Coal Association]], the [[Australian Aluminum Council]] and [[Statoil]], the Norwegian oil company. {{ref|37}} Beckerman is author of ''Small Is Stupid: Blowing the Whistle on the Greens'' which argues that global warming is "no cause for alarm". {{ref|38}}

Next came a conference in Canberra, whose speakers included US Senator [[Malcolm Wallop]], who chairs the [[Frontiers of Freedom Institute]], who said: "This conference is the first shot across the bow of those who expect to champion the Kyoto Treaty".

Other speakers were [[Patrick Michaels]] from [[Cato]] again, along with US Senator [[Chuck Hagel]] (known sceptic), US Congressman [[John Dingell]] (known sceptic), and [[Richard Lawson]], President and Chief Executive Officer of the US [[National Mining Association]]. {{ref|39}} Later that year they worked with the [[Heartland Institute]] to expose "the junk science and flawed economics often used in the debate over global warming." {{ref|40}}

In the run up to Kyoto, the CEI employed a double PR strategy of singing the benefits of climate change and also talking about the economic catastrophe that was [[Kyoto]]. [[Fred Smith]] argued there were four benefits of climate change: "The growth rate of plants would increase faster than anyone thinks possible. Agricultural growing regions would expand northward. There'd be a reduction in heating needs, which is more than the cost of cooling. And warm is healthy". {{ref|41}}

CEI statements also argued that climate change would create "a milder, greener, more prosperous world" and that Kyoto was a "power grab based on deception and fear". {{ref|42}} The CEI also organised a rally of the [[Cooler Heads Coalition]], where leading climate sceptic Republican Senator [[Chuck Hagel]] of Nebraska warned that Kyoto would create an "economic disaster" and hurt US national security. {{ref|43}}

[[Jonathan Adler]], then of the CEI, dismissed fears about climate change: "Indeed, the more that is known, the less it seems that humans have to fear from global warming. The indications are that a warmer world would be far more benign than previously imagined. One recent study found no indication that global warming would produce killer heat waves in urban areas, environmentalist claims notwithstanding. Another in the British journal ''Nature'' suggested that global warming poses little threat to polar ice caps. Indeed, the report suggested that some ice shelves should expand, not melt, if the Earth warms. So much for the greenhouse apocalypse". {{ref|44}}

In 1999, similar or related claims were to follow. Kyoto would "kill small business". {{ref|45}} The "unusual weather does not equal climate change." {{ref|46}} GOP Contender [[Dan Quayle]] lambasted [[Al Gore]] at the CEI, accusing him of promoting a global warming policy based on findings that were "highly debatable" with "no scientific consensus." {{ref|47}}

The CEI continued to work against Kyoto through 2000. In October they filed a lawsuit against the then President [[Bill Clinton]], alleging he illegally expanded the scope of, and spending on, a report by the US [[Global Change Research Program]] on climate change for political reasons which would have assisted Vice President Gore's presidential campaign. "At this point, [the national assessment] is opinion and advocacy, not science," said [[Christopher Horner]] from CEI, adding, "That's not what Congress asked for." Co-plaintiffs included Reps. [[Joseph Knollenberg]] (R-Mich.) and [[Jo Ann Emerson]] (R-Mo.), Sen. [[James Inhofe]] (R-Okla.), [[Consumer Alert]], [[60-Plus Association]], and the [[Heartland Institute]]. {{ref|48}}

In January 2001, with Clinton gone, the CEI attacked the [[IPCC]]'s scientists who predicted that the Earth's temperature could rise by as much as 5.8 degrees Celsius over the coming century. [[Myron Ebell]] retorted that, "The summary's scary predictions of much faster warming are based on discredited global climate computer models." {{ref|49}}

March 2001 signalled the true intent of the Bush administration and the CEI claimed to play an intricate part in helping formulate its position. Firstly, President Bush "stunned environmentalists" by reversing a campaign pledge that his administration would not regulate power plants' emissions of carbon dioxide as a pollutant. The CEI claimed a "great victory and everyone should congratulate themselves on the work they did to achieve this end." {{ref|50}}

A letter from Adjunct Fellow [[Jack Kemp]], who served for 18 years in the House of representatives as a Republican, praised the Bush Administration over its handling of climate change. His letter credited the CEI with providing Bush with the "intellectual support and political cover to 'do the right thing' on carbon dioxide emissions". [[Myron Ebell]] claimed that the [[Kyoto Protocol]] was now "a walking corpse. We want to keep that corpse walking as long as possible". {{ref|51}} Kemp labelled Kyoto as "eco-extremism" based on "phony science" and "fear-mongering". {{ref|52}}

Secondly, the Bush Administration rejected the Kyoto Protocol. "We had been working towards it," said [[Myron Ebell]], "But it's so surprising because its a bold move, so decisive and so unlike his father, who would have fudged or have done something to paper it over." {{ref|53}}

"Leading opponents of the Kyoto Protocol" put forward by the CEI included [[Myron Ebell]], [[Christopher Horner]], [[Frances Smith]], the chairman of the [[National Consumers Coalition]], [[Paul Georgia]] of the [[Cooler Heads]] newsletter, and [[John Carlisle]] from the [[National Center for Public Policy Research]] (subsequently the [[Capital Research Center]]). {{ref|54}}

The CEI was also active in opposing any members of the Clinton administration left in post by the incoming Bush team, one of whom was [[Ian Bowles]], in charge of international environmental issues at the [[National Security Council]]. "We thought the election was a break in policies," said Myron Ebell. "...[Bowles] is a zealot who believes that global warming is a problem and that Kyoto is the answer. It seems to me the administration would be better served by getting people who represented the Bush administration much more quickly." {{ref|55}} It was no surprise therefore that Myron Ebell was named Villain of the Month by [[Clean Air Trust]] for his "ferocious lobbying charge to persuade President Bush to reverse his campaign pledge to control electric utility emissions of carbon dioxide."

Later that year Ebell was still talking about the "benign" effects of climate change and attacked the [[IPCC]] as "alarmist in order to support the global warming treaty. If they didn't do it, they would be out of a job." {{ref|56}}

In early 2002, when Bush outlined his "Clean Skies" proposals for clean air and to tackle climate change, [[Myron Ebell]] called it "a misguided concession to environmental alarmism." Meanwhile the plan was attacked by environmentalists. [[Carl Pope]], executive director of the [[Sierra Club]], called the program a "Valentine's Day gift to corporate polluters" that "will do nothing to curb global warming." {{ref|57}}

In May 2002, the US [[EPA]], in consultation with other departments, published the [[Climate Action Report 2002]], to be submitted to the [[United Nations Framework Convention]]'s Climate Change secretariat. The report warned that climate change was a clear and present threat to the US, based on predictions from modelling undertaken by the respected [[Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research]] in the UK. {{ref|58}} It stated: "Greenhouse gases are accumulating in the earth's atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing global mean surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise." {{ref|59}}

The Competitive Enterprise Institute was at the centre of overt and covert action to undermine the US EPA's report on climate change and change the Bush administration position.

Firstly the CEI claimed that the EPA report violated an agreement made in September 2001 between the White House, CEI and other groups and three members of Congress settling a lawsuit challenging a national climate change assessment report released in 2000 by the Clinton administration.

"For the EPA now to accept the National Assessment's findings as valid undermines and contradicts President Bush's global warming policies," said Ebell. "The EPA needs to be told that the Clinton Administration is gone and Al Gore did not win the election." According to the CEI, the Bush administration agreed to withdraw and repudiate the 2000 report after that document was challenged in a lawsuit brought by Sen. [[James Inhofe]] (R-Okla.), Reps. [[Joe Knollenberg]] (R-Mich.) and [[Jo Ann Emerson]] (R-Mo.), as well as CEI and other right-wing groups, who claimed it was based on "junk science". {{ref|60}}

A leaked e-mail from dated 3rd June 2002 from [[Myron Ebell]] to [[Phil Cooney]], chief of staff at the [[White House Council on Environmental Quality]], started by saying "Thanks for calling and asking for our help." It then goes on to say, "I want to help you cool things down." The e-mail discusses possible tactics for playing down the report and getting rid of EPA officials, including its then head, [[Christine Whitman]]. "It seems to me that the folks at the EPA are the obvious fall guys and we would only hope that the fall guy (or gal) should be as high up as possible." {{ref|61}}

Ebell advised Cooney that he was "willing and ready to help, but it won't be possible to do much without some sort of backtracking from the Administration."

Just two days later, Bush repudiated the EPA report as having been "put out by the bureaucracy," reiterating his opposition to the Kyoto Protocol. "The Kyoto treaty would severely damage the United States economy," he said. "And I don't accept that." {{ref|62}}

[[Christopher C. Horner]] welcomed the move saying that Mr. Bush had distanced himself from the report "because of concern from the right that he was going to accept the European environmental world view, that he had changed his mind as the report indicated he had." {{ref|63}}

The CEI also filed a petition with the administration "to prevent the distribution of a fatally flawed report on global warming", {{ref|64}} accusing the EPA of publishing "knowingly fictional" science. {{ref|65}}

It also publicly wrote to the Bush Administration attacking the EPA's line on climate change in a co-ordinated letter, whose signatories read like a long list of right-wing groups, [[Wise Use]] and known climate-change sceptics.

*[[Climate Change Sceptics' Letter to the President, June 2002]]

Later that month (June 2002), the CEI criticised the "Clean Power Act" [S. 556] proposed by Senator [[James Jeffords]], Vermont Independent, and the "Clean Smokestacks Act" proposed by [[Henry Waxman]] [H.R. 1256], which would have established new controls on power plant emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury and carbon dioxide, as "Multi-pollutant madness". {{ref|66}}

By August 2002 and the [[UN Summit on Sustainable Development]] in Johannesburg, the CEI was one of 31 conservative individuals and groups, including the [[American Enterprise Institute]], [[Atlas Economic Research Foundation]], [[Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow]], [[Capitol Research Center]], [[Heartland Institute]] and [[National Center for Policy Analysis]] who wrote again to Bush to applaud his decision not to attend the [[WSSD]] and to keep climate change off the agenda:

"Even more than the Earth Summit in Rio (de Janeiro) in 1992, the Johannesburg Summit will provide a global media stage for many of the most irresponsible and destructive elements involved in critical international economic and environmental issues," said the letter. "Your presence would only help to publicize and make more credible their various anti-freedom, anti-people, anti-globalization, and anti-Western agendas." Bush declined the invitation to attend. {{ref|67}}

The groups argued that "potential" global warming is "the least important global environmental issue" and the letter calls upon US negotiators attending the summit in Johannesburg to "keep it off the table and out of the spotlight." {{ref|68}}

Two state attorney generals have asked Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] to investigate because the memo "reveals great intimacy between CEI and [the administration] in their strategizing about ways to minimize the problem of global warming. It also suggests the CEQ may have been directly involved in efforts to undermine the United States' official report, as well as the authority of the EPA administrator." {{ref|69}}

In April 2003 the CEI co-ordinated another letter, this time to The Honorable Mr. [[Pete Domenici]], Chairman of the [[Committee on Energy and Natural Resources]], on the subject of climate:

:"The undersigned organizations write to share our views... Because we share your commitment to policies that will promote continuing abundant supplies of affordable energy to American consumers and producers, we were surprised to find that your committee's draft contains a climate change title. We believe that this title is ill considered and, if enacted in anything like its present form, its effects will in the long run overwhelm the many positive elements in the bill. It would in our view create the institutional and legal framework and the political incentives necessary eventually to force Kyoto-style energy rationing on the American people.

:Even more disturbingly to us, it would set us on this path without engaging in a full national debate over its enormous consequences. Instead, including this climate title in comprehensive energy legislation seems to assume that the debate is over, even though that debate has never occurred. It seems to us that before we settle on the main provisions of this climate title, we would first have to agree that global warming alarmism is scientifically warranted, that there are benefits as wells as costs to these policies, and that it is inevitable we are soon going to be living in a carbon-constrained world...

:Sincerely,

:[[Fred Smith]] and [[Myron Ebell]] - Competitive Enterprise Institute
:[[Paul M. Weyrich]] - [[Coalitions for America]]
:[[Grover Norquist]] - [[Americans for Tax Reform]]
:[[Malcolm Wallop]] - [[Frontiers of Freedom]]
:[[David A. Keene]] - [[American Conservative Union]]
:[[Paul Gessing]] - [[National Taxpayers Union]]
:[[James L. Martin]] - [[60 Plus Association]]
:[[James P. Backlin]] - [[Christian Coalition of America]]
:[[Amy Ridenour]] - [[National Center for Public Policy Research]]
:[[Darrell McKigney]] - [[Small Business Survival Committee]]
:[[Richard Lessner]] - [[American Renewal]]
:[[Tom DeWeese]] - [[American Policy Center]]
:[[Chuck Muth]] - [[Citizen Outreach]]
:[[Steven Milloy]] - [[Citizens for the Integrity of Science]]
:[[Ronald Pearson]] - [[Council for America]]
:[[Kevin L. Kearns]] - [[US Business and Industry Council]]
:[[Dennis Avery]] - [[Hudson Institute]]
:[[Jim Boulet, Jr.]] - [[English First]]
:[[Joan L. Hueter]] - [[American Council for Immigration Reform]]
:[[C. Preston Noell, III]] - [[Tradition, Family, Property]], Inc.
:[[Benjamin C. Works]] - [[Strategic Issues Research Institute of the US]] (SIRIUS)" {{ref|70}}

The following month The CEI and 32 other right-wing organisations raised "concerns about the approach Congress is taking to climate change policy in a joint letter to House International Relations Committee Chairman [[Henry Hyde]]" (R-IL).

In a letter, the groups "explain the flaws with alarmist statements about climate change and science contained in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's State Department authorization bill, urging the House committee not take the same path. The Senate committee findings include exaggerations, misleading statements, out-of-context citations, and reliance on discredited sources. The Committee adopted resolutions based on these flawed premises."

"In our view, the resolutions are even more flawed than the findings," wrote Myron Ebell, Director of Global Warming Policy at CEI. "The first two resolutions recommend that the US adopt Kyoto-style policies to limit energy use by American consumers. The third resolution urges the US to extend the Kyoto Protocol by negotiating a second round of binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions."

The letter continued: "The Kyoto Protocol is a dead end... and so too are all similar approaches based on forcing cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. Adopting Kyoto-style policies would have enormous economic costs without making significant reductions in greenhouse gas levels. Just at the moment that the Kyoto Protocol is collapsing and other industrialized countries that have ratified the Protocol are discovering that they cannot meet their targets is not the time to jump back on the Kyoto bandwagon."

Signed by:

*[[Fred L. Smith]] and [[Myron Ebell]] - Competitive Enterprise Institute
*[[Paul M. Weyrich]] - [[Coalitions for America]]
*[[Grover Norquist]] - [[Americans for Tax Reform]]
*[[Paul Beckner]] - [[Citizens for a Sound Economy]]
*[[David Keene]] - [[American Conservative Union]]
*[[Malcolm Wallop]] - [[Frontiers of Freedom]]
*[[Duane Parde]] - [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
*[[James L. Martin]] - [[60 Plus Association]]
*[[Tom Schatz]] - President, [[Citizens Against Government Waste]]
*[[Amy Ridenour]] - [[National Center for Public Policy Research]]
*[[Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.]] - [[Center for Security Policy]]
*[[Karen Kerrigan]] - [[Small Business Survival Committee]]
*[[Tom DeWeese]] - [[American Policy Center]]
*[[Joseph L. Bast]] - [[The Heartland Institute]]
*[[Paul Driessen]] - [[Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow]]
*[[Steven Milloy]] - [[Citizens for the Integrity of Science]]
*[[Lori Waters]] - [[Eagle Forum]]
*[[Richard Lessner]] - [[American Renewal]]
*[[Terrence Scanlon]] - [[Capital Research Center]]
*[[Dennis T. Avery]] - Center for Global Food Issues, [[Hudson Institute]]
*[[Leroy Watson]] - [[The National Grange]]
*[[Kevin L. Kearns]] - [[US Business and Industry Council]]
*[[Bonner Cohen]] - [[Lexington Institute]]
*[[Michael Hardiman]] - [[American Land Rights Association]]
*[[C. Preston Noell, III]] - [[Tradition, Family, Property]], Inc.
*[[Ron Pearson]] - [[Council for America]]
*[[Jeffrey B. Gayner]] - [[Americans for Sovereignty]]
*[[Chuck Muth]] - [[Citizen Outreach]]
*[[Benjamin C. Works]] - [[SIRIUS]]
*[[Allan Parker]] - [[Texas Justice Foundation]]
*[[Alan Caruba]] - The [[National Anxiety Center]]
*[[Mark Q. Rhoads]] - [[US Internet Council]]
*[[Patrick Michaels]] - [[University of Virginia]]
*[[Robert Ferguson]] - [[Center for Science and Public Policy]] {{ref|71}}

The CEI has also filed other lawsuits and challenges against other government agencies who have issued reports on climate change, such as the [[EPA]] and the [[National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration]], calling their work unscientific. {{ref|72}}

In 2003, the CEI attacked the US domestic [[Lieberman-McCain Bill]] on climate that would have regulated carbon dioxide emissions. Myron Ebell called it "pointless political grandstanding and a shameless con game". {{ref|73}} Christopher C. Horner, another fellow, said it would cripple "America's economy in the name of a hysterical and spectacularly debunked theory". {{ref|74}}

In November the CEI claimed a "victory" after they dropped their lawsuit against the Bush administration and its top scientific advisor, in exchange for the admission that a climate policy document written under the Clinton administration had not been subject to federal data quality guidelines. The Bush administration added two sentences to the [[US Global Change Research Program]]'s (USGCRP) website explaining that a government report on climate change included third party information not produced by federal institutions, which were therefore not bound by the federal Data Quality Act. The CEI had taken issue with the 2000 report as it stated that global warming was likely to lead to hotter summers, warmer winters, and more extreme weather, including flood and drought. {{ref|75}}

In December 2003 two of the US government's top atmospheric scientists argued in a paper in ''Science'' that that there was no doubt that human activity was already having a measurable impact on global climate. In response [[Myron Ebell]] argued that climate change was "nothing new" and "It isn't much to worry about." {{ref|76}}

The following month, the CEI's anti-climate work continued unabated as an article published in ''Nature'' magazine concluded that one million species might become extinct because of climate change, {{ref|77}} and that the UK's Chief scientist warned that climate change was a more serious threat to the world than terrorism. {{ref|78}} The same week Myron Ebell was quoted in the US press as saying, "I don't think man-made climate change is an important issue." {{ref|79}}

[[Ian Murray]] wrote an op-ed piece for [[Tech Central Station]] that attacked the article in [[Nature]]. Murray called the story "flimsy", arguing it should be "laughed out of the court of public opinion." {{ref|80}} The month before, Murray had attacked "environmental alarmists" and "statist environmentalists" for their position on climate change. He also remarked that, "we should remember 2003 as the year that saw the death of the most economically damaging idea ever to come out of the United Nations, the Kyoto Protocol on climate change." {{ref|81}}

On the 12 January, the CEI and ten other right-wing think tanks and front groups wrote to the [[Department of Energy]], urging them not to establish "a system of emissions credits as part of its greenhouse gases reporting program." It was joined by the [[American Conservative Union]], [[Americans for Tax Reform]], [[American Legislative Exchange Council]], [[Citizens Against Government Waste]], [[Citizens for a Sound Economy]], [[Consumer Alert]], [[Frontiers of Freedom]], [[National Taxpayers Union]], [[60 Plus Association]], and the [[Small Business Survival Committee]]. According to the CEI, a "credit program would mobilize lobbying for energy rationing schemes such as the Kyoto Protocol, Senator [[Jim Jeffords]]' Clean Power Act, and the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act." {{ref|82}}

==People==
===Principals===

*[[Jack Kemp]] The CEI's "Distinguished Fellow" served four years as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and as the US Representative from New York state (18 years). In 1996, he was nominated by then Senator [[Bob Dole]] as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate.

*[[Fred L. Smith, Jr]] President and Founder, Competitive Enterprise Institute.

*[[Jody Clarke]] Vice President for Communications.

*[[Gregory Conko]] Director of Food Safety Policy. Mr. Conko is also the Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of the [[AgBioWorld Foundation]]. Writes for [[Tech Central Station]].

*[[Myron Ebell]] Director of [[Global Warming and International Environmental Policy]]. Oversees all global warming and international environmental work at CEI. He also chairs the [[Cooler Heads Coalition]], the subgroup of the [[National Consumers Coalition]] that works to debunk climate change. Prior to coming to CEI, [[Ebell]] was policy director at [[Frontiers of Freedom]] and the Washington representative of the [[Wise Use Movement|Wise Use]] group, the American Land Rights Association run by Chuck Cushman. Ebell's financial file is separate.

*[[Christopher C. Horner]] Counsel, [[Cooler Heads Coalition]] and Senior Fellow, CEI. Another [[Tech Central Station]] contributor. {{ref|7}}

*[[Ben Lieberman]] Director of [[Clean Air Policy]]. Also writes for [[Tech Central Station]]. {{ref|8}}

*[[Angela Logomasini]] Director of Risk and Environmental Policy. Was Legislative Assistant to Senator [[Sam Brownback]] from 1996-1998. From 1989 to 1994, Logomasini worked for the front group [[Citizens for a Sound Economy]] (CSE), serving as Director of Solid Waste Policy for its affiliate, [[Citizens for the Environment]]. {{ref|9}}

*[[Iain Murray]] Senior Fellow at CEI, specializing in global climate change and environmental science. Murray edits [[Cooler Heads]], the biweekly newsletter of the [[Cooler Heads Coalition]]. He regularly writes on climate and other issues for [[Tech Central Station]]. {{ref|10}}

===Scholars/Fellows===

*[[Ronald Bailey]] Editor, Earth Report 2000. Is the science correspondent for [[Reason Magazine]] and, most recently, the editor of the Competitive Enterprise Institute book ''Global Warming and Other Eco-Myths'' {{ref|11}} published by [[Prima Publishing]]. He is also the author of ''ECO-SCAM: The False Prophets of the Ecological Apocalypse''.

*[[Roger Bate]] Adjunct Fellow. See listing under the [[American Enterprise Institute]].

*[[Robert L. Bradley Jr.]] Adjunct scholar of the [[Cato Institute]].

*[[Paul Georgia]] An environmental policy analyst at CEI. He specializes in global-warming issues and also edits the biweekly coalition [[Cooler Heads]] newsletter. Also writes for [[Tech Central Station]].

*[[Michael S. Greve]] Board Member and Adjunct Scholar. Greve is also a resident scholar at the [[American Enterprise Institute]].

*[[Kay Jones]] Head of [[Zephyr Consulting]], a Seattle-based environmental consulting firm, an "expert" with the CEI and adjunct fellow at the [[Cato Institute]].

*[[Marlo Lewis, Jr.]] A Senior Fellow on global warming, general environmental and regulatory reform. Ex-Director of External Relations at the [[Reason Foundation]] in Los Angeles. Another contributor to [[Tech Central Station]]. {{ref|12}}

*[[Henry I. Miller]] Research Fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]]. Miller is also a director of [[Consumer Alert]], a director of the [[American Council on Science and Health]] and a scientific advisor to the [[George C. Marshall Institute]] and adjunct fellow at the CEI. {{ref|13}}

*[[Cassandra C. Moore]] Adjunct Scholar with the [[Cato Institute]].

*[[Robert H. Nelson]] Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies.

*[[William O'Keefe]] - Board Member and Adjunct Scholar. President and founder of [[Solutions Consulting]]. Ex–executive Vice President and CEO of the [[American Petroleum Institute]] and Chairman Emeritus of the [[Global Climate Coalition]]. He is also President of the [[George C. Marshall Institute]].

*[[C.S. Prakash]] Is professor of plant genetics at Tuskeegee University in Alabama, and a co-founder of the [[AgBioWorld Foundation]] and [[AgBioWorld]] website (see below).

*[[Fran Smith]] Member, Board of Directors. Executive director of the [[Wise Use]] group [[Consumer Alert]] and wise of [[Fred Smith]], the President of CEI.

*[[Robert J. Smith]] Senior Environmental Scholar.

===Board===

*[[William Dunn]] President, [[Dunn Capital Management]]. On the board of [[PERC]] and [[Reason Foundation]]

*[[Scott Fallon]] – [[BAE Systems]], Inc.

*[[Michael S. Greve]] Resident Scholar, [[American Enterprise Institute]]

*[[Leonard Liggio]] Vice President, [[Atlas Economic Research Foundation]]

*[[Thomas Gale Moore]] Senior Fellow, [[Hoover Institution]]

*[[William O'Keefe]] President and Founder, [[Solutions Consulting]]

*[[Frances Smith]] Executive Director, [[Consumer Alert]]

*[[Fred L. Smith, Jr.]] President and Founder, Competitive Enterprise Institute

==Funding==

The CEI does not publish a list of its institutional donors, but the following companies and foundations are known to have given $10,000 or more:
*[[Aequus Institute]]
*[[Amoco Foundation]]
*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]
*[[Carthage Foundation]]
*[[Scaife Foundations]]
*[[Coca-Cola]] Company
*[[E.L. Craig Foundation]]
*[[CSX Corporation]]
*[[Earhart Foundation]]
*[[Fieldstead and Co]]
*[[FMC Foundation]]
*[[Ford Motor Company Fund]]
*[[Gilder Foundation]]
*[[Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation]]
*[[David H. Koch Charitable Foundation]]
*[[Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation]]
*[[Philip M. McKenna Foundation]], Inc
*[[Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation]]
*[[Philip Morris]] Companies, Inc
*[[Pfizer]]
*[[Precision Valve Corporation]]
*[[Prince Foundation]]
*[[Rodney Fund]]
*[[Sheldon Rose]]
*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]]
*[[Texaco]], Texaco Foundation

Other known CEI funders include:
*[[American Petroleum Institute]]
*[[ARCO Foundation]]
*[[Armstrong Foundation]]
*[[Burlington Northern Railroad]] Co
*[[Cigna Corporation]]
*[[Detroit Farming]] Inc
*[[Dow Chemical]]
*[[EBCO]] Corp
*[[General Motors]]
*[[IBM]]
*[[Jacqueline Hume Foundation]]
*[[JM Foundation]]
*[[Vernon K. Krieble Foundation]]
*[[John William Pope Foundation]]
*[[Smith Richardson Foundation]]
*[[Roe Foundation]]
*[[Alex C. Walker Foundation]] {{ref|4}}

[[Exxon]] has donated $1 million to the CEI since 1998. {{ref|5}}

According to an article by Bob Burton for IPS, [[Monsanto]] has also been amongst CEI's funders.<ref>Bob Burton, "[http://www.biosafety-info.net/bioart.php?bid=170&ac=st US struggles in rearguard campaign for GE crops]", IPS-Inter Press Service, 1 April 2004, accessed 11 May 2009</ref>

==Contact==

*'''Address''' Competitive Enterprise Institute, 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1250, Washington, D.C. 20036
*'''Internet''' http://www.cei.org/pages/contact.cfm

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#{{note|67}} Africa News (2002) “Corporate-funded Lobbyists Aimed to Sabotage Johannesburg Summit”, 19 August
#{{note|68}} Africa News (2002) “Corporate-funded Lobbyists Aimed to Sabotage Johannesburg Summit”, 19 August
#{{note|69}} M. Ivins (2003) “When is up Down and Black White? When Bush Calls his Plan ‘Clear Skies’”, The Beacon Journal, 21 September.
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#{{note|82}} http://www.cei.org/gencon/003,03805.cfm

==Notes==
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Heartland Institute

2009-09-09T13:06:41Z

Lynn Hill: added categories

'''Heartland Institute''' says its missions “is to help build social movements in support of ideas that empower people. Such ideas include parental choice in education, market-based approaches to environmental protection, privatization of public services, and deregulation in areas where property rights and markets do a better job than government bureaucracies”[1].

== Funding ==

Unlike many right-wing think tanks Heartland publishes a list of all recent foundation and corporate funders. The following is not a full list that can be found on their web-site. The list is current as of January 2003.

Foundations include:

<table width="550" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[BP Amoco Foundation Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust]]</td>
<td>[[ExxonMobil Foundation]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Federalist Society]]</td>
<td>[[Fundamental Change in Education]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[General Motors Foundation]]</td>
<td>[[The Heritage Foundation]]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Corporations include:</p>
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<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers]]</td>
<td>[[Allied Capital Inc.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[American Farm Bureau Federation]]</td>
<td>[[American Highway Users Alliance]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[American Petroleum Institute]]</td>
<td>[[American Plastics Council]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Anheuser-Busch]]</td>
<td>[[APCO Worldwide]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Asphalt Institute]]</td>
<td>[[Bahr Company]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Baise, Miller & Freer, P.C.]]</td>
<td>[[Boehm-Madisen Lumber Co.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Brunstad Logging]]</td>
<td>[[Cambridge Homes]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[CA Portland Cement Co.]]</td>
<td>[[Chemical Manufacturers Association]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Chevron Corporation]]</td>
<td>[[Chicago Equity Fund]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Chicagoland Construction]]</td>
<td>[[Chlorine Chemistry Council]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Citgo Petroleum Corporation]]</td>
<td>[[Dabar Builders, Inc.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund]]</td>
<td>[[Daley & Associates]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[DCI Group]]</td>
<td>[[Dart Transit Company]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[DeKalb County Farm Bureau]]</td>
<td>[[Electric Metering Co.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[The Energy Group, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Enon Beach]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]</td>
<td>[[Ford Motor Company]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Forest Resources Association]]</td>
<td>[[Forestry Services Co.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Franco-Nevada Mining]]</td>
<td>[[Fur Commission USA]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Gallagher Asphalt]]</td>
<td>[[Geary Construction Inc.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[General Motors Corp.]]</td>
<td>[[Greening Earth Society]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Homebuilders Association of Illinois]]</td>
<td>[[Illinois Farm Bureau]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Indiana Manufacturers Association]]</td>
<td>[[Integrated Forest Management]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[International Truck & Engine Corp.]]</td>
<td>[[Japanese Auto Professional Service]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Marathon Ashland Petroleum]]</td>
<td>[[McWilliams & Associates]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Microsoft]]</td>
<td>[[Miller Brewing Co.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Missouri Farm Bureau]]</td>
<td>[[Morningside Equities Group, Inc.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[National Communications Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Occidental Chemical Corporation]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America]]</td>
<td>[[Philip Morris Companies]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Phillips Petroleum Co.]]</td>
<td>[[Procter & Gamble Co.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[The Railroad Tie Association]]</td>
<td>[[R.J Reynolds Tobacco Co.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Taxpayers for Fair Zoning]]</td>
<td>[[Taxpayers Network Inc.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Texas Farm Bureau]]</td>
<td>[[Texas Medical Plans]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[TLC Florist & Greenhouses Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Trapper Mining]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[Union Carbide]]</td>
<td>[[Weyerhauser Corp.]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Whole Foods Market Midwest]]</td>
<td>[[Wilson Farms]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="white">
<td>[[W.W. Meters, Inc.]]</td>
<td>[[Wyndham Deerpoint Homes]]</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td>[[Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation]]</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>

== Principals ==

*[[Joseph L. Bast]] -President and CEO. Bast is co-author of “EcoSanity – A Common Sense Guide to Environmentalism”, which argues the following on key environmental issues:

Global Warming: “global warming is not an environmental crisis.”
CFCs: “If ever the environmental movement abandons common sense, it did so in its campaign against CFCS .. the ban on CFC may represent the movement’s most embarrassing moment” .

Acid Rain: “Once again, billions of dollars are wasted battling a problem that doesn’t exist”

Deforestation: “Current rates of deforestation are not likely to destroy more than a barely perceptible fraction of the Earth’s remaining rainforests”.

Nuclear power: “An honest evaluation of nuclear power shows it to be a safe and clean source of energy”.

Pesticides: “ The fact that pesticides have not been shown to cause any human injury signals that toxic chemicals as a class pose little threat to human health[2]”

*[[Diane Carol Bast]] - Vice President - Internal Affairs

=== Board of Directors ===

Includes executives from Exxon Philip Morris and General Motors

*[[Herbert J. Walberg]] - Chairman - University of Illinois - Chicago
*[[Joseph L. Bast]] - President and CEO - The Heartland Institute
*[[Walter F. Buchholtz]] - [[ExxonMobil Corporation]]
*[[Robert Buford]] - [[Planned Realty Group]]
*[[Paul Fisher]] - [[Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe]]
*[[James Fitzgerald]] - BankNote Capital LLC
*[[Dan Hales]] - Peterson & Ross – In 1997 he was named recipient of the first annual John Jay Award by the Chicago Lawyers Chapter of The Federalist Society. He was chairman of Illinois Lawyers for Reagan and Bush in 1980.
*[[William Higginson]] - [[Chicago Equity Fund Inc.]]
*[[James L. Johnston]] - [[Amoco Corporation]] (retired)
*[[Roy E. Marden]] – Manager of Industry Affairs at Philip Morris Companies in New York City[3]. He is also on the Business Advisory Board of the [[Reason Foundation]][4].
*[[David H. Padden]] - [[Padden & Co.]]
*[[Frank Resnik]] - Medline Inc. (retired)
*[[Leslie Rose]] - [[Fidelity Bank]]
*[[Lee Tooman]] - [[Golden Rule Insurance Company]]
*[[Lee H. Walker]] - [[New Coalition for Economic & Social Change]]
*[[Thomas Walton]] - [[General Motors]]

=== Senior Fellows ===

*[[Wendell Cox]] - (sprawl and urban transit) – Has spent three years as the Director of Public Policy of the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] – See ALEC.
*[[Jim Johnston]] - (energy and regulation) – ex- Senior Economist at [[Amoco]]
*[[Jay Lehr]] - (science and environment) Dr. Lehr is the author of more than 400 magazine and journal articles and 12 books. He is editor of [[Rational Readings on Environmental Concerns]], “one of the most comprehensive counter-science books ever compiled”. It denigrates environmentalists as “extremists” “apocalyptics” “alarmists” “zealots”, “chemophobes”, “fundamentally elitist”, “professional scaremongers” and “potential mass murderers”. In the book it says that acid rain is advantageous, pollution is no problem, dioxin does not cause problems global warming is good for you, nuclear power is safe and even radiation is good for you with the quote “exposure to the fallout from Chenobyl will actually prove to be a net health benefit[5]”
*[[Merrill Matthews Jr.]], Ph.D -. (health care) - He is a visiting scholar with the [[Institute for Policy Innovation]] and policy director of the [[American Conservative Network]], a project of the American Conservative Union, Health policy advisor to the American Legislative Exchange Council
*[[Conrad Meier]] - (health care) Undertaken studies the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
*[[Thomas Roeser]] - (politics)

== Issues ==

Education, Environment, Health Care and Smoker's Lounge –“The evidence on second-hand smoke has been repeatedly shown to be too weak to survive scientific and legal scrutiny. It’s junk science,” says Heartland.[6]

=== Climate ===

Heartland is the co-ordinator of the websites http://www.climatesearch.com and climatesearch.org. The websites, started in 1999, are aimed “at bringing together into a single, easily searched site the climate change research and commentary being produced by scores of public policy research groups and science organizations doing careful, credible work on this subject”[7]. Under the section “partners”, the websites list the “individuals and organizations identified below have contributed publications to this database and are actively promoting Climate Search.org on their own Web sites”. The partners include[8]:

*[[Allegheny Institute for Public Policy]]
*[[American Council on Science and Health]]
*[[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
*[[American Petroleum Institute]]
*[[Brookings Institution]]
*[[Cato Institute]]
*[[Center for Energy & Economic Development]]
*[[Center for the Study of American Business]]
*Chair of Free Enterprise http://www.engr.utexas.edu/cofe/
*[[Citizens for a Sound Economy]]
*[[Climate Change Debate]]
*[[Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow]]
*[[Competitive Enterprise Institute]]
*[[Cooler Heads Coalition]]
*[[George C. Marshall Institute]]
*[[Global Climate Coalition]]
*[[Greening Earth Society]]
*[[James Madison Institute]]
*[[Kiora]] - Web Site & Web Application Design
*[[Mercatus Center]]
*[[National Center for Policy Analysis]]
*[[National Center for Public Policy Research]]
*[[National Legal Center for the Public Interest]]
*[[National Mining Association]]
*[[New Hope Environmental Services]]
*[[Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy]]
*[[PERC]] (Political Economy Research Center)
*[[Public Interest Institute]]
*[[Reason Public Policy Institute]]
*[[Resources for the Future]]
*[[Science and Environmental Policy Project]]
*[[Western Fuels Association Inc.]]

Heartland is also a member of the [[Cooler Heads Coalition]], which is a partner in [[climatesearch.com]]. Through the [[Greening Earth Society]], it also has a joint publishing venture with [[Western Fuels]][9].

It has long argued against [[Kyoto|Kyoto Protocols]], scaremongering about the risks of Kyoto implementation and downplaying the risks of climate change. In 1996 it published a newspaper called “ Earth Day ‘96: A Free Guide to Saving the Planet,” which debunked issues such as climate change, ozone depletion, second hand tobacco smoke and dioxins. Authors in the booklet included Edward Porter and Sally Brain Gentille from the [[American Petroleum Institute]]; Dr. Sallie Baliunas from the [[George C. Marshall Institute]] (see below); and Dr. S. Fred Singer from [[SEPP]] (see below).[10]

In March 1999, Heartland argued that US compliance with Kyoto would increase US farm production costs by up to 20 billion dollars a year and cut farm income by nearly a half[11]. In September that year, Joseph Bast, the Institute’s president said: “I classify global warming as a nonproblem”[12].

The following year, Heartland and the [[CEI]] filed a lawsuit against the then President Clinton, alleging he illegally expanded the scope of, and spending on, a report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program on climate change for political reasons which would have assisted Vice President Gore's presidential campaign (see CEI).[13] It also claimed that that compliance with Kyoto would mean consumers paying more than 55 percent more for electricity and 70 percent more for heating oil by 2010, with 2.4 million jobs being destroyed[14].

In 2003 it continued its scaremongering by claiming that if states in the US were to reduce carbon dioxide levels to 7 percent below their 1990 levels it “would carve a 28.6 percent hole in the average state's budget, making today's fiscal problems look small by comparison”.[15]

In contrast, the study found that if left unaddressed, by 2060 global warming would have a small positive effect on the U.S. economy (mostly by lowering food costs, heating bills, and construction costs), and a small negative effect on the global community.[16]

==References==

*[1] http://www.heartland.org/FAQArticle.cfm?faqId=2
*[2] J. L . Bast; P. J. Hill & R. C. Rue (1994) Eco-Sanity – A Common Sense Guide to Environmentalism, Madison Books, p62; P73-74, p 81, p90, p110, p176
*[3] http://www.heartland.org/archives/bios/marden.htm; http://www.heartland.org/SpeakersBureauArticle.cfm?sbrId=19
*[4] http://www.reason.org/bab.html
*[5] A. Rowell (1996) Green Backlash – Global Subversion of the Environment Movement, Routledge, p 139-140; quotes all taken from Rational Readings on Environmental Concerns, ed Jay Lehr, Van Nostrand Reinhard, 1992.
*[6] http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=10594
*[7] http://www.climatesearch.com/about.cfm
*[8] http://www.climatesearch.org/partners.cfm
*[9] D. Rubenstein (2000) “Six Environmental Groups Slapped by Coal Association - The Global Warming Debate Heats Up”, Corporate Legal Times, July, 2000, p69
*[10] http://www.ewg.org/pub/home/clear/view/viewpdf/cvv3n8.pdf
*[11] G. Aziakou (1999) Challenge, Agence France Presse, 2 March.
*[12] J. Steele (1999) “4 Inland Mayors Join Eco-Cause: The Leaders From Hemet, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino And Palm Desert Sign A Letter Urging Heed To Global Warming”, Press-Enterprise, 28 September.
*[13] Greenwire (2000) “Lawmakers, Groups Sue Over National Assessment On Climate Change”, 5 October,
*[14] The Atlanta Journal and Constitution (2000) “Nobody's Trying To Kill Us; Nation Needs Honest Debate”, 5 October, p 20A
*[15] Business Wire (2003 “Heartland Institute Study Warns Global Warming Legislation Would Bust Maine's Budget”, 18 March
*[16] United Press International (2003) “Think tanks wrap-up II”, 27 March

[[Category:Think Tanks]]
[[Category:Climate Change Sceptics]]

American Enterprise Institute

2009-09-09T13:02:38Z

Lynn Hill: added category

The '''American Enterprise Institute''' for Public Policy Research (AEI) was founded in 1943 and is located in Washington, DC. It is often called the Godfather of Washington neo-conservative lobby groups and is America's richest, largest and most influential think tank. It was regarded as one of the George W. Bush administration's closest allies. It has the CEOs of both pharmaceutical giant [[Merck]] and of The [[Dow Chemical Company]], as well as the Vice President of [[Exxon]], among the many corporate figures on its Board of Trustees.<ref>"[http://www.aei.org/about/filter.,contentID.20038142214500073/default.asp Board of Trustees]", American Enterprise Institute website, accessed 28 April 2009</ref> Several of the leading lights of the Bush administration, most notably Vice President [[Dick Cheney]], directly connect to AEI, which also shares its address with [[Project for the New American Century]] (PNAC), and the neoconservative publication [[Weekly Standard]]. Like PNAC, the AEI was regarded as a promoter of President George W. Bush's war agenda, including the war in Iraq. More recently it has defied corporate funders in pushing for a more aggressive stance against Iran. There is a crossover in staff between the AEI, the PNAC, and the Bush Administration. Worryingly for its critics, the AEI is, along with the [[Heritage Foundation]], the most cited of the American think tanks.

==AEI and the Bush Administration==

AEI has emerged as one of the leading architects of the second [[George W. Bush|Bush administration]]'s public policy.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801373.html "Conservative Anger Grows Over Bush's Foreign Policy"], "Washington Post" [Online Edition], Retrieved April 9, 2006.</ref> More than twenty AEI alumni and current visiting scholars and fellows have served either in a Bush administration policy post or on one of the government's many panels and commissions.<ref>George W. Bush, [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030226-11.html Speech to AEI], 26 Feb 2003</ref> Former [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense]] [[Paul Wolfowitz]] is a [[visiting scholar]], and [[Lynne Cheney]], wife of former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] and former chairman of the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]], is a senior fellow.<ref>[http://www.aei.org/scholars/filter.all/scholar_byname.asp "Scholars and Fellows by Name"], ''American Enterprise Institute'', retrieved July 5, 2007.</ref>

==AEI-Brookings Nexus==

AEI is often cited as rightwing counterpart to the centrist [[Brookings Institution]].In 1998, AEI and [[Brookings Institution|Brookings]] established the [[AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies]].<ref>[http://www.aei.brookings.org/about/about.php?menuid=1&PHPSESSID=535dce0da614fa7e22c72bdd4de56538 "AEI-Brooking - About Us"], "AEI-Brookings Joint Center", retrieved April 8, 2006.</ref> In 2006, the two organizations jointly launched the [[AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project]].<ref>[http://www.electionreformproject.org "AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project"]</ref>

==Neoconservatism==
AEI is closely associated with the [[neoconservative]] movement in American politics.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2914969.stm Battle of the Washington think tanks] 3 April, 2003</ref> [[Irving Kristol]], widely regarded as the movement's founder, is a Senior Fellow at AEI. Other current or former AEI staff who are prominent neoconservatives include [[John Bolton]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[Joshua Muravchik]] and [[Richard Perle]].

==Areas of Interest==

*'''Foreign Policy:''' Avid proponent of the war on Iraq and extremely pro-Israel.
*'''Climate:''' Avid critic of the [[Kyoto protocol]].
*'''Domestic Policy:''' AEI sees the growing "threat" of NGOs as a problem, and set up [[NGO Watch]] with the [[Federalist Society for Law and Public policy Studies]] in June 2003.

===Foreign policy===
In May 2003, the AEI were co-sponsors (along with the [[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]] and the [[Hudson Institute]]) of an all-day conference on Iran. The speakers are reported to have all been strongly pro-Israel, with many of them calling for the US to replace the Iranian regime<ref>Mearsheimer, J. & Walt, S. (2006) [http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html The Israel Lobby] <i>London Review of Books</i>. Accessed 8th July 2008</ref>.

===Climate===

The AEI is one of the leading climate sceptic think tanks in the US. A host of its "experts" write on climate-related issues, including [[James Glassman]], who attacked the Kyoto Protocol, arguing that, "The main problem with Kyoto, is that it is a drastic solution to a problem that may not exist".<ref>James K. Glassman, "It's No Time to Go Wobbly on Kyoto," Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2001, archived at [http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=8323 Will Kyoto be revived?], NCPA website, accessed 20 April 2009</ref>

The experts dismiss climate change, the need for any action that will hurt the US economy and also the corresponding need to increase CAF standards. The AEI has also brought to Europe Bjorn Lomborg, the author of ''The Skeptical Environmentalist'', to attack the Kyoto Protocol.

James Glassman works extremely closely with Dr. Sallie Baliunas, one of the world's most prominent climate sceptic scientists, who is a co-host of Glassman's [[Tech Central Station]]. In May 2001, Reps. John Peterson, R-Pa., and Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., sponsored a special briefing for Capitol Hill Representatives and Staff on ''The Unsettled Science of Global Climate Change,'' with a video documentary produced by Tech Central Station.com. Both Glassman and Baliunas appeared at the briefing .

The following month, Glassman interviewed Baliunas for the American Spectator magazine and then the two jointly wrote an article for the Weekly Standard arguing that "Bush is Right on Global Warming." He also appeared as a panellist at an AEI event called US Climate Policy, along with [[Robert Litan]], from the [[AEI-Brookings Institute Joint Center]], and known climate sceptic [[Gregg Easterbrook]] amongst others. The key-note speaker was another climate sceptic US Senator [[Chuck Hagel]].

By January 2002, Baliunas had become a co-host of Tech Central Station, which is jointly funded by Exxon, and in the Summer of 2002, Glassman and Baliunas attacked the move by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee headed by Senator Jeffords. Called Bill S.556, it would have set limits for carbon dioxide emissions. The Pair labelled it a "Backdoor Kyoto", saying that: "At stake is nothing less than the health of the U.S. economy - critical at a time of sluggish business, high unemployment and a terrorist threat that requires increased production and stability" .

Over a year later the two were working again to try to scupper US domestic initiatives on climate. In October 2003 Senators McCain and Joseph Lieberman tried to introduce the Climate Stewardship Act of 2003 (S. 139) to establish mandatory greenhouse gas reductions in the United States. Glassman and the "Tech Central Station Science Foundation" mobilised against the CSA undertaking a cost analysis prepared by Charles River Associates. Glassman put forward himself and arch climate sceptic Dr. Sallie Baliunas, from the George C. Marshall Institute forward for comment as "TCS experts" .

Said Glassman: "The cost analysis of McCain-Lieberman reinforces what we've come to learn about global warming policy measures since Kyoto. We do know that they'll be very costly and damaging to the U.S. economy, and we don't know if they'll have any measurable effect on the earth's climate" .

Between 1-12 December 2003 there was the ninth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP 9 in Milan, The month before, the AEI held a meeting on climate and Kyoto. The speaker's list is extremely interesting and shows some of the key climate sceptics together, including Glassman, Baliunis, Roger Bate and Margo Thorning, from the American Council for Capital Formation. A month earlier Thorning's data had been used by President Putin's economic advisor Mr Illarionov to argue against Russia's ratification of Kyoto.

Other people present at the conference were Art Green from Exxon Mobil and Gerd-Rainer Weber, from the German Coal Mining Association. Weber is a member of ESEF (See below). Paula Dobriansky, under secretary of State for global affairs, who gave the key-note speech. Dobriansky, who is another of the Project for the New American Century signatories, was an adjunct fellow at the right-wing Hudson Institute (see below) She was also Bob Dole's 1996 Presidential Campaign, Foreign Policy Coordinator. Dobriansky attacked the Kyoto Protocol both at the conference and in The Financial Times, ten days later. On 4th December Russia announced it would not sign Kyoto in its present form. In the words of its opponents, Kyoto is dead.

The irony of the continuing sceptics was all too apparent in an article published on Tech Central Station on 8th January and written by Roger Bate. "It said that "The truth is that we still don't know that the warmer summers of recent years are due to man's handiwork. The variation could be natural and there's no saying that the current trend will continue. "

This was the same day that an international team of scientists published the first comprehensive study into the effect of higher temperatures on the natural world in the scientific journal Nature. They predicted that over the next fifty years climate change could drive a quarter of land animals and plants - some one million species - into extinction .

In February 2007, a number of sources, including the British newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that the AEI had sent letters to scientists, offering US$10,000 plus travel expenses and additional payments, asking them to critique a consensus report on global warming by the [[UN]]'s [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC). The letters alleged that the IPCC was "resistant to reasonable criticism and dissent and prone to summary conclusions that are poorly supported by the analytical work" and asked for essays that "thoughtfully explore the limitations of climate model outputs."<ref> Ian Sample, [http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2004397,00.html Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study], ''The Guardian'', 2 February 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/04/AR2007020401213.html AEI Critiques of Warming Questioned: Think Tank Defends Money Offers to Challenge Climate Report], ''Washington Post'', 4 February 2007</ref><ref>American Enterprise Institute, [http://websrvr80il.audiovideoweb.com/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2007/aeiletter.pdf Untitled letter], ThinkProgress, 4 February 2007</ref> According to the ''Guardian'' article, the AEI received $1.6 million in funding from [[ExxonMobil]]. The article further notes that former ExxonMobil CEO [[Lee R. Raymond]] is the vice-chairman of AEI's board of trustees.

===Criticism of NGOs===
In June 2003 AEI held a day-long seminar on 'NGO influence and accountability', subtitled "Nongovernmental Organizations: The Growing Power of an Unelected Few"<ref>"[http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.329,filter./event_detail.asp We're Not from the Government, but We're Here to Help You: Nongovernmental Organizations: The Growing Power of an Unelected Few]", event of 11 June 2003, American Enterprise Institute website, accessed 28 April 2009.</ref> Among the speakers at the Washington seminar was Gary Johns of the Institute of Public Affairs which had launched a corporate newsletter called NGO Watch two years earlier. Other contributors included [[Fred Smith]] of the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] (CEI) and [[Roger Bate]] of AEI, IEA, ESEF, IPN, SDN etc. According to Bate, "NGOs definitely provide benefits in the short run. But I would argue in the long run their influence is nearly always malign, either through their own political acts directly or via aid agencies." Some commentators saw a profound irony in that fact that AEI is itself an "unelected" NGO with a truly remarkable degree of influence.

Following on from the seminar, AEI and the Federalist Society launched NGOWATCH.ORG<ref>"[http://www.ngowatch.org/ NGOWATCH.ORG]" Global Governance Watch website, accessed 28 April 2009</ref> - 'an effort to bring clarity and accountability to the burgeoning world of NGOs'. The writer [[Naomi Klein]] describes it as "a McCarthyite blacklist, telling tales on any NGO that dares speak against Bush administration policies or in support of international treaties opposed by the White House." Its launch, Klein noted, coincided with a push by the Bush administration to get NGOs "to do a better job of linking their humanitarian assistance to U.S. foreign policy" - an effort overseen by [[USAID]] and its director [[Andrew Natsios]].<ref>Naomi Klein, "[http://bellaciao.org/en/spip.php?article39 Bush to NGO’s: Watch Your Mouth]", Globe and Mail, 20 June 2003, accessed 28 April 2009</ref>

AEI also produces ''The American Enterprise'', "an influential policy magazine" which, like other AEI publications, is "distributed widely to government officials and legislators, business executives, journalists, and academics; its conferences, seminars, and lectures are regularly covered by national television."<ref>"[American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research]", America-Russia.net, accessed 28 April 2009</ref>

===Pro-Biotech work===
In June 2003 AEI hosted a conference entitled, "Biotechnology, the Media and Public Policy", which brought together probably the largest gathering of leading GM lobbyists assembled outside of the [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]]'s annual conventions.<ref>"[http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.326/event_detail.asp Biotechnology, the Media, and Public Policy]", event held 12 June 2003, American Enterprise Institute website, accessed 28 April 2009</ref>

Papers that developed out of several of the contributions to the conference were subsequently published in ''The American Enterprise'' (March 2004) under the heading "Biotech Bounty".<ref>"[http://www.taemag.com/issues/issueID.157/toc.asp Biotech Bounty]", The American Enterprise Online, March 2004, accessed 28 April 2009.</ref> These half-dozen articles included:

*'''Let Them Eat Precaution''' By Jon Entine, an AEI fellow who tells his readers that 'It's high time genetically modified products got their fair shot in the marketplace.'

*'''Reaping the Biotech Harvest''' By Lester Crawford, head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA regulates GM foods in the US although, in reality, it is currently largely a voluntary process.

*'''How Much Should We Worry about Biotech?'''<ref>"[http://www.truthabouttrade.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=2360 How Much Should We Worry about Biotech?]" Truth About Trade And Technology, 20 November 2002, accessed 28 April 2009</ref> By [[Tony Gilland]]. Gilland is part of the [[LM group|LM network]]. His piece trots out the standard LM line about 'the worrying European trend of emotional and psychological, rather than rational, responses to concerns about biotechnology'.

*'''Battle for Biotech Progress'''<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20040209004302/http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleid.17889/article_detail.asp Battle for Biotech Progress]", The American Enterprise Online, March 2004, accessed in web archive 28 April 2009</ref> By [[Patrick Moore]] - "A Green activist warns that the anti-science, anti-human obstructions of environmentalists must be resisted." Not everyone would recognise someone who helps front a Canadian logging industry-financed group as the AEI's "a green activist" but the article typically trades on Moore's previous connection with Greenpeace, even though it ended nearly two decades ago. Moore writes, 'Imagine an advertising campaign that showed graphic images of blind children in Africa, explained Vitamin A deficiency, introduced Golden Rice, and demonstrated how Greenpeace's actions are preventing the delivery of this cure. Imagine another ad that showed impoverished Indian cotton farmers, explained Bt cotton, and presented the statistics for increased yield, reduced pesticide use, and better lives for farmers - followed by the clear statement that activists are to blame for the delayed adoption of the technology.'

*'''Technology That Will Save Billions From Starvation'''<ref>"[http://www.agbioworld.org/biotech-info/articles/agbio-articles/save-billions.html Technology That Will Save Billions From Starvation]", The American Enterprise, 1 March 2004, accessed on AgBioWorld website, 28 April 2009</ref> By [[CS Prakash]] and [[Gregory Conko]]. Prakash and Conko founded the [[AgBioWorld]] campaign. Conko works for AEI's young cousin the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] (CEI) which has Dow Chemical among its funders. AgBioWorld has had links to Monsanto's PR operations, particularly its Internet PR firm [[Bivings Group]]. Aaron deGrassi of the Institute of Development Studies exposed in a report on GM crops and Africa<ref>Jonathan Matthews, "[http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMCIFA.php GM Crops Irrelevant for Africa]", 18 September 2003, Institute of Science in Society website, accessed 28 April 2009</ref> how Prakash had promoted the benefits of Monsanto's GM sweet potato project in Kenya when he had no actual knowledge of the data. The recent publication of that data has shown the project has been a complete failure with the GM sweet potato outperformed by the conventional sweet potato that it was supposed to be replacing because of its "miserable" performance.

The timing of the AEI's conference and of "Biotech Bounty" fitted perfectly into the Bush administration's trade agenda and its WTO case on GMOs - a case that it could not get one African country to support (Egypt initially leant its name then withdrew), even though it was launched in the name of Africa. The principal orator at the launch was [[CS Prakash]].

==Key personnel==

===Links to the Bush Administration===

On 26 February 2003 President [[George W. Bush]] was the keynote speaker at the American Enterprise Institute. He enthused that, at the AEI, "some of the finest minds of our nation are at work on some of the greatest challenges to our nation. You do such good work that my administration has borrowed twenty such minds. I want to thank them for their service."<ref>Quoted by J. Pilger (2004), "The Case for Civil Disobedience", in ''Tell Me Lies – Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq'', ed. D. Miller, Pluto Press, p25. Cited at "[http://www.exxonsecrets.org/wiki/index.php/Deniers:_American_Enterprise_Institute_for_Public_Policy_Research,_AEI Deniers: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, AEI]", ExxonSecrets.org website, accessed 28 April 2009</ref>

One of them was his Vice President, [[Dick Cheney]], who is a signatory of the original PNAC document and was a Visiting Fellow at the AEI 1993–2000. [[Lynne Cheney]], his wife, is a a senior fellow at the AEI. Treasury Secretary [[John Snow]] was also at the AEI, although briefly. [[Paul O'Neil]] an ex-AEI board member, is also a secretary of the Treasury. AEI's ex-Vice President, [[John Bolton]] is the Under-secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. Bolton has been described as "the administration's designated treaty killer. Since his nomination (which was opposed by Secretary of State Colin Powell), Bolton's reputation as a rabid opponent of international agreements and loose-lipped critic of foreign regimes has become the stuff of legend, at times hampering the State Department's ability to undertake negotiations".

Other AEI Republican alumni include Lawrence B. Lindsey, now an Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; Director, National Economic Council. Richard Perle, considered one of AEI's top stars - a hawk's hawk - is yet another PNAC signatory is an AEI scholar and was Chairman of the Defense Policy Board at the Pentagon until he resigned in March 2003. Both the AEI and PNAC are linked into the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, which was the center of the PR campaign to invade Iraq in 2003. Perle is a member of that Committee.

President Bush's ex-speech-writer, [[David Frum]], is there too, as is R. Glenn Hubbard, having served for two years as chairman of Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. Other AEI staff serve on government commissions. Leon Kass chairs the President's Council on Bioethics. Michael Ledeen and Arthur Waldron are on the U.S.-China Security Review Commission, and Allan Meltzer, Eric Engen, and Kevin Hassett advise congressional committees on economic policy.

Dave Wursmer, Vice-President Dick Cheney's Middle Eastern Advisor at the Vice President's office is an ex-AEI scholar and described as a "neocon ideologue". He is married to Meyrav Wurmser, the director of Middle East studies at the right-wing Hudson Institute .

A quick look at the AEI events looks at the ongoing close ties between the AEI and the Republican Administration. In early January 2004, Bush and Cheney's 04 Campaign manager, Ken Mehlman addressed the AEI, as did the U.S. Secretary of Education, Rod Paige.

===Officers===
*[[Christopher DeMuth]] - President
*[[David Gerson]] - Executive Vice President
*[[Montgomery B. Brown]] - Vice President, Publications
*[[Danielle Pletka]] - Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies

===The Board of Trustees===

*[[Bruce Kovner]] - Chairman of Board - Chairman Caxton Associates, LLC
*[[Lee Raymond]] - the CEO of Exxon Mobil;
*[[Tully M. Friedman]] - from the law firm Friedman Fleischer & Lowe LLC, whose clients have included Boise Cascade, Clorox, Occidental Petroleum, Shell and Unocal amongst others .
*[[Gordon M. Binder]] - Managing Director, Coastview Capital, LLC venture capital firm specialising in lifesciences. Was Chief Executive Officer of Amgen, the world's largest biotech company, from 1988 through 2000. Binder has been Chairman of both BIO, the biotechnology industry trade association, and PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry trade association .
*[[Harlan Crow]] - Crow Holdings who is a backer of Bill Hill the republican District Attorney in Texas,
*[[Christopher DeMuth]] - President, American Enterprise Institute
*[[Morton H. Fleischer]] - Chairman and CEO, Spirit Finance Corporation
*[[Christopher B. Galvin]] - Motorola;
*[[Raymond V. Gilmartin]] - Merck;
*[[Harvey Golub]] - Chairman and CEO, Retired, American Express Company
*[[Robert F. Greenhill]] - Chairman, Greenhill & Co., LLC
*[[Roger Hertog]] - Vice Chairman, Alliance Capital Management Corporation
*[[Martin M. Koffel]] - Chairman and CEO, URS Corporation
*[[John A. Luke Jr]] - Chairman and CEO, MeadWestvaco Corporation
*[[L. Ben Lytle]] - Chairman Emeritus, Anthem, Inc.
*[[Alex J. Mandl]] - CEO, Gemplus International SA
*[[Robert A. Pritzker]] - President and CEO, Colson Associates, Inc.
*[[J. Joe Ricketts]] - Chairman and Founder, Ameritrade Holding Corporation
*[[George R. Roberts]] - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
*[[Kevin B. Rollins]] - President and CEO - Dell, Inc.
*[[John W. Rowe]] - Chairman and CEO, Exelon Corporation
*[[Edward B. Rust, Jr.]] - Chairman and CEO, State Farm Insurance Companies
*[[William S. Stavropoulos]] - Chairman, President, and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
*[[Wilson H. Taylor]] - Chairman Emeritus, CIGNA Corporation
*[[Marilyn Ware]] - Chairman Emeritus, American Water
*[[James Q. Wilson]] - Pepperdine University

===Council of Academic Advisers===

The Council includes Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Government Cornell University, a known climate sceptic and Elliot Cohen, described as the "most influential neocon in academe," and scholar of military affairs based at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. A signatory of Project for the New American Century and a member of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq .

===Scholars and Fellows===
The list includes<ref>"[http://www.aei.org/scholars/filter.all/scholar_byname.asp Scholars & Fellows]", American Enterprise Institute website, accessed 28 April 2009</ref>:

*[[Roger Bate]] - one of the leading UK contrarians - originally from the right-wing think tank the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] in the UK, which he still works at. Bate co-founded the [[European Science and Environment Forum]] in 1994 (see below), which arose from the concept for a pro-biotech / tobacco, chemical industry front group in Europe funded by [[Philip Morris]]. In later years Bate has also been involved with the [[International Policy Network]] and is also an adjunct scholar of the [[CEI]].
*[[Robert Bork]] - Nominated to the Supreme Court by Reagan in 1987. He is the co-founder of the [[Federalist Society]] and current co-chair of its Board of visitors. He is also a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute (see below) .
*[[Newt Gingrich]] - influential ex-Republican Speaker of the House
*[[James K Glassman]] - Host, www.[[Tech Central Station]].com, Chairman of [[Progress for America]] - was Trustee of [[Reason Foundation]] until 2000
*[[Michael Greve]] - Cofounder and executive director, [[Center for Individual Rights]], 1989-2000; Board Member of [[CEI]]
*[[Robert Hahn]] - Senior fellow, [[Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy]]
*[[Stephen Hayward]] - AEI's Environment Scholar -is director of the Center for Environmental Studies at the [[Pacific Research Institute]] in San Francisco (see below)
*[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] - ambassador to the United Nations during the Reagan administration
*[[Irving Kristol ]] - "the so-called godfather of the neoconservative movement" who wrote the book the "Reflections of a Neoconservative" in 1983. Awarded the Presidentail Medal of Freedom in July 2002, by President Bush .
*[[Ben J. Wattenberg]] - an [[AEI]] fellow is also on the Board of Governors of the conservative [[Smith Richardson Foundation]].

==Affiliations==
*[[Tech Central Station]]
*[[Weekly Standard]]
*[[Project for the New American Century]]

==Funding==
The AEI is one of America's richest think tanks. In 2002, it received some $18.22 million in income, of which 36 came from individuals; 23% came from corporations, and 22% from foundations. The remaining 19 per cent came from publications and sales.

Despite receiving much of its funding from major corporations, in 2007 it defied its funders to back a divestment campaign against Iran. The reason it was able to do it, Jim Lobe reports, is because

:Far-right foundations, which lined up behind the neo-cons in the late 1980s, leaving the paleo-cons penniless, have provided a lot of support. Scaife-related foundations have given the think tank more than two million dollars since 2002; while the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation has given well over three million dollars since 2003; and the Smith-Richardson Foundation almost as much. And the neo-conservatives themselves aren’t without means, either. The Kovner Foundation, presumably the AEI chairman’s main philanthropy, gave nearly 4.2 million dollars to AEI in 2002, more than 3.7 million dollars in 2003, approximately 2.3 million dollars in 2004, and 1.3 million dollars in 2005, according to tax filings reviewed by IPS. Even multinational corporations may find it hard to keep pace.<ref>[http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=54#more-54]</ref>

Between 1985 and 2002, the AEI received some $29,928,933 in 243 grants from the following 10 conservative foundations:

*[[Castle Rock Foundation]]
*[[Earhart Foundation]]. The Earhart foundation was founded in 1929 by Harry B. Earhart using profits from his White Star Oil Company. Earhart became active in the 1980's, funding conservative think tanks and right-wing newspapers on college campuses It was During this time that it began funding the American Enterprise Institute. It has been reported that between 1995 and 2003, the Earhart Foundation awarded the American Enterprise Insitute $448,800 in grants.<ref>Right Web Website, [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/511.html], accessed 18 March 2008</ref>
*[[Smith Richardson Foundation]]. The Smith Richardson foundation was formed in 1935. One of its current Board of Governers, Christopher DeMuth is the president of the American Enterprise Institute, however it has supported the AEI since it first emerged.<ref> Right Web Website [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/523.html], accessed 24 March 2008</ref> It has funded the AEI with almost three million dollars.<ref> Sourcewatch.org [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Smith_Richardson_Foundation], accessed 24 March 2008</ref>
*[[John M. Olin Foundation]]. The John M Olin foundation announced its closure in 2005. It was created in 1953 to promote 'American capitalism'.<ref>Right Web Website [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/653.html], accessed 24 March 2008 </ref> It was also a funder of PNAC.
*[[Sarah Scaife Foundation]]
*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]]
*[[Carthage Foundation]]. The Carthage Foundation is one part of the four Scaife Foundations, all of which heavily fund conservative causes.<ref> Sourcewatch.org [http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Carthage_Foundation], accessed 18 March 2008</ref> It is alleged that in 1993, the chairman of Scaife Foundations, Richard Mellon Scaife, and Carthage gave $17.6 million dollars to 150 conservative think tanks. Scaife inherited his wealth from Mellon oil, industrial and banking fortune. At one time its largest holding stock was in Gulf Oil Corporation.<ref> MediaTransparency.org [http://www.mediatransparency.org/funderprofile.php?funderID=], accessed 18 March 2008</ref>.
*[[Philip M McKenna Foundation]]. The Foundation’s purpose is to support the advancement of a free, prosperous, and well-ordered society based upon American civic principles, private enterprise, and the cultural heritage of Western civilization. <ref> Sourcewatch.org[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Philip_M._McKenna_Foundation], accessed 24 March 2008</ref>. The foundation is primarily concerned with public policy and education. It is reported to have donated $85 000 to the American Enterprise Institute. <ref>Sourcewatch.org[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Philip_M._McKenna_Foundation], accessed 24 March 2008</ref>
*[[Scaife Family Foundation]]
*[[JM Foundation]]

Corporate supporters have included:

*[[General Electric Foundation]]
*[[Amoco]]
*[[Kraft Foundation]]
*[[Ford Motor Company Fund]]
*[[General Motors Foundation]]
*[[Eastman Kodak Foundation]]
*[[Metropolitan Life Foundation]]
*[[Proctor & Gamble Fund]]
*[[Shell Companies Foundation]]
*[[Chrysler Corporation]]
*[[Charles Stewart Mott Foundation]]
*[[General Mills Foundation]]
*[[Pillsbury Company Foundation]]
*[[Prudential Foundation]]
*[[American Express Foundation]]
*[[AT&T Foundation]]
*[[Corning Glass Works Foundation]]
*[[Morgan Guarantee Trust]]
*[[Smith-Richardson Foundation]]
*[[Alcoa Foundation]]
*[[PPG Industries]]

Between 1998 and 2003, the AEI received some $925,000 from [[Exxon Mobil]].

==Contact==
*'''Address:''' 1150 17th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036
*'''Website:''' http://www.aei.org
*'''Tel:''' 202-862-5800
*'''Fax:''' 202-862-7177

==Notes==
#{{note|#}}http://www.iccfglobal.org/Library/abouticcf.html
#{{note|#}}http://www2.europarl.eu.int/lobby/lobby.jsp?lng=en&sort=byname&index=T
#{{note|#}}http://web.archive.org/web/20021105063912/http://www.iccfglobal.org/
#{{note|#}}http://www.iccfglobal.org/
#{{note|#}}http://www.iccfglobal.org/Library/links.html
#{{note|#}}http://www.iccfglobal.org/Library/ICCFbod.htm
#{{note|#}}http://www.iea.org.uk/record.jsp?type=release&ID=61 http://www.brugesgroup.com/about/columnists.live?person=5; http://politics.guardian.co.uk/thinktanks/page/0,10538,527156,00.html
#{{note|#}}http://www.niauk.org/industrylink/article_37.shtml
#{{note|#}}http://www.cato.org/people/rahn.html
#{{note|#}}http://www.iccfglobal.org/Library/ICCFboa.htm
#{{note|#}}http://www.aei.org/about/contentID.2002110816462656/default.asp
#{{note|#}}American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (2003) 2003 Annual Report, p37.
#{{note|#}}http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/info_on_any_recipient.php?19
#{{note|#}}http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=4456
#{{note|#}}Source Greenpeace - data from company reports for 98, 00, 01, 02 - data not available for 99 and pre-98.
#{{note|#}}Quoted by J. Pilger (2004) "The Case for Civil Disobedience" in Tell Me Lies - Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq, ed. D. Miller, Pluto Press, p25
#{{note|#}}http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/bolton/bolton.html
#{{note|#}}L. Miller, J. Stauber, S. Rampton (2004) "War is Sell" in Tell Me Lies - Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq, ed. D. Miller, Pluto Press, p47-50; http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/perle/perle.html
#{{note|#}}http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/wurmser_d/wurmser-d.html
#{{note|#}}http://www.mediatransparency.org/funders/smith_richardson_foundation.htm
#{{note|#}}http://www.aei.org/about/contentID.2002121511002562/default.asp
#{{note|#}}http://www.fflpartners.com/firms_weve_worked_with.htm
#{{note|#}}http://www.coastviewcapital.com/team.asp
#{{note|#}}http://www.aei.org/about/contentID.2002121511042444/default.asp; http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/cohen/cohen.html
#{{note|#}}S. Rampton & J. Stauber (2001) Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future, Tarcher/Putnam, pp242-243, January; Burson-Marsteller (undated) Scientists for Sound Public Policy - Assessment Project and Symposium, Bates Numbers 2028363773-2028363791; E. Ong, and S. Glantz, (2000) 'Tobacco Industry Efforts Subverting International Agency for Research on Cancer's Second- Hand Smoke Study', The Lancet, Vol 355, pp1253-1258, 8 April; E. Ong, and S. Glantz, (2001) 'Constructing "Sound Science" and "Good Epidemiology": Tobacco, Lawyers, and Public Relations Firms', America Journal of Public Health, Vol 19, No 11, pp1749-1757.
#{{note|#}}http://www.fed-soc.org/boardofvisitors.htm; http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/bork_r/bork_r.html; http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=BorkRob
#{{note|#}}http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/kristol_i/kristol_i.html; http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.34/scholar.asp
#{{note|#}}http://www.srf.org/people/Governors.htm; http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.59,filter.all/scholar.asp
#{{note|#}}J. K. Glassman (2001) "This Is No Time For Bush To Go Wobbly On Kyoto", National Post (Canada), 12 May, pD11
#{{note|#}}B. Stempeck (2002) "Climate Change: Panel Debates Kyoto Alternatives, Renewable; Boosts", Greenwire, 9 April
#{{note|#}}http://www.TechCentralStation.com/; http://www.Tech Central Station.com/061101F.html
#{{note|#}}The Bulletin's Frontrunner (2001) "Today's Events In Washington", 24 May.
#{{note|#}}J. Glassman (2001) "Global warming? Try Getting Out of the Sun, James Glassman Interviews Dr. Sallie Baliunas," The American Spectator, June; J. K. Glassman & S. l. Baliunas (2001) "Bush Is Right on Global Warming . . . not that Reporters Would Understand", The Weekly Standard, 25 June
#{{note|#}}http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.378,filter./event_detail.asp
#{{note|#}}for more details see: http://www.nationalcenter.org/KyotoSenate.html; J. K. Glassman & S. l. Baliunas (2002) "Turning up the Heat on CO2; Global Warming Bill Threatens Economy", The Washington Times, 4 July, pA19
#{{note|#}}Business Wire (2003) "TCS Experts Available to Discuss the 'Climate Stewardship Act' on the Floor for Debate Tonight with a Vote Tomorrow Morning", 29 October
#{{note|#}}Business Wire (2003) "CRA Report: Global Warming Legislation Would be Costly; New Report Shows McCain-Lieberman Legislation would Increase Costs for U.S Households", 29 October.
#{{note|#}}http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/dobriansky/dobriansky.php
#{{note|#}}http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.669,filter./event_detail.asp
#{{note|#}}http://www.aei.org/news/newsID.19701,filter./news_detail.asp
#{{note|#}}P. Brown (2004) "An Unnatural Disaster", The Guardian, 8 January; http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1118244,00.html

==Contact==

Website http://www.aei.org

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Climate Change Sceptics]][[Category:Israel Lobby]][[Category:Iraq War 2003]][[Category:Target Iran]][[Category:GM]][[Category:GM Lobby Groups]] [[Category:Think Tanks]]

James Glassman

2009-09-09T13:00:54Z

Lynn Hill: added category

'''James Glassman''' is an American journalist. He hosts a pro-free market corporate-funded website which was originally called [[Tech Central Station]] but which has since been renamed TCS Daily. He is a fellow of the [[American Enterprise Institute]].

==Resources==
See Nicholas Confessore's informative article [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0312.confessore.html How James Glassman reinvented journalism--as lobbying] from ''Washington Monthly'', December 2003.

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:GM|Glassman, James]]
[[Category:Think Tanker]]

Tony Gilland

2009-09-09T12:55:22Z

Lynn Hill: added category

{{Template:NuclearSpin}}
'''Tony Gilland''' is the science and society director of the [[Institute of Ideas]] which was founded after the collapse of the magazine [[LM]], formerly [[Living Marxism]] - the monthly review of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party]] (RCP). Gilland was also a Living Marxism contributor.

In 1998 Gilland, together with the 'father' of the RCP, [[Frank Furedi]], sent a letter headed Research Proposal: The impact of safety panics on the debate about the use of GMOs in food production to the major supermarkets, the Food and Drink Federation and the National Farmers' Union. For £7,500, it offered to educate their customers 'about complex scientific issues'.

The LM perspective on such issues is made clear in Gilland's article "Food frights" (LM, Feb 99) in which he argues that the 'panic' about GM food is not based on science or fact, but on fear. 'Until more people are prepared to challenge the way in which the flow of "information" to consumers and the public is controlled by a minority of people within campaign groups and sections of the media, the ability of consumers - and society - to enjoy the benefits of GM technology will be undermined.'

Like other members of the LM network, Gilland follows Furedi in believing that the public rejection of GM foods is 'irrational' and stems from a 'culture of fear' and of risk-aversion which is undermining a belief in science as a driver of human 'progress'. The need is to confront such irrational fears and the mistrust of science and technology that they lead to. 'The GM debate,' writes Gilland, 'is the terrain upon which society's relationship to science and human endeavour is currently being worked out.'<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000618115855/www.informinc.co.uk/LM/LM119/LM119_GMO_Gilland.html "Seeds of the Future"], ''LM'' Feb 99.</ref>

Like other followers of Furedi, Gilland invokes 'science' and 'technology', particularly biotechnology, as panaceas that can be deployed without care or reservation. A good example of this attitude of unquestioning acceptance is provided by an article contributed to a [[Spiked Online]] debate on GM,<ref>''Spiked'' [http://www.spiked-online.com/Sections/Science/Debates/GM/ online debate]</ref> entitled Let the Sowing Begin.<ref>''Spiked'' [http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000006D9FF.htm "Let the Sowing Begin"]</ref> Here Gilland argues that the UK's GM farm-scale trials were 'an unnecessary obstacle to the introduction of this beneficial technology'. He also twice refers to GM crops simply as a 'benign technology'. No argument or evidence is advanced in support of this position. For Gilland, like Furedi's other followers, it is simply something that can be assumed.

Anything that does not fit with that assumption is rejected. In a February 2002 piece for [[Spiked]], entitled "GM food: putting fear before facts,"<ref>''Spiked'' [http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D40E.htm "GM food: putting fear before facts"]</ref> Gilland wrote that, 'The Royal Society's review of Pusztai's research, published in June 1999, concluded that his research was "flawed in many aspects of design, execution and analysis" and "no conclusions should be drawn from it". This was pretty much the end of the Pusztai story.' In fact, it is less than half the story. Gilland makes no mention of the fact that a year after those claims by the Royal Society, Pusztai's research was published in the Lancet after successfully being peer reviewed. Nor does he mention that the [[Royal Society]] has been the subject of much critical comment for the tactics deployed by its leading Fellows in their efforts to discredit Pusztai and to suppress his research.

In April 2003, Gilland organised the Genes & Society Festival for the [[Institute of Ideas]] with sponsorship from [[Sourcewatch:Pfizer|Pfizer]] and assistance from [[CropLife International]]. Of the main contributors that Gilland brought in for the two day event, as many as 15-20 are known to be part of the network behind LM/IoI. Predictably, though, there was nothing to alert either their fellow contributors or the audience to this affiliation. This typifies the often underhand approach of the [[LM]] network. In addition, the claimed expertise of some of the network members was seriously open to question. Genes & Society Festival contributor [[Thomas Deichmann]] provides a good example of this.

Gilland is a member of the Working Party on peer review set up by [[Sense about Science]], whose director [[Tracey Brown]] is also part of the LM-network, as is another member of the Working Party [[Fiona Fox]] of the [[Science Media Centre]] (SMC) . Gilland is a regular attender at SMC events.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category: Nuclear Spin]]
[[Category:Individuals linked to the push for nuclear|Gilland, Tony]]
[[Category:GM|Gilland, Tony]][[Category:LM group|Gilland, Tony]]
[[Category:Think Tanker]]

Kendra Okonski

2009-09-09T12:52:30Z

Lynn Hill: added category

'''Kendra Okonski''' works for the [[International Policy Network]] (IPN) in London. Prior to 2001 Okonski worked as a research assistant at the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]], the Washington-based 'think tank' whose multi-million dollar budget comes from major US corporations like [[Sourcewatch:Philip Morris|Philip Morris]] and Dow Chemicals.

Daughter of a US lumber industrialist, Okonski grew up in Montana, U.S.A., and Santiago, Chile. She studied economics at Hillsdale College in Michigan, where she also edited ''The Restoration'', a libertarian publication for college students.

Okonski has edited a [http://adaptordie.info/about_the_editor_and_contributors.php book] for the [http://www.gmwatch.org/profile1.asp?PrId=155 IPN] attacking the Kyoto protocol. The book's contributors include several who have been active in the GM debate - [[Martin Livermore]], [[Julian Morris]], [[Barun Mitra]] and [[Philip Stott]].

Okonski is described as the IPN's 'Sustainable Development Project Director.' As part of her job, she writes on trade and globalization, agriculture, and environmental issues. She has also fronted as the media contact for the deceptively named [[Sustainable Development Network]] (SDN). SDN appears to be another guise of the IPN and its director [[Julian Morris]].

During the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002, SDN played a key coordinating role for pro-corporate lobbying, including organising a pro-GM march. According to [[L. Val Giddings]], the [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]]'s Vice President of Food and Agriculture, the march was the very first time, 'real, live, developing-world farmers' were given a chance to speak for themselves and reject the 'empty arguments' of the biotech industry's critics. Giddings also claimed that the farmers conferred a 'Bullshit Award', made with two varnished piles of cow dung, upon those that were deepening their poverty by denying them biotechnology. Among the marchers were [[TJ Buthelezi]], [[Chengal Reddy]], and representatives of [[AfricaBio]].

But an eyewitness report on the march suggests Giddings' account is highly misleading ([http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=1149 Astroturf uncovered in grassroots protest, August 28, 2002]). Many of the marchers were not there to support GM. In fact, the main body of marchers had been recruited in the name of a protest against [http://sdnetwork.net/informals/march.htm limitations placed on street trading] by the Johannesburg authorities.

A week before a march had taken place in Johannesburg involving thousands of poor, evicted and landless people, but it drew almost no media coverage. By contrast the 'pro-GM' march, despite involving only a few hundred people, captured [http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Fake-Parade-Matthews3dec02.htm press coverage] on five continents. [http://www.gene-watch.org/genewatch/articles/16-2matthews.html Subsequent comment] has focused on the fact that the organizers' [http://sdnetwork.net/media/farmers_march.htm press release] gave Kendra Okonski as the media contact. Okonski was also the media contact on the [http://www.libertyindia.org/events/bullshit_award_28august2002.htm press release] for the 'Bullshit Award', which was not conferred by farmers, as Giddings claimed, but by a right-wing pressure group - the New-Delhi based [[Liberty Institute]], a part of the [[Sustainable Development Network]].

Okonski has a long track record of organising 'protest'. She co-founded and managed the website [[counterprotest.net]]. In an article entitled, [http://bureaucrash.com/blogs/dispatches/000525.shtml Take it to the streets], Okonski argues for 'a new approach to marketing libertarian ideas'. Of particular importance, she says, is 'the need to imitate the tactics of our opponents (environmentalists, human and civil rights groups, anti-globalization groups), both in the short run and the long run'. According to Okonski, 'Protesting, or counter-protesting, not only secures press for our views, but more importantly, steals media attention away from groups we oppose'. Okonski also claims the 'anti-globalization movement uses developing world spokespeople... and a variety of "indigenous" individuals to oppose technological progress, free trade, and change itself.' Counter-protesters must learn, Okonski argues, 'to give our ideas the same sort of compelling emotional appeal'.

Among other counter-protests, Okonski was the organiser of the Washington-area [http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-16/kendra-okonski.html 'Walk for Capitalism']. She also protested outside Starbucks, to counter demands that the milk [http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0301starbucks.htm Starbucks] served should come from cows not treated with Monsanto's genetically engineered cattle drug rBGH - a drug banned in the main industrialised countries other than the United States.

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:GM|Okonski, Kendra]][[Category:Far-Right Think-Tanks (GM)|Okonski, Kendra]]
[[Category:Think Tanker]]

Antony Fisher

2009-09-09T12:51:07Z

Lynn Hill: added category

[[Antony Fisher]] was a member of the [[Mont Pelerin Society]]

:It may be the dominant political force of our times, but the economic creed that came to be known as Thatcherism was born in obscure circumstances. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, politics was dominated by a single philosophy. Central planning and state control of industry was seen by both Labour and Conservatives as the only sensible way to run Britain's economy... It fell to outsiders such as [[Anthony Fisher]] - an Old Etonian chicken farmer - to challenge the prevailing orthodoxy; even if, initially, they were written off as cranks or dangerous ideologues. Fisher, who made his fortune by pioneering battery farming techniques, founded a think tank, The [[Institute of Economic Affairs]], in the mid 1950s to spread his free market philosophy.{{ref|tory}}

==Affiliations==
*[[Mont Pelerin Society]]
*[[Institute of Economic Affairs]]
*[[Manhattan Institute]]
===Connections===
*[[Linda Whetstone]], daughter.

==Resources==

Paul Labarique [http://www.voltairenet.org/article30072.html The Manhattan Institute, Neoconservatives’s Lab], Voltaire Net, 15 September 2004.

[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=998798983265285291&q=sir+anthony+fisher&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Fisher speaks from the grave].
==Notes==
# {{note|tory}} Brian Wheeler [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4766446.stm Tory! Tory! Tory! (Part one)] BBC Online, Last Updated: Wednesday, 8 March 2006, 15:38 GMT

[[Category:Think Tanker]]

User talk:Lynn Hill

2009-09-09T12:40:25Z

Lynn Hill: /* note to self */

See [[Digital Learning Alliance]]

==Stevenson==

===<b>bits still needing attention</b>===

***SRU and Lexington Communications (a Labour-connected lobbyist firm started with money from Stevenson, who is a shareholder) got together an anti-BBC alliance to attack their free digital plans.***
source?
<b>Lynn's note</b> - unable to locate Lexington Comms connection. I've added a 'ref needed' to this part of his article. Sources re SRU founding/funding are below, but it looks like the article is referring to Lexington rather than SRU in this context.

<b> Lynn cont.</b> Source re Stevenson co-founded SRU Reference - Hirst, C. (2002) 'Telecoms Media Technology: Why the pink queen might turn deep red'. <i>The Independent</i>. 28th July 2002. Accessed 27th September 2008.

<b> Lynn cont.</b> Co founded SRU with Peter Wallis (aka Peter York) borrowed 12,000 for start up costs - reference- PATRICK HOSKING. Profile: Master of the low profile; Dennis Stevenson's dazzling ca-reer may soon land him atop GPA. Patrick Hosking reports. The Independent. 5th September 1993. This article implies that he is a shareholder but it isn't explicit. Unable to locate any info explicitly stating him as a shareholder.

***Stevenson forged the deal between the Labour party and BT (Independent 27/9/96)<b>Done</b>. He was supposedly 'recruited' by Blair in 96 "after an approach by Peter Mandelson... who Stevenson met years ago when both were involved in youth movements." (Sunday Times 20/10/96)***<b>Lynn's note</b> added source from the original refs section, source is no longer available to double check content.

***Indeed their connections go right back to the British Youth Council.***
source? <b>Lynn's note</b> unable to locate source, nothing in the info sent and a quick google search didn't come up with anything. It may be that it was also mentioned in the Sunday Times article which is no longer available but I can't be sure.

The "More New Labour links" section
***and has provided a great deal of Mandelson connections***
clarify--not sure what this means <b>Lynn's note</b> unable to locate the source given. Looks like its no longer available, its not in the info sent or through a google search so unable to check for clarification.

==note to self==

Nexis Lexis -Chinn up to page 536 to be continued

===Some stuff to come back to later===

* Add details listed in [[Glover Park Group]] talk page

===Useful links===
* Category list is here: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Special:Categories

* creating new pages: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Article_Submission

===external===
* Public Relations Organisation International lists clients for their affiliated companies
* Businessweek lists board member affiliations... check this out further for others, may prove a useful resource elsewhere.
http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/relationship.asp?personId=598067&capId=154924&previousCapId=139677&previousTitle=Johnson%20%26%20Johnson
* revolving door info (remember to check refs) http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/politics/revolvingdoor.html
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===Work in progress: ICC page===
* continue adding info from link: United Nations Environment Programme [http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=127&ArticleID=2076 UNEP and ICC Sponsor Millennium Business Awards for Environmental performance] 5th May 2000.

* add bit from ICC page onto UN Global compact

== Lynn's to do list==

* I’m making good progress categorising Climate Sceptics & Think Tankers (concentrating on climate related but adding in others where I come across them) pages. There’s still a bit of work to do here. It won’t be concise, there’s likely to be some who fall through the net, but I don’t want to become too occupied chasing categories (we can always add the others as we come across them). I just need to followthe links on [[International Policy Network]], [[Tech Central Station]] and the [[Heartland Institute]] pages then this should be finished.
* I need to read through the Scottish Widows Policy reports (re the links David sent by email 11thFeb) and add anything relevant. All the other relevant info from the other Scottish Widows links are in. Stub pages for their staff are to be created?
* I’ll have a look at [[Geoff Mulgan]]’s page for Claire.
* I still have the remaining Globalisation pages on my to do list (if they still need done) re Claire's email 14th Jan. The pages relating to the [[Institute for National Security Studies]] are now all done and collated onto one page.
* I also need to write a bit on Food Industry Friendly Experts.

===Matthew Freud===
page under construction - work in progress section to be worked on:

He also organised a large party for Young Labour at the World Famous Palace Discotheque in Blackpool at their 1998 Conference. Hosted by Chris Evans (one of Freud's PR clients) it cost £20,000, paid for by Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB.

Matthew Freud is one of the most powerful PR men in London. He gave Mandelson PR advice during the secret loan scandal that cost him his job. He donated the use of his West End offices to [[Frank Dobson]]'s campaign for London Mayor (part of 'a long-standing arrangement with the local Party'). Dobson's supporters used the offices as a base to phone round high-profile Labour members.

He also a close friend of Task Force members [[Lord Alli]] (Freud handled the publicity for Lord Alli's Big Breakfast TV programme) and [[James Palumbo]] of the Ministry of Sound. He is also involved with clickmusic, an internet music directory set up by [[Robert Devereux]] and [[Alan McGee]].

He co-owns expensive restaurants like Marco Pierre-White's Quo Vadis and Damian Hirst's Pharmacy. He has shares in Oxygen Holdings, an internet investment company (Elisabeth Murdoch is also an investor). He is a partner in Yoo, a property company, with [[Philippe Starck]] and [[John Hitchcox]] (one of the men behind the Millennium Loft Company). In the brochure for Yoo, he says he has played 'a significant role in redifining the PR industry...to the front-line art form of controlled media manipulation.' He sold Freud Communications in 1994 for £10 million, but stayed on in charge of the company as part of the deal. He has repeatedly said that he wants to be appointed to the House of Lords. Freud Communications' income in 1999 was £6,690,000<ref>available through [http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe5.html search function] on red star research</ref>.

== primark ==

Hi Lynn

are u still working on Primark? if so there is some stuff from Guardian on sweatshop labour:
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/node/595

if you don't have time to put someth in, let me know and I will do it.

BW
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 17:17, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

== aargh ==

HI Lynn

haven't touched the glob pages since last I was in contact with you about them! been doing other stuff on Spin, hasten to add. meaning to get back in there very soon. But feel free to work on any of the pages--just let me know which section(s) you're working on and I will make sure I go for another section.

thanks for doing primark--knew there was someth wrong with their prices!
BW
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 18:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

== globalisation remainder ==

===Globalisation: Global Food and Health policy 4:===
*[[Globalisation: European Commission and European Association of Communications Agencies]]
*[[Globalisation: National Associations' Council]]
*[[Globalisation: Integrated Marketing Communications Council]]
*[[Globalisation: European Advertising Standards Alliance]]

===Supermarkets, retailers and 'ethical' clothing===
*[[Globalisation:Tesco: Ethical Trading Initiative]] [LYNN USING STUFF ON ETHICAL TRADING INIT (Done) BUT TESCO NEEDS TO BE PUT ONTO DEDICATED PAGE]

===Globalisation: Global corporate Power and Development 3:===
*[[Globalisation: Privatisation in the developing world]]
*[[Globalisation: Department for International Development and privatisation]]

===Globalisation: Global corporate Power and Development 4:===
*[[Globalisation:Global corporate Power and Development: Introduction]]
*[[Globalisation:Business Action for Africa]]
*[[Globalisation:Corporate Council on Africa]]
*[[Globalisation:Global corporate Power and Development:Conclusion]]

== done glob pages ==

HI Lynn

pls feel free to delete all the glob pages you've finished with from your talk page. I've just got rid of a couple that various people have done. what are you working on at the mo -- pharma portal?

many thanks
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 15:03, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

== thanks ==

Thanks Lynn, exciting about CSR portal and yes you are right about logos.

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 13:01, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

== sirc ==

many thanks Lynn, goes without saying if u have any additional info on SIRC pls do put it in. i am focusing on updating and checking refs and ironing out grammar and structure

best wishes
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 13:55, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

== stevenson ==

Hi Lynn

re your "bits needing attention" on Stevenson noted on yr talk page, are they still outstanding, ie do I need to go in there and try to polish off the remaining probs and maybe delete material?

thanks

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 13:58, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

== stevenson 2 ==

Hi Lynn

I will try to get to Stevenson after SIRC and delete the bits we can't support. thanks for your work on this page, it was a pig.

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 10:39, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

== lists ==

Hi Lynn

welcome back! I don't want to jump the gun on yr CSR Europe page as know you are still working on it but if you are not planning to add info to the items in the "Members include" section, then best to format them as horizontal list, see
http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/SpinProfiles:How_to_Format_Lists

so you would have:

<nowiki>ABB | Accor | Ahold</nowiki>

just takes up less room...

thank you----[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 14:49, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

== CSR future work ==

HI Lynn

I was just getting back to the remaining globalisation pages and it occurred to me that you might be intending to feature some of these firms and orgs in your work on CSR. If this is the case, cd you let me know which firms and orgs these would be, as I cd knock those off my list of pages that I need to redo, as presumably you will be researching and writing about them.

In hope...

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 15:33, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

== OK ==

Thanks Lynn, that whittles down the glob list a bit, have just added a note to myself on your talk page next to the ones that I don't have to worry about, to the effect that you will be dealing with them.

best wishes
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 18:52, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Marisa de Andrade

2009-09-09T12:37:10Z

Lynn Hill: possible useful info

==Possible info for you to use==
Hi Marisa,
I came across these links with some Pharma info. They may or may not be of use to you but here they are just incase.
* [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf02f3d2-4f5c-11dd-b050-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 Blow to SFO as probe collapses] By Megan Murphy, Law Courts Correspondent Published: July 11 2008

* http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/29/pharmaceuticals-drugs-european-union

* [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/drug-firms-bankroll-attacks-on-nhs-947316.html drug-firms-bankroll-attacks-on-nhs]

Best wishes, --[[User:Lynn Hill|Lynn Hill]] 12:37, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Idrees

2009-09-09T12:33:56Z

Lynn Hill: possible useful link

== did you mean... ==

In this section: MacShane and Muslims you state: "In the same article, he misrepresents the statement which had caused the outrage by publishing the altered version of the speech, which was changed as a result of the furore." Hmmm... did he republish the original?? If he altered it to due to pressure, I suspect that you mean that he reverted to the original...
[[User:Paul|Paulo]]

==IISS==
you say:

:To salvage its credibility, the IISS, unlike the British Government, claimed that it made mistakes in its dossier about the extent of the Iraqi threat, and commissioned an independent assessment by [[Rolf Ekeus]], a former head of United Nations arms inspectors in Iraq.Samore and Chipman later claimed that their dossier had caveats about Iraq's supposed WMD arsenal, while the Government insisted on removing such caveats from intelligence assessments - leading to "sexing up" accusations.<ref> Kim Sengupta, [http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/IISS-Iraq-Occupation26may04.htm Iraq Occupation Made World Less Safe, Pro-War Institute Says Studies ], ''The Independent'', May 26, 2004
</ref>

But is what they say about the caveats true? If so, does this undermine the previous popint about their original report? Can you explain or include the evidence?

--[[User:David|David]] 09:05, 13 September 2007 (BST)

== why removed? ==

Hi
Why did you remove the table format of the component organizations of NED? It put forth the linkages better than what you did. NB: there were more groups that will be added to this.
[[User:Paul|Paulo]]

== but it conveys the relative importance ==

Hi
But the table conveys the relative importance. You also axed the USAID link.
Kind rgds
[[User:Paul|Paulo]]

== requirement ==

Hi
The folks at SW require entries to have a bit of info about what has been added or changed... one usually enters this in the Summary line. It would be nice if Spin* folks would do the same...
[[User:Paul|Paulo]]

== ff off... ==

Hi Idrees
You entered the footnote references to the LFOI with some silly format... since you entered this to begin with, could you make sure they match and make sense??
Kind rgds
[[User:Paul|Paulo]]

Yes, I know. See: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/User_talk:Paul
--[[User:David|David]] 12:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

== Foundation for the Defense of Democracies ==

Hi Idress,

Not sure if the [[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]] page is originally authored by you but if it is you may be interested in some Tax Returns I have added to the page. They include major funders and other interesting stuff.
--[[User:Tom Mills|Tom Mills]] 16:23, 15 May 2008 (BST)

== wrong name ==

Edward Luttwark is misspelled, it should be: [[Edward Luttwak]]

== issues? ==

Hi Idrees

could you add something in the Issues box on your portal page? guess it comes down to a question like: why should the public care about this issue?/implications for democracy, fairness, etc.
thanks! --[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 20:05, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

== yo great change?? ==

Hi Idrees

Removing the blockquotes... is that any useful input since there must be a couple of hundred in Spin*...

Kind rgds
--[[User:Paul|Paulo]] 00:14, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

== zionism ==

Hi Idrees

coming perilously close to launch time -- cd you have a look at your portal page and put in some sentence about Zionism that includes the link to David's page on Zionism (the link is already in there, just needs putting inside some text)? would be good for public to have some intro to Zionism on the portal page as it has such importance in Middle East matters. Also could you stick some text in the Issues section? A way to approach this is may be to ask why Joe Public should care about the Middle East and answer that question in this section.

thanks! --[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 14:06, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

== urgent -- Israel portal things to do prior to imminent launch ==

FAO David and Idrees (copied to Idrees)

Israel Lobby page

Two big white gaps need closing up

“Zionism” link needs to be incorporated into some kind of intro text.

“Issues” needs issues

Not clear to me what “priority pages on the Israel Lobby” means, as some of them have text in them and others are still to be written. Can we make clear to the visitor which are existing articles and which are subjects that need someone to write about them?

Categories section: is Necons the only category assoc with the Israel Lobby? What about CIA, Lovestoneites etc which seem to be other categories listed above? don't we need a link to those categories too in the categories section?

Do we need a category called Israel Lobby, which all articles in this portal will have at the foot of their page?

thanks --[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 16:09, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

==Some referencing==
Hi Idrees,
Just a little note about the page on [[James Woolsey]]. There's a lot of great info on him here, but the referencing needs tightened up. As you are the main author of the page, would you please look into this if you have the time. Guidelines for ref layouts etc are on [[SpinProfiles:A Guide to Referencing|referencing guidelines]] page to ease the process. Thanks and best wishes,--[[User:Lynn Hill|Lynn Hill]] 13:35, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

==Possible useful source==
Hi Idrees,
This link lists firms (incl PR) that are connected with Israeli companies [http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=491831&fid=1049. This may (or may not) be of use to you, thought I'd pass it on just incase.

Best wishes, --[[User:Lynn Hill|Lynn Hill]] 12:33, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

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2009-09-09T11:42:08Z

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Corporate Social Responsibility Portal

2009-09-03T14:45:01Z

Lynn Hill: adding what is CSR & what are the issues

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Welcome to the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Portal on [[SpinProfiles:About|SpinProfiles]]—your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR.

'''An A-Z list of all pages on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:CSR here].'''

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is now a key feature of the business world and companies routinely publicise their commitments to human rights, social wellbeing, sustainability, environmental protection and a variety of programmes of ‘good deeds’ for communities both locally and globally. There are also a growing number of organisations dedicated to supporting companies in the CSR arena.

There is no universal agreement on how CSR is defined, but broadly speaking they tend to fit into models ranging from acts of philanthropy (where a company donates part of its profits to charities), to models where companies claim to incorporate responsible practices into their core business operations<ref>Baker, M (2009) [http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/CSRfiles/definition.html Corporate Social Responsibility - What does it mean?] <i>Business Respect</i>. Accessed 15th March 2009.</ref>. In Britain the latter tends to dominate, in the words of Gordon Brown, CSR is described as ‘an all year round responsibility that companies accept for the environment around them, for the best working practices, for their engagement in their local communities and for their recognition that brand names depend not only on quality, price and uniqueness but on how, cumulatively, they interact with companies’ workforce, community and environment’<ref>Brown, G. (2004). [http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file48771.pdf Corporate Social Responsibility: A Government update] HM Government Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). 2004. Page 2. Accessed 15th March 2009.</ref>

The commonality within varying definitions of CSR is that it concerns the relationship companies have with society and the environment, and that CSR commitments are undertaken on a voluntary basis.

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* '''Contradictions and Conflicting Interests'''
:From the outset, companies have played a major role in formulating and driving the CSR agenda. CSR initiatives such as the [[UN Global Compact]], [[International Business Leaders Forum]], [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]] and the [[Ethical Trading Initiative]] are just a few of the organisations proclaiming to lead the way in promoting CSR. Even a cursory glance at these organisations highlights how such initiatives are awash with contradictions and issues of conflicting interests. They work primarily in the interests of their members which includes some of the world’s most controversial and criticised companies such as [[Shell]] and [[Coca Cola]]. Senior officials from controversial companies are also at the head of CSR initiatives: such as with the [[Ethical Trading Initiative]] which is headed by the Director for [[Littlewoods Retail Limited]] <ref>Ethical Trading Initiative [http://www.ethicaltrade.org/Z/lib/2002/05/press-afr/index.shtml Press Release] 9th May 2002. Accessed 15th January 2009</ref> which is owned by [[Associated British Foods]] which also owns [[Primark]] <ref>Butler, S. (2005)[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article542879.ece 'Primark expands after ABF buys Littlewoods stores'] <i>Times Online</i>. 12th July 2005. Accessed 15th January 2009</ref>, the company deemed to be the number 1 most unethical place to buy clothes in Britain by <i>Ethical Consumer</i> magazine in 2005<ref> Hickman, M. (2005)[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/primark-is-named-as-least-ethical-clothes-shop-518600.html Primark is named as least ethical clothes shop] ''The Independent''. 8th December 2005. Accessed 15th January 2009</ref>

:One of the key players instrumental in setting up the [[UN Global Compact]] was the [[International Chamber of Commerce]] (ICC), which describes itself as 'the voice of world business’ <ref>International Chamber of Commerce [http://www.iccwbo.org/id93/index.html About the ICC] Accessed 15th April 2009</ref> and which has been involved in blocking the agreement of several international environmental standards, including the Kyoto protocol on climate change, the Basel convention on toxic waste and the convention on biological diversity <ref>Jupiter, T. (2002) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2002/jul/31/society.worldsummit2002 Smoke screen: Bringing corporations to book] ''The Guardian''. 31st July 2002. Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>.

:Such conflicts of interests and contradictions within CSR initiatives are by no means uncommon. Indeed they are a recurring feature throughout this area.

* '''Avoiding Binding Regulation'''
:Involvement with CSR initiatives and declarations of corporate responsibility enables companies to present themselves as responsible entities who are already acting in the best interests of our planet and its inhabitants. A common feature of the benefits described by CSR initiatives for their members is direct access to government and decision makers in shaping policy. Initiatives can also act as advocates for their members, providing indirect access to decision makers and the formation of policy.

:One of the defining features in the modern CSR context is that initiatives are voluntary affairs. Involvement with CSR initiatives enables companies to ensure that the emphasis remains on self-assessment and voluntary codes where possible, and if regulation does come into force, they receive a decisive input into how it is formulated and what measures it contains.

* '''Voluntary Codes are Unenforceable'''
:Voluntary codes leave companies unaccountable for the negative effects of their actions and give those who suffer from such impacts little or no recourse. It is the norm for voluntary CSR Initiatives to rely on companies to self regulate themselves and to monitor and report on how they are meeting their commitments with little or no external examination or inspection. Membership with CSR initiatives is no indication that companies are acting in ethical ways. They simply have to voice a commitment to a set of ethical principles, they don’t have to meet them. In this sense CSR can be deemed as all words and no action.

* '''Hypocritical Window Dressing''' Statements of CSR provide an effective PR tool. It enhances the corporate image/reputation, builds brands and in turn generates sales and profit margins. Increasingly companies have faced scrutiny and criticism from the populace in relation to the unethical practices of business, this has necessitated that companies react to repair or avoid damage to their reputations <ref>Jupiter, T. (2002) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2002/jul/31/society.worldsummit2002 Smoke screen: Bringing corporations to book] ''The Guardian''. 31st July 2002. Accessed 15th April 2009</ref>. CSR is strongly linked with challenges to corporate power and involvement with CSR initiatives on a voluntary basis with little or no monitoring allows companies to polish their image whilst carrying on behind the scenes with business as usual.

* '''Companies Are Profit Not Welfare Driven'''
:Companies are commercial entities which act in the pursuit of profit. Their primary interests are increasing shareholder value and profit margins. This is enshrined in law, which has been described as the ‘best interests of the corporation’ principle <ref>Bakan, J. (2005) ‘’The Corporation’’ Constable & Robinson Ltd</ref>. A company’s bottom line is the priority, no matter what the values of a CEO, they must act in the pursuit of profit as they are employed to further the ends of the company and ultimately its shareholders <ref>Hertz, N. (2001) <i>The Silent Takeover:Global capitalism and the death of democracy</i>. Arrow Books</ref>. Cost/benefit analysis is at the heart of how business operates which makes them morally ambivalent entities. Decisions on what actions to take must have a positive impact on its bottom line, otherwise it may be deemed as stealing from the shareholders. Any good deeds a company undertakes, or even its involvement with ethical initiatives must be from the basis of increasing sales/profits. This is how business works.

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[[Category:CSR]]

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

2009-09-03T12:45:56Z

Lynn Hill: added category

The [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]] is a Swiss based peak business association of more than 200 TNCs dedicated to promoting business as an environmentally friendly actor on key global issues. The Council acts as a networking hub for its corporate members and and provides access to the world's policy-makers through its work with governments, IGOs and NGOs. The association is formed of companies from 20 major industrial sectors located in 35 countries across the globe. The influence of the WBCSD network is enhanced through its links with a further 55 national / regional councils or through its regional partners.<ref>WBCSD [http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=NjA&doOpen=1&ClickMenu=LeftMenu About the WBCSD], Accessed 14 March 2009</ref> This global network has played a key role in shaping the current corporate friendly direction of the sustainable development debate and was a key actor in lobbying for type II (voluntary) outcomes at the Johannesburg summit in 2002. <ref>WBCSD [http://www.wbcsd.org WBCSD Home Page], Accessed 10 March 2009</ref>

The WBCSD was the brainchild of Swiss industrialist [[Stephan Schmidheiny]]. Originally named the [[Business Council for Sustainable Development]], it was set up to act as a lobby group promoting a more coordinated 'industry position' at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. Since then it has merged with another organisation - the [[World Industry Council for the Environment]] (WICE), set up by the [[International Chamber of Commerce]] (ICC) - and has become a powerful player in the international trade system with members including [[Shell]] International, [[Rio Tinto]], [[Monsanto]] and [[Mitsubishi]]. The WBCSD, while claiming to champion sustainable development and environmental issues, is at the same time an active voice against the regulation of transnational corporations, for deregulation on trade and environmental issues, and the voluntary approach.

==Role and remit==

In 1992, the Swiss industrialist, [[Stephen Schmidheiny]], set up the Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD). The BCSD was specifically formed to promote the 'business point of view' at the Rio Earth Summit. Since then, the BCSD has merged with the [[World Industry Council for the Environment]] (WICE) - set up by the [[International Chamber of Commerce]] (ICC) - to form the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in 1995.

The WBCSD is now an international coalition of 200 international companies including most of the largest transnational corporations in the world like General Motors, Shell International, Mitsubishi Corporation, Unilever, Dow Chemical, Rio Tinto, Nestle, Monsanto, ICI, Eastman Kodak, Novartis and ABB. As well as its international office, the WBCSD has also created regional and national Business Councils - for example in Latin America, Poland, Nigeria and Malaysia - in order to widen its influence . The international part of the WBCSD has a strong insider role in the [[WTO]], the [[World Bank]], [[OECD]] and [[IMF]] where it is seen as the respectable voice of big business.

WBCSD's declared objectives includes influencing policy development to 'create the right framework conditions for business to make
an effective contribution to sustainable human progress' <ref>World Business Council for Sustainable Development [http://www.wbcsd.org/DocRoot/eC4MJxCo243nISr3qT1G/annualreview2007.pdf Annual Review 2007:The Times they are a Changin] February 2008. Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>

==Criticism==
In 1997 CorpWatch reviewed the WBCSD's report (Title Signals of Change) on progress since the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992:

:The WBCSD has always positioned itself as a group of business leaders who accept and embrace the need for sustainable development and environmental protection. But to judge from their recent publications, such as their "Annual Review 1996," and "Signals of Change," a report on corporate progress toward sustainable development since UNCED, they have toned down their claims. It may well be that this softer approach is compromise with the least progressive of the 125 corporate executives which make up the WBCSD.

:The overall tone of recent WBCSD pronouncements is one of reassurance; to governments and NGOs, reassurance that business understands and is voluntarily taking action; and to their members, reassurance that things are changing but not too fast; that some action is needed but not too much.

:This carefully crafted tone of heartening ambiguity masks the reality that WBCSD members, along with many other large corporations, have pushed hard over the last five years for increased corporate power on the global stage. They have been the primary force behind negotiations under [[GATT]], [[WTO]], [[NAFTA]] and now the OECD's [[Multilateral Agreement on Investment]]. All of these agreements give corporations ever greater rights and ever fewer trade and investment restrictions. There is simply no evidence that increased corporate rights has led or will lead toward sustainable development or environmental protection, yet this assumption underlies the WBCSD philosophy.

:The WBCSD believes that "in the five years since UNCED, business has made great progress towards finding ways of implementing the goal of sustainable development." [Signals of Change p.6] Yet as the Global Environmental Outlook published by the UN makes clear, "overall trends have continued to worsen."

:The WBCSD says that "...it is not clear how much of this [energy] can safely be derived from carbon-based fuels. Given the right market signals, business will provide new energy technologies." <ref>Signals of Change p.7</ref> Yet their members -- which include Shell, Texaco, British Petroleum -- along with other oil companies continue to fight against signals which would encourage other energy sources over carbon-based fuels.

:The WBCSD remarks that the Earth Summit texts have "far more to say to government than business." They neglect to add that the BCSD and ICC themselves insisted on this as the relentlessly lobbied UNCED delegates against any criticism of transnational corporations in the Earth Summit negotiations.

:WBCSD Chairman [[Livio DeSimone]] says that "Business...used to be depicted as a primary source of the world's environmental problems. Today it is increasingly viewed as a vital contributor to solving those problems and securing a sustainable future for the planet." [Chairman Livio DeSimone annual review p.3] and that "...the WBCSD is now playing a vital role in shaping the sustainable development agenda." (WBCSD Executive Director Bjorn Stigson p.4] We at the Greenwash Awards add that the depiction of business as the source of environmental problems is based on the facts; to the extent that it is viewed as vital contributor of solutions, this is due partly to genuine advances made by business, partly to business' own PR efforts, and partly to the public's desperate desire to believe that businesss will do the right thing of its own accord, since neither the United Nations, nor nation-states, nor any other entity seems to have the power to force them to do so in this the age of corporate globalization .

:More important than the tepid rhetoric of the WBCSD is the behavior of its members. In "Signals of Change," the WBCSD chooses case studies of some its members in the areas of eco-efficiency, waste minimization, environmental accounting and other domains it considers "building blocks to a more sustainable way of doing things." WBCSD believes these tell "a good story." The stories they have to tell about progress are no more exciting than the ones told in the [[International Chamber of Commerce]]'s "From Ideas to Action," also published in 1992. Some of these "stories" are so banal, so insignificant in light of the needs described in Agenda 21, that it is frightening to think they are the best the WBCSD could find for the 5 year review.<ref>[http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=4071 World Business Council on Sustainable Development], ''CorpWatch'', 1 June 1997.</ref>

==People==
===Council MEMBERS===
The WBCSD is a member-led organization governed by a Council composed of the Council Members of their member companies. The Council elects the Executive Committee, including the Chairman and three Vice Chairmen. In 2009, the council comprised<ref>World Business Council for Sustainable Development [http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD4/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=MzM5&doOpen=1&ClickMenu=LeftMenu About WBCSD:Membership] Accessed 10th April 2009</ref>:
: HONORARY CHAIRMAN - [[Stephan Schmidheiny]] | CHAIRMAN Global Chief Executive Officer - [[Samuel A DiPiazza]] Jr. of [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | VICE CHAIRMEN Chairman and Managing Director - [[Mukesh Ambani]] of [[Reliance Industries]], Chairman [[Jorma Ollila]] of [[Royal Dutch Shell]] and Honorary Chairman and Member of the Board Dr. [[Shoichiro Toyoda]] of [[Toyota Motor Corporation]].

: Chief Executive Officer - [[Markus Akermann]] of [[Holcim Ltd]] | Vice Chairman, Publisher, IHT - [[Michael Golden]] of The ''[[New York Times]]'' Company | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - [[Charles O. Holliday]] Jr. of [[DuPont]] | Chairman of the Executive Board - [[Anne Lauvergeon]] of [[AREVA]] | Chief Executive - [[Jacob Maroga]] of [[Eskom Holdings Ltd]] | Director - [[Teruaki Masumoto]] of [[Tokyo Electric Power Company]] | Chairman - [[Julio Moura]] of [[Natura International Committee]] | [[James E Rogers]] of [[Duke Energy Corporation]] | Vice Chairman - [[Wang Jiming]] of [[China Petrochemical Corporation]] ([[Sinopec]]) | EX OFFICIO Vice Chairman - [[Rajat Kumar Gupta]] of the [[International Chamber of Commerce]] ([[ICC]])

===Executive Board===
In 2009, the WBCSD's Executive Board is listed as<ref>World Business Council for Sustainable Development [http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD4/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=OTQ1&doOpen=1&ClickMenu=LeftMenu About the WBCSD:Executive Board] Accessed 10th April 2009</ref>
*[[Björn Stigson]], President (+41 (22) 839-3139). Also serving as Advisor to the Boards of The [[Government of China]], [[DJSI]] ([[Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes]]), [[Dean’s Council of the John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]], [[Clinton Global Initiative]] and member of the Boards for [[GRI]] ([[Global Reporting Initiative]]), [[IRGC]] ([[International Risk Governance Council]]) and [[TERI]] The [[Energy and Resources Institute]] –North America<ref>Finland’s Environmental Administration [http://www.ymparisto.fi/download.asp?contentid=61856&lan=fi Björn Stigson Brief Biographical Data] Accessed 10th April 2009</ref>

[[Margaret Flaherty]] - Chief of Staff | [[Matthew Bateson]] - Energy & Climate | [[Ricarda McFalls]] - Development| [[James Griffiths]] - Sustainable Ecosystems & Forest | [[Per Sandberg]] - The Business Role | [[Marcel Engel]] - Regional Network | [[Lynette Thorstensen]] - Communications.

===Presidential office===
The WBCSD's Presidential office comprised (in 2009)<ref>World Business Council for Sustainable Development [http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD4/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=OTQ1&doOpen=1&ClickMenu=LeftMenu About the WBCSD:Executive Board] Accessed 10th April 2009</ref>:
: [[Kathy Douglas]] and [[Mireille Debiol]] as Executive assistants | [[Mireille Debiol]] and [[George Weyerhaeuser]] as Senior Fellows | [[Lacey Wrubel]] - Researcher.

==Members==

In 2009, member companies are listed as<ref>World Business Council for Sustainable Development [http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD4/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=MzM5&doOpen=1&ClickMenu=LeftMenu# About WBCSD:Membership] Accessed 10th April 2009</ref>:
===Africa===
: South Africa: [[ESKOM]] | [[Mondi]] | [[Sappi Limited]]

===Asia===
: [[Baosteel Group]] Corporation (China) | [[China Ocean Shipping]] (Group) Company, (COSCO) | [[China Petrochemical Corporation]] ([[SINOPEC]]) | [[Chinese Petroleum Corporation]] (Chinese Taipei) | [[Chunghwa Telecom]] (Chinese Taipei) | [[Long Chen Paper Company]] (Chinese Taipei) | [[CLP]] (China) | [[Infosys]] (India) | [[Reliance Industries]] (India) | [[Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd]] (APRIL) - Indonesia | [[Kuwait Petroleum Corporation]] | [[Pakistan State Oil Company]] | [[Abdul Latif Jameel Group]] (Saudi Arabia]] | [[GS Caltex Corporation]] (South Korea) | [[Hankook Tire Co.]] Ltd (South Korea) | [[KUMHO Tire Co.]] Inc. (South Korea) | [[POSCO]] (South Korea) | [[Samsung]] Electronics (South Korea)| [[PTT Public Company Limited]] (Thailand) | [[Siam Cement Group]] (SCG) - Thailand

* Japan:
: [[Asahi Glass]] | [[Bridgestone Corporation]] | [[Canon]] | [[Chubu Electric Power Co.]] Inc | [[DENSO]] | [[Hitachi Chemical]] | [[Honda]] Motor | [[Kansai Electric]] | [[Kikkoman]] | [[Mitsubishi Chemical]] | [[Mitsubishi]] Corporation | [[Mitsui & Co]] | [[Nippon Paper Group]] Inc. | [[Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation]] | [[Nissan]] Motor | [[Oji Paper]] | [[Osaka Gas]] | [[Sanyo Electric Co.]] Ltd | [[Seiko Holdings Corporation]] | [[Sompo Japan Insurance]] | [[Sony]] | [[Sumitomo Chemicals]] | [[Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd]]. | [[Taiheiyo Cement]] | [[Teijin Limited]] | [[Tokyo Electric Power Company]] | [[Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.]] Ltd | [[Toyota]] Motor | The [[Yokohama Rubber Company]]

===Europe===
: [[Borealis]] (Austria) | [[Swarovski]] (Austria) | [[Umicore]] (Belgium) | [[Podravka]] (Croatia) | [[Grundfos]] (Denmark) | [[Novo Nordisk]] (Denmark) | [[Novozymes]] (Denmark) | [[Vestas Wind Systems]] A/S (Denmark) | [[Fortum]] (Finland) | [[Metsäliitto Group]] (Finland) | [[Nokia]] (Finland) | [[Stora Enso]] (Finland) | [[UPM]] (Finland) | [[Titan Cement]] (Greece) | [[CRH]] (Ireland) | [[EcoSecurities]] (Ireland) | [[ArcelorMittal]] (Luxemburg) | Energy Holding (Romania) | [[Basic Element]] (Russia) | [[JSC Gazprom]] (Russia) | [[Snegiri Development]] (Russia) | [[Skanska]] (Sweden) | [[SKF]] (Sweden) | [[Vattenfall]] AB (Sweden) | [[Eczacibasi Holding]] (Turkey)

: France: [[AREVA]] | [[EDF Group]] | [[Gaz de France]] | [[L'Oréal]] | [[Lafarge]] | [[Michelin]] | [[Suez]] | [[Veolia Environnement]]

: Germany: [[adidas]] AG | [[Allianz]] | [[BASF]] | [[Bayer]] | [[Continental]] AG | [[Deutsche Bank]] | [[E.ON]] | [[Evonik]] | [[HeidelbergCement]] | [[Henkel]] | [[Robert Bosch]] GmbH | [[Volkswagen]]

: Italy: [[Eni]] S.p.A. | [[FALCK Group]] | [[Italcementi Group]] | [[Pirelli & Co.]], S.p.A. | [[Telecom Italia]] S.p.A.

: The Netherlands: [[Akzo Nobel]] | [[DSM]] N.V. | [[KPMG]] | [[Royal Dutch Shell]] plc. | [[Royal Philips Electronics]] | [[TNT]] N.V. | [[Unilever]]

: Norway: [[Det Norske Veritas]] | [[DnB]] NOR | [[Grieg International]] | [[Leif Höegh]] | [[Norsk Hydro]] | [[Norske Skogindustrier]] | [[Statkraft]] AS | [[Statoil]] | [[Storebrand]]

: Portugal: [[Brisa]] | [[CIMPOR]] | [[EDP]] - [[Electricidade de Portugal]], S.A. | [[Portucel Soporcel Group]] | [[Sonae]]

: Spain: [[ACCIONA]] | [[Cementos Portland Valderrivas]] S.A. | [[Repsol]] YPF | [[Telefonica]]

: Switzerland: [[ABB]] | [[Firmenich]] | [[F. Hoffmann-La Roche]] | [[Holcim]] | [[Novartis]] | [[SGS]] [[Société Générale de Surveillance Holding]] | [[Syngenta]]

: United Kingdom: [[Anglo American]] | [[BG Group]] | [[BP]] | [[Environmental Resources Management Group]] | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[Vodafone Group]]

===Latin America===
: Brazil: [[Aracruz Celulose]] | [[Cimentos Liz]] | [[Natura Cosméticos]] S.A. | [[Petrobras]] | [[Suzano Papel e Celulose]] | [[Vale]] | [[Votorantim Participações]]

: [[Codelco]] (Chile) | [[GrupoNueva]] (Chile) | [[CEMEX]] (Mexico) | [[Panamá Canal Authority]] (Panama)

===North America===
: Canada: [[BC Hydro]] | [[Petro-Canada]] | [[Suncor Energy]]

: USA: [[3M]] | [[Accenture]] | [[AES Corporation]] | [[AIG]] | [[Air Products and Chemicals Inc.]] | [[Alcoa]] | [[American Electric Power]] | [[Boeing]] | [[Caterpillar]] | [[CH2M HILL]] | [[Chevron Corporation]] | [[ConocoPhillips]] | [[Cooper Tire & Rubber Company]] | [[Deloitte Touche]] Tohmatsu | [[Dow Chemical]] | [[Duke Energy]] | [[DuPont]] | [[Entergy Corporation]] | [[Exelon]] | [[Ford Motor Company]] | [[General Electric]] | [[General Motors]] | [[Greif]] | [[IBM]] | [[Interface]] | [[International Paper]] | [[ITT Industries]] | [[Johnson Controls]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[Kimberly-Clark Corporation]] | [[MeadWestvaco]] | [[Newmont Mining]] | [[Oracle]] | [[PepsiCo]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Procter & Gamble]] | [[Rohm and Haas Company]] | [[S.C. Johnson & Son]] | [[Smurfit-Stone]] | [[SunGard]] | The [[Boston Consulting Group]] | The [[Coca-Cola]] Company | The [[Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company]] | The ''[[New York Times]]'' Co. | [[Time Warner]] | [[United Technologies Corporation]] | [[Weyerhaeuser]]

===Oceania===
: Australia: [[ANZ]] | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[GHD]] | [[Insurance Australia Group]] | [[Lend Lease]] | [[Woodside Energy]]

: New Zealand: The [[Warehouse Group]]

==Funding==
WBCSD declared that the contributions they recieved from their members in 2003 ranged between US$10'000 and USD 20'000. they declared this in a request for funds from members that are signatories of the [[UN Global Compact]]. The WBCSD claimed that they were not able to cover the cost of providing business guidance and assistance for the UN Global Compact and requested funds towards their activities: such as their 2004 Leaders Summit and to create a publication "Source Book"<ref>World \business Council for Sustainable Development [http://www.wbcsd.org/DocRoot/J5I3GWs7GJGeH5RXGLlR/gc-funding.pdf Continued support for capacity building and business advisory to the United Nations Global Compact: Request for Funding 2004]. Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>

==Affiliations==
UK affiliate of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development is the [[Business Council for Sustainable Development-UK]]<ref> Business Council for Sustainable Development-UK [http://www.bcsd-uk.co.uk/ Home page] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>

===Partnerships===
In 2009, the WBCSD advertised its partner agencies as<ref>World Business Council for Sustainable Development [http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD2/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=NDEy&doOpen=1&ClickMenu=LeftMenu About the WBCSD:Partnerships] Accessed 10th April 2009</ref>

* International organizations:
: [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] ([[IPCC]]) | [[Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development]] (OECD) | [[CSD]] [[United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development]] | [[UNDP]] [[United Nations Development Programme]] | [[UNEP]] [[United Nations Environmental Programme]], Division of Technology, Industry and Economics | [[United Nations Global Compact]] | [[World Bank]]

* News & Content:
: [[AFP]] [[Agence France Presse]] | [[Africa Renewal]] (New York) | [[CSR China]] | [[E&E Publishing]] (Washington, D.C.) | [[ENDS Europe Daily]] (London, ) | [[Environmental Finance]] (London) | [[Ethical Corporation]] (London, United Kingdom) | [[EurActiv.com]] (Brussels, Belgium) | [[Financial Times]] (London ) | [[GreenBiz.com]] (Washington, DC) | [[GLOBE-Net]] (Vancouver, Canada) | [[ICTSD]] (Geneva, Switzerland) | [[International Trade Forum]] (Geneva, Switzerland) | [[IPS]] - [[Inter Press Service Europa]] (Berlin, Germany) | [[IRIN]]- [[Integrated Regional Information Networks]] (Geneva, Switzerland) | [[Lexis Nexis]] (Munster, Germany) | [[Science and Development Network]] (London) | [[Socialfunds]] (United States) | [[Sustainable Development International]] (London) | [[Thomson Reuters]] (London)

* Institutes:
: [[CASIN]] [[Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations]] (Geneva, Switzerland) | [[IIED]] [[International Institute for Environment & Development]] (London) | [[IISD]] [[International Institute for Sustainable Development]] (Winnipeg, Canada) | [[SEI]] [[Stockholm Environment Institute]] (Stockholm, Sweden) | [[TERI]] The [[Energy and Resources Institute]] (New Delhi, India) | [[WRI]] [[World Resources Institute]] (Washington, D.C.)

* Foundations:
: [[Bellagio Forum for Sustainable Development]] (Germany) | [[Development Gateway]] (Washington, D.C.) | [[Foundation for Business and Society]] (Hovik, Norway) | [[Rockefeller Foundation]] (New York)

* NGOs:
: [[Asia Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption & Production]] (Manila, Philippines) | [[Earthwatch Institute]] (Europe) - Oxford, UK | [[IUCN]] The [[World Conservation Union]] (Gland, Switzerland) | [[SNV]] [[Netherlands Development Organization]] (The Hague, Netherlands) | [[WWF]] International (Gland, Switzerland)

* Initiative:
: [[GRI]] [[Global Reporting Initiative]] (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

* Universities/Training programs:
: [[AIESEC International]] (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | [[AGS]] [[Alliance for Global Sustainability]] (Cambridge (USA), Zurich, Tokyo) | [[Cambridge University Programme for Industry]] (Cambridge, UK) | [[LEAD]] [[Leadership for Environment and Development]] (London) | [[University of North Carolina]] (Chapel Hill, USA)

* Business organizations(outside their Regional Network):
: [[BDI]] [[Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie]] (Berlin, Germany) | [[BIAC]] [[Business and Industry Advisory Committee]] (Paris, France) | [[BSR]] [[Business for Social Responsibility]] (San Francisco, USA) | [[Conference Board]] (New York) | [[CSE]] [[Confederation of Swedish Enterprise]] (Stockholm, Sweden) | [[CSR Europe]] (Brussels, Belgium) | [[EPE]] [[European Partners for the Environment]] (Brussels, Belgium) | [[IBLF]] [[International Business Leaders Forum]] (London) | [[ICC]] [[International Chamber of Commerce]] (Paris, France) | [[WEF]] [[World Economic Forum]] (Geneva, Switzerland)

==External links==

*Corporate Europe Observatory [http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer0/wbcsd.html World Business Council for Sustainable Development] Corporate Europe Observer, Issue 0, October 1997.
*Corporate Europe Observatory [http://www.corporateeurope.org/observer10/wbcsd.html "Greening Business from the Inside" Solution or Smokescreen?] Corporate Europe Observer - Issue 10, December 2001.

===Notes===
<references/>

[[Category:Water: Transnational Lobby Networks]]
[[Category: Water]]
[[Category: Climate Change]]
[[Category:CSR]]

Corporate Social Responsibility Portal

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Corporate Social Responsibility Portal

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Lynn Hill: new portal started - work in progress

Category:CSR

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Lynn Hill: spelling

Advocates of Corporate Social Responsibility and associated organisations.

User talk:Lynn Hill

2009-08-21T17:39:49Z

Lynn Hill: /* Work in progress: ICC page */

See [[Digital Learning Alliance]]

==Stevenson==

===<b>bits still needing attention</b>===

***SRU and Lexington Communications (a Labour-connected lobbyist firm started with money from Stevenson, who is a shareholder) got together an anti-BBC alliance to attack their free digital plans.***
source?
<b>Lynn's note</b> - unable to locate Lexington Comms connection. I've added a 'ref needed' to this part of his article. Sources re SRU founding/funding are below, but it looks like the article is referring to Lexington rather than SRU in this context.

<b> Lynn cont.</b> Source re Stevenson co-founded SRU Reference - Hirst, C. (2002) 'Telecoms Media Technology: Why the pink queen might turn deep red'. <i>The Independent</i>. 28th July 2002. Accessed 27th September 2008.

<b> Lynn cont.</b> Co founded SRU with Peter Wallis (aka Peter York) borrowed 12,000 for start up costs - reference- PATRICK HOSKING. Profile: Master of the low profile; Dennis Stevenson's dazzling ca-reer may soon land him atop GPA. Patrick Hosking reports. The Independent. 5th September 1993. This article implies that he is a shareholder but it isn't explicit. Unable to locate any info explicitly stating him as a shareholder.

***Stevenson forged the deal between the Labour party and BT (Independent 27/9/96)<b>Done</b>. He was supposedly 'recruited' by Blair in 96 "after an approach by Peter Mandelson... who Stevenson met years ago when both were involved in youth movements." (Sunday Times 20/10/96)***<b>Lynn's note</b> added source from the original refs section, source is no longer available to double check content.

***Indeed their connections go right back to the British Youth Council.***
source? <b>Lynn's note</b> unable to locate source, nothing in the info sent and a quick google search didn't come up with anything. It may be that it was also mentioned in the Sunday Times article which is no longer available but I can't be sure.

The "More New Labour links" section
***and has provided a great deal of Mandelson connections***
clarify--not sure what this means <b>Lynn's note</b> unable to locate the source given. Looks like its no longer available, its not in the info sent or through a google search so unable to check for clarification.

==note to self==

* [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf02f3d2-4f5c-11dd-b050-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 Blow to SFO as probe collapses] By Megan Murphy, Law Courts Correspondent Published: July 11 2008

* http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/29/pharmaceuticals-drugs-european-union

* [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/drug-firms-bankroll-attacks-on-nhs-947316.html drug-firms-bankroll-attacks-on-nhs]

Nexis Lexis -Chinn up to page 536 to be continued

* Some Israeli PR connections here [http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=491831&fid=1049]
* add other British-Jewry influencers from [http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s18s186&SecId=186&AId=59976&ATypeId=1 JC top list]

===Some stuff to come back to later===
* have a look at and add [http://www.auroracomms.com/ aurora] they share name with [[Aurora Russia Ltd]], coincidence?
* still to add my pics for Catchpell House and related firms. Then visit Ocean drive for more pics. Recheck the PR firm listed at Sirius's address and take pic of Leith Agency boat. Google maps.
* finish [[Cello Plc]] page (still to add clients for MRUK & tidy up). Then add to the link pages.
* add to the linked pages for [[Crossan Communications]], the [[Leith Agency]].

* finish going through [[Pfizer]] Lobbying firm connections (also [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Abbott Laboratories]], [[Eli Lilly and Company]]) then continue adding lobbying/donations info for pharma firms.
* Add details listed in [[Glover Park Group]] talk page
* Public Relations Organisation International lists clients for their affiliated companies - go through them.
* revolving door info (remember to check refs) http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/politics/revolvingdoor.html
* add pharma details from http://www.opensecrets.org http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/index.asp http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/overview.asp?txtindextype=l http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/search.asp
* might be worth doing a Spinprofiles search for Pharma firms not started yet and joining the dots so to speak...

===Useful links===
Businessweek lists board member affiliations... check this out further for others, may prove a useful resource elsewhere.
http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/relationship.asp?personId=598067&capId=154924&previousCapId=139677&previousTitle=Johnson%20%26%20Johnson

* Category list is here: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Special:Categories

* creating new pages: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Article_Submission
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===Work in progress: ICC page===
* continue adding info from link: United Nations Environment Programme [http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=127&ArticleID=2076 UNEP and ICC Sponsor Millennium Business Awards for Environmental performance] 5th May 2000.

* add bit from ICC page onto UN Global compact

== Lynn's to do list==

* I’m making good progress categorising Climate Sceptics & Think Tankers (concentrating on climate related but adding in others where I come across them) pages. There’s still a bit of work to do here. It won’t be concise, there’s likely to be some who fall through the net, but I don’t want to become too occupied chasing categories (we can always add the others as we come across them). I just need to followthe links on [[International Policy Network]], [[Tech Central Station]] and the [[Heartland Institute]] pages then this should be finished.
* I need to read through the Scottish Widows Policy reports (re the links David sent by email 11thFeb) and add anything relevant. All the other relevant info from the other Scottish Widows links are in. Stub pages for their staff are to be created?
* I’ll have a look at [[Geoff Mulgan]]’s page for Claire.
* I still have the remaining Globalisation pages on my to do list (if they still need done) re Claire's email 14th Jan. The pages relating to the [[Institute for National Security Studies]] are now all done and collated onto one page.
* I also need to write a bit on Food Industry Friendly Experts.

===Matthew Freud===
page under construction - work in progress section to be worked on:

He also organised a large party for Young Labour at the World Famous Palace Discotheque in Blackpool at their 1998 Conference. Hosted by Chris Evans (one of Freud's PR clients) it cost £20,000, paid for by Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB.

Matthew Freud is one of the most powerful PR men in London. He gave Mandelson PR advice during the secret loan scandal that cost him his job. He donated the use of his West End offices to [[Frank Dobson]]'s campaign for London Mayor (part of 'a long-standing arrangement with the local Party'). Dobson's supporters used the offices as a base to phone round high-profile Labour members.

He also a close friend of Task Force members [[Lord Alli]] (Freud handled the publicity for Lord Alli's Big Breakfast TV programme) and [[James Palumbo]] of the Ministry of Sound. He is also involved with clickmusic, an internet music directory set up by [[Robert Devereux]] and [[Alan McGee]].

He co-owns expensive restaurants like Marco Pierre-White's Quo Vadis and Damian Hirst's Pharmacy. He has shares in Oxygen Holdings, an internet investment company (Elisabeth Murdoch is also an investor). He is a partner in Yoo, a property company, with [[Philippe Starck]] and [[John Hitchcox]] (one of the men behind the Millennium Loft Company). In the brochure for Yoo, he says he has played 'a significant role in redifining the PR industry...to the front-line art form of controlled media manipulation.' He sold Freud Communications in 1994 for £10 million, but stayed on in charge of the company as part of the deal. He has repeatedly said that he wants to be appointed to the House of Lords. Freud Communications' income in 1999 was £6,690,000<ref>available through [http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe5.html search function] on red star research</ref>.

== primark ==

Hi Lynn

are u still working on Primark? if so there is some stuff from Guardian on sweatshop labour:
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/node/595

if you don't have time to put someth in, let me know and I will do it.

BW
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 17:17, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

== aargh ==

HI Lynn

haven't touched the glob pages since last I was in contact with you about them! been doing other stuff on Spin, hasten to add. meaning to get back in there very soon. But feel free to work on any of the pages--just let me know which section(s) you're working on and I will make sure I go for another section.

thanks for doing primark--knew there was someth wrong with their prices!
BW
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 18:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

== globalisation remainder ==

===Globalisation: Global Food and Health policy 4:===
*[[Globalisation: European Commission and European Association of Communications Agencies]]
*[[Globalisation: National Associations' Council]]
*[[Globalisation: Integrated Marketing Communications Council]]
*[[Globalisation: European Advertising Standards Alliance]]

===Supermarkets, retailers and 'ethical' clothing===
*[[Globalisation:Tesco: Ethical Trading Initiative]] [LYNN USING STUFF ON ETHICAL TRADING INIT (Done) BUT TESCO NEEDS TO BE PUT ONTO DEDICATED PAGE]

===Globalisation: Global corporate Power and Development 3:===
*[[Globalisation: Privatisation in the developing world]]
*[[Globalisation: Department for International Development and privatisation]]
*[[Globalisation: Adam Smith International]]

===Globalisation: Global corporate Power and Development 4:===
*[[Globalisation:Global corporate Power and Development: Introduction]]
*[[Globalisation:Business Action for Africa]]
*[[Globalisation:Corporate Council on Africa]]
*[[Globalisation:Global corporate Power and Development:Conclusion]]

===Neoconservatism and American Imperialism 2:===
*[[Globalisation: Center for Security Policy]] and US global dominance

== done glob pages ==

HI Lynn

pls feel free to delete all the glob pages you've finished with from your talk page. I've just got rid of a couple that various people have done. what are you working on at the mo -- pharma portal?

many thanks
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 15:03, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

== thanks ==

Thanks Lynn, exciting about CSR portal and yes you are right about logos.

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 13:01, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

== sirc ==

many thanks Lynn, goes without saying if u have any additional info on SIRC pls do put it in. i am focusing on updating and checking refs and ironing out grammar and structure

best wishes
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 13:55, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

== stevenson ==

Hi Lynn

re your "bits needing attention" on Stevenson noted on yr talk page, are they still outstanding, ie do I need to go in there and try to polish off the remaining probs and maybe delete material?

thanks

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 13:58, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

== stevenson 2 ==

Hi Lynn

I will try to get to Stevenson after SIRC and delete the bits we can't support. thanks for your work on this page, it was a pig.

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 10:39, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

== lists ==

Hi Lynn

welcome back! I don't want to jump the gun on yr CSR Europe page as know you are still working on it but if you are not planning to add info to the items in the "Members include" section, then best to format them as horizontal list, see
http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/SpinProfiles:How_to_Format_Lists

so you would have:

<nowiki>ABB | Accor | Ahold</nowiki>

just takes up less room...

thank you----[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 14:49, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

== CSR future work ==

HI Lynn

I was just getting back to the remaining globalisation pages and it occurred to me that you might be intending to feature some of these firms and orgs in your work on CSR. If this is the case, cd you let me know which firms and orgs these would be, as I cd knock those off my list of pages that I need to redo, as presumably you will be researching and writing about them.

In hope...

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 15:33, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

== OK ==

Thanks Lynn, that whittles down the glob list a bit, have just added a note to myself on your talk page next to the ones that I don't have to worry about, to the effect that you will be dealing with them.

best wishes
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 18:52, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Business Council for Sustainable Development-UK

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Lynn Hill: added category

The '''Business Council for Sustainable Development-UK''' is the UK affiliate of the [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]] [http://www.wbcsd.ch]. It claims to promote sustainable development, but in fact lobbies against sustainability.

==History==
"The second pillar of business power is said to be the political activities of business including its sponsorship of party conferences, donations to parties, lobbying, PR, the creation and use of front groups, seemingly independent institutes and apparently enlightened business networks. One such that has emerged in Scotland in recent months if the creation of the Scottish steering group of the [[Business Council for Sustainable Development- UK]] ('''BCSD-UK'''). In fact the '''WBCSD''' is at the forefront of corporate attempts to undermine environmental action, lobbying worldwide against regulation and in favour of voluntary ‘solutions’. In Scotland the environmentally conscious members of the '''BCSD''' include road building consultancy '''Scott Wilson''', the biggest users of natural (Water) resources [[Scottish Power]]. The '''WBCSD''' is a peak business lobby group dedicated to resisting environmental progress. In Scotland it is at the heart of the policy process. Maybe this is quite routine these days, but when was the last time you heard of a business lobby group set up to influence government policy being funded by the very government being targeted. For some pulling the strings the election of the parliament posed a problem since it had the potential to represent some elements of popular interests, thus there was lots of discussion about how the parliament could be 'educated' (read lobbied) about business. In particular it was argued that most MSPs had no experience of business and that their main experience was in the public sector. To rectify this, the [[Scottish Parliament Business Exchange]] was set up…" {{ref|2}}

==People==
The Management Structure of [[BCSD-UK]] is as follows;
*Chairman [[Jeff Tetlow]]- Managing Director- [[ConocoPhillips]]
*CEO [[David Middleton]] secretariat - [[Environmental Business Communications]](EBC)
*Deputy CEO [[Peter Laybourn]]
*Secretary [[Rory Tait]] [[Eversheds]]
===Management Committee ===
*[[Peter Braithwaite]] [[Arup]]
*[[Paul Brooks]] [[Corus]]
*[[Dave Cutteridge]] [[Inchferry]]
*[[Martin Gale]] [[UPM Kymenne]]
*[[Mark Hope]] [[Shell UK Exploration & Production]]
*[[Simon Green]] [[North Lincolnshire Council]]
*[[Danny Lawrence]] [[Lafarge]]
*[[John Mumford]] [[BP]]
*[[Peter Sharratt]] [[WSP]]
*[[Mike Ferrow]] [[ConocoPhillips]].

Coincidentally [[Lafarge]], which employs one of the members of the '''BCSD''' mamangement, has been exposed by [[SEPA]] as one of the main polluters in Scotland.<ref>Rob Edwards, "[http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2403704.0.and_the_worst_polluters.php ... And the worst polluters]", Sunday Herald, undated, 2009, accessed April 14 2009</ref>

==Members==
Members have included [[Arup]], [[BP]], [[British Industrial Plastics]], [[ConocoPhillips]], [[Corus]], [[Dupont]], [[Eversheds]], [[Lafarge]], [[Scottish & Newcastle]], [[Shell]], [[Vivendi]] <ref>Scottish Government [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/SustainableDevelopment/7512 Industrial Symbiosis] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>

==Funding==
The Business Council for Sustainable Development was awarded a grant from the Scottish Executive's Sustainable Action Fund for the sum of £100,000 for 2002/03 and £100,000 in 2003/04. An additional sum of £22,500 was awarded in Nov 2003<ref>Scottish Government [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/SustainableDevelopment/7512 Industrial Symbiosis] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>. Funding from the Executive continued with the granting of £100,000 per year for 3 years (2004 to 2007) for a continuation of the [[Scottish Industrial Symbiosis Programme]] (SISP): a project managed on behalf of BCSD (2004-06) and [[International Synergies]] (2006-07) by [[Thirdwave Scotland Ltd]]<ref>Scottish Government [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/SustainableDevelopment/IS Scottish Industrial Symbiosis Programme] Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>.

==Scottish steering group==

The [[Scottish Steering Group of the Business Council for Sustainable Development-UK]] ('''BCSD-UK''') was created following 'a General Meeting hosted in Edinburgh in November 2003' where the '''BCSD-UK''' Secretariat asked 'for a mandate for an Action Plan. With this given, a programme of work was agreed with the [[Scottish Executive]] which provided financial support to the initial stages of this, up to the end of March 2004'[http://www.bcsd-uk.co.uk/].

==Lobby affiliations==

"For some on the left discussion of the power of Westminster may well be code for the power of the Transnational Corporations (TNCs), but it is not enough to leave matters there. Big business does not just rule Scotland via Westminster, it also rules by direct if often low profile and covert engagement in Scottish politics. How is this power accomplished? ‘Social movements for global capitalism’. These include all sorts of corporate lobby groups and the burgeoning lobbying and PR industry. Scottish based TNCs such as [[HBOS]] and [[Scottish Power]] are pretty well integrated into the European and global lobby groups. Their integration into global governance means that the macro level terms of trade and of political regulation are already fixed at the global, European and UK levels. Scottish governance is subject to specific corporate influence. In a devolved Scotland the most obvious way in which corporate actors pursue their interests is by lobbying. But lobbying takes place in the context of already entrenched policy assumptions and a political culture which is already fundamentally oriented to wards the market. It is against this background - which is fundamentally favourable to big business - that lobbying for particular policy measures takes place. Nevertheless lobbying is seen as worthwhile by business interests as evidenced in the burgeoning lobbying and PR market which emerged post devolution. SSP MSPs have already been persistently approached by lobbyists - with some even offering steadily increasing donations to charity to secure meetings with the MSPs. One senior MSP confesses to being gobsmacked at the number of MSPs who are routinely schmoozed and lunched by lobbyists. It is no surprise that lobbyists swarm around the Parliament. It has significant power over budgets which some of the big corporations want to get their hands on. The drug companies also have an interest along with other TNCs in keeping the Scottish political system sweet so they can continues to pollute Scotland without major penalties. These include [[BP]], [[Scottish Power]], [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Exxon Mobil]], [[Scottish and Southern Energy]] and others. A more serious problem is that the main target of corporations and their lobbyists is the Executive, meaning both ministers and civil servants. Here there is an extremely murky world of networks, professional, political and personal associations between lobbyists, ministers and civil servants. These developments indicate the fundamental problem of the degraded democratic system we have in Scotland. Big business has already infiltrated the very structure and operating assumptions of the public services - including the civil service." {{ref|3}}

== Notes ==
<references/>
#{{note|1}} Photograph from BCSD-UK [http://www.bcsd-uk.co.uk/ homepage], accessed 15 April 2007.
#{{note|2}} BCSD history from SpinWatch [http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/15/8/ article], "Taking the Risk out of Devolution", accessed 19 March 2007.
#{{note|3}} Lobby connections from SpinWatch [http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/96/8/ article], “Corporate power, institutional corruption", accessed 19 March 2007.

[[Category:Water: UK Actors]]
[[Category: Water]]
[[Category:CSR]]

Institute for Business Ethics

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Lynn Hill: /* Background */

==Background==
The '''Institute for Business Ethics''' is an English registered charity which was established in 1986. It describes its purpose as "to encourage high standards of business behaviour based on ethical values."<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/index.html Welcome] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>

The Institute is headed by senior officials from energy and oil companies, PR companies and a variety of other multinational companies. It is also served by an advisory group which consists of a variety of other corporate officials. It receives its funding through subscriptions from corporate and individual subscribers: In 2009, it lists over 100 companies as subscribers, which the Institute acts on behalf of. This includes many companies which have attracted criticism for their ethics and controversial practices, along with PR companies which provide services to manage the reputations of their member companies.

The activities of the Institute are described in 6 broad categories: Advisory; Events; Research & Publications; Training; Education; Advocacy<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/Activities.pdf Activities] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>.

The large corporations which subscribe meet quarterly to network as part of the Institutes 'Business Ethics Network'. Events include a variety of meetings, workshops and meetings. Some of the events are open to all subscribers, with others accessable by invitation only. The companies which subscribe also benefit from the advocacy provide by the Institute on behalf of their subscribers which includes dialogue with the media, government and NGO's. Research undertaken includes 'surveys on public perception of business ethics' which is available to the companies. Such information could be used by a company's PR department as a valuable resource in creating the right image for the company, without necessarily fundamentally altering its practice.

==People==
===Trustees===
In 2009, the Institute for Business Ethics lists their Trustees as<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/trustees.html Trustees] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

* [[Chris Moorhouse]] - Chairman. Moorhouse also chairs the [[Energy Institute]] GTCs Committee, is a Non-Executive Director with [[ICE Clear Europe]] and is an Advisory Council Member of the [[Christian Association of Business Executives]]. He formerly served as Chief Executive with BP (He joined the company in 1970). His other previous involvements include serving [[Oil Trading International]], [[ICE Futures Holdings]] PLC, and 'influential posts' in the [[Energy Institute]], [[UK Petroleum Industry Association]] and the Civil Service Management Board sub-committee on [[Professional Skills for Government]].

* [[Muriel Johnson]] - Deputy Chairman. Formerly serving [[Marks & Spencer]]

* [[Michael Turner-Samuels]] - Treasurer. Turner-Samuels also serves as a Principal of [[N&G Europe]] (since 1999), was Director of Corporate Development at [[Thorn]] plc, [[Unigate]] plc and [[Varity Corporation]] & [[Massey Ferguson]].

* [[Harry Branchdale]]. Branchdale also serves [[RAF]] commission and VR service in counter intelligence. His previous involvements include working with [[BAT]], [[Pricewaterhouse Coopers]], [[BOC]], [[RTZ]], [[J.Lyons]], the [[NHS]] and as Managing Director for [[United Biscuits]] in Germany/Austria

* [[Jane Collier]]. Collier is also Senior Research Associate and Fellow at the [[Judge Business School]], [[University of Cambridge]], and Emeritus Fellow of [[Lucy Cavendish College]]. She is also on the editorial board with ''[[Business Ethics: a European Review]]'' and is a member of [[IABS]], [[EBEN]] and [[ISBEE]] (business ethics professional bodies), serves [[CIS]] and the [[Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board]] (OCCEB).

* [[Tim Cullen]]. In 1999 Cullen established policy management firm [[Tim Cullen Associates]] ([[TCA]]), which he continues to serve in the role of Managing Director alongside fellow executive Senior Associate [[Paul Fisher]] who joined them from PR giant [[Ketchum]]. Prior to this Cullen served as Senior Advisor for External and United Nations Affairs at the [[World Bank]] (he joined the World Bank in 1978). His biography describes how his involvements with the World Bank ranged from 'the effort to transform the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to market economies to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992'. He also worked in the PR offices with [[Ford]] Motor Company Ltd, was Public Affairs Counsellor for [[Ford]] Export Corporation and was International Public Affairs Administrator with [[Continental Bank]]. In 2009 he is described as being a Commissioner on the Financial Supervision Commission of the [[Isle of Man Government]], an Associate Fellow and Director of the [[Oxford Programme on Negotiation]] at the [[Saïd Business School]] (a programme he established in 2002) and a Executive Director of the [[Small Countries Financial Management Centre]]<ref>Tim Cullen Associates [http://www.timcullen.com/who_we_are/executives/tim_cullen.html Who We Are] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>

* [[Janet Haber]]

* [[Martin Le Jeune]]. Le Jeune is co-founder of communications firm [[Open Road]] which was declared Winner of Best New Consultancy at the Public Affairs News Awards and was nominated for New Consultancy of the Year at PRWeek Awards in 2008<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/site/ Home] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. Le Jeune previous involvements include serving as head of Public Affairs at [[Sky]], as board director and Head of Corporate Responsibility at [[Fishburn Hedges]], as a civil servant in the [[Cabinet Office]] and as Head of Public Policy at [[NatWest]]<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/team/ Our Team] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* [[Archie Robertson]]. Robertson also serves as non-executive director with [[Capita Symonds]] (since 2009)<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. His previous involvements include serving with the [[Highways Agency]]. Before this he spent the first 20 years of his career with [[BP]]<ref>Autotrader [http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/AUTOTALK/34522.html Autotalk] 6th June 2007. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. He also served as a director with the [[Environment Agency]] for England and Wales (1996-2003<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>).

===Advisory Council===
In 2009 IBE's Advisory Council are listed as<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/council.html Council] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

*Sir [[Peter Walters]] - President. Walters biography describes how he 'spent the majority of his career with The [[British Petroleum]] Company plc, of which he was a Managing Director for seventeen years and Chairman for eight years until his retirement in March 1990'. His previous involvements also include serving as Deputy Chairman with [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[EMI]] Group and [[HSBC]] Holdings, Chairman of [[SmithKline Beecham]], [[Midland Bank]], [[Blue Circle Industries]] plc, Director of [[National Westminster Bank]] and President of the [[Institute of Directors]], the [[General Council of British Shipping]], the [[Society of Chemical Industry]] and the Institute of [[Economic Affairs]].

*Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] - Vice President. Sternberg is also a member of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and is President of the [[Reform Movement]]. His biography describes how he has served as sole Patron of the [[International Council of Christians and Jews]], was co-founder of the [[Three Faiths Forum]], is the founder of the [[Sternberg Centre for Judaism]] and is vice-president of the [[World Congress of Faiths]].

* [[Baroness Howe of Idlicote]] - Vice President. Howe also serves as Governor of the [[London School of Economics]] and chairs the Board of the [[Onyx Environmental Trust]]. Her previous involvements include serving as a Non-Executive Director of [[United Biscuits]] (1988-1994), [[Legal & General]] plc (1989-1997) and the [[Kingfisher Group]] (1986-2000). She has also been involved with the [[BOC Foundation for the Environment]], [[UNICEF]], the [[Broadcasting Standards Commission]] ((1993-99) & [[Business in the Community]]'s Opportunity 2000 initiative (1994-98).

*[[Lord Carey of Clifton]]

*[[Elizabeth Filkin]] - Non Executive Chairman of [[Annington Homes]] plc & Non Executive Director of [[Jarvis]] plc and [[Stanelco]] plc. Chairman of The [[Advertising Advisory Committee]] and The [[Association for Television on Demand]]. Former [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] and a member of the Audit Commission and Deputy Chairman Regulatory Decisions Committee [[F.S.A.]]

* Sir [[Alistair Graham]]

* [[Stephen Green ]] - Group Chief Executive of [[HSBC]] and a director with [[Bank of Bermuda]]. Formely serving the [[British Government's Ministry of Overseas Development]], [[McKinsey & Co]] & [[Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]].

* Dr [[Peter Harper]]. Harper's biography describes how he has spent most of his 30 year business career at [[Hanson]] plc. He has previously served [[Imperial Tobacco]]. His non-executive directorships are listed as including [[LONROH]] plc (now [[Lonmin]]), [[Victrex]] plc (as Deputy Chairman), [[John Laing]] plc, [[London Clubs International]], [[Tigerprint]] and [[Eversholt leasing]].

* Sir [[Paul Judge]] - Judge is also President of the [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] and of the [[Association of MBAs]]. He is an Alderman of the City of London, Chairman of [[Schroder Income Growth Fund]] plc, the [[Enterprise Education Trust]], [[Digital Links International]] and [[St Dunstan's College]] and Deputy Chairman of the [[American Management Association]]. He also serves as a Director of the [[United Kingdom Accreditation Service]], [[ENRC]] plc, [[Standard Bank of South Africa]] and [[Tempur-Pedic]] of Kentucky, on the Advisory Boards of [[Barclays Private Bank]], [[Abraaj Capital]] in Dubai, [[HEC]] in Paris and the [[Athens University of Economics and Business]]. His biography describes how he spent thirteen years with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] (where he led the £97 million buyout of their food companies to form [[Premier Brands]] Ltd). He then became Chairman of [[Food from Britain]], Director General of the [[Conservative Party]], a Ministerial Adviser at the [[Cabinet Office]], Chairman of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] and of [[Teachers TV]], [[Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors]] and President of the [[Chartered Management Institute]]. It is stated that he is the key benefactor of the [[Judge Business School]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].

* [[Raj Loomba]] - founder Chairman of [[Rinku Group]] plc

* [[George Mallinckrodt]] KBE - Mallinckrodt also serves as Director of [[Schroders]] (he joined them in 1954), Vice President of the [[German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce]], President of the German [[YMCA]], is a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]], and Christian Trustee of the Committee of The [[Interfaith Foundation]], a Member of the Advisory Committee on Finance at [[St George's College]], serves the [[Lambeth Partnership]], the [[British-North American Committee]], the [[British Museum Development Trust Council]] and is a Member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, [[Oxford University]], St. Antony's College Advisory Board. Formerly he was a Director of Siemens, adviser to [[Bain and Company]], Chairman of the Council of the [[World Economic Forum]], Director of [[British Invisibles]] (1995-98), [[Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust]] (1992-98), [[Allianz of America]] Inc, [[National Mutual Life Association of Australasia]] (1987-90) and an Adviser to [[McGraw Hill]] (1986-89).

* [[Tim Melville-Ross]] - Melville-Ross also serves as Chairman of [[DTZ Holdings]] plc, [[Investors in People]] UK, [[Bank Insinger de Beaufort]] NV and [[Manganese Bronze Holdings]] plc (the manufacturer of the London Taxi). He is also Deputy Chairman of [[Royal London Mutual Insurance Society]] and is a Director of [[Bovis Homes Group]] plc, [[Equity Trust SARL]], [[Katalyst]] Ltd and is Chairman of the Council of the [[University of Essex]]. Formerly he was the Director General of The [[Institute of Directors]] (1994-99) and Chief Executive of [[Nationwide Building Society]].

* [[Kate Nealon]] - Nealon also serves as Non-Executive Director at [[HBOS]] Plc, [[Cable & Wireless]] Plc and [[Shire]] Plc. She is also a Senior Associate at the [[Judge Business School]] at [[Cambridge University]] and is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[Centre for Business Research]] at Cambridge. Her previous involvements include serving with [[Standard Chartered Bank]].

* [[David Pritchard]] - Pritchard also serves as a non-executive chairman of [[Songbird Estates]] plc (which controls [[Canary Wharf Group]] plc) and of [[AIB Group]] (UK) plc, is a non-executive director of [[Allied Irish Banks]] plc and of The [[Motability Tenth Anniversary Trust]]. His biography describes how he spent 5 years in the aircraft industry before embarking on a banking career. He held senior management positions at [[Citicorp Investment Bank]], [[Royal Bank of Canada Group]], The [[National Bank of New Zealand]], [[Cheltenham & Gloucester]], [[Scottish Widows]] Group, [[LCH.Clearnet Group]] and [[Lloyds TSB]] (during his time with LLoyds TSB he was seconded for 2 years to the Financial Services Authority).

* [[James Ross]] - Ross is also Chair of the [[Leadership Foundation for Higher Education]] and a Director of [[Prudential]], [[McGraw Hill]], [[Datacard]] (USA) and of [[Schneider Electric]] (France). His biography describes how he served a thirty year career with [[BP]] (which included the roles of Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive) and served as Deputy Chairman of [[National Grid Transco]], Chief Executive of [[Cable and Wireless]] and Chairman of [[National Grid]] and [[Littlewoods]].

* Sir [[Robert Worcester]] - Worcester founded [[MORI]] (Market & Opinion Research International)and is a Senior Advisor of [[Ipsos MORI Public Affairs Research]]. He is also on Advisory Boards of the [[Media Standards Trust]] (MST), the [[Camelot Advisory Panel for Corporate Responsibility]] and [[GovNet]]. Other roles include serving as Chairman of the [[Pilgrims Society]], as Governor of the [[English-Speaking Union]] and as Trustee of the [[Magna Carta Trust]]. He is a Freeman of the City of London, a Governor of the [[Ditchley Foundation.]] and is involved with a number of wildlife/conservation trusts. He serves various roles with the [[University of Kent]], the [[London School of Economics]], [[University of Kent]] and [[Warwick University]]. His previous involvements include serving as President with the [[World Association for Public Opinion Research]] (WAPOR)

Other council members have included:
* Sir [[Nigel Wicks]] - Wicks serves as a non-executive Deputy Chairman of [[Euroclear]] plc, a non-executive director of [[Morgan Stanley Bank International]] and Chairman of the [[Scrutiny Committee of the Actuarial Profession]]. He formerly served [[British Petroleum]] before joining [[HM Treasury]] in 1968 and went on to work for Prime Ministers [[Harold Wilson]], [[James Callaghan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He has also served as the United Kingdom's Executive Director at the [[International Monetary Fund]] and [[World Bank]] and the Prime Minister's representative ("Sherpa") for the Economic Summits of the [[Group of Seven Industrialised Nations]] ([[G7]]). He has served as the Treasury's Second Permanent Secretary responsible for international financial matters (1989-2000) and as Chair of the Committee on [[Standards in Public Life]] (2001-04)<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* The [[Baroness Wilcox of Plymouth]]. Her biography describes how she serves as a Non Executive Director with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] as well as being the President of [[Trading Standards Institute]] and of the [[National Consumer Federation]]. She is also a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]] and previously served as Chairman of the [[National Consumer Council]] and was on the board of the [[Inland Revenue]]<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

==Funding==
===Corporate Subscribers===
In 2009, Corporate Subscribers to the Institute are listed as<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/subscribers/corporateslist.html Subscribers:Our corporate and associate subscribers] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>:

:[[3i]] | [[ACCA]] | [[Airbus]] | [[Airwave]] | [[Allied Irish Bank]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[APM Group]] | [[Areva]] | [[Association of British Insurers]] | [[Association of MBAs]] | [[BAE Systems]] | [[Balfour Beatty]] | [[Bank of England]] | [[Barclays]] Bank plc | [[Belron]] | [[BG Group]] | [[Borealis]] | [[BP]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[BSI]] | [[Cable & Wireless]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Camelot]] | [[CCLA Investment Management]] | [[Centrica]] | [[Chartered Insurance Institute]] | [[Chartered Institute of Management Accountants]] | [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] | [[Chartered Management Institute]] | [[Chemical Industries Association]] | [[Corus]] | [[De La Rue]] | [[Deloitte & Touche]] | [[Diageo]] | The [[D Group]] | [[Eisai]] | [[Electrical Safety Council]] | [[Ernst & Young]] | [[Ethical Solutions Invisicom]] SC | [[Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation]] | [[Expolink]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[F&C Asset Management]] | [[Financial Reporting Council]] | [[Gallaher]] Ltd | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[GoodCorporation]] | [[HSBC]] | [[ICCSR, Nottingham Business School]] | [[Imperial Tobacco]] | [[Institute of Actuaries]] | [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales]] | [[Institute of Directors]] | [[Institute of Internal Auditors]] | [[Intrelate]] | [[Itex]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Legal & General]] | [[Lloyds TSB]] | [[Lloyds of London]] | [[Lockheed Martin]] | [[Lonmin plc]] | [[L'Oreal]] | [[LRN]] | [[Man Group]] | [[Mayer Brown]] | [[National Grid]] | [[Nestlé]] UK Ltd | [[Nomura]] | [[Norton Rose]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Prudential]] | [[Reassurance Network]] | [[Remote Asset Management]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] | [[Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors]] | [[RWE npower]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAI Global Compliance]] | [[Schroders]] | [[Securities & Investment Institute]] | [[Serious Fraud Office]] | [[SEGRO]] | [[Serco]] | [[Severn Trent]] | [[Shell]] | [[Simmons & Simmons]] | [[Smiths Group]] | [[Standard Life]] | [[Stephenson Harwood]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Telefonica O2 Europe]] | [[Thales]] | [[Total]] | [[UBS Investment Bank]] | [[Virtuous Circle]] | [[Wolseley]] | [[Yell]]

==Contact==
:Institute of Business Ethics
:24 Greencoat Place
:London SW1P 1BE

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:CSR]]

Institute for Business Ethics

2009-08-14T10:27:46Z

Lynn Hill: /* Corporate Subscribers */

==Background==
The '''Institute for Business Ethics''' is an English registered charity which was established in 1986. It describes its purpose as "to encourage high standards of business behaviour based on ethical values."<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/index.html Welcome] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>

The activities of the Institute are described in 6 broad categories: Advisory; Events; Research & Publications; Training; Education; Advocacy<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/Activities.pdf Activities] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>.

The large corporations which subscribe meet quarterly to network as part of the Institutes 'Business Ethics Network'. Events include a variety of meetings, workshops and meetings. Some of the events are open to all subscribers, with others accessable by invitation only. The companies which subscribe also benefit from the advocacy provide by the Institute on behalf of their subscribers which includes dialogue with the media, government and NGO's. Research undertaken includes 'surveys on public perception of business ethics' which is available to the companies. Such information could be used by a company's PR department as a valuable resource in creating the right image for the company, without necessarily fundamentally altering its practice.

==People==
===Trustees===
In 2009, the Institute for Business Ethics lists their Trustees as<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/trustees.html Trustees] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

* [[Chris Moorhouse]] - Chairman. Moorhouse also chairs the [[Energy Institute]] GTCs Committee, is a Non-Executive Director with [[ICE Clear Europe]] and is an Advisory Council Member of the [[Christian Association of Business Executives]]. He formerly served as Chief Executive with BP (He joined the company in 1970). His other previous involvements include serving [[Oil Trading International]], [[ICE Futures Holdings]] PLC, and 'influential posts' in the [[Energy Institute]], [[UK Petroleum Industry Association]] and the Civil Service Management Board sub-committee on [[Professional Skills for Government]].

* [[Muriel Johnson]] - Deputy Chairman. Formerly serving [[Marks & Spencer]]

* [[Michael Turner-Samuels]] - Treasurer. Turner-Samuels also serves as a Principal of [[N&G Europe]] (since 1999), was Director of Corporate Development at [[Thorn]] plc, [[Unigate]] plc and [[Varity Corporation]] & [[Massey Ferguson]].

* [[Harry Branchdale]]. Branchdale also serves [[RAF]] commission and VR service in counter intelligence. His previous involvements include working with [[BAT]], [[Pricewaterhouse Coopers]], [[BOC]], [[RTZ]], [[J.Lyons]], the [[NHS]] and as Managing Director for [[United Biscuits]] in Germany/Austria

* [[Jane Collier]]. Collier is also Senior Research Associate and Fellow at the [[Judge Business School]], [[University of Cambridge]], and Emeritus Fellow of [[Lucy Cavendish College]]. She is also on the editorial board with ''[[Business Ethics: a European Review]]'' and is a member of [[IABS]], [[EBEN]] and [[ISBEE]] (business ethics professional bodies), serves [[CIS]] and the [[Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board]] (OCCEB).

* [[Tim Cullen]]. In 1999 Cullen established policy management firm [[Tim Cullen Associates]] ([[TCA]]), which he continues to serve in the role of Managing Director alongside fellow executive Senior Associate [[Paul Fisher]] who joined them from PR giant [[Ketchum]]. Prior to this Cullen served as Senior Advisor for External and United Nations Affairs at the [[World Bank]] (he joined the World Bank in 1978). His biography describes how his involvements with the World Bank ranged from 'the effort to transform the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to market economies to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992'. He also worked in the PR offices with [[Ford]] Motor Company Ltd, was Public Affairs Counsellor for [[Ford]] Export Corporation and was International Public Affairs Administrator with [[Continental Bank]]. In 2009 he is described as being a Commissioner on the Financial Supervision Commission of the [[Isle of Man Government]], an Associate Fellow and Director of the [[Oxford Programme on Negotiation]] at the [[Saïd Business School]] (a programme he established in 2002) and a Executive Director of the [[Small Countries Financial Management Centre]]<ref>Tim Cullen Associates [http://www.timcullen.com/who_we_are/executives/tim_cullen.html Who We Are] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>

* [[Janet Haber]]

* [[Martin Le Jeune]]. Le Jeune is co-founder of communications firm [[Open Road]] which was declared Winner of Best New Consultancy at the Public Affairs News Awards and was nominated for New Consultancy of the Year at PRWeek Awards in 2008<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/site/ Home] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. Le Jeune previous involvements include serving as head of Public Affairs at [[Sky]], as board director and Head of Corporate Responsibility at [[Fishburn Hedges]], as a civil servant in the [[Cabinet Office]] and as Head of Public Policy at [[NatWest]]<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/team/ Our Team] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* [[Archie Robertson]]. Robertson also serves as non-executive director with [[Capita Symonds]] (since 2009)<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. His previous involvements include serving with the [[Highways Agency]]. Before this he spent the first 20 years of his career with [[BP]]<ref>Autotrader [http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/AUTOTALK/34522.html Autotalk] 6th June 2007. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. He also served as a director with the [[Environment Agency]] for England and Wales (1996-2003<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>).

===Advisory Council===
In 2009 IBE's Advisory Council are listed as<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/council.html Council] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

*Sir [[Peter Walters]] - President. Walters biography describes how he 'spent the majority of his career with The [[British Petroleum]] Company plc, of which he was a Managing Director for seventeen years and Chairman for eight years until his retirement in March 1990'. His previous involvements also include serving as Deputy Chairman with [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[EMI]] Group and [[HSBC]] Holdings, Chairman of [[SmithKline Beecham]], [[Midland Bank]], [[Blue Circle Industries]] plc, Director of [[National Westminster Bank]] and President of the [[Institute of Directors]], the [[General Council of British Shipping]], the [[Society of Chemical Industry]] and the Institute of [[Economic Affairs]].

*Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] - Vice President. Sternberg is also a member of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and is President of the [[Reform Movement]]. His biography describes how he has served as sole Patron of the [[International Council of Christians and Jews]], was co-founder of the [[Three Faiths Forum]], is the founder of the [[Sternberg Centre for Judaism]] and is vice-president of the [[World Congress of Faiths]].

* [[Baroness Howe of Idlicote]] - Vice President. Howe also serves as Governor of the [[London School of Economics]] and chairs the Board of the [[Onyx Environmental Trust]]. Her previous involvements include serving as a Non-Executive Director of [[United Biscuits]] (1988-1994), [[Legal & General]] plc (1989-1997) and the [[Kingfisher Group]] (1986-2000). She has also been involved with the [[BOC Foundation for the Environment]], [[UNICEF]], the [[Broadcasting Standards Commission]] ((1993-99) & [[Business in the Community]]'s Opportunity 2000 initiative (1994-98).

*[[Lord Carey of Clifton]]

*[[Elizabeth Filkin]] - Non Executive Chairman of [[Annington Homes]] plc & Non Executive Director of [[Jarvis]] plc and [[Stanelco]] plc. Chairman of The [[Advertising Advisory Committee]] and The [[Association for Television on Demand]]. Former [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] and a member of the Audit Commission and Deputy Chairman Regulatory Decisions Committee [[F.S.A.]]

* Sir [[Alistair Graham]]

* [[Stephen Green ]] - Group Chief Executive of [[HSBC]] and a director with [[Bank of Bermuda]]. Formely serving the [[British Government's Ministry of Overseas Development]], [[McKinsey & Co]] & [[Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]].

* Dr [[Peter Harper]]. Harper's biography describes how he has spent most of his 30 year business career at [[Hanson]] plc. He has previously served [[Imperial Tobacco]]. His non-executive directorships are listed as including [[LONROH]] plc (now [[Lonmin]]), [[Victrex]] plc (as Deputy Chairman), [[John Laing]] plc, [[London Clubs International]], [[Tigerprint]] and [[Eversholt leasing]].

* Sir [[Paul Judge]] - Judge is also President of the [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] and of the [[Association of MBAs]]. He is an Alderman of the City of London, Chairman of [[Schroder Income Growth Fund]] plc, the [[Enterprise Education Trust]], [[Digital Links International]] and [[St Dunstan's College]] and Deputy Chairman of the [[American Management Association]]. He also serves as a Director of the [[United Kingdom Accreditation Service]], [[ENRC]] plc, [[Standard Bank of South Africa]] and [[Tempur-Pedic]] of Kentucky, on the Advisory Boards of [[Barclays Private Bank]], [[Abraaj Capital]] in Dubai, [[HEC]] in Paris and the [[Athens University of Economics and Business]]. His biography describes how he spent thirteen years with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] (where he led the £97 million buyout of their food companies to form [[Premier Brands]] Ltd). He then became Chairman of [[Food from Britain]], Director General of the [[Conservative Party]], a Ministerial Adviser at the [[Cabinet Office]], Chairman of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] and of [[Teachers TV]], [[Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors]] and President of the [[Chartered Management Institute]]. It is stated that he is the key benefactor of the [[Judge Business School]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].

* [[Raj Loomba]] - founder Chairman of [[Rinku Group]] plc

* [[George Mallinckrodt]] KBE - Mallinckrodt also serves as Director of [[Schroders]] (he joined them in 1954), Vice President of the [[German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce]], President of the German [[YMCA]], is a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]], and Christian Trustee of the Committee of The [[Interfaith Foundation]], a Member of the Advisory Committee on Finance at [[St George's College]], serves the [[Lambeth Partnership]], the [[British-North American Committee]], the [[British Museum Development Trust Council]] and is a Member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, [[Oxford University]], St. Antony's College Advisory Board. Formerly he was a Director of Siemens, adviser to [[Bain and Company]], Chairman of the Council of the [[World Economic Forum]], Director of [[British Invisibles]] (1995-98), [[Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust]] (1992-98), [[Allianz of America]] Inc, [[National Mutual Life Association of Australasia]] (1987-90) and an Adviser to [[McGraw Hill]] (1986-89).

* [[Tim Melville-Ross]] - Melville-Ross also serves as Chairman of [[DTZ Holdings]] plc, [[Investors in People]] UK, [[Bank Insinger de Beaufort]] NV and [[Manganese Bronze Holdings]] plc (the manufacturer of the London Taxi). He is also Deputy Chairman of [[Royal London Mutual Insurance Society]] and is a Director of [[Bovis Homes Group]] plc, [[Equity Trust SARL]], [[Katalyst]] Ltd and is Chairman of the Council of the [[University of Essex]]. Formerly he was the Director General of The [[Institute of Directors]] (1994-99) and Chief Executive of [[Nationwide Building Society]].

* [[Kate Nealon]] - Nealon also serves as Non-Executive Director at [[HBOS]] Plc, [[Cable & Wireless]] Plc and [[Shire]] Plc. She is also a Senior Associate at the [[Judge Business School]] at [[Cambridge University]] and is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[Centre for Business Research]] at Cambridge. Her previous involvements include serving with [[Standard Chartered Bank]].

* [[David Pritchard]] - Pritchard also serves as a non-executive chairman of [[Songbird Estates]] plc (which controls [[Canary Wharf Group]] plc) and of [[AIB Group]] (UK) plc, is a non-executive director of [[Allied Irish Banks]] plc and of The [[Motability Tenth Anniversary Trust]]. His biography describes how he spent 5 years in the aircraft industry before embarking on a banking career. He held senior management positions at [[Citicorp Investment Bank]], [[Royal Bank of Canada Group]], The [[National Bank of New Zealand]], [[Cheltenham & Gloucester]], [[Scottish Widows]] Group, [[LCH.Clearnet Group]] and [[Lloyds TSB]] (during his time with LLoyds TSB he was seconded for 2 years to the Financial Services Authority).

* [[James Ross]] - Ross is also Chair of the [[Leadership Foundation for Higher Education]] and a Director of [[Prudential]], [[McGraw Hill]], [[Datacard]] (USA) and of [[Schneider Electric]] (France). His biography describes how he served a thirty year career with [[BP]] (which included the roles of Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive) and served as Deputy Chairman of [[National Grid Transco]], Chief Executive of [[Cable and Wireless]] and Chairman of [[National Grid]] and [[Littlewoods]].

* Sir [[Robert Worcester]] - Worcester founded [[MORI]] (Market & Opinion Research International)and is a Senior Advisor of [[Ipsos MORI Public Affairs Research]]. He is also on Advisory Boards of the [[Media Standards Trust]] (MST), the [[Camelot Advisory Panel for Corporate Responsibility]] and [[GovNet]]. Other roles include serving as Chairman of the [[Pilgrims Society]], as Governor of the [[English-Speaking Union]] and as Trustee of the [[Magna Carta Trust]]. He is a Freeman of the City of London, a Governor of the [[Ditchley Foundation.]] and is involved with a number of wildlife/conservation trusts. He serves various roles with the [[University of Kent]], the [[London School of Economics]], [[University of Kent]] and [[Warwick University]]. His previous involvements include serving as President with the [[World Association for Public Opinion Research]] (WAPOR)

Other council members have included:
* Sir [[Nigel Wicks]] - Wicks serves as a non-executive Deputy Chairman of [[Euroclear]] plc, a non-executive director of [[Morgan Stanley Bank International]] and Chairman of the [[Scrutiny Committee of the Actuarial Profession]]. He formerly served [[British Petroleum]] before joining [[HM Treasury]] in 1968 and went on to work for Prime Ministers [[Harold Wilson]], [[James Callaghan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He has also served as the United Kingdom's Executive Director at the [[International Monetary Fund]] and [[World Bank]] and the Prime Minister's representative ("Sherpa") for the Economic Summits of the [[Group of Seven Industrialised Nations]] ([[G7]]). He has served as the Treasury's Second Permanent Secretary responsible for international financial matters (1989-2000) and as Chair of the Committee on [[Standards in Public Life]] (2001-04)<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* The [[Baroness Wilcox of Plymouth]]. Her biography describes how she serves as a Non Executive Director with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] as well as being the President of [[Trading Standards Institute]] and of the [[National Consumer Federation]]. She is also a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]] and previously served as Chairman of the [[National Consumer Council]] and was on the board of the [[Inland Revenue]]<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

==Funding==
===Corporate Subscribers===
In 2009, Corporate Subscribers to the Institute are listed as<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/subscribers/corporateslist.html Subscribers:Our corporate and associate subscribers] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>:

:[[3i]] | [[ACCA]] | [[Airbus]] | [[Airwave]] | [[Allied Irish Bank]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[APM Group]] | [[Areva]] | [[Association of British Insurers]] | [[Association of MBAs]] | [[BAE Systems]] | [[Balfour Beatty]] | [[Bank of England]] | [[Barclays]] Bank plc | [[Belron]] | [[BG Group]] | [[Borealis]] | [[BP]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[BSI]] | [[Cable & Wireless]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Camelot]] | [[CCLA Investment Management]] | [[Centrica]] | [[Chartered Insurance Institute]] | [[Chartered Institute of Management Accountants]] | [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] | [[Chartered Management Institute]] | [[Chemical Industries Association]] | [[Corus]] | [[De La Rue]] | [[Deloitte & Touche]] | [[Diageo]] | The [[D Group]] | [[Eisai]] | [[Electrical Safety Council]] | [[Ernst & Young]] | [[Ethical Solutions Invisicom]] SC | [[Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation]] | [[Expolink]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[F&C Asset Management]] | [[Financial Reporting Council]] | [[Gallaher]] Ltd | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[GoodCorporation]] | [[HSBC]] | [[ICCSR, Nottingham Business School]] | [[Imperial Tobacco]] | [[Institute of Actuaries]] | [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales]] | [[Institute of Directors]] | [[Institute of Internal Auditors]] | [[Intrelate]] | [[Itex]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Legal & General]] | [[Lloyds TSB]] | [[Lloyds of London]] | [[Lockheed Martin]] | [[Lonmin plc]] | [[L'Oreal]] | [[LRN]] | [[Man Group]] | [[Mayer Brown]] | [[National Grid]] | [[Nestlé]] UK Ltd | [[Nomura]] | [[Norton Rose]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Prudential]] | [[Reassurance Network]] | [[Remote Asset Management]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] | [[Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors]] | [[RWE npower]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAI Global Compliance]] | [[Schroders]] | [[Securities & Investment Institute]] | [[Serious Fraud Office]] | [[SEGRO]] | [[Serco]] | [[Severn Trent]] | [[Shell]] | [[Simmons & Simmons]] | [[Smiths Group]] | [[Standard Life]] | [[Stephenson Harwood]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Telefonica O2 Europe]] | [[Thales]] | [[Total]] | [[UBS Investment Bank]] | [[Virtuous Circle]] | [[Wolseley]] | [[Yell]]

==Contact==
:Institute of Business Ethics
:24 Greencoat Place
:London SW1P 1BE

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:CSR]]

Institute for Business Ethics

2009-08-07T14:52:51Z

Lynn Hill: /* Corporate Subscribers */

==Background==
The '''Institute for Business Ethics''' is an English registered charity which was established in 1986. It describes its purpose as ' to encourage high standards of business behaviour based on ethical values.'<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/index.html Welcome] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>

The activities of the Institute are described in 6 broad categories: Advisory; Events; Research & Publications; Training; Education; Advocacy<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/Activities.pdf Activities] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>.

The large corporations which subscribe meet quarterly to network as part of the Institutes 'Business Ethics Network'. Events include a variety of meetings, workshops and meetings. Some of the events are open to all subscribers, with others accessable by invitation only. The companies which subscribe also benefit from the advocacy provide by the Institute on behalf of their subscribers which includes dialogue with the media, government and NGO's. Research undertaken includes 'surveys on public perception of business ethics' which is available to the companies. Such information could be used by a company's PR department as a valuable resource in creating the right image for the company, without necessarily fundamentally altering its practice.

==People==
===Trustees===
In 2009, the Institute for Business Ethics lists their Trustees as<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/trustees.html Trustees] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

* [[Chris Moorhouse]] - Chairman. Moorhouse also chairs the [[Energy Institute]] GTCs Committee, is a Non-Executive Director with [[ICE Clear Europe]] and is an Advisory Council Member of the [[Christian Association of Business Executives]]. He formerly served as Chief Executive with BP (He joined the company in 1970). His other previous involvements include serving [[Oil Trading International]], [[ICE Futures Holdings]] PLC, and 'influential posts' in the [[Energy Institute]], [[UK Petroleum Industry Association]] and the Civil Service Management Board sub-committee on [[Professional Skills for Government]].

* [[Muriel Johnson]] - Deputy Chairman. Formerly serving [[Marks & Spencer]]

* [[Michael Turner-Samuels]] - Treasurer. Turner-Samuels also serves as a Principal of [[N&G Europe]] (since 1999), was Director of Corporate Development at [[Thorn]] plc, [[Unigate]] plc and [[Varity Corporation]] & [[Massey Ferguson]].

* [[Harry Branchdale]]. Branchdale also serves [[RAF]] commission and VR service in counter intelligence. His previous involvements include working with [[BAT]], [[Pricewaterhouse Coopers]], [[BOC]], [[RTZ]], [[J.Lyons]], the [[NHS]] and as Managing Director for [[United Biscuits]] in Germany/Austria

* [[Jane Collier]]. Collier is also Senior Research Associate and Fellow at the [[Judge Business School]], [[University of Cambridge]], and Emeritus Fellow of [[Lucy Cavendish College]]. She is also on the editorial board with ''[[Business Ethics: a European Review]]'' and is a member of [[IABS]], [[EBEN]] and [[ISBEE]] (business ethics professional bodies), serves [[CIS]] and the [[Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board]] (OCCEB).

* [[Tim Cullen]]. In 1999 Cullen established policy management firm [[Tim Cullen Associates]] ([[TCA]]), which he continues to serve in the role of Managing Director alongside fellow executive Senior Associate [[Paul Fisher]] who joined them from PR giant [[Ketchum]]. Prior to this Cullen served as Senior Advisor for External and United Nations Affairs at the [[World Bank]] (he joined the World Bank in 1978). His biography describes how his involvements with the World Bank ranged from 'the effort to transform the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to market economies to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992'. He also worked in the PR offices with [[Ford]] Motor Company Ltd, was Public Affairs Counsellor for [[Ford]] Export Corporation and was International Public Affairs Administrator with [[Continental Bank]]. In 2009 he is described as being a Commissioner on the Financial Supervision Commission of the [[Isle of Man Government]], an Associate Fellow and Director of the [[Oxford Programme on Negotiation]] at the [[Saïd Business School]] (a programme he established in 2002) and a Executive Director of the [[Small Countries Financial Management Centre]]<ref>Tim Cullen Associates [http://www.timcullen.com/who_we_are/executives/tim_cullen.html Who We Are] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>

* [[Janet Haber]]

* [[Martin Le Jeune]]. Le Jeune is co-founder of communications firm [[Open Road]] which was declared Winner of Best New Consultancy at the Public Affairs News Awards and was nominated for New Consultancy of the Year at PRWeek Awards in 2008<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/site/ Home] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. Le Jeune previous involvements include serving as head of Public Affairs at [[Sky]], as board director and Head of Corporate Responsibility at [[Fishburn Hedges]], as a civil servant in the [[Cabinet Office]] and as Head of Public Policy at [[NatWest]]<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/team/ Our Team] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* [[Archie Robertson]]. Robertson also serves as non-executive director with [[Capita Symonds]] (since 2009)<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. His previous involvements include serving with the [[Highways Agency]]. Before this he spent the first 20 years of his career with [[BP]]<ref>Autotrader [http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/AUTOTALK/34522.html Autotalk] 6th June 2007. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. He also served as a director with the [[Environment Agency]] for England and Wales (1996-2003<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>).

===Advisory Council===
In 2009 IBE's Advisory Council are listed as<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/council.html Council] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

*Sir [[Peter Walters]] - President. Walters biography describes how he 'spent the majority of his career with The [[British Petroleum]] Company plc, of which he was a Managing Director for seventeen years and Chairman for eight years until his retirement in March 1990'. His previous involvements also include serving as Deputy Chairman with [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[EMI]] Group and [[HSBC]] Holdings, Chairman of [[SmithKline Beecham]], [[Midland Bank]], [[Blue Circle Industries]] plc, Director of [[National Westminster Bank]] and President of the [[Institute of Directors]], the [[General Council of British Shipping]], the [[Society of Chemical Industry]] and the Institute of [[Economic Affairs]].

*Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] - Vice President. Sternberg is also a member of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and is President of the [[Reform Movement]]. His biography describes how he has served as sole Patron of the [[International Council of Christians and Jews]], was co-founder of the [[Three Faiths Forum]], is the founder of the [[Sternberg Centre for Judaism]] and is vice-president of the [[World Congress of Faiths]].

* [[Baroness Howe of Idlicote]] - Vice President. Howe also serves as Governor of the [[London School of Economics]] and chairs the Board of the [[Onyx Environmental Trust]]. Her previous involvements include serving as a Non-Executive Director of [[United Biscuits]] (1988-1994), [[Legal & General]] plc (1989-1997) and the [[Kingfisher Group]] (1986-2000). She has also been involved with the [[BOC Foundation for the Environment]], [[UNICEF]], the [[Broadcasting Standards Commission]] ((1993-99) & [[Business in the Community]]'s Opportunity 2000 initiative (1994-98).

*[[Lord Carey of Clifton]]

*[[Elizabeth Filkin]] - Non Executive Chairman of [[Annington Homes]] plc & Non Executive Director of [[Jarvis]] plc and [[Stanelco]] plc. Chairman of The [[Advertising Advisory Committee]] and The [[Association for Television on Demand]]. Former [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] and a member of the Audit Commission and Deputy Chairman Regulatory Decisions Committee [[F.S.A.]]

* Sir [[Alistair Graham]]

* [[Stephen Green ]] - Group Chief Executive of [[HSBC]] and a director with [[Bank of Bermuda]]. Formely serving the [[British Government's Ministry of Overseas Development]], [[McKinsey & Co]] & [[Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]].

* Dr [[Peter Harper]]. Harper's biography describes how he has spent most of his 30 year business career at [[Hanson]] plc. He has previously served [[Imperial Tobacco]]. His non-executive directorships are listed as including [[LONROH]] plc (now [[Lonmin]]), [[Victrex]] plc (as Deputy Chairman), [[John Laing]] plc, [[London Clubs International]], [[Tigerprint]] and [[Eversholt leasing]].

* Sir [[Paul Judge]] - Judge is also President of the [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] and of the [[Association of MBAs]]. He is an Alderman of the City of London, Chairman of [[Schroder Income Growth Fund]] plc, the [[Enterprise Education Trust]], [[Digital Links International]] and [[St Dunstan's College]] and Deputy Chairman of the [[American Management Association]]. He also serves as a Director of the [[United Kingdom Accreditation Service]], [[ENRC]] plc, [[Standard Bank of South Africa]] and [[Tempur-Pedic]] of Kentucky, on the Advisory Boards of [[Barclays Private Bank]], [[Abraaj Capital]] in Dubai, [[HEC]] in Paris and the [[Athens University of Economics and Business]]. His biography describes how he spent thirteen years with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] (where he led the £97 million buyout of their food companies to form [[Premier Brands]] Ltd). He then became Chairman of [[Food from Britain]], Director General of the [[Conservative Party]], a Ministerial Adviser at the [[Cabinet Office]], Chairman of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] and of [[Teachers TV]], [[Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors]] and President of the [[Chartered Management Institute]]. It is stated that he is the key benefactor of the [[Judge Business School]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].

* [[Raj Loomba]] - founder Chairman of [[Rinku Group]] plc

* [[George Mallinckrodt]] KBE - Mallinckrodt also serves as Director of [[Schroders]] (he joined them in 1954), Vice President of the [[German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce]], President of the German [[YMCA]], is a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]], and Christian Trustee of the Committee of The [[Interfaith Foundation]], a Member of the Advisory Committee on Finance at [[St George's College]], serves the [[Lambeth Partnership]], the [[British-North American Committee]], the [[British Museum Development Trust Council]] and is a Member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, [[Oxford University]], St. Antony's College Advisory Board. Formerly he was a Director of Siemens, adviser to [[Bain and Company]], Chairman of the Council of the [[World Economic Forum]], Director of [[British Invisibles]] (1995-98), [[Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust]] (1992-98), [[Allianz of America]] Inc, [[National Mutual Life Association of Australasia]] (1987-90) and an Adviser to [[McGraw Hill]] (1986-89).

* [[Tim Melville-Ross]] - Melville-Ross also serves as Chairman of [[DTZ Holdings]] plc, [[Investors in People]] UK, [[Bank Insinger de Beaufort]] NV and [[Manganese Bronze Holdings]] plc (the manufacturer of the London Taxi). He is also Deputy Chairman of [[Royal London Mutual Insurance Society]] and is a Director of [[Bovis Homes Group]] plc, [[Equity Trust SARL]], [[Katalyst]] Ltd and is Chairman of the Council of the [[University of Essex]]. Formerly he was the Director General of The [[Institute of Directors]] (1994-99) and Chief Executive of [[Nationwide Building Society]].

* [[Kate Nealon]] - Nealon also serves as Non-Executive Director at [[HBOS]] Plc, [[Cable & Wireless]] Plc and [[Shire]] Plc. She is also a Senior Associate at the [[Judge Business School]] at [[Cambridge University]] and is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[Centre for Business Research]] at Cambridge. Her previous involvements include serving with [[Standard Chartered Bank]].

* [[David Pritchard]] - Pritchard also serves as a non-executive chairman of [[Songbird Estates]] plc (which controls [[Canary Wharf Group]] plc) and of [[AIB Group]] (UK) plc, is a non-executive director of [[Allied Irish Banks]] plc and of The [[Motability Tenth Anniversary Trust]]. His biography describes how he spent 5 years in the aircraft industry before embarking on a banking career. He held senior management positions at [[Citicorp Investment Bank]], [[Royal Bank of Canada Group]], The [[National Bank of New Zealand]], [[Cheltenham & Gloucester]], [[Scottish Widows]] Group, [[LCH.Clearnet Group]] and [[Lloyds TSB]] (during his time with LLoyds TSB he was seconded for 2 years to the Financial Services Authority).

* [[James Ross]] - Ross is also Chair of the [[Leadership Foundation for Higher Education]] and a Director of [[Prudential]], [[McGraw Hill]], [[Datacard]] (USA) and of [[Schneider Electric]] (France). His biography describes how he served a thirty year career with [[BP]] (which included the roles of Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive) and served as Deputy Chairman of [[National Grid Transco]], Chief Executive of [[Cable and Wireless]] and Chairman of [[National Grid]] and [[Littlewoods]].

* Sir [[Robert Worcester]] - Worcester founded [[MORI]] (Market & Opinion Research International)and is a Senior Advisor of [[Ipsos MORI Public Affairs Research]]. He is also on Advisory Boards of the [[Media Standards Trust]] (MST), the [[Camelot Advisory Panel for Corporate Responsibility]] and [[GovNet]]. Other roles include serving as Chairman of the [[Pilgrims Society]], as Governor of the [[English-Speaking Union]] and as Trustee of the [[Magna Carta Trust]]. He is a Freeman of the City of London, a Governor of the [[Ditchley Foundation.]] and is involved with a number of wildlife/conservation trusts. He serves various roles with the [[University of Kent]], the [[London School of Economics]], [[University of Kent]] and [[Warwick University]]. His previous involvements include serving as President with the [[World Association for Public Opinion Research]] (WAPOR)

Other council members have included:
* Sir [[Nigel Wicks]] - Wicks serves as a non-executive Deputy Chairman of [[Euroclear]] plc, a non-executive director of [[Morgan Stanley Bank International]] and Chairman of the [[Scrutiny Committee of the Actuarial Profession]]. He formerly served [[British Petroleum]] before joining [[HM Treasury]] in 1968 and went on to work for Prime Ministers [[Harold Wilson]], [[James Callaghan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He has also served as the United Kingdom's Executive Director at the [[International Monetary Fund]] and [[World Bank]] and the Prime Minister's representative ("Sherpa") for the Economic Summits of the [[Group of Seven Industrialised Nations]] ([[G7]]). He has served as the Treasury's Second Permanent Secretary responsible for international financial matters (1989-2000) and as Chair of the Committee on [[Standards in Public Life]] (2001-04)<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* The [[Baroness Wilcox of Plymouth]]. Her biography describes how she serves as a Non Executive Director with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] as well as being the President of [[Trading Standards Institute]] and of the [[National Consumer Federation]]. She is also a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]] and previously served as Chairman of the [[National Consumer Council]] and was on the board of the [[Inland Revenue]]<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

==Funding==
===Corporate Subscribers===
In 2009, Corporate Subscribers to the Institute are listed as:

:[[3i]] | [[ACCA]] | [[Airbus]] | [[Airwave]] | [[Allied Irish Bank]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[APM Group]] | [[Areva]] | [[Association of British Insurers]] | [[Association of MBAs]] | [[BAE Systems]] | [[Balfour Beatty]] | [[Bank of England]] | [[Barclays]] Bank plc | [[Belron]] | [[BG Group]] | [[Borealis]] | [[BP]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[BSI]] | [[Cable & Wireless]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Camelot]] | [[CCLA Investment Management]] | [[Centrica]] | [[Chartered Insurance Institute]] | [[Chartered Institute of Management Accountants]] | [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] | [[Chartered Management Institute]] | [[Chemical Industries Association]] | [[Corus]] | [[De La Rue]] | [[Deloitte & Touche]] | [[Diageo]] | The [[D Group]] | [[Eisai]] | [[Electrical Safety Council]] | [[Ernst & Young]] | [[Ethical Solutions Invisicom]] SC | [[Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation]] | [[Expolink]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[F&C Asset Management]] | [[Financial Reporting Council]] | [[Gallaher]] Ltd | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[GoodCorporation]] | [[HSBC]] | [[ICCSR, Nottingham Business School]] | [[Imperial Tobacco]] | [[Institute of Actuaries]] | [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales]] | [[Institute of Directors]] | [[Institute of Internal Auditors]] | [[Intrelate]] | [[Itex]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Legal & General]] | [[Lloyds TSB]] | [[Lloyds of London]] | [[Lockheed Martin]] | [[Lonmin plc]] | [[L'Oreal]] | [[LRN]] | [[Man Group]] | [[Mayer Brown]] | [[National Grid]] | [[Nestlé]] UK Ltd | [[Nomura]] | [[Norton Rose]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Prudential]] | [[Reassurance Network]] | [[Remote Asset Management]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] | [[Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors]] | [[RWE npower]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAI Global Compliance]] | [[Schroders]] | [[Securities & Investment Institute]] | [[Serious Fraud Office]] | [[SEGRO]] | [[Serco]] | [[Severn Trent]] | [[Shell]] | [[Simmons & Simmons]] | [[Smiths Group]] | [[Standard Life]] | [[Stephenson Harwood]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Telefonica O2 Europe]] | [[Thales]] | [[Total]] | [[UBS Investment Bank]] | [[Virtuous Circle]] | [[Wolseley]] | [[Yell]]

==Contact==
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Institute for Business Ethics

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==Background==
The '''Institute for Business Ethics''' is an English registered charity which was established in 1986. It describes its purpose as ' to encourage high standards of business behaviour based on ethical values.'<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/index.html Welcome] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>

The activities of the Institute are described in 6 broad categories: Advisory; Events; Research & Publications; Training; Education; Advocacy<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/Activities.pdf Activities] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>.

The large corporations which subscribe meet quarterly to network as part of the Institutes 'Business Ethics Network'. Events include a variety of meetings, workshops and meetings. Some of the events are open to all subscribers, with others accessable by invitation only. The companies which subscribe also benefit from the advocacy provide by the Institute on behalf of their subscribers which includes dialogue with the media, government and NGO's. Research undertaken includes 'surveys on public perception of business ethics' which is available to the companies. Such information could be used by a company's PR department as a valuable resource in creating the right image for the company, without necessarily fundamentally altering its practice.

==People==
===Trustees===
In 2009, the Institute for Business Ethics lists their Trustees as<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/trustees.html Trustees] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

* [[Chris Moorhouse]] - Chairman. Moorhouse also chairs the [[Energy Institute]] GTCs Committee, is a Non-Executive Director with [[ICE Clear Europe]] and is an Advisory Council Member of the [[Christian Association of Business Executives]]. He formerly served as Chief Executive with BP (He joined the company in 1970). His other previous involvements include serving [[Oil Trading International]], [[ICE Futures Holdings]] PLC, and 'influential posts' in the [[Energy Institute]], [[UK Petroleum Industry Association]] and the Civil Service Management Board sub-committee on [[Professional Skills for Government]].

* [[Muriel Johnson]] - Deputy Chairman. Formerly serving [[Marks & Spencer]]

* [[Michael Turner-Samuels]] - Treasurer. Turner-Samuels also serves as a Principal of [[N&G Europe]] (since 1999), was Director of Corporate Development at [[Thorn]] plc, [[Unigate]] plc and [[Varity Corporation]] & [[Massey Ferguson]].

* [[Harry Branchdale]]. Branchdale also serves [[RAF]] commission and VR service in counter intelligence. His previous involvements include working with [[BAT]], [[Pricewaterhouse Coopers]], [[BOC]], [[RTZ]], [[J.Lyons]], the [[NHS]] and as Managing Director for [[United Biscuits]] in Germany/Austria

* [[Jane Collier]]. Collier is also Senior Research Associate and Fellow at the [[Judge Business School]], [[University of Cambridge]], and Emeritus Fellow of [[Lucy Cavendish College]]. She is also on the editorial board with ''[[Business Ethics: a European Review]]'' and is a member of [[IABS]], [[EBEN]] and [[ISBEE]] (business ethics professional bodies), serves [[CIS]] and the [[Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board]] (OCCEB).

* [[Tim Cullen]]. In 1999 Cullen established policy management firm [[Tim Cullen Associates]] ([[TCA]]), which he continues to serve in the role of Managing Director alongside fellow executive Senior Associate [[Paul Fisher]] who joined them from PR giant [[Ketchum]]. Prior to this Cullen served as Senior Advisor for External and United Nations Affairs at the [[World Bank]] (he joined the World Bank in 1978). His biography describes how his involvements with the World Bank ranged from 'the effort to transform the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to market economies to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992'. He also worked in the PR offices with [[Ford]] Motor Company Ltd, was Public Affairs Counsellor for [[Ford]] Export Corporation and was International Public Affairs Administrator with [[Continental Bank]]. In 2009 he is described as being a Commissioner on the Financial Supervision Commission of the [[Isle of Man Government]], an Associate Fellow and Director of the [[Oxford Programme on Negotiation]] at the [[Saïd Business School]] (a programme he established in 2002) and a Executive Director of the [[Small Countries Financial Management Centre]]<ref>Tim Cullen Associates [http://www.timcullen.com/who_we_are/executives/tim_cullen.html Who We Are] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>

* [[Janet Haber]]

* [[Martin Le Jeune]]. Le Jeune is co-founder of communications firm [[Open Road]] which was declared Winner of Best New Consultancy at the Public Affairs News Awards and was nominated for New Consultancy of the Year at PRWeek Awards in 2008<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/site/ Home] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. Le Jeune previous involvements include serving as head of Public Affairs at [[Sky]], as board director and Head of Corporate Responsibility at [[Fishburn Hedges]], as a civil servant in the [[Cabinet Office]] and as Head of Public Policy at [[NatWest]]<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/team/ Our Team] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* [[Archie Robertson]]. Robertson also serves as non-executive director with [[Capita Symonds]] (since 2009)<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. His previous involvements include serving with the [[Highways Agency]]. Before this he spent the first 20 years of his career with [[BP]]<ref>Autotrader [http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/AUTOTALK/34522.html Autotalk] 6th June 2007. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. He also served as a director with the [[Environment Agency]] for England and Wales (1996-2003<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>).

===Advisory Council===
In 2009 IBE's Advisory Council are listed as<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/council.html Council] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

*Sir [[Peter Walters]] - President. Walters biography describes how he 'spent the majority of his career with The [[British Petroleum]] Company plc, of which he was a Managing Director for seventeen years and Chairman for eight years until his retirement in March 1990'. His previous involvements also include serving as Deputy Chairman with [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[EMI]] Group and [[HSBC]] Holdings, Chairman of [[SmithKline Beecham]], [[Midland Bank]], [[Blue Circle Industries]] plc, Director of [[National Westminster Bank]] and President of the [[Institute of Directors]], the [[General Council of British Shipping]], the [[Society of Chemical Industry]] and the Institute of [[Economic Affairs]].

*Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] - Vice President. Sternberg is also a member of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and is President of the [[Reform Movement]]. His biography describes how he has served as sole Patron of the [[International Council of Christians and Jews]], was co-founder of the [[Three Faiths Forum]], is the founder of the [[Sternberg Centre for Judaism]] and is vice-president of the [[World Congress of Faiths]].

* [[Baroness Howe of Idlicote]] - Vice President. Howe also serves as Governor of the [[London School of Economics]] and chairs the Board of the [[Onyx Environmental Trust]]. Her previous involvements include serving as a Non-Executive Director of [[United Biscuits]] (1988-1994), [[Legal & General]] plc (1989-1997) and the [[Kingfisher Group]] (1986-2000). She has also been involved with the [[BOC Foundation for the Environment]], [[UNICEF]], the [[Broadcasting Standards Commission]] ((1993-99) & [[Business in the Community]]'s Opportunity 2000 initiative (1994-98).

*[[Lord Carey of Clifton]]

*[[Elizabeth Filkin]] - Non Executive Chairman of [[Annington Homes]] plc & Non Executive Director of [[Jarvis]] plc and [[Stanelco]] plc. Chairman of The [[Advertising Advisory Committee]] and The [[Association for Television on Demand]]. Former [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] and a member of the Audit Commission and Deputy Chairman Regulatory Decisions Committee [[F.S.A.]]

* Sir [[Alistair Graham]]

* [[Stephen Green ]] - Group Chief Executive of [[HSBC]] and a director with [[Bank of Bermuda]]. Formely serving the [[British Government's Ministry of Overseas Development]], [[McKinsey & Co]] & [[Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]].

* Dr [[Peter Harper]]. Harper's biography describes how he has spent most of his 30 year business career at [[Hanson]] plc. He has previously served [[Imperial Tobacco]]. His non-executive directorships are listed as including [[LONROH]] plc (now [[Lonmin]]), [[Victrex]] plc (as Deputy Chairman), [[John Laing]] plc, [[London Clubs International]], [[Tigerprint]] and [[Eversholt leasing]].

* Sir [[Paul Judge]] - Judge is also President of the [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] and of the [[Association of MBAs]]. He is an Alderman of the City of London, Chairman of [[Schroder Income Growth Fund]] plc, the [[Enterprise Education Trust]], [[Digital Links International]] and [[St Dunstan's College]] and Deputy Chairman of the [[American Management Association]]. He also serves as a Director of the [[United Kingdom Accreditation Service]], [[ENRC]] plc, [[Standard Bank of South Africa]] and [[Tempur-Pedic]] of Kentucky, on the Advisory Boards of [[Barclays Private Bank]], [[Abraaj Capital]] in Dubai, [[HEC]] in Paris and the [[Athens University of Economics and Business]]. His biography describes how he spent thirteen years with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] (where he led the £97 million buyout of their food companies to form [[Premier Brands]] Ltd). He then became Chairman of [[Food from Britain]], Director General of the [[Conservative Party]], a Ministerial Adviser at the [[Cabinet Office]], Chairman of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] and of [[Teachers TV]], [[Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors]] and President of the [[Chartered Management Institute]]. It is stated that he is the key benefactor of the [[Judge Business School]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].

* [[Raj Loomba]] - founder Chairman of [[Rinku Group]] plc

* [[George Mallinckrodt]] KBE - Mallinckrodt also serves as Director of [[Schroders]] (he joined them in 1954), Vice President of the [[German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce]], President of the German [[YMCA]], is a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]], and Christian Trustee of the Committee of The [[Interfaith Foundation]], a Member of the Advisory Committee on Finance at [[St George's College]], serves the [[Lambeth Partnership]], the [[British-North American Committee]], the [[British Museum Development Trust Council]] and is a Member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, [[Oxford University]], St. Antony's College Advisory Board. Formerly he was a Director of Siemens, adviser to [[Bain and Company]], Chairman of the Council of the [[World Economic Forum]], Director of [[British Invisibles]] (1995-98), [[Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust]] (1992-98), [[Allianz of America]] Inc, [[National Mutual Life Association of Australasia]] (1987-90) and an Adviser to [[McGraw Hill]] (1986-89).

* [[Tim Melville-Ross]] - Melville-Ross also serves as Chairman of [[DTZ Holdings]] plc, [[Investors in People]] UK, [[Bank Insinger de Beaufort]] NV and [[Manganese Bronze Holdings]] plc (the manufacturer of the London Taxi). He is also Deputy Chairman of [[Royal London Mutual Insurance Society]] and is a Director of [[Bovis Homes Group]] plc, [[Equity Trust SARL]], [[Katalyst]] Ltd and is Chairman of the Council of the [[University of Essex]]. Formerly he was the Director General of The [[Institute of Directors]] (1994-99) and Chief Executive of [[Nationwide Building Society]].

* [[Kate Nealon]] - Nealon also serves as Non-Executive Director at [[HBOS]] Plc, [[Cable & Wireless]] Plc and [[Shire]] Plc. She is also a Senior Associate at the [[Judge Business School]] at [[Cambridge University]] and is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[Centre for Business Research]] at Cambridge. Her previous involvements include serving with [[Standard Chartered Bank]].

* [[David Pritchard]] - Pritchard also serves as a non-executive chairman of [[Songbird Estates]] plc (which controls [[Canary Wharf Group]] plc) and of [[AIB Group]] (UK) plc, is a non-executive director of [[Allied Irish Banks]] plc and of The [[Motability Tenth Anniversary Trust]]. His biography describes how he spent 5 years in the aircraft industry before embarking on a banking career. He held senior management positions at [[Citicorp Investment Bank]], [[Royal Bank of Canada Group]], The [[National Bank of New Zealand]], [[Cheltenham & Gloucester]], [[Scottish Widows]] Group, [[LCH.Clearnet Group]] and [[Lloyds TSB]] (during his time with LLoyds TSB he was seconded for 2 years to the Financial Services Authority).

* [[James Ross]] - Ross is also Chair of the [[Leadership Foundation for Higher Education]] and a Director of [[Prudential]], [[McGraw Hill]], [[Datacard]] (USA) and of [[Schneider Electric]] (France). His biography describes how he served a thirty year career with [[BP]] (which included the roles of Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive) and served as Deputy Chairman of [[National Grid Transco]], Chief Executive of [[Cable and Wireless]] and Chairman of [[National Grid]] and [[Littlewoods]].

* Sir [[Robert Worcester]] - Worcester founded [[MORI]] (Market & Opinion Research International)and is a Senior Advisor of [[Ipsos MORI Public Affairs Research]]. He is also on Advisory Boards of the [[Media Standards Trust]] (MST), the [[Camelot Advisory Panel for Corporate Responsibility]] and [[GovNet]]. Other roles include serving as Chairman of the [[Pilgrims Society]], as Governor of the [[English-Speaking Union]] and as Trustee of the [[Magna Carta Trust]]. He is a Freeman of the City of London, a Governor of the [[Ditchley Foundation.]] and is involved with a number of wildlife/conservation trusts. He serves various roles with the [[University of Kent]], the [[London School of Economics]], [[University of Kent]] and [[Warwick University]]. His previous involvements include serving as President with the [[World Association for Public Opinion Research]] (WAPOR)

Other council members have included:
* Sir [[Nigel Wicks]] - Wicks serves as a non-executive Deputy Chairman of [[Euroclear]] plc, a non-executive director of [[Morgan Stanley Bank International]] and Chairman of the [[Scrutiny Committee of the Actuarial Profession]]. He formerly served [[British Petroleum]] before joining [[HM Treasury]] in 1968 and went on to work for Prime Ministers [[Harold Wilson]], [[James Callaghan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He has also served as the United Kingdom's Executive Director at the [[International Monetary Fund]] and [[World Bank]] and the Prime Minister's representative ("Sherpa") for the Economic Summits of the [[Group of Seven Industrialised Nations]] ([[G7]]). He has served as the Treasury's Second Permanent Secretary responsible for international financial matters (1989-2000) and as Chair of the Committee on [[Standards in Public Life]] (2001-04)<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* The [[Baroness Wilcox of Plymouth]]. Her biography describes how she serves as a Non Executive Director with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] as well as being the President of [[Trading Standards Institute]] and of the [[National Consumer Federation]]. She is also a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]] and previously served as Chairman of the [[National Consumer Council]] and was on the board of the [[Inland Revenue]]<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

==Funding==
===Corporate Subscribers===
In 2009, Corporate Subscribers to the Institute are listed as:

:[[3i]] | [[ACCA]] | [[Airbus]] | [[Airwave] | [[Allied Irish Bank]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[APM Group]] | [[Areva]] | [[Association of British Insurers]] | [[Association of MBAs]] | [[BAE Systems]] | [[Balfour Beatty]] | [[Bank of England]] | [[Barclays]] Bank plc | [[Belron]] | [[BG Group]] | [[Borealis]] | [[BP]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[BSI]] | [[Cable & Wireless]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Camelot]] | [[CCLA Investment Management]] | [[Centrica]] | [[Chartered Insurance Institute]] | [[Chartered Institute of Management Accountants]] | [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] | [[Chartered Management Institute]] | [[Chemical Industries Association]] | [[Corus]] | [[De La Rue]] | [[Deloitte & Touche]] | [[Diageo]] | The [[D Group]] | [[Eisai]] | [[Electrical Safety Council]] | [[Ernst & Young]] | [[Ethical Solutions Invisicom]] SC | [[Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation]] | [[Expolink]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[F&C Asset Management]] | [[Financial Reporting Council]] | [[Gallaher]] Ltd | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[GoodCorporation]] | [[HSBC]] | [[ICCSR, Nottingham Business School]] | [[Imperial Tobacco]] | [[Institute of Actuaries]] | [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales]] | [[Institute of Directors]] | [[Institute of Internal Auditors]] | [[Intrelate]] | [[Itex]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Legal & General]] | [[Lloyds TSB]] | [[Lloyds of London]] | [[Lockheed Martin]] | [[Lonmin plc]] | [[L'Oreal]] | [[LRN]] | [[Man Group]] | [[Mayer Brown]] | [[National Grid]] | [[Nestlé]] UK Ltd | [[Nomura]] | [[Norton Rose]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Prudential]] | [[Reassurance Network]] | [[Remote Asset Management]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] | [[Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors]] | [[RWE npower]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAI Global Compliance]] | [[Schroders]] | [[Securities & Investment Institute]] | [[Serious Fraud Office]] | [[SEGRO]] | [[Serco]] | [[Severn Trent]] | [[Shell]] | [[Simmons & Simmons]] | [[Smiths Group]] | [[Standard Life]] | [[Stephenson Harwood]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Telefonica O2 Europe]] | [[Thales]] | [[Total]] | [[UBS Investment Bank]] | [[Virtuous Circle]] | [[Wolseley]] | [[Yell]]

==Contact==
:Institute of Business Ethics
:24 Greencoat Place
:London SW1P 1BE

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:CSR]]

Institute for Business Ethics

2009-08-07T14:06:35Z

Lynn Hill: /* Background */ - work in progress

==Background==
The '''Institute for Business Ethics''' is an English registered charity which was established in 1986. It describes its purpose as ' to encourage high standards of business behaviour based on ethical values.'<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/index.html Welcome] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>

The activities of the Institute are described in 6 broad categories: Advisory; Events; Research & Publications; Training; Education; Advocacy<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/Activities.pdf Activities] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>.

The large corporations which subscribe meet quarterly to network as part of the Institutes 'Business Ethics Network'. Events include a variety of meetings, workshops and meetings. Some of the events are open to all subscribers, with others accessable by invitation only. The companies which subscribe also benefit from the advocacy provide by the Institute on behalf of their subscribers which includes dialogue with the media, government and NGO's. Research undertaken includes 'surveys on public perception of business ethics' which is available to the companies. Such information could be used by a company's PR department as a valuable resource in creating the right image for the company, without necessarily fundamentaly altering its practice.

==People==
===Trustees===
In 2009, the Institute for Business Ethics lists their Trustees as<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/trustees.html Trustees] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

* [[Chris Moorhouse]] - Chairman. Moorhouse also chairs the [[Energy Institute]] GTCs Committee, is a Non-Executive Director with [[ICE Clear Europe]] and is an Advisory Council Member of the [[Christian Association of Business Executives]]. He formerly served as Chief Executive with BP (He joined the company in 1970). His other previous involvements include serving [[Oil Trading International]], [[ICE Futures Holdings]] PLC, and 'influential posts' in the [[Energy Institute]], [[UK Petroleum Industry Association]] and the Civil Service Management Board sub-committee on [[Professional Skills for Government]].

* [[Muriel Johnson]] - Deputy Chairman. Formerly serving [[Marks & Spencer]]

* [[Michael Turner-Samuels]] - Treasurer. Turner-Samuels also serves as a Principal of [[N&G Europe]] (since 1999), was Director of Corporate Development at [[Thorn]] plc, [[Unigate]] plc and [[Varity Corporation]] & [[Massey Ferguson]].

* [[Harry Branchdale]]. Branchdale also serves [[RAF]] commission and VR service in counter intelligence. His previous involvements include working with [[BAT]], [[Pricewaterhouse Coopers]], [[BOC]], [[RTZ]], [[J.Lyons]], the [[NHS]] and as Managing Director for [[United Biscuits]] in Germany/Austria

* [[Jane Collier]]. Collier is also Senior Research Associate and Fellow at the [[Judge Business School]], [[University of Cambridge]], and Emeritus Fellow of [[Lucy Cavendish College]]. She is also on the editorial board with ''[[Business Ethics: a European Review]]'' and is a member of [[IABS]], [[EBEN]] and [[ISBEE]] (business ethics professional bodies), serves [[CIS]] and the [[Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board]] (OCCEB).

* [[Tim Cullen]]. In 1999 Cullen established policy management firm [[Tim Cullen Associates]] ([[TCA]]), which he continues to serve in the role of Managing Director alongside fellow executive Senior Associate [[Paul Fisher]] who joined them from PR giant [[Ketchum]]. Prior to this Cullen served as Senior Advisor for External and United Nations Affairs at the [[World Bank]] (he joined the World Bank in 1978). His biography describes how his involvements with the World Bank ranged from 'the effort to transform the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to market economies to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992'. He also worked in the PR offices with [[Ford]] Motor Company Ltd, was Public Affairs Counsellor for [[Ford]] Export Corporation and was International Public Affairs Administrator with [[Continental Bank]]. In 2009 he is described as being a Commissioner on the Financial Supervision Commission of the [[Isle of Man Government]], an Associate Fellow and Director of the [[Oxford Programme on Negotiation]] at the [[Saïd Business School]] (a programme he established in 2002) and a Executive Director of the [[Small Countries Financial Management Centre]]<ref>Tim Cullen Associates [http://www.timcullen.com/who_we_are/executives/tim_cullen.html Who We Are] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>

* [[Janet Haber]]

* [[Martin Le Jeune]]. Le Jeune is co-founder of communications firm [[Open Road]] which was declared Winner of Best New Consultancy at the Public Affairs News Awards and was nominated for New Consultancy of the Year at PRWeek Awards in 2008<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/site/ Home] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. Le Jeune previous involvements include serving as head of Public Affairs at [[Sky]], as board director and Head of Corporate Responsibility at [[Fishburn Hedges]], as a civil servant in the [[Cabinet Office]] and as Head of Public Policy at [[NatWest]]<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/team/ Our Team] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* [[Archie Robertson]]. Robertson also serves as non-executive director with [[Capita Symonds]] (since 2009)<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. His previous involvements include serving with the [[Highways Agency]]. Before this he spent the first 20 years of his career with [[BP]]<ref>Autotrader [http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/AUTOTALK/34522.html Autotalk] 6th June 2007. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. He also served as a director with the [[Environment Agency]] for England and Wales (1996-2003<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>).

===Advisory Council===
In 2009 IBE's Advisory Council are listed as<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/council.html Council] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

*Sir [[Peter Walters]] - President. Walters biography describes how he 'spent the majority of his career with The [[British Petroleum]] Company plc, of which he was a Managing Director for seventeen years and Chairman for eight years until his retirement in March 1990'. His previous involvements also include serving as Deputy Chairman with [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[EMI]] Group and [[HSBC]] Holdings, Chairman of [[SmithKline Beecham]], [[Midland Bank]], [[Blue Circle Industries]] plc, Director of [[National Westminster Bank]] and President of the [[Institute of Directors]], the [[General Council of British Shipping]], the [[Society of Chemical Industry]] and the Institute of [[Economic Affairs]].

*Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] - Vice President. Sternberg is also a member of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and is President of the [[Reform Movement]]. His biography describes how he has served as sole Patron of the [[International Council of Christians and Jews]], was co-founder of the [[Three Faiths Forum]], is the founder of the [[Sternberg Centre for Judaism]] and is vice-president of the [[World Congress of Faiths]].

* [[Baroness Howe of Idlicote]] - Vice President. Howe also serves as Governor of the [[London School of Economics]] and chairs the Board of the [[Onyx Environmental Trust]]. Her previous involvements include serving as a Non-Executive Director of [[United Biscuits]] (1988-1994), [[Legal & General]] plc (1989-1997) and the [[Kingfisher Group]] (1986-2000). She has also been involved with the [[BOC Foundation for the Environment]], [[UNICEF]], the [[Broadcasting Standards Commission]] ((1993-99) & [[Business in the Community]]'s Opportunity 2000 initiative (1994-98).

*[[Lord Carey of Clifton]]

*[[Elizabeth Filkin]] - Non Executive Chairman of [[Annington Homes]] plc & Non Executive Director of [[Jarvis]] plc and [[Stanelco]] plc. Chairman of The [[Advertising Advisory Committee]] and The [[Association for Television on Demand]]. Former [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] and a member of the Audit Commission and Deputy Chairman Regulatory Decisions Committee [[F.S.A.]]

* Sir [[Alistair Graham]]

* [[Stephen Green ]] - Group Chief Executive of [[HSBC]] and a director with [[Bank of Bermuda]]. Formely serving the [[British Government's Ministry of Overseas Development]], [[McKinsey & Co]] & [[Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]].

* Dr [[Peter Harper]]. Harper's biography describes how he has spent most of his 30 year business career at [[Hanson]] plc. He has previously served [[Imperial Tobacco]]. His non-executive directorships are listed as including [[LONROH]] plc (now [[Lonmin]]), [[Victrex]] plc (as Deputy Chairman), [[John Laing]] plc, [[London Clubs International]], [[Tigerprint]] and [[Eversholt leasing]].

* Sir [[Paul Judge]] - Judge is also President of the [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] and of the [[Association of MBAs]]. He is an Alderman of the City of London, Chairman of [[Schroder Income Growth Fund]] plc, the [[Enterprise Education Trust]], [[Digital Links International]] and [[St Dunstan's College]] and Deputy Chairman of the [[American Management Association]]. He also serves as a Director of the [[United Kingdom Accreditation Service]], [[ENRC]] plc, [[Standard Bank of South Africa]] and [[Tempur-Pedic]] of Kentucky, on the Advisory Boards of [[Barclays Private Bank]], [[Abraaj Capital]] in Dubai, [[HEC]] in Paris and the [[Athens University of Economics and Business]]. His biography describes how he spent thirteen years with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] (where he led the £97 million buyout of their food companies to form [[Premier Brands]] Ltd). He then became Chairman of [[Food from Britain]], Director General of the [[Conservative Party]], a Ministerial Adviser at the [[Cabinet Office]], Chairman of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] and of [[Teachers TV]], [[Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors]] and President of the [[Chartered Management Institute]]. It is stated that he is the key benefactor of the [[Judge Business School]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].

* [[Raj Loomba]] - founder Chairman of [[Rinku Group]] plc

* [[George Mallinckrodt]] KBE - Mallinckrodt also serves as Director of [[Schroders]] (he joined them in 1954), Vice President of the [[German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce]], President of the German [[YMCA]], is a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]], and Christian Trustee of the Committee of The [[Interfaith Foundation]], a Member of the Advisory Committee on Finance at [[St George's College]], serves the [[Lambeth Partnership]], the [[British-North American Committee]], the [[British Museum Development Trust Council]] and is a Member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, [[Oxford University]], St. Antony's College Advisory Board. Formerly he was a Director of Siemens, adviser to [[Bain and Company]], Chairman of the Council of the [[World Economic Forum]], Director of [[British Invisibles]] (1995-98), [[Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust]] (1992-98), [[Allianz of America]] Inc, [[National Mutual Life Association of Australasia]] (1987-90) and an Adviser to [[McGraw Hill]] (1986-89).

* [[Tim Melville-Ross]] - Melville-Ross also serves as Chairman of [[DTZ Holdings]] plc, [[Investors in People]] UK, [[Bank Insinger de Beaufort]] NV and [[Manganese Bronze Holdings]] plc (the manufacturer of the London Taxi). He is also Deputy Chairman of [[Royal London Mutual Insurance Society]] and is a Director of [[Bovis Homes Group]] plc, [[Equity Trust SARL]], [[Katalyst]] Ltd and is Chairman of the Council of the [[University of Essex]]. Formerly he was the Director General of The [[Institute of Directors]] (1994-99) and Chief Executive of [[Nationwide Building Society]].

* [[Kate Nealon]] - Nealon also serves as Non-Executive Director at [[HBOS]] Plc, [[Cable & Wireless]] Plc and [[Shire]] Plc. She is also a Senior Associate at the [[Judge Business School]] at [[Cambridge University]] and is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[Centre for Business Research]] at Cambridge. Her previous involvements include serving with [[Standard Chartered Bank]].

* [[David Pritchard]] - Pritchard also serves as a non-executive chairman of [[Songbird Estates]] plc (which controls [[Canary Wharf Group]] plc) and of [[AIB Group]] (UK) plc, is a non-executive director of [[Allied Irish Banks]] plc and of The [[Motability Tenth Anniversary Trust]]. His biography describes how he spent 5 years in the aircraft industry before embarking on a banking career. He held senior management positions at [[Citicorp Investment Bank]], [[Royal Bank of Canada Group]], The [[National Bank of New Zealand]], [[Cheltenham & Gloucester]], [[Scottish Widows]] Group, [[LCH.Clearnet Group]] and [[Lloyds TSB]] (during his time with LLoyds TSB he was seconded for 2 years to the Financial Services Authority).

* [[James Ross]] - Ross is also Chair of the [[Leadership Foundation for Higher Education]] and a Director of [[Prudential]], [[McGraw Hill]], [[Datacard]] (USA) and of [[Schneider Electric]] (France). His biography describes how he served a thirty year career with [[BP]] (which included the roles of Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive) and served as Deputy Chairman of [[National Grid Transco]], Chief Executive of [[Cable and Wireless]] and Chairman of [[National Grid]] and [[Littlewoods]].

* Sir [[Robert Worcester]] - Worcester founded [[MORI]] (Market & Opinion Research International)and is a Senior Advisor of [[Ipsos MORI Public Affairs Research]]. He is also on Advisory Boards of the [[Media Standards Trust]] (MST), the [[Camelot Advisory Panel for Corporate Responsibility]] and [[GovNet]]. Other roles include serving as Chairman of the [[Pilgrims Society]], as Governor of the [[English-Speaking Union]] and as Trustee of the [[Magna Carta Trust]]. He is a Freeman of the City of London, a Governor of the [[Ditchley Foundation.]] and is involved with a number of wildlife/conservation trusts. He serves various roles with the [[University of Kent]], the [[London School of Economics]], [[University of Kent]] and [[Warwick University]]. His previous involvements include serving as President with the [[World Association for Public Opinion Research]] (WAPOR)

Other council members have included:
* Sir [[Nigel Wicks]] - Wicks serves as a non-executive Deputy Chairman of [[Euroclear]] plc, a non-executive director of [[Morgan Stanley Bank International]] and Chairman of the [[Scrutiny Committee of the Actuarial Profession]]. He formerly served [[British Petroleum]] before joining [[HM Treasury]] in 1968 and went on to work for Prime Ministers [[Harold Wilson]], [[James Callaghan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He has also served as the United Kingdom's Executive Director at the [[International Monetary Fund]] and [[World Bank]] and the Prime Minister's representative ("Sherpa") for the Economic Summits of the [[Group of Seven Industrialised Nations]] ([[G7]]). He has served as the Treasury's Second Permanent Secretary responsible for international financial matters (1989-2000) and as Chair of the Committee on [[Standards in Public Life]] (2001-04)<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* The [[Baroness Wilcox of Plymouth]]. Her biography describes how she serves as a Non Executive Director with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] as well as being the President of [[Trading Standards Institute]] and of the [[National Consumer Federation]]. She is also a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]] and previously served as Chairman of the [[National Consumer Council]] and was on the board of the [[Inland Revenue]]<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

==Funding==
===Corporate Subscribers===
In 2009, Corporate Subscribers to the Institute are listed as:

:[[3i]] | [[ACCA]] | [[Airbus]] | [[Airwave] | [[Allied Irish Bank]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[APM Group]] | [[Areva]] | [[Association of British Insurers]] | [[Association of MBAs]] | [[BAE Systems]] | [[Balfour Beatty]] | [[Bank of England]] | [[Barclays]] Bank plc | [[Belron]] | [[BG Group]] | [[Borealis]] | [[BP]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[BSI]] | [[Cable & Wireless]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Camelot]] | [[CCLA Investment Management]] | [[Centrica]] | [[Chartered Insurance Institute]] | [[Chartered Institute of Management Accountants]] | [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] | [[Chartered Management Institute]] | [[Chemical Industries Association]] | [[Corus]] | [[De La Rue]] | [[Deloitte & Touche]] | [[Diageo]] | The [[D Group]] | [[Eisai]] | [[Electrical Safety Council]] | [[Ernst & Young]] | [[Ethical Solutions Invisicom]] SC | [[Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation]] | [[Expolink]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[F&C Asset Management]] | [[Financial Reporting Council]] | [[Gallaher]] Ltd | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[GoodCorporation]] | [[HSBC]] | [[ICCSR, Nottingham Business School]] | [[Imperial Tobacco]] | [[Institute of Actuaries]] | [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales]] | [[Institute of Directors]] | [[Institute of Internal Auditors]] | [[Intrelate]] | [[Itex]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Legal & General]] | [[Lloyds TSB]] | [[Lloyds of London]] | [[Lockheed Martin]] | [[Lonmin plc]] | [[L'Oreal]] | [[LRN]] | [[Man Group]] | [[Mayer Brown]] | [[National Grid]] | [[Nestlé]] UK Ltd | [[Nomura]] | [[Norton Rose]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Prudential]] | [[Reassurance Network]] | [[Remote Asset Management]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] | [[Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors]] | [[RWE npower]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAI Global Compliance]] | [[Schroders]] | [[Securities & Investment Institute]] | [[Serious Fraud Office]] | [[SEGRO]] | [[Serco]] | [[Severn Trent]] | [[Shell]] | [[Simmons & Simmons]] | [[Smiths Group]] | [[Standard Life]] | [[Stephenson Harwood]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Telefonica O2 Europe]] | [[Thales]] | [[Total]] | [[UBS Investment Bank]] | [[Virtuous Circle]] | [[Wolseley]] | [[Yell]]

==Contact==
:Institute of Business Ethics
:24 Greencoat Place
:London SW1P 1BE

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:CSR]]

Institute for Business Ethics

2009-08-07T13:30:48Z

Lynn Hill: background & funding - work in progress

==Background==
The '''Institute for Business Ethics''' is an English registered charity which was established in 1986. It describes its purpose as ' to encourage high standards of business behaviour based on ethical values.'<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/index.html Welcome] Accessed 7th August 2009</ref>

==People==
===Trustees===
In 2009, the Institute for Business Ethics lists their Trustees as<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/trustees.html Trustees] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

* [[Chris Moorhouse]] - Chairman. Moorhouse also chairs the [[Energy Institute]] GTCs Committee, is a Non-Executive Director with [[ICE Clear Europe]] and is an Advisory Council Member of the [[Christian Association of Business Executives]]. He formerly served as Chief Executive with BP (He joined the company in 1970). His other previous involvements include serving [[Oil Trading International]], [[ICE Futures Holdings]] PLC, and 'influential posts' in the [[Energy Institute]], [[UK Petroleum Industry Association]] and the Civil Service Management Board sub-committee on [[Professional Skills for Government]].

* [[Muriel Johnson]] - Deputy Chairman. Formerly serving [[Marks & Spencer]]

* [[Michael Turner-Samuels]] - Treasurer. Turner-Samuels also serves as a Principal of [[N&G Europe]] (since 1999), was Director of Corporate Development at [[Thorn]] plc, [[Unigate]] plc and [[Varity Corporation]] & [[Massey Ferguson]].

* [[Harry Branchdale]]. Branchdale also serves [[RAF]] commission and VR service in counter intelligence. His previous involvements include working with [[BAT]], [[Pricewaterhouse Coopers]], [[BOC]], [[RTZ]], [[J.Lyons]], the [[NHS]] and as Managing Director for [[United Biscuits]] in Germany/Austria

* [[Jane Collier]]. Collier is also Senior Research Associate and Fellow at the [[Judge Business School]], [[University of Cambridge]], and Emeritus Fellow of [[Lucy Cavendish College]]. She is also on the editorial board with ''[[Business Ethics: a European Review]]'' and is a member of [[IABS]], [[EBEN]] and [[ISBEE]] (business ethics professional bodies), serves [[CIS]] and the [[Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board]] (OCCEB).

* [[Tim Cullen]]. In 1999 Cullen established policy management firm [[Tim Cullen Associates]] ([[TCA]]), which he continues to serve in the role of Managing Director alongside fellow executive Senior Associate [[Paul Fisher]] who joined them from PR giant [[Ketchum]]. Prior to this Cullen served as Senior Advisor for External and United Nations Affairs at the [[World Bank]] (he joined the World Bank in 1978). His biography describes how his involvements with the World Bank ranged from 'the effort to transform the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to market economies to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992'. He also worked in the PR offices with [[Ford]] Motor Company Ltd, was Public Affairs Counsellor for [[Ford]] Export Corporation and was International Public Affairs Administrator with [[Continental Bank]]. In 2009 he is described as being a Commissioner on the Financial Supervision Commission of the [[Isle of Man Government]], an Associate Fellow and Director of the [[Oxford Programme on Negotiation]] at the [[Saïd Business School]] (a programme he established in 2002) and a Executive Director of the [[Small Countries Financial Management Centre]]<ref>Tim Cullen Associates [http://www.timcullen.com/who_we_are/executives/tim_cullen.html Who We Are] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>

* [[Janet Haber]]

* [[Martin Le Jeune]]. Le Jeune is co-founder of communications firm [[Open Road]] which was declared Winner of Best New Consultancy at the Public Affairs News Awards and was nominated for New Consultancy of the Year at PRWeek Awards in 2008<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/site/ Home] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. Le Jeune previous involvements include serving as head of Public Affairs at [[Sky]], as board director and Head of Corporate Responsibility at [[Fishburn Hedges]], as a civil servant in the [[Cabinet Office]] and as Head of Public Policy at [[NatWest]]<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/team/ Our Team] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* [[Archie Robertson]]. Robertson also serves as non-executive director with [[Capita Symonds]] (since 2009)<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. His previous involvements include serving with the [[Highways Agency]]. Before this he spent the first 20 years of his career with [[BP]]<ref>Autotrader [http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/AUTOTALK/34522.html Autotalk] 6th June 2007. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. He also served as a director with the [[Environment Agency]] for England and Wales (1996-2003<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>).

===Advisory Council===
In 2009 IBE's Advisory Council are listed as<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/council.html Council] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

*Sir [[Peter Walters]] - President. Walters biography describes how he 'spent the majority of his career with The [[British Petroleum]] Company plc, of which he was a Managing Director for seventeen years and Chairman for eight years until his retirement in March 1990'. His previous involvements also include serving as Deputy Chairman with [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[EMI]] Group and [[HSBC]] Holdings, Chairman of [[SmithKline Beecham]], [[Midland Bank]], [[Blue Circle Industries]] plc, Director of [[National Westminster Bank]] and President of the [[Institute of Directors]], the [[General Council of British Shipping]], the [[Society of Chemical Industry]] and the Institute of [[Economic Affairs]].

*Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] - Vice President. Sternberg is also a member of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and is President of the [[Reform Movement]]. His biography describes how he has served as sole Patron of the [[International Council of Christians and Jews]], was co-founder of the [[Three Faiths Forum]], is the founder of the [[Sternberg Centre for Judaism]] and is vice-president of the [[World Congress of Faiths]].

* [[Baroness Howe of Idlicote]] - Vice President. Howe also serves as Governor of the [[London School of Economics]] and chairs the Board of the [[Onyx Environmental Trust]]. Her previous involvements include serving as a Non-Executive Director of [[United Biscuits]] (1988-1994), [[Legal & General]] plc (1989-1997) and the [[Kingfisher Group]] (1986-2000). She has also been involved with the [[BOC Foundation for the Environment]], [[UNICEF]], the [[Broadcasting Standards Commission]] ((1993-99) & [[Business in the Community]]'s Opportunity 2000 initiative (1994-98).

*[[Lord Carey of Clifton]]

*[[Elizabeth Filkin]] - Non Executive Chairman of [[Annington Homes]] plc & Non Executive Director of [[Jarvis]] plc and [[Stanelco]] plc. Chairman of The [[Advertising Advisory Committee]] and The [[Association for Television on Demand]]. Former [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] and a member of the Audit Commission and Deputy Chairman Regulatory Decisions Committee [[F.S.A.]]

* Sir [[Alistair Graham]]

* [[Stephen Green ]] - Group Chief Executive of [[HSBC]] and a director with [[Bank of Bermuda]]. Formely serving the [[British Government's Ministry of Overseas Development]], [[McKinsey & Co]] & [[Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]].

* Dr [[Peter Harper]]. Harper's biography describes how he has spent most of his 30 year business career at [[Hanson]] plc. He has previously served [[Imperial Tobacco]]. His non-executive directorships are listed as including [[LONROH]] plc (now [[Lonmin]]), [[Victrex]] plc (as Deputy Chairman), [[John Laing]] plc, [[London Clubs International]], [[Tigerprint]] and [[Eversholt leasing]].

* Sir [[Paul Judge]] - Judge is also President of the [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] and of the [[Association of MBAs]]. He is an Alderman of the City of London, Chairman of [[Schroder Income Growth Fund]] plc, the [[Enterprise Education Trust]], [[Digital Links International]] and [[St Dunstan's College]] and Deputy Chairman of the [[American Management Association]]. He also serves as a Director of the [[United Kingdom Accreditation Service]], [[ENRC]] plc, [[Standard Bank of South Africa]] and [[Tempur-Pedic]] of Kentucky, on the Advisory Boards of [[Barclays Private Bank]], [[Abraaj Capital]] in Dubai, [[HEC]] in Paris and the [[Athens University of Economics and Business]]. His biography describes how he spent thirteen years with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] (where he led the £97 million buyout of their food companies to form [[Premier Brands]] Ltd). He then became Chairman of [[Food from Britain]], Director General of the [[Conservative Party]], a Ministerial Adviser at the [[Cabinet Office]], Chairman of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] and of [[Teachers TV]], [[Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors]] and President of the [[Chartered Management Institute]]. It is stated that he is the key benefactor of the [[Judge Business School]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].

* [[Raj Loomba]] - founder Chairman of [[Rinku Group]] plc

* [[George Mallinckrodt]] KBE - Mallinckrodt also serves as Director of [[Schroders]] (he joined them in 1954), Vice President of the [[German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce]], President of the German [[YMCA]], is a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]], and Christian Trustee of the Committee of The [[Interfaith Foundation]], a Member of the Advisory Committee on Finance at [[St George's College]], serves the [[Lambeth Partnership]], the [[British-North American Committee]], the [[British Museum Development Trust Council]] and is a Member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, [[Oxford University]], St. Antony's College Advisory Board. Formerly he was a Director of Siemens, adviser to [[Bain and Company]], Chairman of the Council of the [[World Economic Forum]], Director of [[British Invisibles]] (1995-98), [[Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust]] (1992-98), [[Allianz of America]] Inc, [[National Mutual Life Association of Australasia]] (1987-90) and an Adviser to [[McGraw Hill]] (1986-89).

* [[Tim Melville-Ross]] - Melville-Ross also serves as Chairman of [[DTZ Holdings]] plc, [[Investors in People]] UK, [[Bank Insinger de Beaufort]] NV and [[Manganese Bronze Holdings]] plc (the manufacturer of the London Taxi). He is also Deputy Chairman of [[Royal London Mutual Insurance Society]] and is a Director of [[Bovis Homes Group]] plc, [[Equity Trust SARL]], [[Katalyst]] Ltd and is Chairman of the Council of the [[University of Essex]]. Formerly he was the Director General of The [[Institute of Directors]] (1994-99) and Chief Executive of [[Nationwide Building Society]].

* [[Kate Nealon]] - Nealon also serves as Non-Executive Director at [[HBOS]] Plc, [[Cable & Wireless]] Plc and [[Shire]] Plc. She is also a Senior Associate at the [[Judge Business School]] at [[Cambridge University]] and is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[Centre for Business Research]] at Cambridge. Her previous involvements include serving with [[Standard Chartered Bank]].

* [[David Pritchard]] - Pritchard also serves as a non-executive chairman of [[Songbird Estates]] plc (which controls [[Canary Wharf Group]] plc) and of [[AIB Group]] (UK) plc, is a non-executive director of [[Allied Irish Banks]] plc and of The [[Motability Tenth Anniversary Trust]]. His biography describes how he spent 5 years in the aircraft industry before embarking on a banking career. He held senior management positions at [[Citicorp Investment Bank]], [[Royal Bank of Canada Group]], The [[National Bank of New Zealand]], [[Cheltenham & Gloucester]], [[Scottish Widows]] Group, [[LCH.Clearnet Group]] and [[Lloyds TSB]] (during his time with LLoyds TSB he was seconded for 2 years to the Financial Services Authority).

* [[James Ross]] - Ross is also Chair of the [[Leadership Foundation for Higher Education]] and a Director of [[Prudential]], [[McGraw Hill]], [[Datacard]] (USA) and of [[Schneider Electric]] (France). His biography describes how he served a thirty year career with [[BP]] (which included the roles of Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive) and served as Deputy Chairman of [[National Grid Transco]], Chief Executive of [[Cable and Wireless]] and Chairman of [[National Grid]] and [[Littlewoods]].

* Sir [[Robert Worcester]] - Worcester founded [[MORI]] (Market & Opinion Research International)and is a Senior Advisor of [[Ipsos MORI Public Affairs Research]]. He is also on Advisory Boards of the [[Media Standards Trust]] (MST), the [[Camelot Advisory Panel for Corporate Responsibility]] and [[GovNet]]. Other roles include serving as Chairman of the [[Pilgrims Society]], as Governor of the [[English-Speaking Union]] and as Trustee of the [[Magna Carta Trust]]. He is a Freeman of the City of London, a Governor of the [[Ditchley Foundation.]] and is involved with a number of wildlife/conservation trusts. He serves various roles with the [[University of Kent]], the [[London School of Economics]], [[University of Kent]] and [[Warwick University]]. His previous involvements include serving as President with the [[World Association for Public Opinion Research]] (WAPOR)

Other council members have included:
* Sir [[Nigel Wicks]] - Wicks serves as a non-executive Deputy Chairman of [[Euroclear]] plc, a non-executive director of [[Morgan Stanley Bank International]] and Chairman of the [[Scrutiny Committee of the Actuarial Profession]]. He formerly served [[British Petroleum]] before joining [[HM Treasury]] in 1968 and went on to work for Prime Ministers [[Harold Wilson]], [[James Callaghan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He has also served as the United Kingdom's Executive Director at the [[International Monetary Fund]] and [[World Bank]] and the Prime Minister's representative ("Sherpa") for the Economic Summits of the [[Group of Seven Industrialised Nations]] ([[G7]]). He has served as the Treasury's Second Permanent Secretary responsible for international financial matters (1989-2000) and as Chair of the Committee on [[Standards in Public Life]] (2001-04)<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* The [[Baroness Wilcox of Plymouth]]. Her biography describes how she serves as a Non Executive Director with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] as well as being the President of [[Trading Standards Institute]] and of the [[National Consumer Federation]]. She is also a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]] and previously served as Chairman of the [[National Consumer Council]] and was on the board of the [[Inland Revenue]]<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

==Funding==
===Corporate Subscribers===
In 2009, Corporate Subscribers to the Institute are listed as:

:[[3i]] | [[ACCA]] | [[Airbus]] | [[Airwave] | [[Allied Irish Bank]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[APM Group]] | [[Areva]] | [[Association of British Insurers]] | [[Association of MBAs]] | [[BAE Systems]] | [[Balfour Beatty]] | [[Bank of England]] | [[Barclays]] Bank plc | [[Belron]] | [[BG Group]] | [[Borealis]] | [[BP]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[BSI]] | [[Cable & Wireless]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Camelot]] | [[CCLA Investment Management]] | [[Centrica]] | [[Chartered Insurance Institute]] | [[Chartered Institute of Management Accountants]] | [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] | [[Chartered Management Institute]] | [[Chemical Industries Association]] | [[Corus]] | [[De La Rue]] | [[Deloitte & Touche]] | [[Diageo]] | The [[D Group]] | [[Eisai]] | [[Electrical Safety Council]] | [[Ernst & Young]] | [[Ethical Solutions Invisicom]] SC | [[Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation]] | [[Expolink]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[F&C Asset Management]] | [[Financial Reporting Council]] | [[Gallaher]] Ltd | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[GoodCorporation]] | [[HSBC]] | [[ICCSR, Nottingham Business School]] | [[Imperial Tobacco]] | [[Institute of Actuaries]] | [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales]] | [[Institute of Directors]] | [[Institute of Internal Auditors]] | [[Intrelate]] | [[Itex]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Legal & General]] | [[Lloyds TSB]] | [[Lloyds of London]] | [[Lockheed Martin]] | [[Lonmin plc]] | [[L'Oreal]] | [[LRN]] | [[Man Group]] | [[Mayer Brown]] | [[National Grid]] | [[Nestlé]] UK Ltd | [[Nomura]] | [[Norton Rose]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Prudential]] | [[Reassurance Network]] | [[Remote Asset Management]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] | [[Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors]] | [[RWE npower]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAI Global Compliance]] | [[Schroders]] | [[Securities & Investment Institute]] | [[Serious Fraud Office]] | [[SEGRO]] | [[Serco]] | [[Severn Trent]] | [[Shell]] | [[Simmons & Simmons]] | [[Smiths Group]] | [[Standard Life]] | [[Stephenson Harwood]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Telefonica O2 Europe]] | [[Thales]] | [[Total]] | [[UBS Investment Bank]] | [[Virtuous Circle]] | [[Wolseley]] | [[Yell]]

==Contact==
:Institute of Business Ethics
:24 Greencoat Place
:London SW1P 1BE

==References==
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[[Category:CSR]]

User talk:Lynn Hill

2009-08-07T13:01:44Z

Lynn Hill: /* globalisation remainder */

See [[Digital Learning Alliance]]

==Stevenson==

===<b>bits still needing attention</b>===

***SRU and Lexington Communications (a Labour-connected lobbyist firm started with money from Stevenson, who is a shareholder) got together an anti-BBC alliance to attack their free digital plans.***
source?
<b>Lynn's note</b> - unable to locate Lexington Comms connection. I've added a 'ref needed' to this part of his article. Sources re SRU founding/funding are below, but it looks like the article is referring to Lexington rather than SRU in this context.

<b> Lynn cont.</b> Source re Stevenson co-founded SRU Reference - Hirst, C. (2002) 'Telecoms Media Technology: Why the pink queen might turn deep red'. <i>The Independent</i>. 28th July 2002. Accessed 27th September 2008.

<b> Lynn cont.</b> Co founded SRU with Peter Wallis (aka Peter York) borrowed 12,000 for start up costs - reference- PATRICK HOSKING. Profile: Master of the low profile; Dennis Stevenson's dazzling ca-reer may soon land him atop GPA. Patrick Hosking reports. The Independent. 5th September 1993. This article implies that he is a shareholder but it isn't explicit. Unable to locate any info explicitly stating him as a shareholder.

***Stevenson forged the deal between the Labour party and BT (Independent 27/9/96)<b>Done</b>. He was supposedly 'recruited' by Blair in 96 "after an approach by Peter Mandelson... who Stevenson met years ago when both were involved in youth movements." (Sunday Times 20/10/96)***<b>Lynn's note</b> added source from the original refs section, source is no longer available to double check content.

***Indeed their connections go right back to the British Youth Council.***
source? <b>Lynn's note</b> unable to locate source, nothing in the info sent and a quick google search didn't come up with anything. It may be that it was also mentioned in the Sunday Times article which is no longer available but I can't be sure.

The "More New Labour links" section
***and has provided a great deal of Mandelson connections***
clarify--not sure what this means <b>Lynn's note</b> unable to locate the source given. Looks like its no longer available, its not in the info sent or through a google search so unable to check for clarification.

==note to self==

* [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cf02f3d2-4f5c-11dd-b050-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 Blow to SFO as probe collapses] By Megan Murphy, Law Courts Correspondent Published: July 11 2008

* http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/29/pharmaceuticals-drugs-european-union

* [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/drug-firms-bankroll-attacks-on-nhs-947316.html drug-firms-bankroll-attacks-on-nhs]

Nexis Lexis -Chinn up to page 536 to be continued

* Some Israeli PR connections here [http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=491831&fid=1049]
* add other British-Jewry influencers from [http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s18s186&SecId=186&AId=59976&ATypeId=1 JC top list]

===Some stuff to come back to later===
* have a look at and add [http://www.auroracomms.com/ aurora] they share name with [[Aurora Russia Ltd]], coincidence?
* still to add my pics for Catchpell House and related firms. Then visit Ocean drive for more pics. Recheck the PR firm listed at Sirius's address and take pic of Leith Agency boat. Google maps.
* finish [[Cello Plc]] page (still to add clients for MRUK & tidy up). Then add to the link pages.
* add to the linked pages for [[Crossan Communications]], the [[Leith Agency]].

* finish going through [[Pfizer]] Lobbying firm connections (also [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Abbott Laboratories]], [[Eli Lilly and Company]]) then continue adding lobbying/donations info for pharma firms.
* Add details listed in [[Glover Park Group]] talk page
* Public Relations Organisation International lists clients for their affiliated companies - go through them.
* revolving door info (remember to check refs) http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/politics/revolvingdoor.html
* add pharma details from http://www.opensecrets.org http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/index.asp http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/overview.asp?txtindextype=l http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/search.asp
* might be worth doing a Spinprofiles search for Pharma firms not started yet and joining the dots so to speak...

===Useful links===
Businessweek lists board member affiliations... check this out further for others, may prove a useful resource elsewhere.
http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/relationship.asp?personId=598067&capId=154924&previousCapId=139677&previousTitle=Johnson%20%26%20Johnson

* Category list is here: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Special:Categories

* creating new pages: http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Article_Submission
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===Work in progress: ICC page===
continue adding info from link: United Nations Environment Programme [http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=127&ArticleID=2076 UNEP and ICC Sponsor Millennium Business Awards for Environmental performance] 5th May 2000.

== Lynn's to do list==

* I’m making good progress categorising Climate Sceptics & Think Tankers (concentrating on climate related but adding in others where I come across them) pages. There’s still a bit of work to do here. It won’t be concise, there’s likely to be some who fall through the net, but I don’t want to become too occupied chasing categories (we can always add the others as we come across them). I just need to followthe links on [[International Policy Network]], [[Tech Central Station]] and the [[Heartland Institute]] pages then this should be finished.
* I need to read through the Scottish Widows Policy reports (re the links David sent by email 11thFeb) and add anything relevant. All the other relevant info from the other Scottish Widows links are in. Stub pages for their staff are to be created?
* I’ll have a look at [[Geoff Mulgan]]’s page for Claire.
* I still have the remaining Globalisation pages on my to do list (if they still need done) re Claire's email 14th Jan. The pages relating to the [[Institute for National Security Studies]] are now all done and collated onto one page.
* I also need to write a bit on Food Industry Friendly Experts.

===Matthew Freud===
page under construction - work in progress section to be worked on:

He also organised a large party for Young Labour at the World Famous Palace Discotheque in Blackpool at their 1998 Conference. Hosted by Chris Evans (one of Freud's PR clients) it cost £20,000, paid for by Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB.

Matthew Freud is one of the most powerful PR men in London. He gave Mandelson PR advice during the secret loan scandal that cost him his job. He donated the use of his West End offices to [[Frank Dobson]]'s campaign for London Mayor (part of 'a long-standing arrangement with the local Party'). Dobson's supporters used the offices as a base to phone round high-profile Labour members.

He also a close friend of Task Force members [[Lord Alli]] (Freud handled the publicity for Lord Alli's Big Breakfast TV programme) and [[James Palumbo]] of the Ministry of Sound. He is also involved with clickmusic, an internet music directory set up by [[Robert Devereux]] and [[Alan McGee]].

He co-owns expensive restaurants like Marco Pierre-White's Quo Vadis and Damian Hirst's Pharmacy. He has shares in Oxygen Holdings, an internet investment company (Elisabeth Murdoch is also an investor). He is a partner in Yoo, a property company, with [[Philippe Starck]] and [[John Hitchcox]] (one of the men behind the Millennium Loft Company). In the brochure for Yoo, he says he has played 'a significant role in redifining the PR industry...to the front-line art form of controlled media manipulation.' He sold Freud Communications in 1994 for £10 million, but stayed on in charge of the company as part of the deal. He has repeatedly said that he wants to be appointed to the House of Lords. Freud Communications' income in 1999 was £6,690,000<ref>available through [http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe5.html search function] on red star research</ref>.

== primark ==

Hi Lynn

are u still working on Primark? if so there is some stuff from Guardian on sweatshop labour:
http://www.nosweat.org.uk/node/595

if you don't have time to put someth in, let me know and I will do it.

BW
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 17:17, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

== aargh ==

HI Lynn

haven't touched the glob pages since last I was in contact with you about them! been doing other stuff on Spin, hasten to add. meaning to get back in there very soon. But feel free to work on any of the pages--just let me know which section(s) you're working on and I will make sure I go for another section.

thanks for doing primark--knew there was someth wrong with their prices!
BW
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 18:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

== globalisation remainder ==

===Globalisation: Global Food and Health policy 4:===
*[[Globalisation: European Commission and European Association of Communications Agencies]]
*[[Globalisation: National Associations' Council]]
*[[Globalisation: Integrated Marketing Communications Council]]
*[[Globalisation: European Advertising Standards Alliance]]

===Supermarkets, retailers and 'ethical' clothing===
*[[Globalisation:Tesco: Ethical Trading Initiative]] [LYNN USING STUFF ON ETHICAL TRADING INIT (Done) BUT TESCO NEEDS TO BE PUT ONTO DEDICATED PAGE]

===Globalisation: Global corporate Power and Development 3:===
*[[Globalisation: Privatisation in the developing world]]
*[[Globalisation: Department for International Development and privatisation]]
*[[Globalisation: Adam Smith International]]

===Globalisation: Global corporate Power and Development 4:===
*[[Globalisation:Global corporate Power and Development: Introduction]]
*[[Globalisation:Business Action for Africa]]
*[[Globalisation:Corporate Council on Africa]]
*[[Globalisation:Global corporate Power and Development:Conclusion]]

===Neoconservatism and American Imperialism 1:===
*[[Globalisation: Bush Administration]]

===Neoconservatism and American Imperialism 2:===
*[[Globalisation: Center for Security Policy]] and US global dominance

== done glob pages ==

HI Lynn

pls feel free to delete all the glob pages you've finished with from your talk page. I've just got rid of a couple that various people have done. what are you working on at the mo -- pharma portal?

many thanks
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 15:03, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

== thanks ==

Thanks Lynn, exciting about CSR portal and yes you are right about logos.

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 13:01, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

== sirc ==

many thanks Lynn, goes without saying if u have any additional info on SIRC pls do put it in. i am focusing on updating and checking refs and ironing out grammar and structure

best wishes
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 13:55, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

== stevenson ==

Hi Lynn

re your "bits needing attention" on Stevenson noted on yr talk page, are they still outstanding, ie do I need to go in there and try to polish off the remaining probs and maybe delete material?

thanks

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 13:58, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

== stevenson 2 ==

Hi Lynn

I will try to get to Stevenson after SIRC and delete the bits we can't support. thanks for your work on this page, it was a pig.

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 10:39, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

== lists ==

Hi Lynn

welcome back! I don't want to jump the gun on yr CSR Europe page as know you are still working on it but if you are not planning to add info to the items in the "Members include" section, then best to format them as horizontal list, see
http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/SpinProfiles:How_to_Format_Lists

so you would have:

<nowiki>ABB | Accor | Ahold</nowiki>

just takes up less room...

thank you----[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 14:49, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

== CSR future work ==

HI Lynn

I was just getting back to the remaining globalisation pages and it occurred to me that you might be intending to feature some of these firms and orgs in your work on CSR. If this is the case, cd you let me know which firms and orgs these would be, as I cd knock those off my list of pages that I need to redo, as presumably you will be researching and writing about them.

In hope...

--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 15:33, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

== OK ==

Thanks Lynn, that whittles down the glob list a bit, have just added a note to myself on your talk page next to the ones that I don't have to worry about, to the effect that you will be dealing with them.

best wishes
--[[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]] 18:52, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Institute for Business Ethics

2009-08-04T12:57:50Z

Lynn Hill: /* Advisory Council */

==People==
===Trustees===
In 2009, the Institute for Business Ethics lists their Trustees as<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/trustees.html Trustees] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

* [[Chris Moorhouse]] - Chairman. Moorhouse also chairs the [[Energy Institute]] GTCs Committee, is a Non-Executive Director with [[ICE Clear Europe]] and is an Advisory Council Member of the [[Christian Association of Business Executives]]. He formerly served as Chief Executive with BP (He joined the company in 1970). His other previous involvements include serving [[Oil Trading International]], [[ICE Futures Holdings]] PLC, and 'influential posts' in the [[Energy Institute]], [[UK Petroleum Industry Association]] and the Civil Service Management Board sub-committee on [[Professional Skills for Government]].

* [[Muriel Johnson]] - Deputy Chairman. Formerly serving [[Marks & Spencer]]

* [[Michael Turner-Samuels]] - Treasurer. Turner-Samuels also serves as a Principal of [[N&G Europe]] (since 1999), was Director of Corporate Development at [[Thorn]] plc, [[Unigate]] plc and [[Varity Corporation]] & [[Massey Ferguson]].

* [[Harry Branchdale]]. Branchdale also serves [[RAF]] commission and VR service in counter intelligence. His previous involvements include working with [[BAT]], [[Pricewaterhouse Coopers]], [[BOC]], [[RTZ]], [[J.Lyons]], the [[NHS]] and as Managing Director for [[United Biscuits]] in Germany/Austria

* [[Jane Collier]]. Collier is also Senior Research Associate and Fellow at the [[Judge Business School]], [[University of Cambridge]], and Emeritus Fellow of [[Lucy Cavendish College]]. She is also on the editorial board with ''[[Business Ethics: a European Review]]'' and is a member of [[IABS]], [[EBEN]] and [[ISBEE]] (business ethics professional bodies), serves [[CIS]] and the [[Oxford and Cambridge Catholic Education Board]] (OCCEB).

* [[Tim Cullen]]. In 1999 Cullen established policy management firm [[Tim Cullen Associates]] ([[TCA]]), which he continues to serve in the role of Managing Director alongside fellow executive Senior Associate [[Paul Fisher]] who joined them from PR giant [[Ketchum]]. Prior to this Cullen served as Senior Advisor for External and United Nations Affairs at the [[World Bank]] (he joined the World Bank in 1978). His biography describes how his involvements with the World Bank ranged from 'the effort to transform the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to market economies to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992'. He also worked in the PR offices with [[Ford]] Motor Company Ltd, was Public Affairs Counsellor for [[Ford]] Export Corporation and was International Public Affairs Administrator with [[Continental Bank]]. In 2009 he is described as being a Commissioner on the Financial Supervision Commission of the [[Isle of Man Government]], an Associate Fellow and Director of the [[Oxford Programme on Negotiation]] at the [[Saïd Business School]] (a programme he established in 2002) and a Executive Director of the [[Small Countries Financial Management Centre]]<ref>Tim Cullen Associates [http://www.timcullen.com/who_we_are/executives/tim_cullen.html Who We Are] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>

* [[Janet Haber]]

* [[Martin Le Jeune]]. Le Jeune is co-founder of communications firm [[Open Road]] which was declared Winner of Best New Consultancy at the Public Affairs News Awards and was nominated for New Consultancy of the Year at PRWeek Awards in 2008<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/site/ Home] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. Le Jeune previous involvements include serving as head of Public Affairs at [[Sky]], as board director and Head of Corporate Responsibility at [[Fishburn Hedges]], as a civil servant in the [[Cabinet Office]] and as Head of Public Policy at [[NatWest]]<ref>Open Road [http://www.theopen-road.com/index.php/team/ Our Team] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* [[Archie Robertson]]. Robertson also serves as non-executive director with [[Capita Symonds]] (since 2009)<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. His previous involvements include serving with the [[Highways Agency]]. Before this he spent the first 20 years of his career with [[BP]]<ref>Autotrader [http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/AUTOTALK/34522.html Autotalk] 6th June 2007. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. He also served as a director with the [[Environment Agency]] for England and Wales (1996-2003<ref>Capita Symonds [http://www.capitasymonds.co.uk/ournews/article.asp?newsid=3011 Capita Symonds appoints Archie Robertson] 4th June 2009. Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>).

===Advisory Council===
In 2009 IBE's Advisory Council are listed as<ref>Institute for Business Ethics [http://www.ibe.org.uk/whoweare/council.html Council] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>:

*Sir [[Peter Walters]] - President. Walters biography describes how he 'spent the majority of his career with The [[British Petroleum]] Company plc, of which he was a Managing Director for seventeen years and Chairman for eight years until his retirement in March 1990'. His previous involvements also include serving as Deputy Chairman with [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[EMI]] Group and [[HSBC]] Holdings, Chairman of [[SmithKline Beecham]], [[Midland Bank]], [[Blue Circle Industries]] plc, Director of [[National Westminster Bank]] and President of the [[Institute of Directors]], the [[General Council of British Shipping]], the [[Society of Chemical Industry]] and the Institute of [[Economic Affairs]].

*Sir [[Sigmund Sternberg]] - Vice President. Sternberg is also a member of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and is President of the [[Reform Movement]]. His biography describes how he has served as sole Patron of the [[International Council of Christians and Jews]], was co-founder of the [[Three Faiths Forum]], is the founder of the [[Sternberg Centre for Judaism]] and is vice-president of the [[World Congress of Faiths]].

* [[Baroness Howe of Idlicote]] - Vice President. Howe also serves as Governor of the [[London School of Economics]] and chairs the Board of the [[Onyx Environmental Trust]]. Her previous involvements include serving as a Non-Executive Director of [[United Biscuits]] (1988-1994), [[Legal & General]] plc (1989-1997) and the [[Kingfisher Group]] (1986-2000). She has also been involved with the [[BOC Foundation for the Environment]], [[UNICEF]], the [[Broadcasting Standards Commission]] ((1993-99) & [[Business in the Community]]'s Opportunity 2000 initiative (1994-98).

*[[Lord Carey of Clifton]]

*[[Elizabeth Filkin]] - Non Executive Chairman of [[Annington Homes]] plc & Non Executive Director of [[Jarvis]] plc and [[Stanelco]] plc. Chairman of The [[Advertising Advisory Committee]] and The [[Association for Television on Demand]]. Former [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] and a member of the Audit Commission and Deputy Chairman Regulatory Decisions Committee [[F.S.A.]]

* Sir [[Alistair Graham]]

* [[Stephen Green ]] - Group Chief Executive of [[HSBC]] and a director with [[Bank of Bermuda]]. Formely serving the [[British Government's Ministry of Overseas Development]], [[McKinsey & Co]] & [[Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]].

* Dr [[Peter Harper]]. Harper's biography describes how he has spent most of his 30 year business career at [[Hanson]] plc. He has previously served [[Imperial Tobacco]]. His non-executive directorships are listed as including [[LONROH]] plc (now [[Lonmin]]), [[Victrex]] plc (as Deputy Chairman), [[John Laing]] plc, [[London Clubs International]], [[Tigerprint]] and [[Eversholt leasing]].

* Sir [[Paul Judge]] - Judge is also President of the [[Chartered Institute of Marketing]] and of the [[Association of MBAs]]. He is an Alderman of the City of London, Chairman of [[Schroder Income Growth Fund]] plc, the [[Enterprise Education Trust]], [[Digital Links International]] and [[St Dunstan's College]] and Deputy Chairman of the [[American Management Association]]. He also serves as a Director of the [[United Kingdom Accreditation Service]], [[ENRC]] plc, [[Standard Bank of South Africa]] and [[Tempur-Pedic]] of Kentucky, on the Advisory Boards of [[Barclays Private Bank]], [[Abraaj Capital]] in Dubai, [[HEC]] in Paris and the [[Athens University of Economics and Business]]. His biography describes how he spent thirteen years with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] (where he led the £97 million buyout of their food companies to form [[Premier Brands]] Ltd). He then became Chairman of [[Food from Britain]], Director General of the [[Conservative Party]], a Ministerial Adviser at the [[Cabinet Office]], Chairman of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] and of [[Teachers TV]], [[Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors]] and President of the [[Chartered Management Institute]]. It is stated that he is the key benefactor of the [[Judge Business School]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].

* [[Raj Loomba]] - founder Chairman of [[Rinku Group]] plc

* [[George Mallinckrodt]] KBE - Mallinckrodt also serves as Director of [[Schroders]] (he joined them in 1954), Vice President of the [[German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce]], President of the German [[YMCA]], is a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]], and Christian Trustee of the Committee of The [[Interfaith Foundation]], a Member of the Advisory Committee on Finance at [[St George's College]], serves the [[Lambeth Partnership]], the [[British-North American Committee]], the [[British Museum Development Trust Council]] and is a Member of the Chancellor's Court of Benefactors, [[Oxford University]], St. Antony's College Advisory Board. Formerly he was a Director of Siemens, adviser to [[Bain and Company]], Chairman of the Council of the [[World Economic Forum]], Director of [[British Invisibles]] (1995-98), [[Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust]] (1992-98), [[Allianz of America]] Inc, [[National Mutual Life Association of Australasia]] (1987-90) and an Adviser to [[McGraw Hill]] (1986-89).

* [[Tim Melville-Ross]] - Melville-Ross also serves as Chairman of [[DTZ Holdings]] plc, [[Investors in People]] UK, [[Bank Insinger de Beaufort]] NV and [[Manganese Bronze Holdings]] plc (the manufacturer of the London Taxi). He is also Deputy Chairman of [[Royal London Mutual Insurance Society]] and is a Director of [[Bovis Homes Group]] plc, [[Equity Trust SARL]], [[Katalyst]] Ltd and is Chairman of the Council of the [[University of Essex]]. Formerly he was the Director General of The [[Institute of Directors]] (1994-99) and Chief Executive of [[Nationwide Building Society]].

* [[Kate Nealon]] - Nealon also serves as Non-Executive Director at [[HBOS]] Plc, [[Cable & Wireless]] Plc and [[Shire]] Plc. She is also a Senior Associate at the [[Judge Business School]] at [[Cambridge University]] and is a member of the Advisory Board of the [[Centre for Business Research]] at Cambridge. Her previous involvements include serving with [[Standard Chartered Bank]].

* [[David Pritchard]] - Pritchard also serves as a non-executive chairman of [[Songbird Estates]] plc (which controls [[Canary Wharf Group]] plc) and of [[AIB Group]] (UK) plc, is a non-executive director of [[Allied Irish Banks]] plc and of The [[Motability Tenth Anniversary Trust]]. His biography describes how he spent 5 years in the aircraft industry before embarking on a banking career. He held senior management positions at [[Citicorp Investment Bank]], [[Royal Bank of Canada Group]], The [[National Bank of New Zealand]], [[Cheltenham & Gloucester]], [[Scottish Widows]] Group, [[LCH.Clearnet Group]] and [[Lloyds TSB]] (during his time with LLoyds TSB he was seconded for 2 years to the Financial Services Authority).

* [[James Ross]] - Ross is also Chair of the [[Leadership Foundation for Higher Education]] and a Director of [[Prudential]], [[McGraw Hill]], [[Datacard]] (USA) and of [[Schneider Electric]] (France). His biography describes how he served a thirty year career with [[BP]] (which included the roles of Managing Director, Chairman and Chief Executive) and served as Deputy Chairman of [[National Grid Transco]], Chief Executive of [[Cable and Wireless]] and Chairman of [[National Grid]] and [[Littlewoods]].

* Sir [[Robert Worcester]] - Worcester founded [[MORI]] (Market & Opinion Research International)and is a Senior Advisor of [[Ipsos MORI Public Affairs Research]]. He is also on Advisory Boards of the [[Media Standards Trust]] (MST), the [[Camelot Advisory Panel for Corporate Responsibility]] and [[GovNet]]. Other roles include serving as Chairman of the [[Pilgrims Society]], as Governor of the [[English-Speaking Union]] and as Trustee of the [[Magna Carta Trust]]. He is a Freeman of the City of London, a Governor of the [[Ditchley Foundation.]] and is involved with a number of wildlife/conservation trusts. He serves various roles with the [[University of Kent]], the [[London School of Economics]], [[University of Kent]] and [[Warwick University]]. His previous involvements include serving as President with the [[World Association for Public Opinion Research]] (WAPOR)

Other council members have included:
* Sir [[Nigel Wicks]] - Wicks serves as a non-executive Deputy Chairman of [[Euroclear]] plc, a non-executive director of [[Morgan Stanley Bank International]] and Chairman of the [[Scrutiny Committee of the Actuarial Profession]]. He formerly served [[British Petroleum]] before joining [[HM Treasury]] in 1968 and went on to work for Prime Ministers [[Harold Wilson]], [[James Callaghan]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He has also served as the United Kingdom's Executive Director at the [[International Monetary Fund]] and [[World Bank]] and the Prime Minister's representative ("Sherpa") for the Economic Summits of the [[Group of Seven Industrialised Nations]] ([[G7]]). He has served as the Treasury's Second Permanent Secretary responsible for international financial matters (1989-2000) and as Chair of the Committee on [[Standards in Public Life]] (2001-04)<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

* The [[Baroness Wilcox of Plymouth]]. Her biography describes how she serves as a Non Executive Director with [[Cadbury Schweppes]] as well as being the President of [[Trading Standards Institute]] and of the [[National Consumer Federation]]. She is also a Trustee of [[Christian Responsibility in Public Affairs]] and previously served as Chairman of the [[National Consumer Council]] and was on the board of the [[Inland Revenue]]<ref>Institute of Business Ethics [http://www.s145828053.websitehome.co.uk/council.html#nw Who We Are] Archive accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

==Contact==
:Institute of Business Ethics
:24 Greencoat Place
:London SW1P 1BE

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:CSR]]

Institute for Business Ethics

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Institute for Business Ethics

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Institute for Business Ethics

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Lynn Hill: trustees

Business in the Community

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Lynn Hill: background

==Background==
'''Business in the Community''' is a Prince's Charity set up by the Prince of Wales. It's stated aim is to 'inspire, engage, support and challenge' its member companies 'to improve their positive impact on society' in 4 areas: workplace, marketplace, environment and community<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/index.html About Business in the Community] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>. According to its website, Business in the Community works with companies who make a commitment to a) 'Inspire, innovate and lead by sharing learning and experience of responsible business', b) 'Impact on key social issues through collaborative action in areas of greatest need' and c) 'Integrate, manage and measure responsible business practice'<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/join_us/membership/index.html Membership] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>. In 2009 their top priorities are stated as being to tackling climate change and develop the talent and skills of the existing and future workforce<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/index.html About Business in the Community] Accessed 4th August 2009</ref>.

==People==
===Board of Trustee Directors===
In 2009, Business in the Community's Board of Trustee Directors is listed as<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html Board of Trustee Directors] Accessed 28th July 2009</ref>:

* [[Stuart Rose]] - Chairman. Rose also serves as Chief Executive of [[Marks and Spencer]] (he joined them in 1972 and became CE in 2004), as non-executive director of [[Land Securities]] plc and Chairman of the [[British Fashion Council]]. Rose has also previously served the [[Burton Group]] (1989 - 1997), was Chief Executive of Argos plc (in 1998), went on to became Chief Executive of Booker plc, then became Chief Executive of [[Arcadia Group]] plc (2000-2002).
* [[Ann Beynon]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Wales Advisory Board. Beynon also serves as Director Wales at [[BT]] (since 2004).
* [[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] - Chairman Workplace Impact Area. Fawcett also serves as Chairman of [[Pensions First]] LLP, is Chairman of [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and is Non-Executive Director of [[State Street Corporation]] in Boston, Massachusetts and the [[Bank of England]] (she is a member of the Court of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Bank’s Audit Committee. Her previous roles include serving [[Morgan Stanley]].
* [[Philip N Green]] - Chairman Environment Impact Area. Green also serves as Chief Executive of [[United Utilities]] PLC (described as one of the largest water, gas and electricity utilities companies in the UK), is CEO of [[P&O Nedlloyd]] (described as 'one of the largest container shipping companies in the world'), is a non-executive Director of [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc and is a member of the [[Commission for Skills and Employment]]. Green previously served [[DHL]] as was Chief Operating Officer with the [[Reuters]] Group.
* [[Christine Hodgson]] - Member, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Hodgson also serves as Chief Executive of [[Capgemini Technology Services UK]] (part of [[Capgemini]] (UK) Plc). Her previous roles include serving [[Coopers & Lybrand]] and [[Ronson]] plc.
* [[Phil Hodkinson]] serves as is a non-executive director of [[HM Revenue & Customs]], [[BT]] plc, [[Travelex Holdings]] and Resolution Ltd, is a trustee of [[Christian Aid]] and BBC's [[Children in Need]] and is a Fellow of the [[Institute of Actuaries]]. His previous involvements include serving as Group Finance Director with [[HBOS]] plc, serving as Chairman of [[Insight Investment]] and [[Clerical Medical]] and as CEO of [[Zurich Financial Services UK Life]]. He also previously served as chair of the [[ABI]]'s Raising Standards Accreditation Scheme and was a member of the [[DTI]] Operating and Financial Review Working Group.
* [[Chris Hyman]] - Chairman of The Prince’s Seeing is Believing Programme. Hyman also serves as Chief Executive of [[Serco Group]] plc (he joined the firm in 1994). He is chairman of the charity [[In Kind Direct]] and is non-exec director for [[Habitat for Humanity]], [[Africa Foundation]] and the [[Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation]]. He is also a member of the UK Government's Honours [[Advisory Committee for Economy]]. His previous involvements include serving [[Arthur Andersen]] and [[Ernst & Young]].
* [[John Kelly]] - Chairman, Community Impact Area and Chairman, Engage Membership Commitment. Kelly also serves as Chairman of [[Trainline.com]], as Director for the [[British Casinos Association]] and as chair with the Advisory Group for [[Kings Park Capital]] Private Equity. His previous involvements include serving as Chief Executive of [[Gala Coral Group]], [[Cascade Clubs Holdings Ltd]] and as Managing Director and Board Director with [[Mecca Leisure]] plc.
* [[Mike Kelly]] - Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group. Kelly also serves [[KPMG]] where he heads their CSR activities. Prior to this he served 7 years with the [[United Nations]] (where he was was Senior Programme Officer for the [[United Nations Environment Programme]], Financial Institutions Initiative), he also previously served [[NatWest]] as Head of Environmental Management.
* [[Ben Kernighan]] - Independent Assessment Panel member. Kernighan also serves as Deputy Chief Executive at the [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]] (NCVO). He has previously served as Head of the [[Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation]] in England, served the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]], was on the board of [[Futurebuilders England]] and was a trustee of the [[Earls Court Homeless Families Project]] and the [[Basic Skills Agency]].
* [[Richard Lambert]] - Board Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Lambert also serves as Director General with the [[Confederation of British Industry]], is Chair of the [[Retail Financial Services Group]] and of 'the Advisory Board of a Research Council-funded project studying knowledge transfer'. He is a member of the [[UK-India Roundtable]] and the [[Franco-British Colloque]] and is a Trustee of the [[British Museum]]. His previous involvements include serving as editor with the ''[[Financial Times]]'' (from 1991-2001), was a Non-Executive Director of [[Euronext-Liffe]] and [[Axa Investment Management]] and was an external member of the [[Bank of England]]’s Monetary Policy Committee.
* [[Carolyn McCall]]. McCall also serves as Chief Executive of the [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and as Non-Executive Director of [[Tesco]]. Formerly she was Non-Executive Director of [[New Look]] plc and President of [[Women in Advertising and Communications London]].
* [[John M Neill]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Audit Committee. Neill also serves as Group Chief Executive of [[Unipart Group]], is Vice President of the [[Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders]], is Director of the [[SMMT Industry Forum]], is Vice President of The [[Institute of the Motor Industry]], is a council member of the [[Institute of Directors]], is Vice President of [[BEN]] and is a Non-Executive Director of [[Charter International]] plc and [[Rolls-Royce]] plc. He previously served as a Director of the [[Bank of England]] and a Non-Executive Director of the [[Royal Mail]].
* [[Michael J Ryan]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Northern Ireland Advisory Board. Ryan also serves as is Vice President and General Manager of [[Bombardier Aerospace] in Northern Ireland, is a Board member of [[Maydown Precision Engineering]] and [[Centre for Competitiveness]], is a member of the Aerospace Committee at the [[Department of Trade & Industry]], is an [[SBAC]] council member, a Fellow member of the [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] and a member of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]].
* [[Ian A Smith]] - Chairman, Business in the Community South East Leadership Team. Smith also serves as Managing Partner with [[AndersonBick Consultants]] LLP. He also serves as is President of the [[Institute of Customer Service]], is on the Executive of the [[Information Age Partnership]], the [[E-Skills Board]] and the [[National Employment Panel]] and he chairs the Government’s [[Leadership and Management Panel]]. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of [[Oracle UK]] (1999-2008).
* [[Cilla Snowball]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Inspire Membership Commitment. Snowball also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive of [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group (she joined the group in 1992). She is a member of the [[BBDO Worldwide]] board and is a trustee of [[Macmillan Cancer Support]]. She formerly served [[Ogilvy & Mather]] for 9 years until 1992.
* [[John Spence]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Spence also serves on the [[Capital Enterprise]] Board and is a non-executive director at [[Edrington Limited]]. He is a governor of the [[Church Commisioners]], is Finance Chair at [[Chelmsford Cathedral]], chairs [[Blind in Business]], [[Vitalise]] and [[Harlow Renaissance Limited]], is President of [[Enable]] and of the [[Royal Zoological Society of Scotland]] and is a trustee of [[St Paul's Cathedral Foundation]]. He formerly served [[Lloyds TSB]] for 32 years (1973-2005).
* [[Todd Stitzer]]. Stitzer also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Cadbury]] (he joined [[Cadbury Schweppes]] in 1983)
* [[Truett Tate]] - Tate is also a Chairman and a Group Executive Director with [[Lloyds Banking Group]] and is a charter member of [[TiE UK]]. His biography describes how he also 'serves on a number of private company Boards'. He is also a board member of [[In Kind Direct]] and [[Opportunity International]]. He also serves on the Board of Directors with [[British American Business]] and the [[Corporate Leaders' Group on Climate Change]] convened by the University of Cambridge. He formerly served [[Citibank]] and 'and a broad range of entrepreneurial and Board positions in Brazil, Hong Kong, Germany and the USA.' He is described as being 'central to the successful acquisition of [[HBoS]] by [[Lloyds TSB]] in January 2009'.
* [[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]] - Joint Chairman, Business in the Community EngageBoard Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Global Transaction Services]], [[Citibank]] Europe plc, is on the boards of [[Mapfre America]] SA, [[Clearstream International]], [[LCH.Clearnet] and [[Junior Achievement]] Worldwide. He is Chairman of [[Junior Achievement]] Europe, is Co-Chair of [[Engage]] and is a Advisory Board member of [[Fundación Empresa y Sociedad]].
* [[Michael P Wareing]]. Wareing also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[KPMG]] International (he joined KPMG in 1973). He is also a Board member of [[Business Action on Homelessness]], is joint Chairman of [[Project Compass]] and is Chairman of the [[Global Partner Network]] (which is described as being led by '''Business in the Community''')
* [[Robert Wigley]] - Deputy Chairman. Wigley also serves as a Non-Executive Director of [[LCH.Clearnet]] and the [[Royal Mail]]. He is a member of the [[Court of the Bank of England]], the [[Financial Services Authority’s Senior Practitioner Committee]], the Chairman’s Committee of the [[London Investment Banking Association]], the Advisory Council of [[Business for New Europe]] and Court of the [[Guild of International Bankers]]. He is also a Fellow of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants]] and of the [[Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]]. His previous involvements include chairing the EMEA region for [[Merrill Lynch]].
* [[John Williams]] - Board member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Williams of [[John Williams and Associates]] is co-founder and former Chairman of the public relations consultancy [[Fishburn Hedges]]. He retains his connection with [[Fishburn Hedges]], serving them as a consultant. Williams has also served as Senior Advisor with [[Shell]] (1998 to 2003). He is Chairman of [[Tomorrow’s Company]] and was formerly Deputy Chair of [[ChildLine]]. He was appointed as a Charity Commissioner in 2005.
* [[Steve Holliday]]. Holliday also serves as Chief Executive of National Grid plc (he joined then in 2001) and is a Non Executive Director of [[Marks & Spencer]] plc (since 2004). Holliday is described as having 'spent much of his early career with [[Exxon]]', he also served on the Board of [[British Borneo Oil & Gas]]

====Former Board of Trustee Directors in 2007====
*Sir [[Michael Rake]], [[KPMG]], Chairman of Business in the Community, Board Member, Prince of Wales' [[International Business Leaders Forum]]
*[[Charles Allen]] CBE
*[[Ann Beynon]], [[BT]] Wales, Chairman, Wales Advisory Board
*[[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] CBE, [[Morgan Stanley International]], Chairman, Workplace Impact Area
*[[Stuart Etherington]], [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Mike Fairey]], [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc, Chairman, Race for Opportunity
*[[Richard Gregory]] OBE, [[Yorkshire Bank]] Plc, Chairman, Business in the Community Yorkshire & Humber
*[[Christine Hodgson]], [[Capgemini]] UK, Member, Finance & Risk Committee
*[[Phil Hodkinson]], [[HBOS]] plc, Chairman, 'Support & Challenge' Membership Commitment
*[[David Jackson]], [[BP]] plc, Chairman, Environment Impact Area
*[[John Kelly]] OBE, Chairman, [[Gala Coral]] Group Limited, Chairman, [[ENGAGE]] Membership Commitment
*[[Richard Lambert]], [[Confederation of British Industry]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Allan Leighton]], Chairman, [[Royal Mail]]
*[[Seán Mahon]], [[Cattles]] Plc, Chairman, [[Cares]]
*[[Carolyn McCall]], [[Guardian Media]] Group, Chairman, [[Opportunity Now]]
*[[John M. Neill]] CBE, [[Unipart]] Group, Chairman, Audit Committee
*Sir [[Mervyn Pedelty]], [[FTSE4Good]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Ian M. Russell]] CBE, Chairman, Seeing is Believing Alumni Network
*[[Michael J. Ryan]] CBE, [[Bombardier Aerospace]], Belfast, Chairman, Northern Ireland Advisory Board
*[[Ian A. Smith]], [[Oracle]] UK, Chairman, South East Leadership Team
*[[Cilla Snowball]], [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group, Chairman, Inspire Membership Commitment
*[[John Spence]] OBE, [[HMRC]], Chairman, Finance & Risk Committee
*Ben Stimson, [[BSkyB]], Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group
*[[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]], [[Citigroup Global Transaction Services]], Joint Chairman, [[ENGAGE]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Robert Wigley]], [[Merrill Lynch International]], Chairman, Education Leadership Team
*[[John Williams]], [[John Williams & Associates]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder

<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/who_we_are/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html The Board of Trustee Directors] accessed January 2007.</ref>

===Senior Management===
In 2009, BITC's Senior Management comprises<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_senior_management/index.html Senior Management] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>:
* [[Stephen Howard]] - Chief Executive. In 2004/05 Howard became Group Chief Executive of Novar PLC which was sold on to [[Honeywell]] in 2005. His previous roles have included serving as a practising lawyer and partner with [[Alder, Pollock & Sheehan]] Inc (Providence, USA) and a variety of different roles (including Group Chief Executive) with the [[Cookson Group]] PLC.
* [[Peter Lambert]] - Deputy Chief Executive.

==Membership==
According to its website, Business in the Community works with companies who make a commitment to a) 'Inspire, innovate and lead by sharing learning and experience of responsible business', b) 'Impact on key social issues through collaborative action in areas of greatest need' and c) 'Integrate, manage and measure responsible business practice'<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/join_us/membership/index.html Membership] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>.

In 2009, BITC advertise that they have over 800 members in sectors which includes Aerospace & Defence; Chemicals; Media, Marketing & PR; Mining; Oil & Gas; Pharmaceuticals & Biotech; Tobacco; Utilities, along with retail, food, management consultant, auto industry, education, financial, health, legal, leisure, construction and public service sectors.

* '''Aerospace & Defence''': [[AWE]] | [[BAE SYSTEMS]] | [[BVT Surface Fleet Support]] | [[Bombardier Aerospace]] (NI) | [[Lockheed Martin]] UK Integrated Systems | [[NATS]] | [[NP Aerospace]] | [[Pattonair]] | [[QinetiQ Group]] | [[Rolls-Royce]] | [[TT Electronics]] | [[Thales Group]] | [[VT Group]]
* '''Chemicals''': [[BOC]] | [[Croda International]] plc | [[Johnson Matthey]] | [[Lubrizol]]
* '''Media, Marketing & PR''': [[APS Group]] | [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] | [[Archant]] | [[Ascent Media]] | [[BBC]] (NI) | [[Barques Design]] | [[Belfast Telegraph]] (NI) | [[Bray Leino]] | [[Cambridge University Press]] | [[Carat]] | [[Channel 4 Television]] | [[Chime Communications]] | [[Corporate Culture]] | [[FremantleMedia]] | [[Global Radio]] | [[Golley Slater & Partners]] | [[Guardian Media Group]] | [[ITV]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Ipsos MORI]] | [[JT Group]] | [[Jobsite UK]] | [[Johnston Press]] (NI) | [[Leo Burnett]] | [[Liverpool Daily Post & Echo]] | [[Media Wales]] | [[Munro & Forster]] | [[Northcliffe Media]] | [[Pearson]] | [[Quadrant]] PR | [[RKCR/Y&R]] | [[Random House]] UK | [[Real Radio]] | [[Reed Elsevier]] | [[Shine Group]] | [[Stratagem]] (NI) | The [[Writer]] | [[Thomson Reuters Group]] | [[Trinity Mirror]] | [[Virgin Media]] | [[WPP]] Group | [[Yell Group]]
* '''Mining & Basic Resources''': [[Anglo American]] | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[CEMEX]] | [[HJ Banks]] | [[Lafarge Cement]] UK | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[UK Coal]].
* '''Oil & Gas''': [[BP]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[BP Oil UK]] (NI) | [[Calor Gas]] | [[Petrofac Services]] | [[Shell]] UK | [[Total]] UK | [[Tullow Oil]]
* '''Pharmaceuticals & Biothech''': [[Almac Group]] (NI) | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[MediCare Pharmacy Group]] (NI) | [[Pfizer]] | [[Shire Pharmaceuticals Group]] | [[Smith & Nephew]]
* '''Tobacco''': [[British American Tobacco]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Gallaher]] | [[Imperial Tobacco Group]]
* '''Utilities''': [[AES Kilroot Power]] (NI) | [[Airtricity]] (NI) | [[Anglian Water Group]] | [[B9 Energy O&M]] (NI) | [[Biwater Services]] Ltd. | [[British Energy Group]] | [[British Gas]] Wales | [[CE Electric]] UK | [[Centrica]] | [[Drax Power]] Ltd. | [[Dwr Cymru]] Welsh Water | [[E.ON]] UK | [[EDF Energy]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[ESB Independent Energy]] (NI) | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[International Nuclear Services]] | [[International Power]] | [[Kelda Group]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Magnox North]] | [[National Grid]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Northern Ireland Water]] (NI) | [[Northumbrian Water]] | [[RWE npower]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[SITA]] (NI) | [[Scottish and Southern Energy]] | [[ScottishPower]] | [[Sellafield]] Ltd. | [[Severn Trent Group]] | [[Siemens Metering Services]] | [[South Staffordshire Water]] | [[Spice Holdings]] | [[Springfields Fuels]] | [[Thames Water]] | [[UES]] | [[United Utilities]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Veolia Environnement Group]] | [[Wales and West Utilities]] | Wessex Water

Some of the '''other members''' listed in the various other sectors include:
: [[Bain & Company]] UK | [[Baker Tilly]] | [[Capgemini]] (UK) | [[Cavanagh Kelly]] (NI) | [[Deloitte]] ([[Deloitte & Touche]]) | [[Ernst & Young]] | [[Grant Thornton]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Mazars]] | [[McKinsey & Co ]]UK | [[PKF]] (UK) | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Audi]] UK | [[Bentley Motors]] | [[Brawn GP F1]] | [[Cummins Engine Company]] | [[Ford]] Motor Company | [[Jaguar Land Rover]] | [[Toyota]] Motor Manufacturing (UK) | [[Balfour Beatty]] | [[John Laing]] | [[Kier Group]] | [[Laing O'Rourke]] | [[Rand Group]] | [[Bank of America]] | [[Bank of England]] | [[HBOS]] (NI) | [[HSBC]] Bank | [[Lloyds Banking Group]] | [[N M Rothschild & Sons]] | [[Allied Bakeries]] (NI) | [[Anglo Beef Processors]] | [[Associated British Foods]] | [[Britvic Soft Drinks]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Coca Cola Bottlers]] (NI) | [[Coca-Cola]] | [[Danone Dairies UK & Ireland]] | [[Diageo]] | [[Foyle Meats]] (NI) | [[Kraft Foods]] | [[Mars]] UK | [[McCain Foods]] (GB) | [[Muller Dairy]] (UK) | [[Nestle]] Holdings UK | [[Northern Foods]] | [[PepsiCo]] UK and Ireland | [[Produce World]] | [[SABMiller]] | [[Scottish & Newcastle]] | [[Tate & Lyle]] | [[Wrigley]] Company | [[United Biscuits]] | [[Warburtons]] | [[UK Intellectual Property Office]] | [[Adidas]] UK | [[Procter & Gamble]] UK | [[Unilever]] | [[EDS]]] | [[IBM]] | [[Microsoft]] | [[3M]] UK | [[MWH]] UK | [[Morgan Est]] | [[RSK Group]] plc | [[Ringway Group]] | [[Siemens]] | The [[BSS Group]] | [[Unipart Group]]

<nowiki>*</nowiki> companies listed as being 'premier members'.
===Premier Members===
The BITC list their 'premier members' as being:
: [[Accenture]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Carillion]] | [[Barclays]] | [[Lloyds Banking Group]] | [[Co-operative Group]] | [[Aviva]] | [[Standard Life]] | [[HM Revenue & Customs]] | [[Unilever]] | [[Eversheds]] | [[Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer]] | [[Camelot Group]] | [[ITV]] | [[BP]] | [[Royal Mail Group]] | [[Alliance Boots]] | [[J Sainsbury]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Serco Group]] | [[BT]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Kelda Group]] | [[National Group]] | [[RWE npower]] | [[United Utilities]]

==Affiliations==
*[[Mediasmart]]
===Lobbying and PR consultants===
*[[Central Lobby Consultants]]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:CSR]]

Business in the Community

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==People==
===Board of Trustee Directors===
In 2009, Business in the Community's Board of Trustee Directors is listed as<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html Board of Trustee Directors] Accessed 28th July 2009</ref>:

* [[Stuart Rose]] - Chairman. Rose also serves as Chief Executive of [[Marks and Spencer]] (he joined them in 1972 and became CE in 2004), as non-executive director of [[Land Securities]] plc and Chairman of the [[British Fashion Council]]. Rose has also previously served the [[Burton Group]] (1989 - 1997), was Chief Executive of Argos plc (in 1998), went on to became Chief Executive of Booker plc, then became Chief Executive of [[Arcadia Group]] plc (2000-2002).
* [[Ann Beynon]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Wales Advisory Board. Beynon also serves as Director Wales at [[BT]] (since 2004).
* [[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] - Chairman Workplace Impact Area. Fawcett also serves as Chairman of [[Pensions First]] LLP, is Chairman of [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and is Non-Executive Director of [[State Street Corporation]] in Boston, Massachusetts and the [[Bank of England]] (she is a member of the Court of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Bank’s Audit Committee. Her previous roles include serving [[Morgan Stanley]].
* [[Philip N Green]] - Chairman Environment Impact Area. Green also serves as Chief Executive of [[United Utilities]] PLC (described as one of the largest water, gas and electricity utilities companies in the UK), is CEO of [[P&O Nedlloyd]] (described as 'one of the largest container shipping companies in the world'), is a non-executive Director of [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc and is a member of the [[Commission for Skills and Employment]]. Green previously served [[DHL]] as was Chief Operating Officer with the [[Reuters]] Group.
* [[Christine Hodgson]] - Member, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Hodgson also serves as Chief Executive of [[Capgemini Technology Services UK]] (part of [[Capgemini]] (UK) Plc). Her previous roles include serving [[Coopers & Lybrand]] and [[Ronson]] plc.
* [[Phil Hodkinson]] serves as is a non-executive director of [[HM Revenue & Customs]], [[BT]] plc, [[Travelex Holdings]] and Resolution Ltd, is a trustee of [[Christian Aid]] and BBC's [[Children in Need]] and is a Fellow of the [[Institute of Actuaries]]. His previous involvements include serving as Group Finance Director with [[HBOS]] plc, serving as Chairman of [[Insight Investment]] and [[Clerical Medical]] and as CEO of [[Zurich Financial Services UK Life]]. He also previously served as chair of the [[ABI]]'s Raising Standards Accreditation Scheme and was a member of the [[DTI]] Operating and Financial Review Working Group.
* [[Chris Hyman]] - Chairman of The Prince’s Seeing is Believing Programme. Hyman also serves as Chief Executive of [[Serco Group]] plc (he joined the firm in 1994). He is chairman of the charity [[In Kind Direct]] and is non-exec director for [[Habitat for Humanity]], [[Africa Foundation]] and the [[Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation]]. He is also a member of the UK Government's Honours [[Advisory Committee for Economy]]. His previous involvements include serving [[Arthur Andersen]] and [[Ernst & Young]].
* [[John Kelly]] - Chairman, Community Impact Area and Chairman, Engage Membership Commitment. Kelly also serves as Chairman of [[Trainline.com]], as Director for the [[British Casinos Association]] and as chair with the Advisory Group for [[Kings Park Capital]] Private Equity. His previous involvements include serving as Chief Executive of [[Gala Coral Group]], [[Cascade Clubs Holdings Ltd]] and as Managing Director and Board Director with [[Mecca Leisure]] plc.
* [[Mike Kelly]] - Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group. Kelly also serves [[KPMG]] where he heads their CSR activities. Prior to this he served 7 years with the [[United Nations]] (where he was was Senior Programme Officer for the [[United Nations Environment Programme]], Financial Institutions Initiative), he also previously served [[NatWest]] as Head of Environmental Management.
* [[Ben Kernighan]] - Independent Assessment Panel member. Kernighan also serves as Deputy Chief Executive at the [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]] (NCVO). He has previously served as Head of the [[Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation]] in England, served the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]], was on the board of [[Futurebuilders England]] and was a trustee of the [[Earls Court Homeless Families Project]] and the [[Basic Skills Agency]].
* [[Richard Lambert]] - Board Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Lambert also serves as Director General with the [[Confederation of British Industry]], is Chair of the [[Retail Financial Services Group]] and of 'the Advisory Board of a Research Council-funded project studying knowledge transfer'. He is a member of the [[UK-India Roundtable]] and the [[Franco-British Colloque]] and is a Trustee of the [[British Museum]]. His previous involvements include serving as editor with the ''[[Financial Times]]'' (from 1991-2001), was a Non-Executive Director of [[Euronext-Liffe]] and [[Axa Investment Management]] and was an external member of the [[Bank of England]]’s Monetary Policy Committee.
* [[Carolyn McCall]]. McCall also serves as Chief Executive of the [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and as Non-Executive Director of [[Tesco]]. Formerly she was Non-Executive Director of [[New Look]] plc and President of [[Women in Advertising and Communications London]].
* [[John M Neill]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Audit Committee. Neill also serves as Group Chief Executive of [[Unipart Group]], is Vice President of the [[Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders]], is Director of the [[SMMT Industry Forum]], is Vice President of The [[Institute of the Motor Industry]], is a council member of the [[Institute of Directors]], is Vice President of [[BEN]] and is a Non-Executive Director of [[Charter International]] plc and [[Rolls-Royce]] plc. He previously served as a Director of the [[Bank of England]] and a Non-Executive Director of the [[Royal Mail]].
* [[Michael J Ryan]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Northern Ireland Advisory Board. Ryan also serves as is Vice President and General Manager of [[Bombardier Aerospace] in Northern Ireland, is a Board member of [[Maydown Precision Engineering]] and [[Centre for Competitiveness]], is a member of the Aerospace Committee at the [[Department of Trade & Industry]], is an [[SBAC]] council member, a Fellow member of the [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] and a member of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]].
* [[Ian A Smith]] - Chairman, Business in the Community South East Leadership Team. Smith also serves as Managing Partner with [[AndersonBick Consultants]] LLP. He also serves as is President of the [[Institute of Customer Service]], is on the Executive of the [[Information Age Partnership]], the [[E-Skills Board]] and the [[National Employment Panel]] and he chairs the Government’s [[Leadership and Management Panel]]. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of [[Oracle UK]] (1999-2008).
* [[Cilla Snowball]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Inspire Membership Commitment. Snowball also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive of [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group (she joined the group in 1992). She is a member of the [[BBDO Worldwide]] board and is a trustee of [[Macmillan Cancer Support]]. She formerly served [[Ogilvy & Mather]] for 9 years until 1992.
* [[John Spence]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Spence also serves on the [[Capital Enterprise]] Board and is a non-executive director at [[Edrington Limited]]. He is a governor of the [[Church Commisioners]], is Finance Chair at [[Chelmsford Cathedral]], chairs [[Blind in Business]], [[Vitalise]] and [[Harlow Renaissance Limited]], is President of [[Enable]] and of the [[Royal Zoological Society of Scotland]] and is a trustee of [[St Paul's Cathedral Foundation]]. He formerly served [[Lloyds TSB]] for 32 years (1973-2005).
* [[Todd Stitzer]]. Stitzer also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Cadbury]] (he joined [[Cadbury Schweppes]] in 1983)
* [[Truett Tate]] - Tate is also a Chairman and a Group Executive Director with [[Lloyds Banking Group]] and is a charter member of [[TiE UK]]. His biography describes how he also 'serves on a number of private company Boards'. He is also a board member of [[In Kind Direct]] and [[Opportunity International]]. He also serves on the Board of Directors with [[British American Business]] and the [[Corporate Leaders' Group on Climate Change]] convened by the University of Cambridge. He formerly served [[Citibank]] and 'and a broad range of entrepreneurial and Board positions in Brazil, Hong Kong, Germany and the USA.' He is described as being 'central to the successful acquisition of [[HBoS]] by [[Lloyds TSB]] in January 2009'.
* [[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]] - Joint Chairman, Business in the Community EngageBoard Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Global Transaction Services]], [[Citibank]] Europe plc, is on the boards of [[Mapfre America]] SA, [[Clearstream International]], [[LCH.Clearnet] and [[Junior Achievement]] Worldwide. He is Chairman of [[Junior Achievement]] Europe, is Co-Chair of [[Engage]] and is a Advisory Board member of [[Fundación Empresa y Sociedad]].
* [[Michael P Wareing]]. Wareing also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[KPMG]] International (he joined KPMG in 1973). He is also a Board member of [[Business Action on Homelessness]], is joint Chairman of [[Project Compass]] and is Chairman of the [[Global Partner Network]] (which is described as being led by '''Business in the Community''')
* [[Robert Wigley]] - Deputy Chairman. Wigley also serves as a Non-Executive Director of [[LCH.Clearnet]] and the [[Royal Mail]]. He is a member of the [[Court of the Bank of England]], the [[Financial Services Authority’s Senior Practitioner Committee]], the Chairman’s Committee of the [[London Investment Banking Association]], the Advisory Council of [[Business for New Europe]] and Court of the [[Guild of International Bankers]]. He is also a Fellow of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants]] and of the [[Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]]. His previous involvements include chairing the EMEA region for [[Merrill Lynch]].
* [[John Williams]] - Board member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Williams of [[John Williams and Associates]] is co-founder and former Chairman of the public relations consultancy [[Fishburn Hedges]]. He retains his connection with [[Fishburn Hedges]], serving them as a consultant. Williams has also served as Senior Advisor with [[Shell]] (1998 to 2003). He is Chairman of [[Tomorrow’s Company]] and was formerly Deputy Chair of [[ChildLine]]. He was appointed as a Charity Commissioner in 2005.
* [[Steve Holliday]]. Holliday also serves as Chief Executive of National Grid plc (he joined then in 2001) and is a Non Executive Director of [[Marks & Spencer]] plc (since 2004). Holliday is described as having 'spent much of his early career with [[Exxon]]', he also served on the Board of [[British Borneo Oil & Gas]]

====Former Board of Trustee Directors in 2007====
*Sir [[Michael Rake]], [[KPMG]], Chairman of Business in the Community, Board Member, Prince of Wales' [[International Business Leaders Forum]]
*[[Charles Allen]] CBE
*[[Ann Beynon]], [[BT]] Wales, Chairman, Wales Advisory Board
*[[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] CBE, [[Morgan Stanley International]], Chairman, Workplace Impact Area
*[[Stuart Etherington]], [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Mike Fairey]], [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc, Chairman, Race for Opportunity
*[[Richard Gregory]] OBE, [[Yorkshire Bank]] Plc, Chairman, Business in the Community Yorkshire & Humber
*[[Christine Hodgson]], [[Capgemini]] UK, Member, Finance & Risk Committee
*[[Phil Hodkinson]], [[HBOS]] plc, Chairman, 'Support & Challenge' Membership Commitment
*[[David Jackson]], [[BP]] plc, Chairman, Environment Impact Area
*[[John Kelly]] OBE, Chairman, [[Gala Coral]] Group Limited, Chairman, [[ENGAGE]] Membership Commitment
*[[Richard Lambert]], [[Confederation of British Industry]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Allan Leighton]], Chairman, [[Royal Mail]]
*[[Seán Mahon]], [[Cattles]] Plc, Chairman, [[Cares]]
*[[Carolyn McCall]], [[Guardian Media]] Group, Chairman, [[Opportunity Now]]
*[[John M. Neill]] CBE, [[Unipart]] Group, Chairman, Audit Committee
*Sir [[Mervyn Pedelty]], [[FTSE4Good]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Ian M. Russell]] CBE, Chairman, Seeing is Believing Alumni Network
*[[Michael J. Ryan]] CBE, [[Bombardier Aerospace]], Belfast, Chairman, Northern Ireland Advisory Board
*[[Ian A. Smith]], [[Oracle]] UK, Chairman, South East Leadership Team
*[[Cilla Snowball]], [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group, Chairman, Inspire Membership Commitment
*[[John Spence]] OBE, [[HMRC]], Chairman, Finance & Risk Committee
*Ben Stimson, [[BSkyB]], Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group
*[[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]], [[Citigroup Global Transaction Services]], Joint Chairman, [[ENGAGE]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Robert Wigley]], [[Merrill Lynch International]], Chairman, Education Leadership Team
*[[John Williams]], [[John Williams & Associates]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder

<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/who_we_are/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html The Board of Trustee Directors] accessed January 2007.</ref>

===Senior Management===
In 2009, BITC's Senior Management comprises<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_senior_management/index.html Senior Management] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>:
* [[Stephen Howard]] - Chief Executive. In 2004/05 Howard became Group Chief Executive of Novar PLC which was sold on to [[Honeywell]] in 2005. His previous roles have included serving as a practising lawyer and partner with [[Alder, Pollock & Sheehan]] Inc (Providence, USA) and a variety of different roles (including Group Chief Executive) with the [[Cookson Group]] PLC.
* [[Peter Lambert]] - Deputy Chief Executive.

==Membership==
According to its website, Business in the Community works with companies who make a commitment to a) 'Inspire, innovate and lead by sharing learning and experience of responsible business', b) 'Impact on key social issues through collaborative action in areas of greatest need' and c) 'Integrate, manage and measure responsible business practice'<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/join_us/membership/index.html Membership] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>.

In 2009, BITC advertise that they have over 800 members in sectors which includes Aerospace & Defence; Chemicals; Media, Marketing & PR; Mining; Oil & Gas; Pharmaceuticals & Biotech; Tobacco; Utilities, along with retail, food, management consultant, auto industry, education, financial, health, legal, leisure, construction and public service sectors.

* '''Aerospace & Defence''': [[AWE]] | [[BAE SYSTEMS]] | [[BVT Surface Fleet Support]] | [[Bombardier Aerospace]] (NI) | [[Lockheed Martin]] UK Integrated Systems | [[NATS]] | [[NP Aerospace]] | [[Pattonair]] | [[QinetiQ Group]] | [[Rolls-Royce]] | [[TT Electronics]] | [[Thales Group]] | [[VT Group]]
* '''Chemicals''': [[BOC]] | [[Croda International]] plc | [[Johnson Matthey]] | [[Lubrizol]]
* '''Media, Marketing & PR''': [[APS Group]] | [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] | [[Archant]] | [[Ascent Media]] | [[BBC]] (NI) | [[Barques Design]] | [[Belfast Telegraph]] (NI) | [[Bray Leino]] | [[Cambridge University Press]] | [[Carat]] | [[Channel 4 Television]] | [[Chime Communications]] | [[Corporate Culture]] | [[FremantleMedia]] | [[Global Radio]] | [[Golley Slater & Partners]] | [[Guardian Media Group]] | [[ITV]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Ipsos MORI]] | [[JT Group]] | [[Jobsite UK]] | [[Johnston Press]] (NI) | [[Leo Burnett]] | [[Liverpool Daily Post & Echo]] | [[Media Wales]] | [[Munro & Forster]] | [[Northcliffe Media]] | [[Pearson]] | [[Quadrant]] PR | [[RKCR/Y&R]] | [[Random House]] UK | [[Real Radio]] | [[Reed Elsevier]] | [[Shine Group]] | [[Stratagem]] (NI) | The [[Writer]] | [[Thomson Reuters Group]] | [[Trinity Mirror]] | [[Virgin Media]] | [[WPP]] Group | [[Yell Group]]
* '''Mining & Basic Resources''': [[Anglo American]] | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[CEMEX]] | [[HJ Banks]] | [[Lafarge Cement]] UK | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[UK Coal]].
* '''Oil & Gas''': [[BP]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[BP Oil UK]] (NI) | [[Calor Gas]] | [[Petrofac Services]] | [[Shell]] UK | [[Total]] UK | [[Tullow Oil]]
* '''Pharmaceuticals & Biothech''': [[Almac Group]] (NI) | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[MediCare Pharmacy Group]] (NI) | [[Pfizer]] | [[Shire Pharmaceuticals Group]] | [[Smith & Nephew]]
* '''Tobacco''': [[British American Tobacco]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Gallaher]] | [[Imperial Tobacco Group]]
* '''Utilities''': [[AES Kilroot Power]] (NI) | [[Airtricity]] (NI) | [[Anglian Water Group]] | [[B9 Energy O&M]] (NI) | [[Biwater Services]] Ltd. | [[British Energy Group]] | [[British Gas]] Wales | [[CE Electric]] UK | [[Centrica]] | [[Drax Power]] Ltd. | [[Dwr Cymru]] Welsh Water | [[E.ON]] UK | [[EDF Energy]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[ESB Independent Energy]] (NI) | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[International Nuclear Services]] | [[International Power]] | [[Kelda Group]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Magnox North]] | [[National Grid]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Northern Ireland Water]] (NI) | [[Northumbrian Water]] | [[RWE npower]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[SITA]] (NI) | [[Scottish and Southern Energy]] | [[ScottishPower]] | [[Sellafield]] Ltd. | [[Severn Trent Group]] | [[Siemens Metering Services]] | [[South Staffordshire Water]] | [[Spice Holdings]] | [[Springfields Fuels]] | [[Thames Water]] | [[UES]] | [[United Utilities]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Veolia Environnement Group]] | [[Wales and West Utilities]] | Wessex Water

Some of the '''other members''' listed in the various other sectors include:
: [[Bain & Company]] UK | [[Baker Tilly]] | [[Capgemini]] (UK) | [[Cavanagh Kelly]] (NI) | [[Deloitte]] ([[Deloitte & Touche]]) | [[Ernst & Young]] | [[Grant Thornton]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Mazars]] | [[McKinsey & Co ]]UK | [[PKF]] (UK) | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Audi]] UK | [[Bentley Motors]] | [[Brawn GP F1]] | [[Cummins Engine Company]] | [[Ford]] Motor Company | [[Jaguar Land Rover]] | [[Toyota]] Motor Manufacturing (UK) | [[Balfour Beatty]] | [[John Laing]] | [[Kier Group]] | [[Laing O'Rourke]] | [[Rand Group]] | [[Bank of America]] | [[Bank of England]] | [[HBOS]] (NI) | [[HSBC]] Bank | [[Lloyds Banking Group]] | [[N M Rothschild & Sons]] | [[Allied Bakeries]] (NI) | [[Anglo Beef Processors]] | [[Associated British Foods]] | [[Britvic Soft Drinks]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Coca Cola Bottlers]] (NI) | [[Coca-Cola]] | [[Danone Dairies UK & Ireland]] | [[Diageo]] | [[Foyle Meats]] (NI) | [[Kraft Foods]] | [[Mars]] UK | [[McCain Foods]] (GB) | [[Muller Dairy]] (UK) | [[Nestle]] Holdings UK | [[Northern Foods]] | [[PepsiCo]] UK and Ireland | [[Produce World]] | [[SABMiller]] | [[Scottish & Newcastle]] | [[Tate & Lyle]] | [[Wrigley]] Company | [[United Biscuits]] | [[Warburtons]] | [[UK Intellectual Property Office]] | [[Adidas]] UK | [[Procter & Gamble]] UK | [[Unilever]] | [[EDS]]] | [[IBM]] | [[Microsoft]] | [[3M]] UK | [[MWH]] UK | [[Morgan Est]] | [[RSK Group]] plc | [[Ringway Group]] | [[Siemens]] | The [[BSS Group]] | [[Unipart Group]]

<nowiki>*</nowiki> companies listed as being 'premier members'.
===Premier Members===
The BITC list their 'premier members' as being:
: [[Accenture]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Carillion]] | [[Barclays]] | [[Lloyds Banking Group]] | [[Co-operative Group]] | [[Aviva]] | [[Standard Life]] | [[HM Revenue & Customs]] | [[Unilever]] | [[Eversheds]] | [[Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer]] | [[Camelot Group]] | [[ITV]] | [[BP]] | [[Royal Mail Group]] | [[Alliance Boots]] | [[J Sainsbury]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Serco Group]] | [[BT]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Kelda Group]] | [[National Group]] | [[RWE npower]] | [[United Utilities]]

==Affiliations==
*[[Mediasmart]]
===Lobbying and PR consultants===
*[[Central Lobby Consultants]]

==References==
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==People==
===Board of Trustee Directors===
In 2009, Business in the Community's Board of Trustee Directors is listed as<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html Board of Trustee Directors] Accessed 28th July 2009</ref>:

* [[Stuart Rose]] - Chairman. Rose also serves as Chief Executive of [[Marks and Spencer]] (he joined them in 1972 and became CE in 2004), as non-executive director of [[Land Securities]] plc and Chairman of the [[British Fashion Council]]. Rose has also previously served the [[Burton Group]] (1989 - 1997), was Chief Executive of Argos plc (in 1998), went on to became Chief Executive of Booker plc, then became Chief Executive of [[Arcadia Group]] plc (2000-2002).
* [[Ann Beynon]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Wales Advisory Board. Beynon also serves as Director Wales at [[BT]] (since 2004).
* [[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] - Chairman Workplace Impact Area. Fawcett also serves as Chairman of [[Pensions First]] LLP, is Chairman of [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and is Non-Executive Director of [[State Street Corporation]] in Boston, Massachusetts and the [[Bank of England]] (she is a member of the Court of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Bank’s Audit Committee. Her previous roles include serving [[Morgan Stanley]].
* [[Philip N Green]] - Chairman Environment Impact Area. Green also serves as Chief Executive of [[United Utilities]] PLC (described as one of the largest water, gas and electricity utilities companies in the UK), is CEO of [[P&O Nedlloyd]] (described as 'one of the largest container shipping companies in the world'), is a non-executive Director of [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc and is a member of the [[Commission for Skills and Employment]]. Green previously served [[DHL]] as was Chief Operating Officer with the [[Reuters]] Group.
* [[Christine Hodgson]] - Member, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Hodgson also serves as Chief Executive of [[Capgemini Technology Services UK]] (part of [[Capgemini]] (UK) Plc). Her previous roles include serving [[Coopers & Lybrand]] and [[Ronson]] plc.
* [[Phil Hodkinson]] serves as is a non-executive director of [[HM Revenue & Customs]], [[BT]] plc, [[Travelex Holdings]] and Resolution Ltd, is a trustee of [[Christian Aid]] and BBC's [[Children in Need]] and is a Fellow of the [[Institute of Actuaries]]. His previous involvements include serving as Group Finance Director with [[HBOS]] plc, serving as Chairman of [[Insight Investment]] and [[Clerical Medical]] and as CEO of [[Zurich Financial Services UK Life]]. He also previously served as chair of the [[ABI]]'s Raising Standards Accreditation Scheme and was a member of the [[DTI]] Operating and Financial Review Working Group.
* [[Chris Hyman]] - Chairman of The Prince’s Seeing is Believing Programme. Hyman also serves as Chief Executive of [[Serco Group]] plc (he joined the firm in 1994). He is chairman of the charity [[In Kind Direct]] and is non-exec director for [[Habitat for Humanity]], [[Africa Foundation]] and the [[Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation]]. He is also a member of the UK Government's Honours [[Advisory Committee for Economy]]. His previous involvements include serving [[Arthur Andersen]] and [[Ernst & Young]].
* [[John Kelly]] - Chairman, Community Impact Area and Chairman, Engage Membership Commitment. Kelly also serves as Chairman of [[Trainline.com]], as Director for the [[British Casinos Association]] and as chair with the Advisory Group for [[Kings Park Capital]] Private Equity. His previous involvements include serving as Chief Executive of [[Gala Coral Group]], [[Cascade Clubs Holdings Ltd]] and as Managing Director and Board Director with [[Mecca Leisure]] plc.
* [[Mike Kelly]] - Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group. Kelly also serves [[KPMG]] where he heads their CSR activities. Prior to this he served 7 years with the [[United Nations]] (where he was was Senior Programme Officer for the [[United Nations Environment Programme]], Financial Institutions Initiative), he also previously served [[NatWest]] as Head of Environmental Management.
* [[Ben Kernighan]] - Independent Assessment Panel member. Kernighan also serves as Deputy Chief Executive at the [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]] (NCVO). He has previously served as Head of the [[Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation]] in England, served the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]], was on the board of [[Futurebuilders England]] and was a trustee of the [[Earls Court Homeless Families Project]] and the [[Basic Skills Agency]].
* [[Richard Lambert]] - Board Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Lambert also serves as Director General with the [[Confederation of British Industry]], is Chair of the [[Retail Financial Services Group]] and of 'the Advisory Board of a Research Council-funded project studying knowledge transfer'. He is a member of the [[UK-India Roundtable]] and the [[Franco-British Colloque]] and is a Trustee of the [[British Museum]]. His previous involvements include serving as editor with the ''[[Financial Times]]'' (from 1991-2001), was a Non-Executive Director of [[Euronext-Liffe]] and [[Axa Investment Management]] and was an external member of the [[Bank of England]]’s Monetary Policy Committee.
* [[Carolyn McCall]]. McCall also serves as Chief Executive of the [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and as Non-Executive Director of [[Tesco]]. Formerly she was Non-Executive Director of [[New Look]] plc and President of [[Women in Advertising and Communications London]].
* [[John M Neill]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Audit Committee. Neill also serves as Group Chief Executive of [[Unipart Group]], is Vice President of the [[Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders]], is Director of the [[SMMT Industry Forum]], is Vice President of The [[Institute of the Motor Industry]], is a council member of the [[Institute of Directors]], is Vice President of [[BEN]] and is a Non-Executive Director of [[Charter International]] plc and [[Rolls-Royce]] plc. He previously served as a Director of the [[Bank of England]] and a Non-Executive Director of the [[Royal Mail]].
* [[Michael J Ryan]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Northern Ireland Advisory Board. Ryan also serves as is Vice President and General Manager of [[Bombardier Aerospace] in Northern Ireland, is a Board member of [[Maydown Precision Engineering]] and [[Centre for Competitiveness]], is a member of the Aerospace Committee at the [[Department of Trade & Industry]], is an [[SBAC]] council member, a Fellow member of the [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] and a member of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]].
* [[Ian A Smith]] - Chairman, Business in the Community South East Leadership Team. Smith also serves as Managing Partner with [[AndersonBick Consultants]] LLP. He also serves as is President of the [[Institute of Customer Service]], is on the Executive of the [[Information Age Partnership]], the [[E-Skills Board]] and the [[National Employment Panel]] and he chairs the Government’s [[Leadership and Management Panel]]. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of [[Oracle UK]] (1999-2008).
* [[Cilla Snowball]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Inspire Membership Commitment. Snowball also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive of [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group (she joined the group in 1992). She is a member of the [[BBDO Worldwide]] board and is a trustee of [[Macmillan Cancer Support]]. She formerly served [[Ogilvy & Mather]] for 9 years until 1992.
* [[John Spence]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Spence also serves on the [[Capital Enterprise]] Board and is a non-executive director at [[Edrington Limited]]. He is a governor of the [[Church Commisioners]], is Finance Chair at [[Chelmsford Cathedral]], chairs [[Blind in Business]], [[Vitalise]] and [[Harlow Renaissance Limited]], is President of [[Enable]] and of the [[Royal Zoological Society of Scotland]] and is a trustee of [[St Paul's Cathedral Foundation]]. He formerly served [[Lloyds TSB]] for 32 years (1973-2005).
* [[Todd Stitzer]]. Stitzer also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Cadbury]] (he joined [[Cadbury Schweppes]] in 1983)
* [[Truett Tate]] - Tate is also a Chairman and a Group Executive Director with [[Lloyds Banking Group]] and is a charter member of [[TiE UK]]. His biography describes how he also 'serves on a number of private company Boards'. He is also a board member of [[In Kind Direct]] and [[Opportunity International]]. He also serves on the Board of Directors with [[British American Business]] and the [[Corporate Leaders' Group on Climate Change]] convened by the University of Cambridge. He formerly served [[Citibank]] and 'and a broad range of entrepreneurial and Board positions in Brazil, Hong Kong, Germany and the USA.' He is described as being 'central to the successful acquisition of [[HBoS]] by [[Lloyds TSB]] in January 2009'.
* [[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]] - Joint Chairman, Business in the Community EngageBoard Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Global Transaction Services]], [[Citibank]] Europe plc, is on the boards of [[Mapfre America]] SA, [[Clearstream International]], [[LCH.Clearnet] and [[Junior Achievement]] Worldwide. He is Chairman of [[Junior Achievement]] Europe, is Co-Chair of [[Engage]] and is a Advisory Board member of [[Fundación Empresa y Sociedad]].
* [[Michael P Wareing]]. Wareing also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[KPMG]] International (he joined KPMG in 1973). He is also a Board member of [[Business Action on Homelessness]], is joint Chairman of [[Project Compass]] and is Chairman of the [[Global Partner Network]] (which is described as being led by '''Business in the Community''')
* [[Robert Wigley]] - Deputy Chairman. Wigley also serves as a Non-Executive Director of [[LCH.Clearnet]] and the [[Royal Mail]]. He is a member of the [[Court of the Bank of England]], the [[Financial Services Authority’s Senior Practitioner Committee]], the Chairman’s Committee of the [[London Investment Banking Association]], the Advisory Council of [[Business for New Europe]] and Court of the [[Guild of International Bankers]]. He is also a Fellow of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants]] and of the [[Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]]. His previous involvements include chairing the EMEA region for [[Merrill Lynch]].
* [[John Williams]] - Board member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Williams of [[John Williams and Associates]] is co-founder and former Chairman of the public relations consultancy [[Fishburn Hedges]]. He retains his connection with [[Fishburn Hedges]], serving them as a consultant. Williams has also served as Senior Advisor with [[Shell]] (1998 to 2003). He is Chairman of [[Tomorrow’s Company]] and was formerly Deputy Chair of [[ChildLine]]. He was appointed as a Charity Commissioner in 2005.
* [[Steve Holliday]]. Holliday also serves as Chief Executive of National Grid plc (he joined then in 2001) and is a Non Executive Director of [[Marks & Spencer]] plc (since 2004). Holliday is described as having 'spent much of his early career with [[Exxon]]', he also served on the Board of [[British Borneo Oil & Gas]]

====Former Board of Trustee Directors in 2007====
*Sir [[Michael Rake]], [[KPMG]], Chairman of Business in the Community, Board Member, Prince of Wales' [[International Business Leaders Forum]]
*[[Charles Allen]] CBE
*[[Ann Beynon]], [[BT]] Wales, Chairman, Wales Advisory Board
*[[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] CBE, [[Morgan Stanley International]], Chairman, Workplace Impact Area
*[[Stuart Etherington]], [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Mike Fairey]], [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc, Chairman, Race for Opportunity
*[[Richard Gregory]] OBE, [[Yorkshire Bank]] Plc, Chairman, Business in the Community Yorkshire & Humber
*[[Christine Hodgson]], [[Capgemini]] UK, Member, Finance & Risk Committee
*[[Phil Hodkinson]], [[HBOS]] plc, Chairman, 'Support & Challenge' Membership Commitment
*[[David Jackson]], [[BP]] plc, Chairman, Environment Impact Area
*[[John Kelly]] OBE, Chairman, [[Gala Coral]] Group Limited, Chairman, [[ENGAGE]] Membership Commitment
*[[Richard Lambert]], [[Confederation of British Industry]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Allan Leighton]], Chairman, [[Royal Mail]]
*[[Seán Mahon]], [[Cattles]] Plc, Chairman, [[Cares]]
*[[Carolyn McCall]], [[Guardian Media]] Group, Chairman, [[Opportunity Now]]
*[[John M. Neill]] CBE, [[Unipart]] Group, Chairman, Audit Committee
*Sir [[Mervyn Pedelty]], [[FTSE4Good]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Ian M. Russell]] CBE, Chairman, Seeing is Believing Alumni Network
*[[Michael J. Ryan]] CBE, [[Bombardier Aerospace]], Belfast, Chairman, Northern Ireland Advisory Board
*[[Ian A. Smith]], [[Oracle]] UK, Chairman, South East Leadership Team
*[[Cilla Snowball]], [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group, Chairman, Inspire Membership Commitment
*[[John Spence]] OBE, [[HMRC]], Chairman, Finance & Risk Committee
*Ben Stimson, [[BSkyB]], Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group
*[[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]], [[Citigroup Global Transaction Services]], Joint Chairman, [[ENGAGE]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Robert Wigley]], [[Merrill Lynch International]], Chairman, Education Leadership Team
*[[John Williams]], [[John Williams & Associates]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder

<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/who_we_are/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html The Board of Trustee Directors] accessed January 2007.</ref>

===Senior Management===
In 2009, BITC's Senior Management comprises<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_senior_management/index.html Senior Management] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>:
* [[Stephen Howard]] - Chief Executive. In 2004/05 Howard became Group Chief Executive of Novar PLC which was sold on to [[Honeywell]] in 2005. His previous roles have included serving as a practising lawyer and partner with [[Alder, Pollock & Sheehan]] Inc (Providence, USA) and a variety of different roles (including Group Chief Executive) with the [[Cookson Group]] PLC.
* [[Peter Lambert]] - Deputy Chief Executive.

==Membership==
According to its website, Business in the Community works with companies who make a commitment to a) 'Inspire, innovate and lead by sharing learning and experience of responsible business', b) 'Impact on key social issues through collaborative action in areas of greatest need' and c) 'Integrate, manage and measure responsible business practice'<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/join_us/membership/index.html Membership] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>.

In 2009, BITC advertise that they have over 800 members in sectors which includes Aerospace & Defence; Chemicals; Media, Marketing & PR; Mining; Oil & Gas; Pharmaceuticals & Biotech; Tobacco; Utilities, along with retail, food, management consultant, auto industry, education, financial, health, legal, leisure, construction and public service sectors.

* '''Aerospace & Defence''': [[AWE]] | [[BAE SYSTEMS]] | [[BVT Surface Fleet Support]] | [[Bombardier Aerospace]] (NI) | [[Lockheed Martin]] UK Integrated Systems | [[NATS]] | [[NP Aerospace]] | [[Pattonair]] | [[QinetiQ Group]] | [[Rolls-Royce]] | [[TT Electronics]] | [[Thales Group]] | [[VT Group]]
* '''Chemicals''': [[BOC]] | [[Croda International]] plc | [[Johnson Matthey]] | [[Lubrizol]]
* '''Media, Marketing & PR''': [[APS Group]] | [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] | [[Archant]] | [[Ascent Media]] | [[BBC]] (NI) | [[Barques Design]] | [[Belfast Telegraph]] (NI) | [[Bray Leino]] | [[Cambridge University Press]] | [[Carat]] | [[Channel 4 Television]] | [[Chime Communications]] | [[Corporate Culture]] | [[FremantleMedia]] | [[Global Radio]] | [[Golley Slater & Partners]] | [[Guardian Media Group]] | [[ITV]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Ipsos MORI]] | [[JT Group]] | [[Jobsite UK]] | [[Johnston Press]] (NI) | [[Leo Burnett]] | [[Liverpool Daily Post & Echo]] | [[Media Wales]] | [[Munro & Forster]] | [[Northcliffe Media]] | [[Pearson]] | [[Quadrant]] PR | [[RKCR/Y&R]] | [[Random House]] UK | [[Real Radio]] | [[Reed Elsevier]] | [[Shine Group]] | [[Stratagem]] (NI) | The [[Writer]] | [[Thomson Reuters Group]] | [[Trinity Mirror]] | [[Virgin Media]] | [[WPP]] Group | [[Yell Group]]
* '''Mining & Basic Resources''': [[Anglo American]] | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[CEMEX]] | [[HJ Banks]] | [[Lafarge Cement]] UK | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[UK Coal]].
* '''Oil & Gas''': [[BP]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[BP Oil UK]] (NI) | [[Calor Gas]] | [[Petrofac Services]] | [[Shell]] UK | [[Total]] UK | [[Tullow Oil]]
* '''Pharmaceuticals & Biothech''': [[Almac Group]] (NI) | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[MediCare Pharmacy Group]] (NI) | [[Pfizer]] | [[Shire Pharmaceuticals Group]] | [[Smith & Nephew]]
* '''Tobacco''': [[British American Tobacco]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Gallaher]] | [[Imperial Tobacco Group]]
* '''Utilities''': [[AES Kilroot Power]] (NI) | [[Airtricity]] (NI) | [[Anglian Water Group]] | [[B9 Energy O&M]] (NI) | [[Biwater Services]] Ltd. | [[British Energy Group]] | [[British Gas]] Wales | [[CE Electric]] UK | [[Centrica]] | [[Drax Power]] Ltd. | [[Dwr Cymru]] Welsh Water | [[E.ON]] UK | [[EDF Energy]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[ESB Independent Energy]] (NI) | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[International Nuclear Services]] | [[International Power]] | [[Kelda Group]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Magnox North]] | [[National Grid]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Northern Ireland Water]] (NI) | [[Northumbrian Water]] | [[RWE npower]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[SITA]] (NI) | [[Scottish and Southern Energy]] | [[ScottishPower]] | [[Sellafield]] Ltd. | [[Severn Trent Group]] | [[Siemens Metering Services]] | [[South Staffordshire Water]] | [[Spice Holdings]] | [[Springfields Fuels]] | [[Thames Water]] | [[UES]] | [[United Utilities]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Veolia Environnement Group]] | [[Wales and West Utilities]] | Wessex Water

<nowiki>*</nowiki> companies listed as being 'premier members'.
===Premier Members===
The BITC list their 'premier members' as being:
: [[Accenture]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Carillion]] | [[Barclays]] | [[Lloyds Banking Group]] | [[Co-operative Group]] | [[Aviva]] | [[Standard Life]] | [[HM Revenue & Customs]] | [[Unilever]] | [[Eversheds]] | [[Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer]] | [[Camelot Group]] | [[ITV]] | [[BP]] | [[Royal Mail Group]] | [[Alliance Boots]] | [[J Sainsbury]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Serco Group]] | [[BT]] | [[British American Tobacco]] | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Kelda Group]] | [[National Group]] | [[RWE npower]] | [[United Utilities]]

==Affiliations==
*[[Mediasmart]]
===Lobbying and PR consultants===
*[[Central Lobby Consultants]]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:CSR]]

Business in the Community

2009-07-30T10:43:39Z

Lynn Hill: membership - work in progress

==People==
===Board of Trustee Directors===
In 2009, Business in the Community's Board of Trustee Directors is listed as<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html Board of Trustee Directors] Accessed 28th July 2009</ref>:

* [[Stuart Rose]] - Chairman. Rose also serves as Chief Executive of [[Marks and Spencer]] (he joined them in 1972 and became CE in 2004), as non-executive director of [[Land Securities]] plc and Chairman of the [[British Fashion Council]]. Rose has also previously served the [[Burton Group]] (1989 - 1997), was Chief Executive of Argos plc (in 1998), went on to became Chief Executive of Booker plc, then became Chief Executive of [[Arcadia Group]] plc (2000-2002).
* [[Ann Beynon]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Wales Advisory Board. Beynon also serves as Director Wales at [[BT]] (since 2004).
* [[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] - Chairman Workplace Impact Area. Fawcett also serves as Chairman of [[Pensions First]] LLP, is Chairman of [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and is Non-Executive Director of [[State Street Corporation]] in Boston, Massachusetts and the [[Bank of England]] (she is a member of the Court of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Bank’s Audit Committee. Her previous roles include serving [[Morgan Stanley]].
* [[Philip N Green]] - Chairman Environment Impact Area. Green also serves as Chief Executive of [[United Utilities]] PLC (described as one of the largest water, gas and electricity utilities companies in the UK), is CEO of [[P&O Nedlloyd]] (described as 'one of the largest container shipping companies in the world'), is a non-executive Director of [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc and is a member of the [[Commission for Skills and Employment]]. Green previously served [[DHL]] as was Chief Operating Officer with the [[Reuters]] Group.
* [[Christine Hodgson]] - Member, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Hodgson also serves as Chief Executive of [[Capgemini Technology Services UK]] (part of [[Capgemini]] (UK) Plc). Her previous roles include serving [[Coopers & Lybrand]] and [[Ronson]] plc.
* [[Phil Hodkinson]] serves as is a non-executive director of [[HM Revenue & Customs]], [[BT]] plc, [[Travelex Holdings]] and Resolution Ltd, is a trustee of [[Christian Aid]] and BBC's [[Children in Need]] and is a Fellow of the [[Institute of Actuaries]]. His previous involvements include serving as Group Finance Director with [[HBOS]] plc, serving as Chairman of [[Insight Investment]] and [[Clerical Medical]] and as CEO of [[Zurich Financial Services UK Life]]. He also previously served as chair of the [[ABI]]'s Raising Standards Accreditation Scheme and was a member of the [[DTI]] Operating and Financial Review Working Group.
* [[Chris Hyman]] - Chairman of The Prince’s Seeing is Believing Programme. Hyman also serves as Chief Executive of [[Serco Group]] plc (he joined the firm in 1994). He is chairman of the charity [[In Kind Direct]] and is non-exec director for [[Habitat for Humanity]], [[Africa Foundation]] and the [[Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation]]. He is also a member of the UK Government's Honours [[Advisory Committee for Economy]]. His previous involvements include serving [[Arthur Andersen]] and [[Ernst & Young]].
* [[John Kelly]] - Chairman, Community Impact Area and Chairman, Engage Membership Commitment. Kelly also serves as Chairman of [[Trainline.com]], as Director for the [[British Casinos Association]] and as chair with the Advisory Group for [[Kings Park Capital]] Private Equity. His previous involvements include serving as Chief Executive of [[Gala Coral Group]], [[Cascade Clubs Holdings Ltd]] and as Managing Director and Board Director with [[Mecca Leisure]] plc.
* [[Mike Kelly]] - Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group. Kelly also serves [[KPMG]] where he heads their CSR activities. Prior to this he served 7 years with the [[United Nations]] (where he was was Senior Programme Officer for the [[United Nations Environment Programme]], Financial Institutions Initiative), he also previously served [[NatWest]] as Head of Environmental Management.
* [[Ben Kernighan]] - Independent Assessment Panel member. Kernighan also serves as Deputy Chief Executive at the [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]] (NCVO). He has previously served as Head of the [[Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation]] in England, served the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]], was on the board of [[Futurebuilders England]] and was a trustee of the [[Earls Court Homeless Families Project]] and the [[Basic Skills Agency]].
* [[Richard Lambert]] - Board Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Lambert also serves as Director General with the [[Confederation of British Industry]], is Chair of the [[Retail Financial Services Group]] and of 'the Advisory Board of a Research Council-funded project studying knowledge transfer'. He is a member of the [[UK-India Roundtable]] and the [[Franco-British Colloque]] and is a Trustee of the [[British Museum]]. His previous involvements include serving as editor with the ''[[Financial Times]]'' (from 1991-2001), was a Non-Executive Director of [[Euronext-Liffe]] and [[Axa Investment Management]] and was an external member of the [[Bank of England]]’s Monetary Policy Committee.
* [[Carolyn McCall]]. McCall also serves as Chief Executive of the [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and as Non-Executive Director of [[Tesco]]. Formerly she was Non-Executive Director of [[New Look]] plc and President of [[Women in Advertising and Communications London]].
* [[John M Neill]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Audit Committee. Neill also serves as Group Chief Executive of [[Unipart Group]], is Vice President of the [[Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders]], is Director of the [[SMMT Industry Forum]], is Vice President of The [[Institute of the Motor Industry]], is a council member of the [[Institute of Directors]], is Vice President of [[BEN]] and is a Non-Executive Director of [[Charter International]] plc and [[Rolls-Royce]] plc. He previously served as a Director of the [[Bank of England]] and a Non-Executive Director of the [[Royal Mail]].
* [[Michael J Ryan]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Northern Ireland Advisory Board. Ryan also serves as is Vice President and General Manager of [[Bombardier Aerospace] in Northern Ireland, is a Board member of [[Maydown Precision Engineering]] and [[Centre for Competitiveness]], is a member of the Aerospace Committee at the [[Department of Trade & Industry]], is an [[SBAC]] council member, a Fellow member of the [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] and a member of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]].
* [[Ian A Smith]] - Chairman, Business in the Community South East Leadership Team. Smith also serves as Managing Partner with [[AndersonBick Consultants]] LLP. He also serves as is President of the [[Institute of Customer Service]], is on the Executive of the [[Information Age Partnership]], the [[E-Skills Board]] and the [[National Employment Panel]] and he chairs the Government’s [[Leadership and Management Panel]]. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of [[Oracle UK]] (1999-2008).
* [[Cilla Snowball]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Inspire Membership Commitment. Snowball also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive of [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group (she joined the group in 1992). She is a member of the [[BBDO Worldwide]] board and is a trustee of [[Macmillan Cancer Support]]. She formerly served [[Ogilvy & Mather]] for 9 years until 1992.
* [[John Spence]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Spence also serves on the [[Capital Enterprise]] Board and is a non-executive director at [[Edrington Limited]]. He is a governor of the [[Church Commisioners]], is Finance Chair at [[Chelmsford Cathedral]], chairs [[Blind in Business]], [[Vitalise]] and [[Harlow Renaissance Limited]], is President of [[Enable]] and of the [[Royal Zoological Society of Scotland]] and is a trustee of [[St Paul's Cathedral Foundation]]. He formerly served [[Lloyds TSB]] for 32 years (1973-2005).
* [[Todd Stitzer]]. Stitzer also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Cadbury]] (he joined [[Cadbury Schweppes]] in 1983)
* [[Truett Tate]] - Tate is also a Chairman and a Group Executive Director with [[Lloyds Banking Group]] and is a charter member of [[TiE UK]]. His biography describes how he also 'serves on a number of private company Boards'. He is also a board member of [[In Kind Direct]] and [[Opportunity International]]. He also serves on the Board of Directors with [[British American Business]] and the [[Corporate Leaders' Group on Climate Change]] convened by the University of Cambridge. He formerly served [[Citibank]] and 'and a broad range of entrepreneurial and Board positions in Brazil, Hong Kong, Germany and the USA.' He is described as being 'central to the successful acquisition of [[HBoS]] by [[Lloyds TSB]] in January 2009'.
* [[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]] - Joint Chairman, Business in the Community EngageBoard Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Global Transaction Services]], [[Citibank]] Europe plc, is on the boards of [[Mapfre America]] SA, [[Clearstream International]], [[LCH.Clearnet] and [[Junior Achievement]] Worldwide. He is Chairman of [[Junior Achievement]] Europe, is Co-Chair of [[Engage]] and is a Advisory Board member of [[Fundación Empresa y Sociedad]].
* [[Michael P Wareing]]. Wareing also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[KPMG]] International (he joined KPMG in 1973). He is also a Board member of [[Business Action on Homelessness]], is joint Chairman of [[Project Compass]] and is Chairman of the [[Global Partner Network]] (which is described as being led by '''Business in the Community''')
* [[Robert Wigley]] - Deputy Chairman. Wigley also serves as a Non-Executive Director of [[LCH.Clearnet]] and the [[Royal Mail]]. He is a member of the [[Court of the Bank of England]], the [[Financial Services Authority’s Senior Practitioner Committee]], the Chairman’s Committee of the [[London Investment Banking Association]], the Advisory Council of [[Business for New Europe]] and Court of the [[Guild of International Bankers]]. He is also a Fellow of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants]] and of the [[Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]]. His previous involvements include chairing the EMEA region for [[Merrill Lynch]].
* [[John Williams]] - Board member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Williams of [[John Williams and Associates]] is co-founder and former Chairman of the public relations consultancy [[Fishburn Hedges]]. He retains his connection with [[Fishburn Hedges]], serving them as a consultant. Williams has also served as Senior Advisor with [[Shell]] (1998 to 2003). He is Chairman of [[Tomorrow’s Company]] and was formerly Deputy Chair of [[ChildLine]]. He was appointed as a Charity Commissioner in 2005.
* [[Steve Holliday]]. Holliday also serves as Chief Executive of National Grid plc (he joined then in 2001) and is a Non Executive Director of [[Marks & Spencer]] plc (since 2004). Holliday is described as having 'spent much of his early career with [[Exxon]]', he also served on the Board of [[British Borneo Oil & Gas]]

====Former Board of Trustee Directors in 2007====
*Sir [[Michael Rake]], [[KPMG]], Chairman of Business in the Community, Board Member, Prince of Wales' [[International Business Leaders Forum]]
*[[Charles Allen]] CBE
*[[Ann Beynon]], [[BT]] Wales, Chairman, Wales Advisory Board
*[[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] CBE, [[Morgan Stanley International]], Chairman, Workplace Impact Area
*[[Stuart Etherington]], [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Mike Fairey]], [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc, Chairman, Race for Opportunity
*[[Richard Gregory]] OBE, [[Yorkshire Bank]] Plc, Chairman, Business in the Community Yorkshire & Humber
*[[Christine Hodgson]], [[Capgemini]] UK, Member, Finance & Risk Committee
*[[Phil Hodkinson]], [[HBOS]] plc, Chairman, 'Support & Challenge' Membership Commitment
*[[David Jackson]], [[BP]] plc, Chairman, Environment Impact Area
*[[John Kelly]] OBE, Chairman, [[Gala Coral]] Group Limited, Chairman, [[ENGAGE]] Membership Commitment
*[[Richard Lambert]], [[Confederation of British Industry]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Allan Leighton]], Chairman, [[Royal Mail]]
*[[Seán Mahon]], [[Cattles]] Plc, Chairman, [[Cares]]
*[[Carolyn McCall]], [[Guardian Media]] Group, Chairman, [[Opportunity Now]]
*[[John M. Neill]] CBE, [[Unipart]] Group, Chairman, Audit Committee
*Sir [[Mervyn Pedelty]], [[FTSE4Good]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Ian M. Russell]] CBE, Chairman, Seeing is Believing Alumni Network
*[[Michael J. Ryan]] CBE, [[Bombardier Aerospace]], Belfast, Chairman, Northern Ireland Advisory Board
*[[Ian A. Smith]], [[Oracle]] UK, Chairman, South East Leadership Team
*[[Cilla Snowball]], [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group, Chairman, Inspire Membership Commitment
*[[John Spence]] OBE, [[HMRC]], Chairman, Finance & Risk Committee
*Ben Stimson, [[BSkyB]], Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group
*[[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]], [[Citigroup Global Transaction Services]], Joint Chairman, [[ENGAGE]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Robert Wigley]], [[Merrill Lynch International]], Chairman, Education Leadership Team
*[[John Williams]], [[John Williams & Associates]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder

<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/who_we_are/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html The Board of Trustee Directors] accessed January 2007.</ref>

===Senior Management===
In 2009, BITC's Senior Management comprises<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_senior_management/index.html Senior Management] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>:
* [[Stephen Howard]] - Chief Executive. In 2004/05 Howard became Group Chief Executive of Novar PLC which was sold on to [[Honeywell]] in 2005. His previous roles have included serving as a practising lawyer and partner with [[Alder, Pollock & Sheehan]] Inc (Providence, USA) and a variety of different roles (including Group Chief Executive) with the [[Cookson Group]] PLC.
* [[Peter Lambert]] - Deputy Chief Executive.

==Membership==
According to its website, Business in the Community works with companies who make a commitment to a) 'Inspire, innovate and lead by sharing learning and experience of responsible business', b) 'Impact on key social issues through collaborative action in areas of greatest need' and c) 'Integrate, manage and measure responsible business practice'<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/join_us/membership/index.html Membership] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>.

In 2009, BITC advertise that they have over 800 members in sectors which includes Aerospace & Defence; Chemicals; Media, Marketing & PR; Mining; Oil & Gas; Pharmaceuticals & Biotech; Tobacco; Uniformed & Armed Services; Utilities.

* '''Aerospace & Defence''': [[AWE]] | [[BAE SYSTEMS]] | [[BVT Surface Fleet Support]] | [[Bombardier Aerospace]] (NI) | [[Lockheed Martin]] UK Integrated Systems | [[NATS]] | [[NP Aerospace]] | [[Pattonair]] | [[QinetiQ Group]] | [[Rolls-Royce]] | [[TT Electronics]] | [[Thales Group]] | [[VT Group]]
* '''Chemicals''': [[BOC]] | [[Croda International]] plc | [[Johnson Matthey]] | [[Lubrizol]]
* '''Media, Marketing & PR''': [[APS Group]] | [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] | [[Archant]] | [[Ascent Media]] | [[BBC]] (NI) | [[Barques Design]] | [[Belfast Telegraph]] (NI) | [[Bray Leino]] | [[Cambridge University Press]] | [[Carat]] | [[Channel 4 Television]] | [[Chime Communications]] | [[Corporate Culture]] | [[FremantleMedia]] | [[Global Radio]] | [[Golley Slater & Partners]] | [[Guardian Media Group]] | [[ITV]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[Ipsos MORI]] | [[JT Group]] | [[Jobsite UK]] | [[Johnston Press]] (NI) | [[Leo Burnett]] | [[Liverpool Daily Post & Echo]] | [[Media Wales]] | [[Munro & Forster]] | [[Northcliffe Media]] | [[Pearson]] | [[Quadrant]] PR | [[RKCR/Y&R]] | [[Random House]] UK | [[Real Radio]] | [[Reed Elsevier]] | [[Shine Group]] | [[Stratagem]] (NI) | The [[Writer]] | [[Thomson Reuters Group]] | [[Trinity Mirror]] | [[Virgin Media]] | [[WPP]] Group | [[Yell Group]]
* '''Mining & Basic Resources''': [[Anglo American]] | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[CEMEX]] | [[HJ Banks]] | [[Lafarge Cement]] UK | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[UK Coal]].
* '''Oil & Gas''': [[BP]]<nowiki>*</nowiki> | [[BP Oil UK]] (NI) | [[Calor Gas]] | [[Petrofac Services]] | [[Shell]] UK | [[Total]] UK | [[Tullow Oil]]
* '''Pharmaceuticals & Biothech''': [[Almac Group]] (NI) | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[MediCare Pharmacy Group]] (NI) | [[Pfizer]] | [[Shire Pharmaceuticals Group]] | [[Smith & Nephew]]

<nowiki>*</nowiki> companies listed as being 'premier members'.

==Affiliations==
*[[Mediasmart]]
===Lobbying and PR consultants===
*[[Central Lobby Consultants]]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:CSR]]

Business in the Community

2009-07-30T10:12:14Z

Lynn Hill: senior management

==People==
===Board of Trustee Directors===
In 2009, Business in the Community's Board of Trustee Directors is listed as<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html Board of Trustee Directors] Accessed 28th July 2009</ref>:

* [[Stuart Rose]] - Chairman. Rose also serves as Chief Executive of [[Marks and Spencer]] (he joined them in 1972 and became CE in 2004), as non-executive director of [[Land Securities]] plc and Chairman of the [[British Fashion Council]]. Rose has also previously served the [[Burton Group]] (1989 - 1997), was Chief Executive of Argos plc (in 1998), went on to became Chief Executive of Booker plc, then became Chief Executive of [[Arcadia Group]] plc (2000-2002).
* [[Ann Beynon]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Wales Advisory Board. Beynon also serves as Director Wales at [[BT]] (since 2004).
* [[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] - Chairman Workplace Impact Area. Fawcett also serves as Chairman of [[Pensions First]] LLP, is Chairman of [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and is Non-Executive Director of [[State Street Corporation]] in Boston, Massachusetts and the [[Bank of England]] (she is a member of the Court of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Bank’s Audit Committee. Her previous roles include serving [[Morgan Stanley]].
* [[Philip N Green]] - Chairman Environment Impact Area. Green also serves as Chief Executive of [[United Utilities]] PLC (described as one of the largest water, gas and electricity utilities companies in the UK), is CEO of [[P&O Nedlloyd]] (described as 'one of the largest container shipping companies in the world'), is a non-executive Director of [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc and is a member of the [[Commission for Skills and Employment]]. Green previously served [[DHL]] as was Chief Operating Officer with the [[Reuters]] Group.
* [[Christine Hodgson]] - Member, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Hodgson also serves as Chief Executive of [[Capgemini Technology Services UK]] (part of [[Capgemini]] (UK) Plc). Her previous roles include serving [[Coopers & Lybrand]] and [[Ronson]] plc.
* [[Phil Hodkinson]] serves as is a non-executive director of [[HM Revenue & Customs]], [[BT]] plc, [[Travelex Holdings]] and Resolution Ltd, is a trustee of [[Christian Aid]] and BBC's [[Children in Need]] and is a Fellow of the [[Institute of Actuaries]]. His previous involvements include serving as Group Finance Director with [[HBOS]] plc, serving as Chairman of [[Insight Investment]] and [[Clerical Medical]] and as CEO of [[Zurich Financial Services UK Life]]. He also previously served as chair of the [[ABI]]'s Raising Standards Accreditation Scheme and was a member of the [[DTI]] Operating and Financial Review Working Group.
* [[Chris Hyman]] - Chairman of The Prince’s Seeing is Believing Programme. Hyman also serves as Chief Executive of [[Serco Group]] plc (he joined the firm in 1994). He is chairman of the charity [[In Kind Direct]] and is non-exec director for [[Habitat for Humanity]], [[Africa Foundation]] and the [[Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation]]. He is also a member of the UK Government's Honours [[Advisory Committee for Economy]]. His previous involvements include serving [[Arthur Andersen]] and [[Ernst & Young]].
* [[John Kelly]] - Chairman, Community Impact Area and Chairman, Engage Membership Commitment. Kelly also serves as Chairman of [[Trainline.com]], as Director for the [[British Casinos Association]] and as chair with the Advisory Group for [[Kings Park Capital]] Private Equity. His previous involvements include serving as Chief Executive of [[Gala Coral Group]], [[Cascade Clubs Holdings Ltd]] and as Managing Director and Board Director with [[Mecca Leisure]] plc.
* [[Mike Kelly]] - Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group. Kelly also serves [[KPMG]] where he heads their CSR activities. Prior to this he served 7 years with the [[United Nations]] (where he was was Senior Programme Officer for the [[United Nations Environment Programme]], Financial Institutions Initiative), he also previously served [[NatWest]] as Head of Environmental Management.
* [[Ben Kernighan]] - Independent Assessment Panel member. Kernighan also serves as Deputy Chief Executive at the [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]] (NCVO). He has previously served as Head of the [[Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation]] in England, served the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]], was on the board of [[Futurebuilders England]] and was a trustee of the [[Earls Court Homeless Families Project]] and the [[Basic Skills Agency]].
* [[Richard Lambert]] - Board Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Lambert also serves as Director General with the [[Confederation of British Industry]], is Chair of the [[Retail Financial Services Group]] and of 'the Advisory Board of a Research Council-funded project studying knowledge transfer'. He is a member of the [[UK-India Roundtable]] and the [[Franco-British Colloque]] and is a Trustee of the [[British Museum]]. His previous involvements include serving as editor with the ''[[Financial Times]]'' (from 1991-2001), was a Non-Executive Director of [[Euronext-Liffe]] and [[Axa Investment Management]] and was an external member of the [[Bank of England]]’s Monetary Policy Committee.
* [[Carolyn McCall]]. McCall also serves as Chief Executive of the [[Guardian Media Group]] plc and as Non-Executive Director of [[Tesco]]. Formerly she was Non-Executive Director of [[New Look]] plc and President of [[Women in Advertising and Communications London]].
* [[John M Neill]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Audit Committee. Neill also serves as Group Chief Executive of [[Unipart Group]], is Vice President of the [[Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders]], is Director of the [[SMMT Industry Forum]], is Vice President of The [[Institute of the Motor Industry]], is a council member of the [[Institute of Directors]], is Vice President of [[BEN]] and is a Non-Executive Director of [[Charter International]] plc and [[Rolls-Royce]] plc. He previously served as a Director of the [[Bank of England]] and a Non-Executive Director of the [[Royal Mail]].
* [[Michael J Ryan]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Northern Ireland Advisory Board. Ryan also serves as is Vice President and General Manager of [[Bombardier Aerospace] in Northern Ireland, is a Board member of [[Maydown Precision Engineering]] and [[Centre for Competitiveness]], is a member of the Aerospace Committee at the [[Department of Trade & Industry]], is an [[SBAC]] council member, a Fellow member of the [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] and a member of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]].
* [[Ian A Smith]] - Chairman, Business in the Community South East Leadership Team. Smith also serves as Managing Partner with [[AndersonBick Consultants]] LLP. He also serves as is President of the [[Institute of Customer Service]], is on the Executive of the [[Information Age Partnership]], the [[E-Skills Board]] and the [[National Employment Panel]] and he chairs the Government’s [[Leadership and Management Panel]]. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of [[Oracle UK]] (1999-2008).
* [[Cilla Snowball]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Inspire Membership Commitment. Snowball also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive of [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group (she joined the group in 1992). She is a member of the [[BBDO Worldwide]] board and is a trustee of [[Macmillan Cancer Support]]. She formerly served [[Ogilvy & Mather]] for 9 years until 1992.
* [[John Spence]] - Chairman, Business in the Community Finance & Risk Committee. Spence also serves on the [[Capital Enterprise]] Board and is a non-executive director at [[Edrington Limited]]. He is a governor of the [[Church Commisioners]], is Finance Chair at [[Chelmsford Cathedral]], chairs [[Blind in Business]], [[Vitalise]] and [[Harlow Renaissance Limited]], is President of [[Enable]] and of the [[Royal Zoological Society of Scotland]] and is a trustee of [[St Paul's Cathedral Foundation]]. He formerly served [[Lloyds TSB]] for 32 years (1973-2005).
* [[Todd Stitzer]]. Stitzer also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Cadbury]] (he joined [[Cadbury Schweppes]] in 1983)
* [[Truett Tate]] - Tate is also a Chairman and a Group Executive Director with [[Lloyds Banking Group]] and is a charter member of [[TiE UK]]. His biography describes how he also 'serves on a number of private company Boards'. He is also a board member of [[In Kind Direct]] and [[Opportunity International]]. He also serves on the Board of Directors with [[British American Business]] and the [[Corporate Leaders' Group on Climate Change]] convened by the University of Cambridge. He formerly served [[Citibank]] and 'and a broad range of entrepreneurial and Board positions in Brazil, Hong Kong, Germany and the USA.' He is described as being 'central to the successful acquisition of [[HBoS]] by [[Lloyds TSB]] in January 2009'.
* [[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]] - Joint Chairman, Business in the Community EngageBoard Member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[Global Transaction Services]], [[Citibank]] Europe plc, is on the boards of [[Mapfre America]] SA, [[Clearstream International]], [[LCH.Clearnet] and [[Junior Achievement]] Worldwide. He is Chairman of [[Junior Achievement]] Europe, is Co-Chair of [[Engage]] and is a Advisory Board member of [[Fundación Empresa y Sociedad]].
* [[Michael P Wareing]]. Wareing also serves as Chief Executive Officer of [[KPMG]] International (he joined KPMG in 1973). He is also a Board member of [[Business Action on Homelessness]], is joint Chairman of [[Project Compass]] and is Chairman of the [[Global Partner Network]] (which is described as being led by '''Business in the Community''')
* [[Robert Wigley]] - Deputy Chairman. Wigley also serves as a Non-Executive Director of [[LCH.Clearnet]] and the [[Royal Mail]]. He is a member of the [[Court of the Bank of England]], the [[Financial Services Authority’s Senior Practitioner Committee]], the Chairman’s Committee of the [[London Investment Banking Association]], the Advisory Council of [[Business for New Europe]] and Court of the [[Guild of International Bankers]]. He is also a Fellow of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants]] and of the [[Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]]. His previous involvements include chairing the EMEA region for [[Merrill Lynch]].
* [[John Williams]] - Board member, Business in the Community Key Stakeholder. Williams of [[John Williams and Associates]] is co-founder and former Chairman of the public relations consultancy [[Fishburn Hedges]]. He retains his connection with [[Fishburn Hedges]], serving them as a consultant. Williams has also served as Senior Advisor with [[Shell]] (1998 to 2003). He is Chairman of [[Tomorrow’s Company]] and was formerly Deputy Chair of [[ChildLine]]. He was appointed as a Charity Commissioner in 2005.
* [[Steve Holliday]]. Holliday also serves as Chief Executive of National Grid plc (he joined then in 2001) and is a Non Executive Director of [[Marks & Spencer]] plc (since 2004). Holliday is described as having 'spent much of his early career with [[Exxon]]', he also served on the Board of [[British Borneo Oil & Gas]]

====Former Board of Trustee Directors in 2007====
*Sir [[Michael Rake]], [[KPMG]], Chairman of Business in the Community, Board Member, Prince of Wales' [[International Business Leaders Forum]]
*[[Charles Allen]] CBE
*[[Ann Beynon]], [[BT]] Wales, Chairman, Wales Advisory Board
*[[Amelia Chilcott Fawcett]] CBE, [[Morgan Stanley International]], Chairman, Workplace Impact Area
*[[Stuart Etherington]], [[National Council for Voluntary Organisations]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Mike Fairey]], [[Lloyds TSB]] Group plc, Chairman, Race for Opportunity
*[[Richard Gregory]] OBE, [[Yorkshire Bank]] Plc, Chairman, Business in the Community Yorkshire & Humber
*[[Christine Hodgson]], [[Capgemini]] UK, Member, Finance & Risk Committee
*[[Phil Hodkinson]], [[HBOS]] plc, Chairman, 'Support & Challenge' Membership Commitment
*[[David Jackson]], [[BP]] plc, Chairman, Environment Impact Area
*[[John Kelly]] OBE, Chairman, [[Gala Coral]] Group Limited, Chairman, [[ENGAGE]] Membership Commitment
*[[Richard Lambert]], [[Confederation of British Industry]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Allan Leighton]], Chairman, [[Royal Mail]]
*[[Seán Mahon]], [[Cattles]] Plc, Chairman, [[Cares]]
*[[Carolyn McCall]], [[Guardian Media]] Group, Chairman, [[Opportunity Now]]
*[[John M. Neill]] CBE, [[Unipart]] Group, Chairman, Audit Committee
*Sir [[Mervyn Pedelty]], [[FTSE4Good]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Ian M. Russell]] CBE, Chairman, Seeing is Believing Alumni Network
*[[Michael J. Ryan]] CBE, [[Bombardier Aerospace]], Belfast, Chairman, Northern Ireland Advisory Board
*[[Ian A. Smith]], [[Oracle]] UK, Chairman, South East Leadership Team
*[[Cilla Snowball]], [[Abbott Mead Vickers]] Group, Chairman, Inspire Membership Commitment
*[[John Spence]] OBE, [[HMRC]], Chairman, Finance & Risk Committee
*Ben Stimson, [[BSkyB]], Chairman, Corporate Responsibility Group
*[[Francesco Vanni d'Archirafi]], [[Citigroup Global Transaction Services]], Joint Chairman, [[ENGAGE]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder
*[[Robert Wigley]], [[Merrill Lynch International]], Chairman, Education Leadership Team
*[[John Williams]], [[John Williams & Associates]], Board Member, Key Stakeholder

<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/who_we_are/our_board_and_governance/board_of_trustee_directors/index.html The Board of Trustee Directors] accessed January 2007.</ref>

==Senior Management==
In 2009, BITC's Senior Management comprises<ref>Business in the Community [http://www.bitc.org.uk/about_bitc/our_senior_management/index.html Senior Management] Accessed 30th July 2009</ref>:
* [[Stephen Howard]] - Chief Executive. In 2004/05 Howard became Group Chief Executive of Novar PLC which was sold on to [[Honeywell]] in 2005. His previous roles have included serving as a practising lawyer and partner with [[Alder, Pollock & Sheehan]] Inc (Providence, USA) and a variety of different roles (including Group Chief Executive) with the [[Cookson Group]] PLC.
* [[Peter Lambert]] - Deputy Chief Executive.

==Affiliations==
*[[Mediasmart]]
===Lobbying and PR consultants===
*[[Central Lobby Consultants]]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:CSR]]

Business in the Community

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Coca Cola, CSR and Human Rights

2009-07-24T15:00:53Z

Lynn Hill: /* Spin */

[[Coca Cola]]
==Coca Cola in Colombia==
In 2001, Lawyers for the United Steel workers union filed a lawsuit in America on behalf of the Colombian union Sinaltrainal.
: 'The suit alleges that Coca-Cola and [[Panamerican Beverages]], its principal bottler in Latin America, waged what union leaders describe as a campaign of terror, using paramilitaries to kill, torture and kidnap union leaders in Colombia'<ref>BBC News [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1448962.stm Coke sued over death squad claims] 20th July 2001. (Accessed 26 January 2008)</ref>.

Coca Cola deny responsibility as they claim to not own or operate the plants involved. Yet Coca Cola owns 25% of bottling plant Panamerican Beverages which is Coca Cola's main bottling plant in Latin America<ref>Armbruster, S. (2003) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2909141.stm Coke bottler faces death suit] BBC News. 2 April 2003. (Accessed 26 January 2008)</ref>. Panamerican also deny the charges.

In 2003 it was reported that Panamerican Beverages would stand trial for allegedly hiring right-wing paramilitaries to kill and intimidate union leaders in Colombia<ref>ibid</ref>. But District Judge [[Jose E Martinez]] excluded Coca-Cola and its Colombian unit because its bottling agreement did not give it "explicit control" over labour issues in Colombia. The BBC Reports that this is 'the first time a US judge has ordered a company to stand trial for alleged human-rights violations committed overseas under the Alien Tort Claims Act'. However they add that, 'Corporations usually succeed in getting such cases dismissed before they reach trial'. Lawyers acting on behalf of the trade unionists are reported to be appealing against Coca Cola's exclusion.

Gill reports that 180 Coca-Cola employees have suffered major human rights violations over a period of fifteen years with nine of them having been murdered. Family members have also experienced threats, abductions, torture and murder<ref> Gill, L. (2004) [http://www.aaanet.org/committees/cfhr/gill.pdf LABOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS:‘The Real Thing’ in Colombia] Report to the Human Rights Committee of the American Anthropological Association by the Department of Anthropology, American University Washington. 28th November 2004. Accessed 26th January 2008</ref>.

Gill continues by explaining how 'Multinational firms profit from the reduced effectiveness of trade unions that arises from the intimidation of workers by paramilitaries. Weak unions pose less resistance to job cuts, lowered wages, reduced benefits, and “flexible” contracts that are promoted by multinational corporations'

:'Murdered unionists are not the product of indiscriminate, chaotic violence, nor are they the “collateral damage” of civilians caught between warring groups. They are the victims of a calculated and selective strategy carried out by sectors of the state, allied paramilitaries, and some employers to weaken and eliminate trade unions'<ref>ibid.</ref>.

Coca-Cola is reported<ref>ibid</ref> to be aggressive in the restructuring of its operations and centralising of productions in Columbia. 6700 workers have lost their jobs between 1992 and 2002 and 80% of the Coca-Cola work force is now composed of non-union, temporary workers. Wages for these individuals are only a quarter of those earned by their unionized counterparts. Coca-Cola has consistently pressured unionized workers to resign. In 2003 it closed 11 of its 16 bottling plants and 'forced workers to renounce their union contracts. Despite collective bargaining agreements that oblige it to find new jobs for displaced workers, the company has failed to fulfill its obligations, prompting a 12-day hunger strike by Sinaltrainal in March 2004... The Vice-Minister of Social Protection, [[Luz Estela Arango]], who is charged with ruling on the legality of the plant closures and the firings, is a former lawyer for the Coca-Cola Company'.

Coca Cola may deny the charges, however as Gill argues<ref>ibid.</ref> The Coca-Cola Company have failed to protect its workers from paramilitary intimidation, have benefited from the situation and 'in some cases, eyewitness accounts and abundant circumstantial evidence suggest that it is complicit with paramilitary terror'.

==Coca Cola in Guatemala==

Guatemalan workers have been struggling against Coca-Cola since the 1970s. In the years between 1976 and 1985, three general secretaries of the union were assassinated and members of their families, friends and legal advisers were threatened, arrested, kidnapped, shot, tortured and forced into exile. In 1980 the IUF backed an international boycott of Coca-Cola, with IUF-affiliated trade unions mounting solidarity stoppages in Europe, the Americas and New Zealand. The Greater London Council cancelled contracts for Coca-Cola in its restaurants, bars and cafeterias.

Despite victory in that earlier struggle, the violations of workers’ rights continue. Café INCASA, owner of Coca-Cola’s plants in Guatemala, is carrying out a union-busting campaign. According to the General Secretary of FESTRAS, the federation of agricultural and beverage unions, this includes the unfair dismissal of 13 Coca-Cola employees in the last four years. Workers and their family members with ties to unions have reportedly been subjected to death threats. In 2002 Coca-Cola’s bottlers PANAMCO took legal action in order to dismiss eight union representatives who took approved leave to participate in collective bargaining. Only after Coca-Cola was lobbied by the IUF to stop violating agreements on union activity were the dismissals withdrawn. <ref> [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:At_iC8IIasIJ:www.waronwant.org/downloads/cocacola.pdf+coca+cola&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=uk War on Want Website], accessed 18 March 2008</ref>

==Further examples of 'Union-Busting'==

In October 2001 Coca-Cola workers in Punjab, Pakistan were dismissed for calling a ‘strike’. The strike turned out to be a brief delay before work in the morning due to under staffing. The Labour Court ordered that the dismissed workers be reinstated, but Coca-Cola refused to comply with the ruling, only conceding finally when the IUF intervened. Efforts to unionise the bottling plants which Coca-Cola operates directly in Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala have so far been unsuccessful due to strong resistance from management.

In Nicaragua, the Sole Union of Coca-Cola Company Workers (SUTEC) has complained that its workers at Coca-Cola bottlers PANAMCO have been denied the right to organise, as well as being threatened and unlawfully dismissed. The General Secretary of SUTEC, Daniel Reyes, has stated that: “We believe that the objective of this ongoing and escalating campaign is to crush the union.” The union is seeking legal redress.

Elsewhere in Latin America, Coca-Cola has refused to comply with a judicial order to reinstate 50 workers in Peru; since September 2004 Coca-Cola workers in the country have been calling strikes and protesting against the company’s actions, despite violent police repression. Coca-Cola workers in Chile have also been calling strikes on the grounds that the company is forcing them to work up to 16 hours a day and not adhering to the minimum wage. In Russia, Coca-Cola has been continually opposing union organisation, including attempts to get rid of the chief organiser of the Moscow Coca-Cola. <ref> [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:At_iC8IIasIJ:www.waronwant.org/downloads/cocacola.pdf+coca+cola&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=uk War on Want Website], accessed 18 March 2008</ref>

==Coca Cola in India==
The India Resource Centre<ref> India Resource Centre [http://www.indiaresource.org/campaigns/coke/ Campaign to hold Coca Cola accountable] Accessed 28th January 2008</ref> describe how communities throughout India are experiencing hardship as a result of the Coca Cola bottling operations in the country.

<b>Severve Water Shortages</b>
Communities 'living around Coca-Cola's bottling plants are experiencing severe water shortages, directly as a result of Coca-Cola's massive extraction of water from the common groundwater resource'.

<b>Soil and Water Pollution</b>
Coca-Cola are also accused of 'indiscriminately discharging its waste water into the fields around its plant and sometimes into rivers... The result has been that the groundwater has been polluted as well as the soil. Public health authorities have posted signs around wells and hand pumps advising the community that the water is unfit for human consumption'.

<b>Toxic Waste</b>
Coca-Cola has also in the past distributed its solid waste to farmers in India as "fertilizer". Tests conducted by the BBC found cadmium and lead in the waste, effectively making it toxic waste.

During 2006-2007, The [[Energy and Resources Institute]] (TERI) conducted an assessment of the Coca-Cola Company's water
resource management policies and practices in India. This report is known as the 'Independent Third Party Assessment of Coca-Cola Facilities in India'<ref> The Energy and Resources Institute [http://www.teriin.org/coke_files/FReport.pdf the study on independent third party assessment of Coca-Cola facilities in India] Accessed 28th January 2008</ref>. The India Resource Centre state that the report 'is a damning indictment of Coca-Cola's operations in India'<ref> India Resource Centre[http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2008/1001.html Coca-Cola Asked to Shut Plant in India] Accessed 28th January 2008</ref>. They go on to describe how the report confirms the deteriorating water levels in the village of Kala Dera, with the report calling for alternative sources of water to be found or for the closure of the bottling plant itself. The report also 'points out the heavy pollution present in the immediate vicinity of the Coca-Cola bottling plants and calls for additional studies. The report also shows that the Coca-Cola company has failed to meet its own standards regarding waste management, and that the company has hampered the TERI assessment because it has refused to share the Environmental Impact Assessments for any one of the six plants'.

Only 6 of Coca Cola's 50 Indian bottling plants were assessed and the India Resource Centre criticise the use of TERI as the "independent" assessor of Coca-Cola. This is because the two groups are reported to have worked together in the past (co-organizing Earth Day), Coca-Cola is reported to have provided funding to TERI in the past, and also because TERI named Coca-Cola as among the most responsible companies in India in 2001.

== Coca Cola in El Salvador==

Coca-Cola’s Salvadorean subsidiary has been accused by environmentalists of exhausting waterresources in the region of Soyapango over a 25-year period.The company subsequently relocatedits bottling plant to a new aquifer in Nejapa, near San Salvador.The mayor of Nejapa has accusedthe company of causing pollution with untreated water from the plant, which has led to thedeath of fauna and fish.After Coca-Cola refused to deal with the problem, the company wastaken to the Supreme Court.The case is ongoing.<ref> [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:At_iC8IIasIJ:www.waronwant.org/downloads/cocacola.pdf+coca+cola&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=uk War on Want Website], accessed 18 March 2008</ref>

==Coca Cola CSR==
Coca-Cola is a worldwide organisation which has extended its activities to help fund and become a part of different organisations around the world. One such organisation is [[Camp Coca-Cola]], which is a year round programme of leadership training and community service. It also offers a Summer Camp programme which includes a number of exciting yet testing activities. [[Camp Coca-Cola]] aims to challenge its members to see the world more openly as a place where they can make a difference. It is run by professionals who are dedicated to providing a unique and worthwhile experience to those who attend. Attendance is decided through nominations by local schools and community organisations on the basis that those who are chosen are dedicated to learning and are open to new life experiences. Coca-Cola fund this project which they feel is beneficial to the communities it serves and Camps have been specially set up all over America <ref>[http://www.campcocacola.com/parent_faq.htm] (Link Dead: 28 January 2008); seems to have move to [http://c5yf.org/c/c5/content.asp?c=159 C5 Youth Foundation] (Accessed: 28 January 2008)</ref> Organisations such as Camp Coca-Cola have been set up in an attempt by Coca-Cola to improve its overall image and to increase its ability to boost its own long term profits.

A further extension of Coca-Cola's work is '[[Coca-Cola Africa]]'. This organisation is said to be committed to the future of the African continent and to the well being of its people and communities, and furthermore to its economic development. This statement stands in stark contrast to the activities which Coca-Cola have already been accused of in India. Such atrocities which have been previously mentioned in this report contradict the philosophy of 'Coca-Cola Africa'. This particular organisation which Coca-Cola initiated was set up to educate and distribute information about the dangers of HIV and AIDS. It places particular attention on the treatment of individuals who suffer from such diseases, and furthermore harshly criticises the discrimination of these unfortunate people.<ref>[http://www.africacncl.org/HIV_AIDS/get_involved/profiles/coca_cola.asp].</ref>

One additional organisation of Coca-Cola is the [[Coca-Cola Foundation]] which is said to be the 'philanthropic arm' of the Coca-Cola Company. It focuses on education and the advancement of cultural diversity. Its main activities include the offering of scholarships, the building of schools and libraries and the donation of books. It aims to help and support people through higher education who lack both financial and personal support <ref>[http://orgs.takingitglobal.org/464]</ref>. It appears that Coca-Cola put a great deal of effort into initiating organisations and programmes to help extend the education of citizens around the world, more specifically in America and in Africa. Despite the ever growing number of these programmes which are available it is difficult for Coca-Cola to mask the shocking activities they carry out each day in the small communities in India where they operate their bottling plants. Coca-Cola may indeed help fund educational programmes in America, but this is of little consolation to the many villages in India, who are left suffering at the hands of this multinational.

==Spin==
==='Coca-Cola busted for big fat rotten lies'===
In a article for the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' in 2009 entitled 'Coca-Cola busted for big fat rotten lies'<ref>Burke, K. (2009) [http://www.smh.com.au/national/cocacola-busted-for-big-fat-rotten-lies-20090402-9kn6.html Coca-Cola busted for big fat rotten lies] 2nd April 2009. Accessed 24th July 2009</ref>, Burke reports that Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had ruled that an advert featuring actor Kerry Armstrong as part of a Coca Cola "Motherhood & Myth-Busting" advertising campaign had been misleading. The Herald reports that the campaign used 'the wholesome motherly image of Armstrong to convince parents the soft drink was "kiddy-safe", the advertisements claimed that Coca-Cola did not make children fat, did not rot their teeth and was not packed with large amounts of caffeine'. The full page advert claimed to be dispelling the 'myths' about health implications of consuming coca-cola however the Commission is quoted as ruling that "Coke's messages were totally unacceptable, creating an impression which is likely to mislead that Coca-Cola cannot contribute to weight gain, obesity and tooth decay". The ads contained false claims and where deemed to have the 'potential to mislead parents about the potential consequences of consuming Coca-Cola'. As argued by Obesity Policy Coalition's senior policy adviser, Jane Martin, "Coca-Cola's promotion points clearly to a need for better food labelling so food and drinks can be seen for what they are, rather than allowing marketing spin to dress them up as something that they are not".

* Details of the action taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission can be found on their website [http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/867233/fromItemId/142 ACCC acts on Coca-Cola myth-busting]

===$750,000 settlement for product's unsustantiated weight loss claims===
In 2009, The Connecticut Attorney General's Office announced a settlement of $750,000 from Coke, [[Nestle]] and [[Beverage Partnership Worldwide]] (BPW) around 'questionable claims that Enviga, a green tea beverage, will burn extra calories resulting in weight loss'<ref>State of Conneticut Attorney General's Office [http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?A=3673&Q=434756 Attorney General Announces Settlement Resolving Weight Loss And Calorie-Burning Claims About Enviga] Connecticut Attorney General's Office Press Release. 26th february 2009. Accessed 24th July 2009</ref>. According to the report, Enviga's marketing claims purported that consuming three cans in a day would result in increased calorie burning by up to 60 to 100 calories per day. The investigation into the claims began in 2007 and found that the implied weight loss claims were scientifically weightless and unsupported by solid evidence. In the words of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, "The Enviga lesson is that weight loss requires sound diet and exercise, not simply a concoction of caffeine and green tea," He goes on to add that "Enviga's calorie-burning claims led to credibility loss more than weight loss. Its new labels must now state clearly that calorie burning and weight loss requires proper diet and exercise".

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Food and Agriculture Industry]]
[[Category:Transnational Corporations]]

Coca Cola, CSR and Human Rights

2009-07-24T14:42:18Z

Lynn Hill: Spin

[[Coca Cola]]
==Coca Cola in Colombia==
In 2001, Lawyers for the United Steel workers union filed a lawsuit in America on behalf of the Colombian union Sinaltrainal.
: 'The suit alleges that Coca-Cola and [[Panamerican Beverages]], its principal bottler in Latin America, waged what union leaders describe as a campaign of terror, using paramilitaries to kill, torture and kidnap union leaders in Colombia'<ref>BBC News [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1448962.stm Coke sued over death squad claims] 20th July 2001. (Accessed 26 January 2008)</ref>.

Coca Cola deny responsibility as they claim to not own or operate the plants involved. Yet Coca Cola owns 25% of bottling plant Panamerican Beverages which is Coca Cola's main bottling plant in Latin America<ref>Armbruster, S. (2003) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2909141.stm Coke bottler faces death suit] BBC News. 2 April 2003. (Accessed 26 January 2008)</ref>. Panamerican also deny the charges.

In 2003 it was reported that Panamerican Beverages would stand trial for allegedly hiring right-wing paramilitaries to kill and intimidate union leaders in Colombia<ref>ibid</ref>. But District Judge [[Jose E Martinez]] excluded Coca-Cola and its Colombian unit because its bottling agreement did not give it "explicit control" over labour issues in Colombia. The BBC Reports that this is 'the first time a US judge has ordered a company to stand trial for alleged human-rights violations committed overseas under the Alien Tort Claims Act'. However they add that, 'Corporations usually succeed in getting such cases dismissed before they reach trial'. Lawyers acting on behalf of the trade unionists are reported to be appealing against Coca Cola's exclusion.

Gill reports that 180 Coca-Cola employees have suffered major human rights violations over a period of fifteen years with nine of them having been murdered. Family members have also experienced threats, abductions, torture and murder<ref> Gill, L. (2004) [http://www.aaanet.org/committees/cfhr/gill.pdf LABOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS:‘The Real Thing’ in Colombia] Report to the Human Rights Committee of the American Anthropological Association by the Department of Anthropology, American University Washington. 28th November 2004. Accessed 26th January 2008</ref>.

Gill continues by explaining how 'Multinational firms profit from the reduced effectiveness of trade unions that arises from the intimidation of workers by paramilitaries. Weak unions pose less resistance to job cuts, lowered wages, reduced benefits, and “flexible” contracts that are promoted by multinational corporations'

:'Murdered unionists are not the product of indiscriminate, chaotic violence, nor are they the “collateral damage” of civilians caught between warring groups. They are the victims of a calculated and selective strategy carried out by sectors of the state, allied paramilitaries, and some employers to weaken and eliminate trade unions'<ref>ibid.</ref>.

Coca-Cola is reported<ref>ibid</ref> to be aggressive in the restructuring of its operations and centralising of productions in Columbia. 6700 workers have lost their jobs between 1992 and 2002 and 80% of the Coca-Cola work force is now composed of non-union, temporary workers. Wages for these individuals are only a quarter of those earned by their unionized counterparts. Coca-Cola has consistently pressured unionized workers to resign. In 2003 it closed 11 of its 16 bottling plants and 'forced workers to renounce their union contracts. Despite collective bargaining agreements that oblige it to find new jobs for displaced workers, the company has failed to fulfill its obligations, prompting a 12-day hunger strike by Sinaltrainal in March 2004... The Vice-Minister of Social Protection, [[Luz Estela Arango]], who is charged with ruling on the legality of the plant closures and the firings, is a former lawyer for the Coca-Cola Company'.

Coca Cola may deny the charges, however as Gill argues<ref>ibid.</ref> The Coca-Cola Company have failed to protect its workers from paramilitary intimidation, have benefited from the situation and 'in some cases, eyewitness accounts and abundant circumstantial evidence suggest that it is complicit with paramilitary terror'.

==Coca Cola in Guatemala==

Guatemalan workers have been struggling against Coca-Cola since the 1970s. In the years between 1976 and 1985, three general secretaries of the union were assassinated and members of their families, friends and legal advisers were threatened, arrested, kidnapped, shot, tortured and forced into exile. In 1980 the IUF backed an international boycott of Coca-Cola, with IUF-affiliated trade unions mounting solidarity stoppages in Europe, the Americas and New Zealand. The Greater London Council cancelled contracts for Coca-Cola in its restaurants, bars and cafeterias.

Despite victory in that earlier struggle, the violations of workers’ rights continue. Café INCASA, owner of Coca-Cola’s plants in Guatemala, is carrying out a union-busting campaign. According to the General Secretary of FESTRAS, the federation of agricultural and beverage unions, this includes the unfair dismissal of 13 Coca-Cola employees in the last four years. Workers and their family members with ties to unions have reportedly been subjected to death threats. In 2002 Coca-Cola’s bottlers PANAMCO took legal action in order to dismiss eight union representatives who took approved leave to participate in collective bargaining. Only after Coca-Cola was lobbied by the IUF to stop violating agreements on union activity were the dismissals withdrawn. <ref> [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:At_iC8IIasIJ:www.waronwant.org/downloads/cocacola.pdf+coca+cola&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=uk War on Want Website], accessed 18 March 2008</ref>

==Further examples of 'Union-Busting'==

In October 2001 Coca-Cola workers in Punjab, Pakistan were dismissed for calling a ‘strike’. The strike turned out to be a brief delay before work in the morning due to under staffing. The Labour Court ordered that the dismissed workers be reinstated, but Coca-Cola refused to comply with the ruling, only conceding finally when the IUF intervened. Efforts to unionise the bottling plants which Coca-Cola operates directly in Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala have so far been unsuccessful due to strong resistance from management.

In Nicaragua, the Sole Union of Coca-Cola Company Workers (SUTEC) has complained that its workers at Coca-Cola bottlers PANAMCO have been denied the right to organise, as well as being threatened and unlawfully dismissed. The General Secretary of SUTEC, Daniel Reyes, has stated that: “We believe that the objective of this ongoing and escalating campaign is to crush the union.” The union is seeking legal redress.

Elsewhere in Latin America, Coca-Cola has refused to comply with a judicial order to reinstate 50 workers in Peru; since September 2004 Coca-Cola workers in the country have been calling strikes and protesting against the company’s actions, despite violent police repression. Coca-Cola workers in Chile have also been calling strikes on the grounds that the company is forcing them to work up to 16 hours a day and not adhering to the minimum wage. In Russia, Coca-Cola has been continually opposing union organisation, including attempts to get rid of the chief organiser of the Moscow Coca-Cola. <ref> [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:At_iC8IIasIJ:www.waronwant.org/downloads/cocacola.pdf+coca+cola&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=uk War on Want Website], accessed 18 March 2008</ref>

==Coca Cola in India==
The India Resource Centre<ref> India Resource Centre [http://www.indiaresource.org/campaigns/coke/ Campaign to hold Coca Cola accountable] Accessed 28th January 2008</ref> describe how communities throughout India are experiencing hardship as a result of the Coca Cola bottling operations in the country.

<b>Severve Water Shortages</b>
Communities 'living around Coca-Cola's bottling plants are experiencing severe water shortages, directly as a result of Coca-Cola's massive extraction of water from the common groundwater resource'.

<b>Soil and Water Pollution</b>
Coca-Cola are also accused of 'indiscriminately discharging its waste water into the fields around its plant and sometimes into rivers... The result has been that the groundwater has been polluted as well as the soil. Public health authorities have posted signs around wells and hand pumps advising the community that the water is unfit for human consumption'.

<b>Toxic Waste</b>
Coca-Cola has also in the past distributed its solid waste to farmers in India as "fertilizer". Tests conducted by the BBC found cadmium and lead in the waste, effectively making it toxic waste.

During 2006-2007, The [[Energy and Resources Institute]] (TERI) conducted an assessment of the Coca-Cola Company's water
resource management policies and practices in India. This report is known as the 'Independent Third Party Assessment of Coca-Cola Facilities in India'<ref> The Energy and Resources Institute [http://www.teriin.org/coke_files/FReport.pdf the study on independent third party assessment of Coca-Cola facilities in India] Accessed 28th January 2008</ref>. The India Resource Centre state that the report 'is a damning indictment of Coca-Cola's operations in India'<ref> India Resource Centre[http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2008/1001.html Coca-Cola Asked to Shut Plant in India] Accessed 28th January 2008</ref>. They go on to describe how the report confirms the deteriorating water levels in the village of Kala Dera, with the report calling for alternative sources of water to be found or for the closure of the bottling plant itself. The report also 'points out the heavy pollution present in the immediate vicinity of the Coca-Cola bottling plants and calls for additional studies. The report also shows that the Coca-Cola company has failed to meet its own standards regarding waste management, and that the company has hampered the TERI assessment because it has refused to share the Environmental Impact Assessments for any one of the six plants'.

Only 6 of Coca Cola's 50 Indian bottling plants were assessed and the India Resource Centre criticise the use of TERI as the "independent" assessor of Coca-Cola. This is because the two groups are reported to have worked together in the past (co-organizing Earth Day), Coca-Cola is reported to have provided funding to TERI in the past, and also because TERI named Coca-Cola as among the most responsible companies in India in 2001.

== Coca Cola in El Salvador==

Coca-Cola’s Salvadorean subsidiary has been accused by environmentalists of exhausting waterresources in the region of Soyapango over a 25-year period.The company subsequently relocatedits bottling plant to a new aquifer in Nejapa, near San Salvador.The mayor of Nejapa has accusedthe company of causing pollution with untreated water from the plant, which has led to thedeath of fauna and fish.After Coca-Cola refused to deal with the problem, the company wastaken to the Supreme Court.The case is ongoing.<ref> [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:At_iC8IIasIJ:www.waronwant.org/downloads/cocacola.pdf+coca+cola&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=uk War on Want Website], accessed 18 March 2008</ref>

==Coca Cola CSR==
Coca-Cola is a worldwide organisation which has extended its activities to help fund and become a part of different organisations around the world. One such organisation is [[Camp Coca-Cola]], which is a year round programme of leadership training and community service. It also offers a Summer Camp programme which includes a number of exciting yet testing activities. [[Camp Coca-Cola]] aims to challenge its members to see the world more openly as a place where they can make a difference. It is run by professionals who are dedicated to providing a unique and worthwhile experience to those who attend. Attendance is decided through nominations by local schools and community organisations on the basis that those who are chosen are dedicated to learning and are open to new life experiences. Coca-Cola fund this project which they feel is beneficial to the communities it serves and Camps have been specially set up all over America <ref>[http://www.campcocacola.com/parent_faq.htm] (Link Dead: 28 January 2008); seems to have move to [http://c5yf.org/c/c5/content.asp?c=159 C5 Youth Foundation] (Accessed: 28 January 2008)</ref> Organisations such as Camp Coca-Cola have been set up in an attempt by Coca-Cola to improve its overall image and to increase its ability to boost its own long term profits.

A further extension of Coca-Cola's work is '[[Coca-Cola Africa]]'. This organisation is said to be committed to the future of the African continent and to the well being of its people and communities, and furthermore to its economic development. This statement stands in stark contrast to the activities which Coca-Cola have already been accused of in India. Such atrocities which have been previously mentioned in this report contradict the philosophy of 'Coca-Cola Africa'. This particular organisation which Coca-Cola initiated was set up to educate and distribute information about the dangers of HIV and AIDS. It places particular attention on the treatment of individuals who suffer from such diseases, and furthermore harshly criticises the discrimination of these unfortunate people.<ref>[http://www.africacncl.org/HIV_AIDS/get_involved/profiles/coca_cola.asp].</ref>

One additional organisation of Coca-Cola is the [[Coca-Cola Foundation]] which is said to be the 'philanthropic arm' of the Coca-Cola Company. It focuses on education and the advancement of cultural diversity. Its main activities include the offering of scholarships, the building of schools and libraries and the donation of books. It aims to help and support people through higher education who lack both financial and personal support <ref>[http://orgs.takingitglobal.org/464]</ref>. It appears that Coca-Cola put a great deal of effort into initiating organisations and programmes to help extend the education of citizens around the world, more specifically in America and in Africa. Despite the ever growing number of these programmes which are available it is difficult for Coca-Cola to mask the shocking activities they carry out each day in the small communities in India where they operate their bottling plants. Coca-Cola may indeed help fund educational programmes in America, but this is of little consolation to the many villages in India, who are left suffering at the hands of this multinational.

==Spin==
==='Coca-Cola busted for big fat rotten lies'===
In a article for the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' in 2009 entitled 'Coca-Cola busted for big fat rotten lies'<ref>Burke, K. (2009) [http://www.smh.com.au/national/cocacola-busted-for-big-fat-rotten-lies-20090402-9kn6.html Coca-Cola busted for big fat rotten lies] 2nd April 2009. Accessed 24th July 2009</ref>, Burke reports that Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had ruled that an advert featuring actor Kerry Armstrong as part of a Coca Cola "Motherhood & Myth-Busting" advertising campaign had been misleading. The Herald reports that the campaign used 'the wholesome motherly image of Armstrong to convince parents the soft drink was "kiddy-safe", the advertisements claimed that Coca-Cola did not make children fat, did not rot their teeth and was not packed with large amounts of caffeine'. The full page advert claimed to be dispelling the 'myths' about health implications of consuming coca-cola however the Commission is quoted as ruling that "Coke's messages were totally unacceptable, creating an impression which is likely to mislead that Coca-Cola cannot contribute to weight gain, obesity and tooth decay". The ads contained false claims and where deemed to have the 'potential to mislead parents about the potential consequences of consuming Coca-Cola'. As argued by Obesity Policy Coalition's senior policy adviser, Jane Martin, "Coca-Cola's promotion points clearly to a need for better food labelling so food and drinks can be seen for what they are, rather than allowing marketing spin to dress them up as something that they are not".

* Details of the action taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission can be found on their website [http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/867233/fromItemId/142 ACCC acts on Coca-Cola myth-busting]

==References==
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[[Category:Food and Agriculture Industry]]
[[Category:Transnational Corporations]]

International Business Leaders Forum

2009-07-24T13:33:55Z

Lynn Hill: /* Background */ added ref

==Background==
The '''International Business Leaders Forum''' (IBLF) describes itself as 'an independent, not-for-profit organisation currently supported by over 100 of the world’s leading businesses'. The organisation was founded by HRH The Prince of Wales and advertises that it has worked in over 90 countries since it was established in 1990.

The IBLF states that its 'vision is a world in which companies address social development issues as part of their core business operations, and where economic and social development is achieved more effectively and sustainably because of the full participation of business'<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/what_we_do.jsp What We Do] Accessed 24th July 2009</ref>.

They claim to work towards these goals through 3 key areas of Social Development, Economic Development and Environmental Development and state the 'goal of putting business at the heart of sustainable development'.

Even a cursory glance at IBLF's management structure shows how it is awash with high ranking personnel from companies steering the Forum's strategy. This hardly paints a picture of an 'independent' organisation, as CEO's are employed to further the interests of their employers. It can certainly be argued that the IBLF's Chairman has received a hefty incentive to do so, by commanding tens of millions in renumeration from Coca Cola for his services to the company in one year alone<ref>The Associated Press [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/business/04coke.html?_r=1 Coke’s Chief Got $21.6 Million in 2007 ]''New York Times''. 4th March 2008. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. [[Coca Cola]] faces a long list of accusations relating to human rights and environmental abuses which brings a certain irony to the picture of this company's CEO being at the head of a Forum which claims to be a force for corporate responsibility. See [[Coca Cola, CSR and Human Rights]] for some examples of the issues surrounding the company. Further information surrounding allegations against Coca Cola can be found on campaign websites [http://www.indiaresource.org/ India Resource Centre] and [http://www.killercoke.org/ Killer Coke].

==Voluntary Principles==
The IBLF is a supporter of the voluntary principle approach to Corporate Social Responsibility. On their website, they express support for the organisation [[Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights]] and its voluntary code of principles<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/what_we_do.jsp What We Do] Accessed 24th July 2009</ref> ([[Image:Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights.pdf]]).

Within these principles it is stated that companies take note of their effect on local communities and that they assess the risk 'present in a Company's operating environment'. The ability to accurately assess these risks (whether they be caused by 'political, economic, civil or social factors') is deemed as 'critical to the security of personnel, local communities and assets; the success of the Company's short and long-term operations; and to the promotion and protection of human rights.' When we look at the allegations faced by the company's whose CEO is at the head of the IBLF in 2009 (Coca Cola), the contradiction is glaring.

Another glaring contradiction is Coca Cola's membership with the [[UN Global Compact]]. This is a United Nation CSR initiative that the IBLF states its support for, which again faces criticism for how it is influenced by a corporate agenda. This too is a voluntary code which includes amongst its principles that 'Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights' (Principle 1), 'make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses' (Principle 2), 'support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges' (Principle 7) and 'undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility' (Principle 8).

===Brushing off accusations of exploitation===
Voluntary codes are no substitute for mandatory ones as mandatory codes are enforceable, whilst voluntary ones are not. As Hertz<ref>Hertz, N. (2001) ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Arrow Books</ref> has argued, voluntary measures are in effect quite meaningless as companies can always walk away from voluntary codes. They are unenforceable and if there are breaches, there can be little or no recourse. All that is needed is a stated commitment to ethical codes, but a commitment does not necessarily translate into action and outcomes.

It has also been argued that signing up to voluntary codes for social responsibility is a tactic used by the business world to avoid binding regulations and constraints on corporate power<ref>Enoch, S. (2007) 'A Greener Potemkin Village? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Limits of Growth'. ''Captalism Nature Socialism''. Volume 18, Number 2. June 2007.</ref>. In other words, so that companies can be seen to be acting responsibly whilst behind the scenes they continue with business as usual. Such measures of corporate social responsibility have also been criticized as being little more than a PR exercise as companies are not driven by concern for people and communities, but by their own reputations<ref>Christian Aid (2004) ''Behind the Mask: the real face of corporate social responsibility''. Christian Aid Publications</ref>. Businesses are commercial entities acting in the pursuit of profit. Currently law states that actions must be in the best interests of their shareholders, in other words to maximise their returns. Their primary interests must be 'shareholder value and profit projections, not justice, equity or morality'<ref>Hertz, N. (2001) ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Arrow Books</ref>. A company's involvement with CSR initiatives works to improve their bottom line as 'cause related marketing enhances corporate image, builds brands, generated PR and increases sales'<ref>Ibid</ref>: this has been termed as 'hypocritical window dressing'<ref>Bakan. J, (2005) ''The Corporation''. Constable & Robinson Ltd</ref>.

Declarations on ethics such as Human rights are now the norm, but as the ''Guardian'' has highlighted, the international business community has mounted a concerted campaign against these norms, arguing that corporations should not face binding human rights obligations. Instead, business has demanded weak voluntary principles instead<ref>Hilary, J. (2007) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/mar/30/powerwithoutresponsibilities Corporate abuse: Efforts to hold multinational businesses accountable for human rights violations are meeting stiff resistance] 30th March 2007. Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>.
The report continues by adding:
:'It will come as no surprise to discover that the British government has consistently sided with business against the human rights community. The government's official submission on the UN norms argued that corporations should not face legally binding responsibilities for their actions under human rights law. This week in Geneva <nowiki>[in 2009]</nowiki>, the British representative echoed the corporate line yet again by holding up the Global Compact as an example of a bridge between different sectors and standards... The last time the UN drew up a binding code of conduct for multinational companies, the British government joined forces with Germany, the US and other rich nations to ensure such rules never saw the light of day. The final draft of the code was suppressed in 1990, and the UN bodies responsible for it were closed down'.

==People==

===Board of Trustees===
====Chairmen====
In 2009 IBLF Chairmen were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22 nd July 2009</ref>:
* [[E Neville Isdell]] - IBLF Chairman (appointed in 2007). Isdell joined the [[Coca Cola]] company in 1966 and served a variety of high level positions over the years culminating in his becoming Chairman of the Board & CEO of the company in 2004. <ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/History.jsp History] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref> <ref> Coca Cola Company [http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/investors/pdfs/10-K_2008/Coca-Cola_10-K_Item_x.pdf 2008 Annual Report] 26th February 2009. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2008 he ceased to be the CEO and also announced that he did not intend to stand for re-election as Chairman with effect of 2009. The ''New York Times'' reports that in 2007 he received a total package of $21.6 million from Coca Cola<ref>The Associated Press [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/business/04coke.html?_r=1 Coke’s Chief Got $21.6 Million in 2007 ]''New York Times''. 4th March 2008. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. This included a $1.6 million salary and a performance bonus of $6.6 million. The remaining amount included $341,849 for aircraft usage, $80,116 for a car and driver, $117,065 for security, $48,169 for tax reimbursements, $213,375 for contributions to company thrift plans and $3,492 for life insurance premiums.

* [[Mark Foster]] - Vice-Chairman. Foster also serves as a Chief Executive with [[Accenture]] (global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company) where he leads Accenture's involvement with the [[World Economic Forum]]<ref>Accenture [http://www.accenture.com/Global/About_Accenture/Company_Overview/Executive_Leadership/MarkFoster.htm Executive Leadership:Mark Foster] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

* [[Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel]] - Deputy Chairman of IBLF's Board of Trustees and Chairman for IBLF Middle East since 2006. Jameel also serves as President with the company of the similarily named [[Abdul Latif Jameel Company]] (ALJ). ALJ is a Saudi firm, described as the sole distributor for Toyota cars in the Middle East since 1955 and as the largest independent distributor for Toyota and Lexus in the world. It also has businesses in the financial services, hotels, consumer electronics, media and real estate sectors<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/media_room/general.jsp?id=123732 IBLF elects Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel to Middle East post] 13th February 2006. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

Mr [[Paul Walsh]] - Deputy Chairman and Chairman of IBLF Europe & Africa. Walsh also serves as Chief Executive for global drinks company [[Diageo]]<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

Mr [[John Brock]] - Chairman of IBLF Americas. Brock also serves as Chief Executive with [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]]<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22 nd July 2009</ref>

[[Sunil Bharti Mittal]] - listed as Chairman of IBLF in Asia in 2008 who is also Chairman & Group MD of India's cell-phone and food retail giant [[Bharti Enterprises]]. <ref>International Business Leadership Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees], accessed 13 February 2008</ref>

====Principal Business Supporter Trustees====
In 2009, IBLF Principle Business Supporter Trustees were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Malcolm Brinded]] - Executive Director, Exploration & Production with [[Shell]] | [[John Connolly]] - Global Chairman with [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]] | [[Abdullah Saleh Kamel]] - President & CEO of [[Dallah Albaraka Group]] | [[Woong Yeul Lee]] - Chairman with [[Kolon Group]]

====Advisory Trustees====
Advisory Trustees for IBLF are listed in 2009 as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Alexsis de Raadt St James]] - Chairman of the [[Althea Foundation]] | [[Richard Edelman]] - President & CEO of [[Edelman]] Worldwide | [[Harry Fitzgibbons]] - CEO with [[Top Technology Ventures]] | [[Ed Fuller]] - President of [[Marriott International]] | [[Jyoti Munsiff]] Honorary Counsel - Former Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for [[Shell]] | [[Stephen O'Brien]] - President of [[London First]] | [[Clive Strowger]] Honorary Treasurer | [[Malcolm Williamson]] - Chairman of [[National Australia Bank]] Europe.

==Affiliations==
===Supporters & Partnerships===
====Principle Partners====
Principal Partners are described as companies which 'receive an enhanced level of customised engagement and in turn play a higher profile role in the IBLF communications programme and have the opportunity to play a more direct role in organisational governance'. Board level representatives are invited from these companies to, amongst other things, guide IBLF strategy.<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>.

In 2009, Principle Supporters/Partners are listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:
: Beer company [[Anheuser-Busch InBev]] ([[AB InBev]]) | [[Accenture]] | [[AIG]] | [[Abdul Latif Jameel Company]] | [[BP]] | [[Coca-Cola Company]] | [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]] | [[Dallah Albaraka]] | [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]] | [[Diageo]] | [[Kolon]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Oxford Analytica]] | [[Perot Systems]] | [[Shell]] | [[State Street]] | [[Volkswagon]] | [[YTL]]

====Council Level Partners====
Council Level Partners - Board level representatives from these companies are invited from these companies to join the IBLF community of senior business leaders (the IBLF Council) and to guide IBLF strategy<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2009 these companies were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Abbott Laboratories]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[AstraZeneca]] | [[AT&T]] | [[BG]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Chevron]] | [[COFRA]] | [[Edelman]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[Finartis]] | [[ICICI Bank]] | [[Interros]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[McKinsey & Company]] | [[Merril Lynch]] | [[Nestle]] | [[Nike]] | [[Pearson]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAP]] | [[Standard Chartered]] | [[Starbucks]] | [[Siemens]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Tetra Laval]] | [[Unilever]] | [[Weber Shandwick]] | [[WPP]] Group.

====Programme Partners====
Programme Partners are described as having 'Direct engagement in one or more specific activity, project, event, campaign or location', providing sponsorship and/or in-kind support<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2009 these companies are listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[ABN Amro]] | [[Adidas]] | [[Allen & Overy]] | [[American Express]] | [[APCO Worldwide]] | [[Asics]] | [[Baker & McKenzie]] | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[Brown-Forman]] | [[Citi]] | [[City Inn]] | [[Credit Suisse]] | [[DLA Piper]] | [[EDS]] | [[Fairmont]] | [[Four Seasons]] | [[Fresherfields Bruckhaus Deringer]] | [[General Electric]] | [[Hilton]] | [[Host]] | [[Hyatt]] | [[IBM]] | [[Intercontinental Hotels Group]] | [[Jumeirah]] | [[Linklaters]] | [[Marriott]] | [[Microsoft]] | [[Morgan Stanley]] | [[Nokia]] | [[Orient Express]] | [[Preferred]] | [[Phillips]] | [[Puma]] | [[RBS]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[RusHydro]] | [[Scandic]] | [[Siemens]] | [[Six Senses]] | [[Starwood]] | [[TNT]] | [[TNK BP]] | [[UBS]] | [[Umbro]] | [[Uralsib]] | [[Visa]] | [[Wyndham]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:CSR]][[Category:Corporate Lobby Groups]]

International Business Leaders Forum

2009-07-24T13:27:28Z

Lynn Hill: /* Voluntary Principles */

==Background==
The '''International Business Leaders Forum''' (IBLF) describes itself as 'an independent, not-for-profit organisation currently supported by over 100 of the world’s leading businesses'. The organisation was founded by HRH The Prince of Wales and advertises that it has worked in over 90 countries since it was established in 1990.

The IBLF states that its 'vision is a world in which companies address social development issues as part of their core business operations, and where economic and social development is achieved more effectively and sustainably because of the full participation of business'<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/what_we_do.jsp What We Do] Accessed 24th July 2009</ref>.

They claim to work towards these goals through 3 key areas of Social Development, Economic Development and Environmental Development and state the 'goal of putting business at the heart of sustainable development'.

Even a cursory glance at IBLF's management structure shows how it is awash with high ranking personnel from companies steering the Forum's strategy. This hardly paints a picture of an 'independent' organisation, as CEO's are employed to further the interests of their employers. It can certainly be argued that the IBLF's Chairman has received a hefty incentive to do so, by commanding tens of millions in renumeration from Coca Cola for his services to the company in one year alone. [[Coca Cola]] faces a long list of accusations relating to human rights and environmental abuses which brings a certain irony to the picture of this company's CEO being at the head of a Forum which claims to be a force for corporate responsibility. See [[Coca Cola, CSR and Human Rights]] for some examples of the issues surrounding the company. Further information surrounding allegations against Coca Cola can be found on campaign websites [http://www.indiaresource.org/ India Resource Centre] and [http://www.killercoke.org/ Killer Coke].

==Voluntary Principles==
The IBLF is a supporter of the voluntary principle approach to Corporate Social Responsibility. On their website, they express support for the organisation [[Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights]] and its voluntary code of principles<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/what_we_do.jsp What We Do] Accessed 24th July 2009</ref> ([[Image:Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights.pdf]]).

Within these principles it is stated that companies take note of their effect on local communities and that they assess the risk 'present in a Company's operating environment'. The ability to accurately assess these risks (whether they be caused by 'political, economic, civil or social factors') is deemed as 'critical to the security of personnel, local communities and assets; the success of the Company's short and long-term operations; and to the promotion and protection of human rights.' When we look at the allegations faced by the company's whose CEO is at the head of the IBLF in 2009 (Coca Cola), the contradiction is glaring.

Another glaring contradiction is Coca Cola's membership with the [[UN Global Compact]]. This is a United Nation CSR initiative that the IBLF states its support for, which again faces criticism for how it is influenced by a corporate agenda. This too is a voluntary code which includes amongst its principles that 'Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights' (Principle 1), 'make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses' (Principle 2), 'support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges' (Principle 7) and 'undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility' (Principle 8).

===Brushing off accusations of exploitation===
Voluntary codes are no substitute for mandatory ones as mandatory codes are enforceable, whilst voluntary ones are not. As Hertz<ref>Hertz, N. (2001) ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Arrow Books</ref> has argued, voluntary measures are in effect quite meaningless as companies can always walk away from voluntary codes. They are unenforceable and if there are breaches, there can be little or no recourse. All that is needed is a stated commitment to ethical codes, but a commitment does not necessarily translate into action and outcomes.

It has also been argued that signing up to voluntary codes for social responsibility is a tactic used by the business world to avoid binding regulations and constraints on corporate power<ref>Enoch, S. (2007) 'A Greener Potemkin Village? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Limits of Growth'. ''Captalism Nature Socialism''. Volume 18, Number 2. June 2007.</ref>. In other words, so that companies can be seen to be acting responsibly whilst behind the scenes they continue with business as usual. Such measures of corporate social responsibility have also been criticized as being little more than a PR exercise as companies are not driven by concern for people and communities, but by their own reputations<ref>Christian Aid (2004) ''Behind the Mask: the real face of corporate social responsibility''. Christian Aid Publications</ref>. Businesses are commercial entities acting in the pursuit of profit. Currently law states that actions must be in the best interests of their shareholders, in other words to maximise their returns. Their primary interests must be 'shareholder value and profit projections, not justice, equity or morality'<ref>Hertz, N. (2001) ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Arrow Books</ref>. A company's involvement with CSR initiatives works to improve their bottom line as 'cause related marketing enhances corporate image, builds brands, generated PR and increases sales'<ref>Ibid</ref>: this has been termed as 'hypocritical window dressing'<ref>Bakan. J, (2005) ''The Corporation''. Constable & Robinson Ltd</ref>.

Declarations on ethics such as Human rights are now the norm, but as the ''Guardian'' has highlighted, the international business community has mounted a concerted campaign against these norms, arguing that corporations should not face binding human rights obligations. Instead, business has demanded weak voluntary principles instead<ref>Hilary, J. (2007) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/mar/30/powerwithoutresponsibilities Corporate abuse: Efforts to hold multinational businesses accountable for human rights violations are meeting stiff resistance] 30th March 2007. Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>.
The report continues by adding:
:'It will come as no surprise to discover that the British government has consistently sided with business against the human rights community. The government's official submission on the UN norms argued that corporations should not face legally binding responsibilities for their actions under human rights law. This week in Geneva <nowiki>[in 2009]</nowiki>, the British representative echoed the corporate line yet again by holding up the Global Compact as an example of a bridge between different sectors and standards... The last time the UN drew up a binding code of conduct for multinational companies, the British government joined forces with Germany, the US and other rich nations to ensure such rules never saw the light of day. The final draft of the code was suppressed in 1990, and the UN bodies responsible for it were closed down'.

==People==

===Board of Trustees===
====Chairmen====
In 2009 IBLF Chairmen were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22 nd July 2009</ref>:
* [[E Neville Isdell]] - IBLF Chairman (appointed in 2007). Isdell joined the [[Coca Cola]] company in 1966 and served a variety of high level positions over the years culminating in his becoming Chairman of the Board & CEO of the company in 2004. <ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/History.jsp History] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref> <ref> Coca Cola Company [http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/investors/pdfs/10-K_2008/Coca-Cola_10-K_Item_x.pdf 2008 Annual Report] 26th February 2009. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2008 he ceased to be the CEO and also announced that he did not intend to stand for re-election as Chairman with effect of 2009. The ''New York Times'' reports that in 2007 he received a total package of $21.6 million from Coca Cola<ref>The Associated Press [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/business/04coke.html?_r=1 Coke’s Chief Got $21.6 Million in 2007 ]''New York Times''. 4th March 2008. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. This included a $1.6 million salary and a performance bonus of $6.6 million. The remaining amount included $341,849 for aircraft usage, $80,116 for a car and driver, $117,065 for security, $48,169 for tax reimbursements, $213,375 for contributions to company thrift plans and $3,492 for life insurance premiums.

* [[Mark Foster]] - Vice-Chairman. Foster also serves as a Chief Executive with [[Accenture]] (global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company) where he leads Accenture's involvement with the [[World Economic Forum]]<ref>Accenture [http://www.accenture.com/Global/About_Accenture/Company_Overview/Executive_Leadership/MarkFoster.htm Executive Leadership:Mark Foster] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

* [[Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel]] - Deputy Chairman of IBLF's Board of Trustees and Chairman for IBLF Middle East since 2006. Jameel also serves as President with the company of the similarily named [[Abdul Latif Jameel Company]] (ALJ). ALJ is a Saudi firm, described as the sole distributor for Toyota cars in the Middle East since 1955 and as the largest independent distributor for Toyota and Lexus in the world. It also has businesses in the financial services, hotels, consumer electronics, media and real estate sectors<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/media_room/general.jsp?id=123732 IBLF elects Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel to Middle East post] 13th February 2006. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

Mr [[Paul Walsh]] - Deputy Chairman and Chairman of IBLF Europe & Africa. Walsh also serves as Chief Executive for global drinks company [[Diageo]]<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

Mr [[John Brock]] - Chairman of IBLF Americas. Brock also serves as Chief Executive with [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]]<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22 nd July 2009</ref>

[[Sunil Bharti Mittal]] - listed as Chairman of IBLF in Asia in 2008 who is also Chairman & Group MD of India's cell-phone and food retail giant [[Bharti Enterprises]]. <ref>International Business Leadership Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees], accessed 13 February 2008</ref>

====Principal Business Supporter Trustees====
In 2009, IBLF Principle Business Supporter Trustees were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Malcolm Brinded]] - Executive Director, Exploration & Production with [[Shell]] | [[John Connolly]] - Global Chairman with [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]] | [[Abdullah Saleh Kamel]] - President & CEO of [[Dallah Albaraka Group]] | [[Woong Yeul Lee]] - Chairman with [[Kolon Group]]

====Advisory Trustees====
Advisory Trustees for IBLF are listed in 2009 as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Alexsis de Raadt St James]] - Chairman of the [[Althea Foundation]] | [[Richard Edelman]] - President & CEO of [[Edelman]] Worldwide | [[Harry Fitzgibbons]] - CEO with [[Top Technology Ventures]] | [[Ed Fuller]] - President of [[Marriott International]] | [[Jyoti Munsiff]] Honorary Counsel - Former Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for [[Shell]] | [[Stephen O'Brien]] - President of [[London First]] | [[Clive Strowger]] Honorary Treasurer | [[Malcolm Williamson]] - Chairman of [[National Australia Bank]] Europe.

==Affiliations==
===Supporters & Partnerships===
====Principle Partners====
Principal Partners are described as companies which 'receive an enhanced level of customised engagement and in turn play a higher profile role in the IBLF communications programme and have the opportunity to play a more direct role in organisational governance'. Board level representatives are invited from these companies to, amongst other things, guide IBLF strategy.<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>.

In 2009, Principle Supporters/Partners are listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:
: Beer company [[Anheuser-Busch InBev]] ([[AB InBev]]) | [[Accenture]] | [[AIG]] | [[Abdul Latif Jameel Company]] | [[BP]] | [[Coca-Cola Company]] | [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]] | [[Dallah Albaraka]] | [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]] | [[Diageo]] | [[Kolon]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Oxford Analytica]] | [[Perot Systems]] | [[Shell]] | [[State Street]] | [[Volkswagon]] | [[YTL]]

====Council Level Partners====
Council Level Partners - Board level representatives from these companies are invited from these companies to join the IBLF community of senior business leaders (the IBLF Council) and to guide IBLF strategy<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2009 these companies were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Abbott Laboratories]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[AstraZeneca]] | [[AT&T]] | [[BG]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Chevron]] | [[COFRA]] | [[Edelman]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[Finartis]] | [[ICICI Bank]] | [[Interros]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[McKinsey & Company]] | [[Merril Lynch]] | [[Nestle]] | [[Nike]] | [[Pearson]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAP]] | [[Standard Chartered]] | [[Starbucks]] | [[Siemens]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Tetra Laval]] | [[Unilever]] | [[Weber Shandwick]] | [[WPP]] Group.

====Programme Partners====
Programme Partners are described as having 'Direct engagement in one or more specific activity, project, event, campaign or location', providing sponsorship and/or in-kind support<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2009 these companies are listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[ABN Amro]] | [[Adidas]] | [[Allen & Overy]] | [[American Express]] | [[APCO Worldwide]] | [[Asics]] | [[Baker & McKenzie]] | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[Brown-Forman]] | [[Citi]] | [[City Inn]] | [[Credit Suisse]] | [[DLA Piper]] | [[EDS]] | [[Fairmont]] | [[Four Seasons]] | [[Fresherfields Bruckhaus Deringer]] | [[General Electric]] | [[Hilton]] | [[Host]] | [[Hyatt]] | [[IBM]] | [[Intercontinental Hotels Group]] | [[Jumeirah]] | [[Linklaters]] | [[Marriott]] | [[Microsoft]] | [[Morgan Stanley]] | [[Nokia]] | [[Orient Express]] | [[Preferred]] | [[Phillips]] | [[Puma]] | [[RBS]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[RusHydro]] | [[Scandic]] | [[Siemens]] | [[Six Senses]] | [[Starwood]] | [[TNT]] | [[TNK BP]] | [[UBS]] | [[Umbro]] | [[Uralsib]] | [[Visa]] | [[Wyndham]]

==Notes==
<references/>
[[Category:CSR]][[Category:Corporate Lobby Groups]]

International Business Leaders Forum

2009-07-24T13:26:54Z

Lynn Hill: /* Voluntary Principles */

==Background==
The '''International Business Leaders Forum''' (IBLF) describes itself as 'an independent, not-for-profit organisation currently supported by over 100 of the world’s leading businesses'. The organisation was founded by HRH The Prince of Wales and advertises that it has worked in over 90 countries since it was established in 1990.

The IBLF states that its 'vision is a world in which companies address social development issues as part of their core business operations, and where economic and social development is achieved more effectively and sustainably because of the full participation of business'<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/what_we_do.jsp What We Do] Accessed 24th July 2009</ref>.

They claim to work towards these goals through 3 key areas of Social Development, Economic Development and Environmental Development and state the 'goal of putting business at the heart of sustainable development'.

Even a cursory glance at IBLF's management structure shows how it is awash with high ranking personnel from companies steering the Forum's strategy. This hardly paints a picture of an 'independent' organisation, as CEO's are employed to further the interests of their employers. It can certainly be argued that the IBLF's Chairman has received a hefty incentive to do so, by commanding tens of millions in renumeration from Coca Cola for his services to the company in one year alone. [[Coca Cola]] faces a long list of accusations relating to human rights and environmental abuses which brings a certain irony to the picture of this company's CEO being at the head of a Forum which claims to be a force for corporate responsibility. See [[Coca Cola, CSR and Human Rights]] for some examples of the issues surrounding the company. Further information surrounding allegations against Coca Cola can be found on campaign websites [http://www.indiaresource.org/ India Resource Centre] and [http://www.killercoke.org/ Killer Coke].

==Voluntary Principles==
The IBLF is a supporter of the voluntary principle approach to Corporate Social Responsibility. On their website, they express support for the organisation [[Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights]] and its voluntary code of principles<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/what_we_do.jsp What We Do] Accessed 24th July 2009</ref> ([[Image:Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights.pdf]]).

Within these principles it is stated that companies take note of their effect on local communities and that they assess the risk 'present in a Company's operating environment'. The ability to accurately assess these risks (whether they be caused by 'political, economic, civil or social factors') is deemed as 'critical to the security of personnel, local communities and assets; the success of the Company's short and long-term operations; and to the promotion and protection of human rights.' When we look at the allegations faced by the company's whose CEO is at the head of the IBLF in 2009 (Coca Cola), the contradiction is glaring.

Another glaring contradiction is Coca Cola's membership with the [[UN Global Compact]]. This is a United Nation CSR initiative that the IBLF states its support for (and that Coca Cola is a member of), which again faces criticism for how it is influenced by a corporate agenda. This too is a voluntary code which includes amongst its principles that 'Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights' (Principle 1), 'make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses' (Principle 2), 'support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges' (Principle 7) and 'undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility' (Principle 8).

===Brushing off accusations of exploitation===
Voluntary codes are no substitute for mandatory ones as mandatory codes are enforceable, whilst voluntary ones are not. As Hertz<ref>Hertz, N. (2001) ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Arrow Books</ref> has argued, voluntary measures are in effect quite meaningless as companies can always walk away from voluntary codes. They are unenforceable and if there are breaches, there can be little or no recourse. All that is needed is a stated commitment to ethical codes, but a commitment does not necessarily translate into action and outcomes.

It has also been argued that signing up to voluntary codes for social responsibility is a tactic used by the business world to avoid binding regulations and constraints on corporate power<ref>Enoch, S. (2007) 'A Greener Potemkin Village? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Limits of Growth'. ''Captalism Nature Socialism''. Volume 18, Number 2. June 2007.</ref>. In other words, so that companies can be seen to be acting responsibly whilst behind the scenes they continue with business as usual. Such measures of corporate social responsibility have also been criticized as being little more than a PR exercise as companies are not driven by concern for people and communities, but by their own reputations<ref>Christian Aid (2004) ''Behind the Mask: the real face of corporate social responsibility''. Christian Aid Publications</ref>. Businesses are commercial entities acting in the pursuit of profit. Currently law states that actions must be in the best interests of their shareholders, in other words to maximise their returns. Their primary interests must be 'shareholder value and profit projections, not justice, equity or morality'<ref>Hertz, N. (2001) ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Arrow Books</ref>. A company's involvement with CSR initiatives works to improve their bottom line as 'cause related marketing enhances corporate image, builds brands, generated PR and increases sales'<ref>Ibid</ref>: this has been termed as 'hypocritical window dressing'<ref>Bakan. J, (2005) ''The Corporation''. Constable & Robinson Ltd</ref>.

Declarations on ethics such as Human rights are now the norm, but as the ''Guardian'' has highlighted, the international business community has mounted a concerted campaign against these norms, arguing that corporations should not face binding human rights obligations. Instead, business has demanded weak voluntary principles instead<ref>Hilary, J. (2007) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/mar/30/powerwithoutresponsibilities Corporate abuse: Efforts to hold multinational businesses accountable for human rights violations are meeting stiff resistance] 30th March 2007. Accessed 14th April 2009</ref>.
The report continues by adding:
:'It will come as no surprise to discover that the British government has consistently sided with business against the human rights community. The government's official submission on the UN norms argued that corporations should not face legally binding responsibilities for their actions under human rights law. This week in Geneva <nowiki>[in 2009]</nowiki>, the British representative echoed the corporate line yet again by holding up the Global Compact as an example of a bridge between different sectors and standards... The last time the UN drew up a binding code of conduct for multinational companies, the British government joined forces with Germany, the US and other rich nations to ensure such rules never saw the light of day. The final draft of the code was suppressed in 1990, and the UN bodies responsible for it were closed down'.

==People==

===Board of Trustees===
====Chairmen====
In 2009 IBLF Chairmen were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22 nd July 2009</ref>:
* [[E Neville Isdell]] - IBLF Chairman (appointed in 2007). Isdell joined the [[Coca Cola]] company in 1966 and served a variety of high level positions over the years culminating in his becoming Chairman of the Board & CEO of the company in 2004. <ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/History.jsp History] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref> <ref> Coca Cola Company [http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/investors/pdfs/10-K_2008/Coca-Cola_10-K_Item_x.pdf 2008 Annual Report] 26th February 2009. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2008 he ceased to be the CEO and also announced that he did not intend to stand for re-election as Chairman with effect of 2009. The ''New York Times'' reports that in 2007 he received a total package of $21.6 million from Coca Cola<ref>The Associated Press [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/business/04coke.html?_r=1 Coke’s Chief Got $21.6 Million in 2007 ]''New York Times''. 4th March 2008. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. This included a $1.6 million salary and a performance bonus of $6.6 million. The remaining amount included $341,849 for aircraft usage, $80,116 for a car and driver, $117,065 for security, $48,169 for tax reimbursements, $213,375 for contributions to company thrift plans and $3,492 for life insurance premiums.

* [[Mark Foster]] - Vice-Chairman. Foster also serves as a Chief Executive with [[Accenture]] (global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company) where he leads Accenture's involvement with the [[World Economic Forum]]<ref>Accenture [http://www.accenture.com/Global/About_Accenture/Company_Overview/Executive_Leadership/MarkFoster.htm Executive Leadership:Mark Foster] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

* [[Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel]] - Deputy Chairman of IBLF's Board of Trustees and Chairman for IBLF Middle East since 2006. Jameel also serves as President with the company of the similarily named [[Abdul Latif Jameel Company]] (ALJ). ALJ is a Saudi firm, described as the sole distributor for Toyota cars in the Middle East since 1955 and as the largest independent distributor for Toyota and Lexus in the world. It also has businesses in the financial services, hotels, consumer electronics, media and real estate sectors<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/media_room/general.jsp?id=123732 IBLF elects Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel to Middle East post] 13th February 2006. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

Mr [[Paul Walsh]] - Deputy Chairman and Chairman of IBLF Europe & Africa. Walsh also serves as Chief Executive for global drinks company [[Diageo]]<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

Mr [[John Brock]] - Chairman of IBLF Americas. Brock also serves as Chief Executive with [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]]<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22 nd July 2009</ref>

[[Sunil Bharti Mittal]] - listed as Chairman of IBLF in Asia in 2008 who is also Chairman & Group MD of India's cell-phone and food retail giant [[Bharti Enterprises]]. <ref>International Business Leadership Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees], accessed 13 February 2008</ref>

====Principal Business Supporter Trustees====
In 2009, IBLF Principle Business Supporter Trustees were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Malcolm Brinded]] - Executive Director, Exploration & Production with [[Shell]] | [[John Connolly]] - Global Chairman with [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]] | [[Abdullah Saleh Kamel]] - President & CEO of [[Dallah Albaraka Group]] | [[Woong Yeul Lee]] - Chairman with [[Kolon Group]]

====Advisory Trustees====
Advisory Trustees for IBLF are listed in 2009 as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Alexsis de Raadt St James]] - Chairman of the [[Althea Foundation]] | [[Richard Edelman]] - President & CEO of [[Edelman]] Worldwide | [[Harry Fitzgibbons]] - CEO with [[Top Technology Ventures]] | [[Ed Fuller]] - President of [[Marriott International]] | [[Jyoti Munsiff]] Honorary Counsel - Former Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for [[Shell]] | [[Stephen O'Brien]] - President of [[London First]] | [[Clive Strowger]] Honorary Treasurer | [[Malcolm Williamson]] - Chairman of [[National Australia Bank]] Europe.

==Affiliations==
===Supporters & Partnerships===
====Principle Partners====
Principal Partners are described as companies which 'receive an enhanced level of customised engagement and in turn play a higher profile role in the IBLF communications programme and have the opportunity to play a more direct role in organisational governance'. Board level representatives are invited from these companies to, amongst other things, guide IBLF strategy.<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>.

In 2009, Principle Supporters/Partners are listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:
: Beer company [[Anheuser-Busch InBev]] ([[AB InBev]]) | [[Accenture]] | [[AIG]] | [[Abdul Latif Jameel Company]] | [[BP]] | [[Coca-Cola Company]] | [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]] | [[Dallah Albaraka]] | [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]] | [[Diageo]] | [[Kolon]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Oxford Analytica]] | [[Perot Systems]] | [[Shell]] | [[State Street]] | [[Volkswagon]] | [[YTL]]

====Council Level Partners====
Council Level Partners - Board level representatives from these companies are invited from these companies to join the IBLF community of senior business leaders (the IBLF Council) and to guide IBLF strategy<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2009 these companies were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Abbott Laboratories]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[AstraZeneca]] | [[AT&T]] | [[BG]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Chevron]] | [[COFRA]] | [[Edelman]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[Finartis]] | [[ICICI Bank]] | [[Interros]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[McKinsey & Company]] | [[Merril Lynch]] | [[Nestle]] | [[Nike]] | [[Pearson]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAP]] | [[Standard Chartered]] | [[Starbucks]] | [[Siemens]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Tetra Laval]] | [[Unilever]] | [[Weber Shandwick]] | [[WPP]] Group.

====Programme Partners====
Programme Partners are described as having 'Direct engagement in one or more specific activity, project, event, campaign or location', providing sponsorship and/or in-kind support<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2009 these companies are listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[ABN Amro]] | [[Adidas]] | [[Allen & Overy]] | [[American Express]] | [[APCO Worldwide]] | [[Asics]] | [[Baker & McKenzie]] | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[Brown-Forman]] | [[Citi]] | [[City Inn]] | [[Credit Suisse]] | [[DLA Piper]] | [[EDS]] | [[Fairmont]] | [[Four Seasons]] | [[Fresherfields Bruckhaus Deringer]] | [[General Electric]] | [[Hilton]] | [[Host]] | [[Hyatt]] | [[IBM]] | [[Intercontinental Hotels Group]] | [[Jumeirah]] | [[Linklaters]] | [[Marriott]] | [[Microsoft]] | [[Morgan Stanley]] | [[Nokia]] | [[Orient Express]] | [[Preferred]] | [[Phillips]] | [[Puma]] | [[RBS]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[RusHydro]] | [[Scandic]] | [[Siemens]] | [[Six Senses]] | [[Starwood]] | [[TNT]] | [[TNK BP]] | [[UBS]] | [[Umbro]] | [[Uralsib]] | [[Visa]] | [[Wyndham]]

==Notes==
<references/>
[[Category:CSR]][[Category:Corporate Lobby Groups]]

International Business Leaders Forum

2009-07-24T13:00:06Z

Lynn Hill: /* Voluntary Principles */ - work in progress

==Background==
The '''International Business Leaders Forum''' (IBLF) describes itself as 'an independent, not-for-profit organisation currently supported by over 100 of the world’s leading businesses'. The organisation was founded by HRH The Prince of Wales and advertises that it has worked in over 90 countries since it was established in 1990.

The IBLF states that its 'vision is a world in which companies address social development issues as part of their core business operations, and where economic and social development is achieved more effectively and sustainably because of the full participation of business'<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/what_we_do.jsp What We Do] Accessed 24th July 2009</ref>.

They claim to work towards these goals through 3 key areas of Social Development, Economic Development and Environmental Development and state the 'goal of putting business at the heart of sustainable development'.

Even a cursory glance at IBLF's management structure shows how it is awash with high ranking personnel from companies steering the Forum's strategy. This hardly paints a picture of an 'independent' organisation, as CEO's are employed to further the interests of their employers. It can certainly be argued that the IBLF's Chairman has received a hefty incentive to do so, by commanding tens of millions in renumeration from Coca Cola for his services to the company in one year alone. [[Coca Cola]] faces a long list of accusations relating to human rights and environmental abuses which brings a certain irony to the picture of this company's CEO being at the head of a Forum which claims to be a force for corporate responsibility. See [[Coca Cola, CSR and Human Rights]] for some examples of the issues surrounding the company. Further information surrounding allegations against Coca Cola can be found on campaign websites [http://www.indiaresource.org/ India Resource Centre] and [http://www.killercoke.org/ Killer Coke].

==Voluntary Principles==
The IBLF is a supporter of the voluntary principle approach to Corporate Social Responsibility. On their website, they express support for the organisation [[Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights]] and its voluntary code of principles<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/what_we_do.jsp What We Do] Accessed 24th July 2009</ref> ([[Image:Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights.pdf]]).

Within these principles it is stated that companies take note of their effect on local communities and that they assess the risk 'present in a Company's operating environment'. The ability to accurately assess these risks (whether they be caused by 'political, economic, civil or social factors') is deemed as 'critical to the security of personnel, local communities and assets; the success of the Company's short and long-term operations; and to the promotion and protection of human rights.' When we look at the allegations faced by the company's whose CEO is at the head of the IBLF in 2009 (Coca Cola), the contradiction is glaring.

===Brushing off accusations of exploitation===
Voluntary codes are no substitute for mandatory ones as mandatory codes are enforceable, whilst voluntary ones are not. As Hertz<ref>Hertz, N. (2001) ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Arrow Books</ref> has argued, voluntary measures are in effect quite meaningless as companies can always walk away from voluntary codes. They are unenforceable and if there are breaches, there can be little or no recourse. All that is needed is a stated commitment to ethical codes, but a commitment does not necessarily translate into action and outcomes.

It has also been argued that signing up to voluntary codes for social responsibility is a tactic used by the business world to avoid binding regulations and constraints on corporate power<ref>Enoch, S. (2007) 'A Greener Potemkin Village? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Limits of Growth'. ''Captalism Nature Socialism''. Volume 18, Number 2. June 2007.</ref>. In other words, so that companies can be seen to be acting responsibly whilst behind the scenes they continue with business as usual. Such measures of corporate social responsibility have also been criticized as being little more than a PR exercise as companies are not driven by concern for people and communities, but by their own reputations<ref>Christian Aid (2004) ''Behind the Mask: the real face of corporate social responsibility''. Christian Aid Publications</ref>. Businesses are commercial entities acting in the pursuit of profit. Currently law states that actions must be in the best interests of their shareholders, in other words to maximise their returns. Their primary interests must be 'shareholder value and profit projections, not justice, equity or morality'<ref>Hertz, N. (2001) ''The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy'' Arrow Books</ref>. A company's involvement with CSR initiatives works to improve their bottom line as 'cause related marketing enhances corporate image, builds brands, generated PR and increases sales'<ref>Ibid</ref>: this has been termed as 'hypocritical window dressing'<ref>Bakan. J, (2005) ''The Corporation''. Constable & Robinson Ltd</ref>.

==People==

===Board of Trustees===
====Chairmen====
In 2009 IBLF Chairmen were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22 nd July 2009</ref>:
* [[E Neville Isdell]] - IBLF Chairman (appointed in 2007). Isdell joined the [[Coca Cola]] company in 1966 and served a variety of high level positions over the years culminating in his becoming Chairman of the Board & CEO of the company in 2004. <ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/History.jsp History] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref> <ref> Coca Cola Company [http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/investors/pdfs/10-K_2008/Coca-Cola_10-K_Item_x.pdf 2008 Annual Report] 26th February 2009. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2008 he ceased to be the CEO and also announced that he did not intend to stand for re-election as Chairman with effect of 2009. The ''New York Times'' reports that in 2007 he received a total package of $21.6 million from Coca Cola<ref>The Associated Press [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/business/04coke.html?_r=1 Coke’s Chief Got $21.6 Million in 2007 ]''New York Times''. 4th March 2008. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. This included a $1.6 million salary and a performance bonus of $6.6 million. The remaining amount included $341,849 for aircraft usage, $80,116 for a car and driver, $117,065 for security, $48,169 for tax reimbursements, $213,375 for contributions to company thrift plans and $3,492 for life insurance premiums.

* [[Mark Foster]] - Vice-Chairman. Foster also serves as a Chief Executive with [[Accenture]] (global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company) where he leads Accenture's involvement with the [[World Economic Forum]]<ref>Accenture [http://www.accenture.com/Global/About_Accenture/Company_Overview/Executive_Leadership/MarkFoster.htm Executive Leadership:Mark Foster] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

* [[Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel]] - Deputy Chairman of IBLF's Board of Trustees and Chairman for IBLF Middle East since 2006. Jameel also serves as President with the company of the similarily named [[Abdul Latif Jameel Company]] (ALJ). ALJ is a Saudi firm, described as the sole distributor for Toyota cars in the Middle East since 1955 and as the largest independent distributor for Toyota and Lexus in the world. It also has businesses in the financial services, hotels, consumer electronics, media and real estate sectors<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/media_room/general.jsp?id=123732 IBLF elects Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel to Middle East post] 13th February 2006. Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

Mr [[Paul Walsh]] - Deputy Chairman and Chairman of IBLF Europe & Africa. Walsh also serves as Chief Executive for global drinks company [[Diageo]]<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>

Mr [[John Brock]] - Chairman of IBLF Americas. Brock also serves as Chief Executive with [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]]<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22 nd July 2009</ref>

[[Sunil Bharti Mittal]] - listed as Chairman of IBLF in Asia in 2008 who is also Chairman & Group MD of India's cell-phone and food retail giant [[Bharti Enterprises]]. <ref>International Business Leadership Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees], accessed 13 February 2008</ref>

====Principal Business Supporter Trustees====
In 2009, IBLF Principle Business Supporter Trustees were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Malcolm Brinded]] - Executive Director, Exploration & Production with [[Shell]] | [[John Connolly]] - Global Chairman with [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]] | [[Abdullah Saleh Kamel]] - President & CEO of [[Dallah Albaraka Group]] | [[Woong Yeul Lee]] - Chairman with [[Kolon Group]]

====Advisory Trustees====
Advisory Trustees for IBLF are listed in 2009 as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Board_of_Trustees.jsp Board of Trustees] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Alexsis de Raadt St James]] - Chairman of the [[Althea Foundation]] | [[Richard Edelman]] - President & CEO of [[Edelman]] Worldwide | [[Harry Fitzgibbons]] - CEO with [[Top Technology Ventures]] | [[Ed Fuller]] - President of [[Marriott International]] | [[Jyoti Munsiff]] Honorary Counsel - Former Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for [[Shell]] | [[Stephen O'Brien]] - President of [[London First]] | [[Clive Strowger]] Honorary Treasurer | [[Malcolm Williamson]] - Chairman of [[National Australia Bank]] Europe.

==Affiliations==
===Supporters & Partnerships===
====Principle Partners====
Principal Partners are described as companies which 'receive an enhanced level of customised engagement and in turn play a higher profile role in the IBLF communications programme and have the opportunity to play a more direct role in organisational governance'. Board level representatives are invited from these companies to, amongst other things, guide IBLF strategy.<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>.

In 2009, Principle Supporters/Partners are listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:
: Beer company [[Anheuser-Busch InBev]] ([[AB InBev]]) | [[Accenture]] | [[AIG]] | [[Abdul Latif Jameel Company]] | [[BP]] | [[Coca-Cola Company]] | [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]] | [[Dallah Albaraka]] | [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]] | [[Diageo]] | [[Kolon]] | [[KPMG]] | [[Oxford Analytica]] | [[Perot Systems]] | [[Shell]] | [[State Street]] | [[Volkswagon]] | [[YTL]]

====Council Level Partners====
Council Level Partners - Board level representatives from these companies are invited from these companies to join the IBLF community of senior business leaders (the IBLF Council) and to guide IBLF strategy<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2009 these companies were listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[Abbott Laboratories]] | [[Anglo American]] | [[AstraZeneca]] | [[AT&T]] | [[BG]] | [[Cadbury]] | [[Chevron]] | [[COFRA]] | [[Edelman]] | [[ExxonMobil]] | [[Finartis]] | [[ICICI Bank]] | [[Interros]] | [[Johnson & Johnson]] | [[McKinsey & Company]] | [[Merril Lynch]] | [[Nestle]] | [[Nike]] | [[Pearson]] | [[Pentland]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] | [[Rio Tinto]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[SAP]] | [[Standard Chartered]] | [[Starbucks]] | [[Siemens]] | [[Syngenta]] | [[Tetra Laval]] | [[Unilever]] | [[Weber Shandwick]] | [[WPP]] Group.

====Programme Partners====
Programme Partners are described as having 'Direct engagement in one or more specific activity, project, event, campaign or location', providing sponsorship and/or in-kind support<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters/Corporate_Partners.jsp Corporate Partnerships] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>. In 2009 these companies are listed as<ref>International Business Leaders Forum [http://www.iblf.org/about_us/Supporters.jsp Partners] Accessed 22nd July 2009</ref>:

: [[ABN Amro]] | [[Adidas]] | [[Allen & Overy]] | [[American Express]] | [[APCO Worldwide]] | [[Asics]] | [[Baker & McKenzie]] | [[BHP Billiton]] | [[Brown-Forman]] | [[Citi]] | [[City Inn]] | [[Credit Suisse]] | [[DLA Piper]] | [[EDS]] | [[Fairmont]] | [[Four Seasons]] | [[Fresherfields Bruckhaus Deringer]] | [[General Electric]] | [[Hilton]] | [[Host]] | [[Hyatt]] | [[IBM]] | [[Intercontinental Hotels Group]] | [[Jumeirah]] | [[Linklaters]] | [[Marriott]] | [[Microsoft]] | [[Morgan Stanley]] | [[Nokia]] | [[Orient Express]] | [[Preferred]] | [[Phillips]] | [[Puma]] | [[RBS]] | [[Rolls Royce]] | [[RusHydro]] | [[Scandic]] | [[Siemens]] | [[Six Senses]] | [[Starwood]] | [[TNT]] | [[TNK BP]] | [[UBS]] | [[Umbro]] | [[Uralsib]] | [[Visa]] | [[Wyndham]]

==Notes==
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