Coverage of 2011 Commit! Forum
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Philip Howard Named Keynote Speaker 2012 COMMIT!Forum
Conference Brings Together Key Members of the Corporate Responsibility Community
to Commit to Changing the World
EDISON, NJ (Jan. 17) – Corporate Responsibility Magazine announced today that lawyer Philip K. Howard, author of Life Without Lawyers and founding chairman of the non-profit Common Good, will keynote the 2012 COMMIT!Forum, taking place October 2-3 in New York City.
“We are honored to have Philip Howard join the COMMIT!Forum. The event, which has quickly become the single largest gathering of leaders improving business and society, is the perfect place for organizations to determine, find partners for, and showcase their commitments to change the world,” said Forum Chairman Richard Crespin.
Howard will articulate his mission of rebuilding reliable legal structures that will permit Americans to use their common sense. His thesis is that making choices for the common good is impossible if everyone is tied up in red tape. Reclaiming responsibility requires a basic shift—where law sets boundaries for free choice instead of dictating choices for the lowest common denominator. His current ‘Start Over’ campaign aims to influence the 2012 election by organizing public support for structural overhaul of government and law, with the help of advisory board members former Senators Howard Baker, Bill Bradley, George McGovern, and Alan Simpson, as well as former Governors Jeb Bush and Tom Kean.
With a long record as a prominent civic leader and public policy activist, Howard has advised national political leaders on legal and regulatory reform for fifteen years, including Vice President Al Gore and various 2008 presidential hopefuls. In addition to Life Without Lawyers, he authored The Death of Common Sense and The Collapse of the Common Good and serves as Vice-Chairman of the law firm Covington & Burling, LLP. In 2002 Howard formed Common Good as a nonpartisan national coalition dedicated to restoring common sense to America.
Howard is just one of the many influential speakers that will headline the 2012 event. More information about the annual COMMIT!Forum is available at www.commitforum.com.
Thanks goes to Forum sponsor The Mosaic Company for their support.
About the COMMIT!Forum www.commitforum.com
The COMMIT!Forum, calls people to commit to changing the world. How? By inspiring, educating, and engaging them in ways that prepare them to make the commitments necessary to change themselves and their organizations. The path to COMMIT, which began on March 2, 2011 at the New York Stock Exchange with the announcement of the 12th Annual CR 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, culminates October 2-3, 2012 in New York City and continues well beyond through commitments people make there.
About CR Magazine www.thecro.com
CR Magazine is the voice of the corporate responsibility profession covering case studies, best practices, and trends in the 5 primary segments of the CR profession: a) Governance, Risk, Compliance, b) environmental sustainability c) Corporate Social Responsibility, d) philanthropy, and e) workforce/diversity.
12/15: R. Paul Herman, HIP Investor- Sustainability-Minded Investing Makes Dollars and Sense
12/13: Planet Forward- COMMIT!Forum
11/18: Monika Mitchell, Good Business International- Corporate Responsibility with Richard Crespin (audio)
11/10: Dr. Rushworth M. Kidder, Institute for Global Ethics- Corporate Responsibility & the Unsafe Mine
11/7: HIP Investor- VICE vs NICE: “Sustainability Showdown”
10/20: Mike Bellamente, Greenbiz- Why Are We Still Debating Whether to Embrace Sustainability?
10/19: Aman Singh, CSRwire- Occupy Wall Street- The Average Joe Interprets Corporate Social Responsibility
10/18: Susan Pullin, Computer Sciences Corporation- Understanding the Value of Corporate Responsibility
10/12: Monika Mitchell, Good Business International- NYSE Euronext: Not Your Parent’s Stock Exchange
10/10: redOrbit- Corporate Responsibility Magazine names DuPont Among Best Corporate Citizens
10/10: Michelle Greene, NYSE Euronext- Corporate Responsibility Equals a Company’s Core Strategy
10/5: Jerilyn Klein Bier, Financial Advisor Green- Green, Or Greenwashing?
10/5: Raz Godelnik, TriplePundit- The Good Guys Debate the Bad Guys About the Business Case for CSR
10/4: Cindy Mehallow, TriplePundit- Six Great Resources for Corporate Responsibility Professionals
10/4: CSR Minute- CR Magazine Announces Responsible CEO Awards
10/4: Sustainable Business Forum- Responsible CEO of Year Winners Announced
10/4: Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne- Wall Street’s Top 10 Corporate Good Guys
10/3: Rush Kidder, Institute for Global Ethics- Why Corporate Social Responsibility Needs Ethics
10/1: Dirk Olin, CR Magazine- The Great CR Debate
9/30: Gary Larkin, Governance Center Blog- Commitforum: Sustainability Reporting Now ‘Businessified’
9/30: Kate Olsen, The Network for Good- CSR Inspiration from the COMMIT!Forum 2011
9/30: Paul Herman and Vinay Nair, CR Magazine: Debate- Sustainability’s Shareholder Value
9/30: Center For Value Driven Leadership- Leaving a Positive Beer Print Behind
9/29: Carol Baroudi, Redemtech- Commit!: The Day After- and E-Waste
9/29: Aman Singh, Forbes/ CSRwire- Think CSR is None of Your Business?
9/29: Corporate Voices- Nation’s Top Corporate Citizens Share Best Practices at COMMIT!Forum
9/28: Cindy Mehallow, TriplePundit- It Began with a Tomato: Engagement Lessons from Florida’s Tomato Land
9/28: CNBC- CR Mag Announces Responsible CEO of the Year Award Winners
9/27: New York Stock Exchange- Corporate Responsibility Magazine & NYSE Euronext Host COMMIT!Forum
9/27: Marie Leone, CFO Publishing- Wear Cuff Links and Ferragamo Ties
9/23: Digital Journal- Corporate Voices Spotlights Business Leaders Building Talent through CR
9/22: Monika Mitchell, Good Business International- Interview with COMMIT!Forum and CR Innovator: Richard Crespin
9/13: Aman Singh, CSRwire, Forbes- Does Expending Resources on CSR and Sustainability Destroy Economic Value?
CR Magazine Announces 10 Best Corporate Citizens by Industry
Leaders in Corporate Responsibility honored at COMMIT!Forum
EDISON, N.J. (September 29, 2011) – Corporate Responsibility Magazine unveiled its first-ever top 10 Best Corporate Citizens rankings by industry category at the COMMIT!Forum on September 27th in New York City.
Rankings were announced in the following sectors: financial; information technology; materials; consumer items; media & entertainment; business services; consumer staples; utilities; energy; and healthcare. This is the first year that CR Magazine recognized companies by industry, applying the methodology from its 100 Best Corporate Citizens List. The announcements were made at the 2011 CR Magazine CEO Awards Dinner.
CR Magazine is America’s leading voice on corporate responsibility, providing case studies, analyzing best practices, and tracking trends in the five primary segments of CR: energy and the environment, risk management, governance and compliance, employee relations, and human rights.
By industry, the Best Corporate Citizens are:
- CR Sector: Financials/Insurance/Real Estate – JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- CR Sector: Information Technology – International Business Machines Corp.
- CR Sector: Materials – E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co
- CR Sector: Customer Items – Mattel, Inc.
- CR Sector: Media & Entertainment – Starbucks Corp.
- CR Sector: Business Services – Accenture plc
- CR Sector: Consumer Staples - Campbell Soup Co.
- CR Sector: Utilities – Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
- CR Sector: Energy – Chevron Corp.
- CR Sector: Healthcare – Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
The 10 Best Corporate Citizens by Industry full list: http://www.thecro.com/content/industrial-evolution
CR Magazine Announces Responsible CEO of Year Award Winners
Top CEOs Recognized for Aligning Business Interests with Corporate Social Responsibility
Edison, NJ (September 28, 2011): At the single largest gathering of socially responsible corporate leaders, Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine, unveiled the winners of the Responsible CEO of the Year awards. Lauded by their peers at the 2011 CR Magazine Awards Dinner, the CEOs were nominated based on success in aligning business and stakeholder interests to “do well by doing good.”
CR Magazine is the voice of the corporate responsibility profession, covering case studies, best practices, and trends in the five primary segments of the CR profession. The annual COMMIT!Forum calls people to commit to changing the world by inspiring, educating, and engaging them to change themselves and their organizations. This year’s path to the COMMIT!Forum commenced on March 2nd at the New York Stock Exchange with the announcement of the 12th Annual CR 100 Best Corporate Citizens List. As part of that initiative, 10 CEOs of the Year were nominated for their vision, discipline and boldness.
The winners of the 2011 Responsible CEO of the Year awards are:
- Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
- Donald Knauss, Chairman and CEO of The Clorox Company
- Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund
- Paul Rooke, Chairman and CEO of Lexmark
4th Annual Responsible CEO of the Year Award Nominations Announced
Winners Revealed at COMMIT!Forum Awards Dinner in New York City on September 27th
Hosted by Terry Moran, Nightline and Keynoted by Rush Kidder, Institute for Global Ethics
Edison, NJ September 8, 2011, Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine today announced the nominees for the 4th Annual Responsible CEO of the Year Awards. The following leaders were nominated based on success aligning their interests with those of thousands of stakeholders to do well by doing good.
- Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
- Scott Davis, Chairman and CEO, UPS
- Lori Dickerson Fouché, President and CEO, Fireman’s Fund
- Ilene Gordon, Chairman, President and CEO, Corn Products
- Jeffrey Joerres, Chairman, CEO & President, ManpowerGroup
- David Jones, Global CEO, Havas and Co-Founder, One Young World
- Donald Knauss, Chairman and CEO, The Clorox Company
- Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
- Paul Rooke, Chairman and CEO, Lexmark
- Jigar Shah, CEO, Carbon War Room
Profitable, Responsible or Both?
DEBATING THE FINANCIAL VALUE OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY:
CAN FIRMS AND INVESTORS DO GOOD AND MAKE MONEY?
Leading Investment Managers and Academics to Face Off
at NYSE-Sponsored COMMIT!Forum in NYC on Sept. 26
New York, NY August 22, 2011: Is sustainability sustainable for the bottom line? If corporate responsibility programs erode or reduce returns, why do companies pursue them? On the other hand, if they are profitable, why do executives and CFOs steer away from these valuable strategies?
Four leaders in investment management and academic analysis will debate these questions in an Oxford-style debate on whether shareholder value is eroded or enhanced when companies integrate sustainability strategies and pursue corporate responsibility initiatives. In this unique format, two teams will debate, and seek to sway the audience with their compelling positions, arguments and rebuttals.
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CR Magazine Calls for Nominations for 4th Annual Responsible CEO of the Year Awards and Establishes New Lifetime Achievement Award
CR Magazine Calls for Nominations for 4th Annual Responsible CEO of the Year Awards and Establishes New Lifetime Achievement Award
To Recognize CEOs that delivered on CR promises at the COMMIT!Forum
Washington, DC, July 12, 2011, Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine is requesting nominations for the Responsible CEO of the Year Awards by August 1st. Awards will be presented at the annual COMMIT!Forum, taking place September 26-27 in New York City in eight different industry segments: Large Market; Mid-Market; Small Market; Private Companies; Non-Profit/NGO; Government/Regulatory; Corporate Foundation; and Social Entrepreneur. (more…)
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