February 2006
 CENTER NEWS    IN GOOD COMPANY
Corporate Citizenship Tools Provide Practical Assistance to Members
This month we introduce a new collection of "Corporate Citizenship Tools" designed to help you with your day-to-day questions and responsibilities. Read more...
Does Society Want Business Leadership?
The first of a series of working papers from The Center's Business Leadership in Society Initiative takes a new look at a long-standing debate - the role of business in society. Read more...
CI Leadership Roundtable Assesses Future of the Field, Identifies Key Issues
A lot of progress has been made by community involvement practitioners over the past two decades, but significant gaps exist between society’s expectations and business's capacity to deliver against those expectations. Is the profession prepared to lessen this gap? Read more...
Center Conference Will Challenge Conventional Wisdom and Prompt New Ways of Thinking
As more stakeholders expect business to address critical social issues, a new complex system encompassing the role business plays in society is beginning to emerge. As momentum begins to build, we think it's time to step back and ask: “If corporate citizenship is the answer, what is the question?” Read more...
Seeing is Believing Trip to Zambia Offers Firsthand View of Problems and Solutions
An agricultural initiative designed to bring economic empowerment to farmers in Zambia’s rural northeastern province was a highlight of the trip. Read more...
Center's Job Bank Offers Unique Job Opportunity Listings
The Center's Job Bank can help you attract the best and the brightest - or find your next position. Read more...

Join Global Leadership Network Members in New York on Feb 17
To take control of corporate citizenship and drive it into the core business strategy, you need to be part of the Global Leadership Network (GLN). Join the network's ten founding members and dozens of other companies on February 17 to share knowledge and expertise about performance excellence. Read more...

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New packaging that reduces Timberland’s environmental impact and provides consumers with information to help guide them in the purchase process will appear in stores in 2006. The initiative, the first of its kind in the retail industry, will place a “nutritional label” on each box that will educate consumers about the product they are purchasing, including where it was manufactured, how it was produced, and its effect on the environment. Read more.
 CITIZENSHIP NEWS

World Economic Forum annual meeting focuses on key global challenges; draws business executives, politicians and celebrities
A new report released at the meeting calls for business to play a greater role in the fight to reduce poverty and speed progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read more.

Ford issues climate change report
In an industry first, Ford Motor Company has issued a report addressing the business implications of climate change, carbon dioxide emissions and global energy concerns. Read more.

McKinsey global survey of business executives focuses on business and society
Executives around the world believe that the social role of a modern corporation goes far beyond meeting its obligations to shareholders, but are far less certain that corporations adequately anticipate which issues will affect them or know how to deal with them effectively. Read more.

Bono launches Product RED to harness power of the world's iconic brands to fight AIDS in Africa
American Express, Gap and Giorgio Armani announce first RED products to generate revenue stream for The Global Fund. Read more.

GM presents its first Green Supplier award
General Motors is using incentives to encourage supply chain responsibility, instituting a new Green Supplier Award to be given to the GM supplier that best supports the companies' environmental initiatives. Read more.

Roche offers help to local manufacturers to produce HIV medicine
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Roche has pledged further help to tackle HIV/AIDS in the world’s poorest and hardest hit countries. Read more.

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