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The Ethical Corporation Asia 2003 Conference will take place on September 23 - 24 2003 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore.

150 - 200 senior executives from multinational and large domestic Asian and Western companies will meet to discuss managing corporate citizenship strategy formulation and policy integration into their local and global operations.

Over 2 days, leading corporate executives and senior managers will discuss issues such as:

• Reputational risk management and corporate responsibility
• Identifying the current and emerging drivers of social responsibility in Asia
• Developing an effective and realistic responsible business strategy in Asia
• Corporate social responsibility and mainstream investment
• Meeting the challenges of increasing responsible practice - getting the basics right...
• How to build and manage productive stakeholder relationships Which social and environmental standard for your company?
• Implementing, managing and monitoring successful factory certification
• Best practice tips on dialogue and CSR programme planning with NGOs and government agencies
• Managing first stage corporate social and environmental reporting
• Developing and building efficient sourcing and supplier relationships
• Selling a responsible business strategy internally and externally
• Working with governments in Asia - resolving potential security issues

The format for the conference will be Case Studies from those furthest ahead in Asian business and panel discussions that will feature predominantly business executives but also a selected number of consultants, NGOs and government officials.

The conference is based on the success of the Ethical Corporation Europe 2002 Conference that was held in April 2002 in London with nearly 300 attendees. It also completes our series of events on 3 continents, which saw us take in New York on October 3-4 2002 with our cross industry USA CSR conference which attracted over 250 senior executives.

The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA), Tessa Tennant, Chair is one of the panellists in Panel Discussion: "How to deliver on demands for better corporate governance in Asia".

Conference Website:
http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=308

Ethical Corporation Asia 2003 Brochure.pdf