Corporate Citizenship's August Newsletter

Community investment: The road from issue selection to measurement
Webinar: 6th September

Join LBG, the global standard for measuring corporate community investment, for this upcoming webinar which will outline how you move from having your community activities in place to starting to measure them. Drawing on the LBG framework and 20 years of experience in helping companies measure their community activities, we will show you how to measure effectively and efficiently.
Wednesday 6th September
10:00am EST / 3:00pm BST / 4:00pm CET

Investor Expectations, ESG and Sustainability
Share your views in our short survey

With responsible investment on the rise, environmental, social and governance (ESG) data, reporting standards and guidelines have grown exponentially in the last decade. While their quality is improving, the lack of standardisation has not made it easy for companies to navigate the complexities around ESG disclosures. At the same time, the communications between companies and investors remain dominated by short-term vision, leading to a common failure of both sides to discuss ESG issues.
Are you experiencing these challenges within your organisation, or perhaps you've found a way to bridge the gap between IR and CR?

As part of Corporate Citizenship’s Long-Term Value Project we are conducting a short survey to help understand and address the latest developments in responsible investing. We are particularly interested in hearing from those in the IR, Sustainability and CR departments. This survey should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete and answers will be anonymous.

For more information on this topic you might like to read our research report entitled 'How to demonstrate the value of sustainable business to investors' created in association with S&P Dow Jones Indices.
If you would like to join us at the e4i: ESG for Investment conference in September you can receive a 10% discount on tickets with the code CCB10. Corporate Citizenship's Associate Director Esther Toth will be speaking on the topic of SRI Communications - come and say hello if you're there.

GRI Standards and AA1000 Training Courses
Courses available in London and Singapore

In partnership with the National Center for Sustainability Reporting (NCSR) Corporate Citizenship is offering two levels of GRI Standards training in Singapore.
GRI Standards Training - Singapore - This GRI-certified standards training program is for first-time reporters and those seeking to implement the GRI Standards for the first time. We will introduce you to the elements of a good sustainability report and prepare you to co-ordinate the sustainability reporting process using the GRI Standards.
- Two Day Workshop - 22 - 23 August
GRI Transition to Standards - Singapore - This half day workshop is for organisations currently reporting in line with GRI G4, transitioning to Standards in time for the 2018 deadline. This module will cover the new modular structure of the Standards, providing clarity over terminology and outlining the new opportunities for flexible reporting.
- Half Day Workshop - 24 August

AA1000 Training Course - London - The AA1000 Assurance Standard is a generally applicable standard for assessing, attesting to, and strengthening the credibility and quality of organisations' sustainability reporting, and their underlying processes, systems and competencies.
This practical 5 day course covers four modules; foundation in corporate responsibility and sustainability, foundation in stakeholder engagement, foundation in sustainability reporting and assurance practitioner training.
Join us this November and find out how the AA1000 standards may be used as a valuable tool for managing corporate responsibility and sustainability, as well as for reporting.
27th November - 1st December 2017

Service Spotlight - Environment
We help companies to identify and address their unique environmental sustainability risks and opportunities

Corporate Citizenship provides a range of environment-related services including:
Footprinting - Analysis of companies’ environmental performance in key impact areas to generate useful metrics for reporting, engagement and performance monitoring.
Verification - Assurance for specific environmental key performance indicators, data systems, and environmental reporting. Our assurance statements are prepared in accordance with internationally recognised standards, such as ISAE 3000, GRI, and AA1000.
Science Based Target Setting - We help our clients to develop and set Science Based Targets (SBTs). For more information download our SBT Factsheet.
Strategic Advice - We conduct environmental benchmarks, gap analyses, and impact assessments to help companies understand their relative positioning and pinpoint potential strengths and vulnerabilities. We also provide guidance on how to respond to environmental rankings and ratings - see our CDP support options here.
Corporate Citizenship is proud to be an accredited climate change consultancy partner of CDP in the UK.
To speak to one of the team about how we can help you with your environmental requirements please get in touch via email, or call us directly on +44 (0)20 7861 1616.