Business in the Community

Transforming business

transforming communities

Introduction
We are a business - led charity focussed on promoting responsible business practice. We have a growing membership of over 800 companies and organisations and a further 10,700 companies and organisations engaged in our campaigns globally.

Our vision is for every business to act responsibly

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The Changing Business Environment

Philanthropy Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Responsibility Responsible Business Practice

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19th Century Philanthropy

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A Framework for Responsible Business

Using our framework for responsible business, we help out members to integrate responsible business practices into their day-to-day operations

Environmental Sustainability
Marketplace Behaviour

Workplace & Employees

Education & Young People

Enterprise & Culture

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What is Responsible Business?

Demonstrating clear leadership, governance and values and integrating responsible business practices across all business operations Developing products and services with improved social and environmental impacts and positively influencing customers behaviour Developing employees and the future workforce to build successful working lives

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What is Responsible Business?

Investing in the communities in which the business operates and those communities in greatest need Manage social, environmental and economic impacts in your supply chain

Taking action to reduce climate change and prepare for a low carbon economy
Working with others in collaboration to create change that benefits both business and society

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BITC Programmes
Through our flagship programmes we support and challenge members to;

INTEGRATE responsible business, across all areas of their operations locally, nationally and internationally COLLABORATE to tackle key social issues in areas of greatest need
COMMUNICATE and inspire others by sharing their experiences and encouraging more to follow their example

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Integrate

The CR Index is the UKs leading voluntary benchmark of Corporate Responsibility

CR ACADEMY
training | support | advice

The CR Academy is a collaborative project led by BITC to provide training, support and advice

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Collaborate
Business in the Communitys Employee Volunteering programme is a network of more than 350 partner companies that address social issues in communities by volunteering their employees time and skill during business hours.
The Princes Mayday Network is the UKs group of businesses committed to taking action on climate change.

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Communicate

The Princes Seeing is Believing programme engages the UKs top business leaders with key social responsibility issues.

The Responsible Business Awards are independent and peer assessed corporate responsibility awards.

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BITC Programme Wheel

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Case Studies

Case Studies

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Environmental Sustainability
As a water business, Anglian Water is particularly aware of the rarity and value of its main resource. It is deeply affected by the changes in the climate especially being based in the South East region where local businesses have to manage both droughts and floods due to extreme weather patterns. Therefore, Anglian Water has made a priority of implementing sustainability into the core business strategy leading to the Love Every Drop programme.

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Marketplace Behaviour

Heineken has the ambition to become the worlds greenest brewer. The company recognises that a sustainable, stable long-term supply chain is crucial in achieving this, and has therefore built strong, mutually beneficial partnerships with suppliers in agriculture and the wider supply chain.

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Education & Young People

Through Money for Life, Lloyds Banking Group and the leading Further Education and adult learning organisations in the four UK nations delivered 1400 free training places on financial education courses for teachers and community workers. This in turn has enabled delivery of financial education sessions to over 10,000 learners in the programme's first year.

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Workplace & Employees

Supporting and developing employees is critical to the success of Morrisons. Last year they supported 100,000 colleagues with training and a qualification and established themselves as one of the leading apprenticeship providers in the UK.

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Recent Research / Publications

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Recent Research / Publications

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Recent Research / Publications

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Opportunities in Innovation and Sustainable Growth

Shared Value More with Less Circular Economy New Consumption Models Transparency and Customer Engagement

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UK businesses have the opportunity to unlock 100 billion a year in productivity gains from five opportunities for innovation
Companies can focus on the convergence of interests with society, promoting community prosperity, improving skills and enhancing health Productivity gains possible through improved employee engagement, reduced turnover and enhanced trust

Shared value

More with less

Companies can drive cost savings through rapid adoption of resource efficiency and deployment of clean technologies Clean tech companies can directly contribute to economic recovery by building skills and creating a potential 40,000 jobs each year

Circular economy

Companies can cut costs, improve margins and preserve natural capital by closing the loop on supply chains through product design, extending asset life, re-use and recycling

New consumption models

Companies can grow recurring revenue streams and help customers to live lower impact lives by enabling collaborative consumption, by delivering products as a service and through developing compelling new customer propositions

Transparency and customer engagement

Companies can build loyalty and drive productivity gains through transparently sharing information on product origins with customers Enhanced traceability enables better resource planning and risk management

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Sustainable development is riddled with gloom.

The shortfall in numbers!

Business is good at practical projects

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If the planet was a project

Objectives: - Wellbeing to humans - by supplying modern lives - 9 billion by 2050

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Big ideashuge projects

Big ideas = legacy

The Big Boardroom Agenda

Global megatrends Unique contribution Legacy Balance Ask of customers

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Need to understand the megatrends

Balance shift

Fragile earth

Protection

Transparency

Connectedness

Values shift

But capturing this prize requires that companies embed sustainability into their corporate strategies and business models
A framework for developing a strategy that incorporates sustainability

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B&Q 20 years ago One question

Where does your wood come from?
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Did not know!

B&Q 20 years of supporting forest certification.

Feb 2011 B&Q has become the first major UK retailer to only buy timber products from proven responsible sources. 42

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Collaboration amongst the willing

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Business in the Community inspires, engages, supports & challenges companies, through collaborative action, to continually improve the impact they have on society

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Youth (Un)Employment Corporate Governance Executive Pay Supply Chain integrity Zero Hours Contracts Corporate Tax Compliance The Social Value Act Global Megatrends New Innovation Opportunities

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Other BITC Programmes

ProHelp START Visioning the Future Work Inspiration

Arts & Business

Ready for Work Mosaic CSR360 GPN Business Connectors

Workwell

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