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About AccountAbility
AccountAbility is a member-based, non-profit global network, established in 1995 to promote accountability innovations that advance responsible business practices, and the broader accountability of civil society and public organisations.
Our 200 members include businesses, NGOs and research bodies, and elect our international Council, which includes representatives from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America such as Civicus, Microsoft, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. AccountAbility's leading-edge accountability innovations have included several 'world first's': the AA1000 Series Sustainability Assurance and Stakeholder Engagement Standards, the Partnership, Governance and Accountability framework, the Responsible Competitiveness Index covering the links between responsible business practices and the competitiveness of over 80 countries, and, in collaboration with csrnetwork, the Accountability Rating of the world's largest companies published annually with Fortune International.
AccountAbility is convenor of the MFA Forum, an international alliance of business, international development agencies, NGOs and labour organisations working on the links between national competitiveness and labour standards in global supply chains. AccountAbility and the Centre for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College are co-founders and convenors with IBM and GE of the Global Leadership Network, an international network of leading businesses committed to building alignments of corporate responsibility to business strategy by advancing joint learning and relevant analytic tools and benchmarking.
Primary Sponsors
About BAT
British American Tobacco, BAT, is the world’s most international tobacco group and is the world’s second largest quoted tobacco group by global market share, with brands sold in more than 180 markets. BAT’s vision is to lead the tobacco industry through growth, productivity and responsibility.
About ERM
Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is one of the world’s leading providers of environmental consulting services and health and safety, with offices in over 135 offices in more than 40 countries and employing over 3,000 staff. ERM is committed to providing a service that is consistent, professional and of the highest quality. ERM delivers innovative solutions for leading business and government clients, assisting them in managing their environmental and related risks.
About Esmée Fairbairn
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK and provides grants to organisations which aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK, both now and in the future.
About LRQA
Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) offers independent, impartial third party evaluation and judgement giving companies a credible means for addressing stakeholder concerns, which is done by providing a person or team of people to review, inspect or verify aspects of the business or supply chain. This may be to a defined and published set of criteria such as recognised standards or schemes or alternatively, it may be to a company’s requirements.
About Vodafone
Vodafone is the world’s leading international mobile telecommunications group with equity interests in 27 countries across 5 continents, 186.8 million proportionate customers and 33 partner networks. Vodafone’s vision is to be the world’s mobile communications leader, enriching customers’ lives and helping individuals, businesses and communities to be more connected in a mobile world.
About FRC
The Forum for Corporate Reputation (fRC) is a place of gathering, analysis and dissemination of trends, tools and models for the management of corporate reputation, founded in September 2002. fRC’s interest in corporate reputation stems from its belief about the impact of its value as a generator for companies who are members and their interest groups.
Secondary Sponsors
About Scottish Power
ScottishPower is the UK’s leading supplier of green energy products to domestic and business customers with the vision of becoming the UK’s best integrated energy supplier and a world leader in renewables. Scottish Power is focused on three main areas; Transport & Distribution through Energy Networks, Generation & Supply through Energy Wholesale & Retail and Canadian gas storage through PPM Canada. As an integrated energy provider, Scottish Power generates, transmits and distributes energy – right from the power station to the plug.
About BVQI
Bureau Veritas Certification is the independant certification body of Bureau Veritas. Bureau Veritas Quality International is the most widely recognized independent certification body in the world, offering solutions in the key strategic fields of operations: Quality, Health & Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility
About BISD
Business Institute for Sustainable Development (BISD) was created by Korean industry, led by the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), committed to contributing to the sustainable development of Korea through “economic growth,” “environmental preservation,” and “social development.”
About Sd3
Sd3 help organisations create value by adopting responsible business practices that integrate economic, environmental and social performance and contribute to sustainability. Our advisory team is small enough to care, large enough for the biggest clients and broad enough to offer a full sustainability service to private and public clients across the globe.
