Business & Society Belgium
General Assembly Jacques Vandermeiren President Business & Society Belgium
Governance 85 members Welcome to BASE Company Levanto Petercam Sumitomo Chemical Europe Van Bavel
Board of directors Welcome to Dirk Collier, voorzitter Levanto Stefaan De Clerck, voorzitter Belgacom Jan Van Autreve, Delta Lloyd Life Dirk Van den Berghe, CEO Delhaize Belgium Steven Van Hoorebeke, SD Worx Thank you to Bernard de la Guiche, Solvay Philippe Neyt, Belgacom
Accounts 2013 In Budget 31/12/13 Membership fees 419.850 426.875 Grants and income 246.454 238.787 Total 666.504 665.662 Out Budget 31/12/13 Services and goods 236.588 289.318 Salaries 423.069 374.545 Total 659.657 663.863
Budget 2014 In 2013 2014 Membership fees 426.875 423.750 Grants and income 238.787 225.520 Total 665.662 649.270 Out 2013 2014 Services and goods 289.318 286.365 Salaries 374.545 389.711 Total 663.863 676.076 Reserves 2014 37.778 215.000
Accounts 2013 Mr Eric de Meester Réviseur d entreprise Fiduciaire d Expertise Comptable de Belgique Kwijting van de revisor en de bestuurders voor het mandaat uitgeoefend tot 31/12/2013 Décharge du réviseur et des administrateurs pour le mandat exercé jusqu au 31/12/2013
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2013 In 7 questions
Your engagement I was at The General Assembly The CSR strategy training The New year s reception The Award for the best Sustainability report CSR in new economic reality
Training Summer Academies Cera a. Active Ageing b. New business models c. Engaging employees Electrabel a. Partnerships b. Mission zero c. Measuring social impact
Inspire Who was the keynote speaker @ the Green Business Congress? a. Peter Baker b. Gunther Pauli c. John Elkington
Benchmark Who where the winners of the Sustainable Partnership Awards 2013? a. Delhaize & WWF b. Ertsberg & Lampeke c. Willemen & Levanto
Co-create a. Freshfields b. Linklaters c. Infrabel d. Heidelberg e. Accenture f. Microsoft g. Elia h. Securex i. APCO j. Citigroup
Encourage Which sector roundtable did you participate in? a. Finance b. Consulting c. Electric mobility d. Food e. Pharmaceutical f. Construction
Communicate Which publications did you read?
Team New faces 2014? Catherine Oriane Sabine An Dagmar Ward
Business challenges B&SB support in 2014
New economic reality CEO engagement CEO meetings, e.g. Architects for the future Sustainable strategy Training CSR Strategy 2.0 Training Shared Value Valuing non financial performance B&S Talks: Responsible taxation, bonus, lobbying & restructuring Innovation Social intrapreneurship Social innovation meets CSR New financial models for environmental solutions Partnerships
Resources scarcity Supply chain Training sustainable supply chain management EcoProcura: meet your buyer Circular economy Circular purchasing Equipment & food for the office: 2 nd life? Water consumption
Mobility Transportation of goods E-bike as an alternative
Unemployment ENGAGE projects Low skills Internships Assessment
Ageing workforce HR lifecycle assessment Multi Companies Mobility Center Keep contributing with passion
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Projects Timeline2014 May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec CSR Assessment 2.0 Employee volunteering Social innovation meets CSR Low skilled employment Keep contributing with passion Sustainable procurement Financing of sustainable projects Sustainable Partnership Awards CSR Strategy World Forum Lille Second life@the office Water consumption
ACT NOW Company: Name: I am interested in joining a co-creation project on: o active ageing: multi company platform to exchange seniors o young employability: share skills through employee volunteering o optimization transportation of goods I want to launch a co-creation project on: I am interested in: o CSR self-assessment o HR Lifecycle assessment o Internships Assessment o Organizing a workshop Shared Value2 in my company o Organizing a keep contributing with passion workshop for my senior colleagues
The future of Corporate Responsibility Coalitions DAVID GRAYSON
Business-led CR coalitions independent, non-profit distributing membership organisations that are composed mainly or exclusively of for-profit businesses; that have a board of directors composed predominantly or only of business people; that are core-funded primarily (or totally) from business And whose dedicated purpose is to promote responsible business practice.
Business-led CR coalitions by 1990 Coalitions by 1990
Global field builders
Business-led CR coalitions by 2000
Business-led CR coalitions today
Roles coalitions typically play Make business case Develop agenda Identify and disseminate good practice Build-capacity Broker Direct delivery
Strategic Focus of Organisation 37 Q3aa. Please rate how much of a strategic focus your organisation has in each of the following areas. Please use the 5-point scale provided, where 1 is not at all a focus and 5 is a very important focus.
Business-led CR Coalitions Public Policy Scaling Traditional business representative organisations Business-led CR Coalitions Spawning new forms of collaboration Embedding Embedding in companies: companies influencing / influenced by member forms
www.wbcsd.org Sustainable development: a world in which 9 billion people live well, within the limits of one planet by mid-century.
Agenda for action Helping individual companies to overcome the performance gap and to embed responsible business policies and practices into the core of their corporate strategy, operations and value chains Promoting pre-competitive collective action within specific industry sectors, geographies and value chains to drive scale and systemic impact Convening companies to be part of more systemic and large-scale multi-sector collaboration between business, government and civil society organizations Spreading innovation from key emerging markets Engaging with small and medium enterprises
Agenda for action Working with governments and advocating for progressive publicpolicy reforms Improving the financial enabling environment Partnering with business schools and universities Raising public awareness and spreading the practice of sustainable consumption Promoting a new vision for sustainable capitalism
COLLABORATION
sectoral collaborations and citizen movements leading the future SD agenda Perceptions of performance and potential for leadership are misaligned. National governments have been poor SD performers, but experts think they still need to play a leadership role. Conversely, top performers (e.g., NGOs, social entrepreneurs, and academics) are not expected to lead, perhaps due to their lack of institutionalized authority. Experts rate the private sector s SD performance as poor but would like to see more leadership from it, albeit subordinate to government. MLOs and IFIs are neither seen as good performers nor are they endorsed as leaders.
Financial Times Soapbox April 2014 Premise of creating shared value risks misleading MBA students Andrew Crane April 20 Shared values that are lost in translation Thomas Donaldson April 23 The opposing perspectives on creating shared value Thomas Dyllick April 24
Social intrapreneur A person within a large corporation who takes direct initiative for innovation(s) which addresses social or environmental challenges profitably.
CAN WE DO FOR SOCIAL INTRAPRENEURS WHAT ASHOKA, SKOLL AND SCHWAB FOUNDATIONS HAVE DONE FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS?
@DoughtyDavidG www.doughtycentre.info
Context Sustainability certain maturity Many new actors Call for leadership ww, action 2020, EU2020 CSR -> Shared Value Stakeholder dialogue -> engagement Consolidation at international level
Sustainability Landscape 2014 - BE CIVIL SOCIETY/NGO BUSINESS VV ASBL FGF KAURI Poseco BUS & SOC FEB, BUV, CCI Sociale Innovatie Fabriek Transitie nw Asho ka VIA OvO SPW DD BEFAC E Sectors UNGCB AMS HEC Vler ick MVO VL VITO, OVAM LSM ITCO GOVERNMENT ACADEMIC
1998 - belgian network for social cohesion 2001 - reference point for CSR in Belgium 2011 - cocreate an inclusive, green and responsible business for a sustainable society 2014-85 members, 5 staff, link business federations Partner CSR Europe and WBCSD CEO engagement & equal reach in Fl, BXl, Wa
Multistakeholder network + 15 years of stakeholder expertise 230 members 2 staff members 3 pillars: Think together, act together, engage on sustainability Our partner in sustainable partnership award
Kauri & Business and Society Pioniers on sustainability Credibility Leadership Walk the talk Cocreation
Synergy between KAURI and B&S B&S: Top Down approach KAURI: Bottom Up
Network against exclusion, discrimination and poverty Insertion socio-professionnelle Brussels 2010 - Liège 20 members 5 staff members
Beface and Business & Society Social Cohesion roots Youth unemployment Action CSR Europe
Discussion 1. What is the most critical capacity / service of a successful Sustainability coalition? 2. To 2020, what is the biggest challenge / opportunity for sustainable businesses in Be? 3. What could Belgium become famous for in the sustainable economy space? 4. What support would you need to get to Shared Value and Social Innovation in your Cy?
Thank you!