Recent events at Copenhagen indicated the seriousness of the global crisis and urged companies to take more voluntary actions to stop climate change. Carbon Disclosure receives more attention from diverse industries than ever, and the ISO 26000 Standard for Social Responsibility is just on the brink of completion and release. It will be soon used by public and private organizations across the borders.

Having learnt from many global business cases, the challenge for entrepreneurs is to secure long-term profitability without jeopardising the interests of the community. For profit is more meaningful, and far more sustainable, when enterprises are able to demonstrate concern for the social issues of their communities.

The main question is, then, ‘how’ we implement the CSR strategies for different industries and ‘how’ we measure the impact on the business bottomline and the community. How will my business keep pace with ever changing energy challenge? How is my business relevant to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and what do I start with? How is the government’s policy shaping along with the global impetus? How do I publish the first sustainability report and how do I minimise the time and cost in doing so?

This timely summit brings together experts from various sectors to discuss on how to plan, measure, and implement CSR strategies. It will address building upon tripartism in Singapore as well as regional/international trends in CSR, and provide an opportunity to network amongst professionals, benchmark with best practices and discuss most pressing needs in a practical and effective manner. To better achieve these goals, the Singapore Compact as a national society will be working closely with various organisations such as the European Commission, government agencies, unions, corporates, universities, the business federation and NGOs.

This year, the second International Singapore Compact CSR Summit will be held on 6 & 7 October this year at the Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore.

Please click here for the programme and registration.