Publications
Useful publications to help you integrate responsible business practice, sometimes referred to as corporate social responsibility (CSR), into the heart of your company.
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Spotlight on Partnerships
Published in September 2008, 'A Spotlight on Partnerships', showcases successful partnerships between professional sports clubs, business and the public sector.
- Date:
- September 2008
- Price:
- Free (Free for members)
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'The Climate Challenge' draft position paper
This paper sets out Business in the Community's position on the key issue of climate change, and will inform the organisation’s approach to the issue now and in the future. It is open for consultation to Business in the Community members until Monday 20 October 2008.
- Date:
- September 2008
- Price:
- Free
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How to set up a school governors programme
Encouraging and enabling your employees to become school governors can have a marked effect on the performance of a school, your busness and individuals involved.
- Date:
- September 2007
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Local sourcing - opening the door for small business
This guide seeks to help local suppliers understand the process of having products listed with supermarkets, convenience retailers and food service companies. Working with major food retailers and food service companies may not be for everyone, but rewards can be significant even if the learning process is steep.
- Date:
- January 2003
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Putting down roots in market towns
Integrating your business into the local market town economy can be good for business and good for the town.
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How to develop an education programme
This guide has been developed to help businesses in the North West to deliver high quality education programmes. It is part of a wider campaign developed in conjunction with The Prince's Seeing is Believing Alumni North West Board.
- Date:
- September 2006
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Corporate foundations - building a sustainable foundation for corporate giving
This Business in the Community report explains why and how companies set up foundations. It highlights the advantages, disadvantages and the top tips that companies have shared with us. It also looks at the wider context of corporate giving and the part that corporate foundations play.
- Date:
- August 2003
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What's in it for you - why businesses should invest in their local community
Corporate responsibility is a high profile management subject, but many business leaders aren’t sure where to begin or how to ensure that a community involvement programme won’t detract from the main focus of their business.
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Local sourcing - distribution advice for regional food and drink producers
This guide is to help producers find solutions to the often complex challenges posed by distribution. The guide provides several examples of interesting initiatives throughout the UK, which show what can be achieved with insight, careful business planning and partnership working.
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Saving your local pub - a guide for local communities
The role of the British rural pub as a centre of its community has never been more important and it is vital that communties take more involvement.
- Date:
- January 2004
