"The Prince's Seeing is Believing programme brings businesses together under the leadership of the most pioneering companies and creates a great platform for them to share best practice."  Catherine Warwick-Wilson, GlaxoSmithKline

Read about a great year of achievements in The Prince’s Seeing is Believing annual publication

146,000 work experience placements for young people have taken place with 538 companies through Business in the Community's Work Inspiration campaign.

We have facilitated 19 Big Conversations in the last two years across the UK, bringing together 600 senior business leaders and 500 young people to discuss work experience. Read about the Big Conversation at WorldSkills 2011

Read more about what Business in the Community achieved last year in our latest Annual Report.

On the 14 and 15 March in London, BITC's second Responsible Business Convention will take place. The two days will give you practical solutions and insights to help your business be competitive, sustainable and responsible.

Find out more:

• View the agenda for the two days
• Find out who is speaking at the Convention
• Fringe event: Employers forum for reducing re-offending
• Watch videos from last year's event

     The Government’s focus on executive remuneration pay is timely and we welcome their view that it must be squarely linked to performance.

     Now is the time to create a clearer link between responsible behaviour and remuneration – rewarding responsible leaders not just for business success and financial return, but for the positive impacts of their business on society, which creates successful, profitable, sustainable businesses.

Photo caption: The Prime Minister, shown here speaking at BITC's AGM in 2010, plans to reform executive pay.

The awards shine a spotlight on the organisations that are transforming their business and the communities in which they operate, creating positive impacts for society and the environment.

Now in their fifteenth year, they are widely acknowledged as one of the most respected endorsements of responsible business.

Find out more about the Awards, this year's categories, how to enter and read about last year's winners.