Key BITC Publications

Business in the Community has undertaken a broad range of research on responsible business over the past 28 years.  Below are our key publications since 1998.

Corporate responsibility strategy and integration  

Management framework

Winning with Integrity (2000)

The business case

The business case for corporate responsibility (2003)  - Business in the Community / Arthur D Little

The Value of Corporate Governance: The positive return of responsible business (2008) - Business in the Community sponsored by Legal & General

Business Benefits (2008) - Business in the Community

Guidance for company boards

Rewarding Virtue: Effective board action on corporate responsibility (2005) - Business in the Community / Insight Investment / FTSE Group

A Director's Guide to Corporate Responsibility Reporting  (2005) - Arthur D. Little / Business in the Community / Camelot/ HBOS

Measurement and reporting

Indicators that count (2003)

More than making money - measuring the difference your company makes to society (2006) - Business in the Community / The Corporate Citizenship Company working with BT, Diageo, John Lewis Partnership, KPMG, RWEnpower, Serco Group, Severn Trent and Vodafone

Corporate Responsibility Index 2007 - Key findings

Stakeholder engagement

Investing in the future: City attitudes to environmental and social issues (2001) - Business in the Community / ACCA / The Environment Agency

Speaking the Same Language - improving communications between companies and investors on corporate responsibility (June 2003) - Business in the Community / Arthur D Little / UK Social Investment Forum

Taking shape - The future of corporate responsibility communications (2007) - Business in the Community / Radley Yeldar

Building relationships between the third sector and the private sector (2007) - Business in the Community / ACRE 

Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Better business journey (2006) - UK Small Business Consortium which consists of AccountAbility, Arts and Business, The British Chambers of Commerce, Business in the Community, CSR Europe, the Forum of Private Business, the Federation of Small Businesses, the Institute of Directors, Lloyds TSB, Sustainability Northwest and Scottish Business in the Community.

Community

Business investment in under-served markets (2002) - Business in the Community on behalf of the Department for Trade & Industry

U can make a difference - the role of business in neighbourhood renewal (2005)

Under-served markets: Preliminary research findings (2005) - Business in the Community working with Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Nieghbourhood Renewal Unit and Experian

Business broker evaluation summary (2005) - Business in the Community working with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, The Home Office and DTI.  Evaluation by EDuce Ltd and CEA.

Brilliant brokerage: tips for success (2005?) - Business in the Community working with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, The Home Office and DTI

Supporting magistrates in your workplace (2006) - Business in the Community / Department for Constitutional Affairs

The contribution of the retail sector to the economy, employment and regeneration (2006) - Business in the Community / King Sturge LLP - Sponsored by Accessible Retail

How to contribute to local strategic partnerships (LSPs) and contribute to neighbourhood renewal (2007)

Leaders at work: making the councillor life possible (2007) - LGiU/ BITC

Some of the key lessons learned since 1997 on Corporate Community Involvement are captured in Engaging business in the community - not a quick fix (2008) - David Grayson et al/ The Smith Insitute

Community Engagement - Insights into the contribution of European Club Football (2008) - Business in the Community / G14

Building Opportunities (2008) - Business in the Community and Wates working in partnership with Accord, Ashram, Axis, CIH, East Thames, Grainger Plc, Housing Corporattion, The Housign Forum, Lloyds TSB, Midland Heart, Reed in partnership and The Riverside Group.  This led to a Toolkit for Business.

Governing our schools (2008) - Supported by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Environment

A measure of progress: Guidelines on measuring environmental performance (2001) - Business in the Community / Ernst & Young

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Building the business case for environmental improvement (2006) - Sponsored by Bureau Veritas

Business leadership towards a low carbon economy (2007) - Sponsored by Barclays

Marketplace

The Brand Benefits of Cause Related Marketing - Summary (2004)

Marketplace Responsibility Principles (2006)

Plough to Plate (2007) - Business in the Community with Musgrave, Booths, John Lewis Partnership, Compass Group, Northern Foods, Yeo Valley, Kraft, EFFP, NFU, Cadbury Schweppes, Nestle, Tesco, Defra, Syngenta, Marks & Spencer and The co-operative

Vulnerable customers (2007) - Parliamentary Inquiry by the All Party Group on Corporate Responsibility

Workplace

Wealth from health (2007) - Sponsored by Transport for London

Towers Perrin Healthy Workplace Action Pack (2007)

The 2007 Leadership Summit on the Talent Challenge - Progress Report to the Prime Minister, July 2008

Tomorrow's Workplace (2008) - BITC's Opportunity Now campaign

 

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