can csr bring development benefits?
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Can CSR bring development benefits?. CSR and international development followed by first reflections Deep dive into 4 ‘Take a Stand’ statements Businesses should support governments in achieving their sustainable development plans through CSR. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Can CSR bring development benefits?• CSR and international development
followed by first reflections• Deep dive into 4 ‘Take a Stand’ statements
o Businesses should support governments in achieving their sustainable development plans through CSR.
o Businesses should work with the international development community to plan their CSR activities.
o CSR activities in developing countries should have a direct business benefit.
o Is CSR enough to create the change we need?• Introducing Lead International• Networking
Businesses should support governments in achieving their sustainable development plans through CSR.
Businesses should work with the international development community to plan their CSR activities.
CSR activities in developing countries should have a direct business benefit.
Is CSR enough to create the change we need?
Lead InternationalAn Introduction
Inspiring leaders for a sustainable world
9 July 2014, CSR Meet-up in London
A different kind of leadership is needed
Dynamic Complexity Cause and effect are far apart in space and time.Social Complexity Diverse stakeholders. Potentially entrenched and antagonistic-perspectives and interests.
Generative Complexity The future is undetermined and the problem is unfolding in unpredictable ways. The old solutions are inadequate.
Requires a systemic solution
Requires a participative approach
Requires creative solutions based on an emergent learning approach
Leadership for highly complex situations
A new kind of learning is neededImmersive learning Journeys provides a low risk
practice field for this new emerging context
Lead’s Leadership Framework Building capacity to navigate complexity
Leading for Sustainability Programme
• 5 month open leadership programme for sustainable development run in Europe
• Programme runs from September ‘14 – February ‘15
• Aimed at mid- to senior-management level from across all sectors and fields of work from Europe or world
• Highly experiential programme• Become part of the LEAD Fellow Network -
representing the world’s largest and most influential network of almost 3,000 cross-sectoral and cross-cultural sustainability leaders from 90 countries
1 September – 3 October 2014
7 – 11 October 2014
13 October – 6 February 2014
11 – 15 February 2014
LEAD Challenge
Questions we’ll explore this year• What are the systemic issues of returning to the
land and living sustainably in a rural context?• How could these rural initiatives fit into the
existing economic, social and political systems?• What can we draw on as successful models of
sustainable living and rural resilience in other parts of Europe and the world?
• What type of leadership is needed to create rural resilience and sustainable livelihoods?
Return to the land – Creating sustainable livelihoods in rural Portugal
LEAD: Anglophone West Africa, Brazil, Canada, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, Francophone Africa, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan and Southern and Eastern Africa.www.lead.org
Lead InternationalLG01 Lincoln HouseKennington Park1-3 Brixton RoadLondon SW9 6DEUnited Kingdom
T +44 (0)207 938 8701F +44 (0)207 938 8710E [email protected]
Meetups for the rest of 2014 •No Meetup in August•September 10th : Topic tbc•October 8th: Topic tbc•November 12th: Planning Meetup for 2015 Programme•December 10th: Festive season Social Networking Meetup
•HAPPY HOLIDAYS!