Live and Cicero conference 17 January 2008 ‘Designing your Corporate Responsibility strategy for the new Companies Act’ attracts Chelsea Football Club CEO Peter Kenyon


Key decision makers in UK business, including Chelsea FC boss Peter Kenyon, were joined by Government CR minister Stephen Timms at Live and Cicero’s recent conference on CR strategy. AXA Insurance, Barclays, KPMG and HSBC joined over 100 delegates in discussion on best practice and planning in the light of the new requirements of the 2006 Companies Act. Other speakers included Julia Cleverdon (CEO) Business in the Community, Peter Montagnon (ABI) and Baroness Sally Greengross (Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Corporate Responsibility). The new reporting requirements were explained by Caroline Goodall (Herbert Smith).

A key conclusion of the conference was that the adoption of best practice in terms of stakeholder policies should be seen as a positive place to be and can give companies a competitive edge and help drive up performance.

Click here to read Chairman Dick Newby’s speech in full.

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Sport for Life! extends to St Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago in 2008

Already a success in Barbados after six months’ initial test period, Sport for Life! has been invited to start its social and sporting legacy programmes in St Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago from 2008. The Government of St Lucia this week suggested that Live Consulting begin as early as possible, basing the first Learning Centre at the Beausejour Cricket Ground, well-known for its hosting of the Cricket World Cup semi-finals in April 2007. In Trinidad & Tobago, Dick Newby met former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara, the University of T&T and representatives from the Trinidad & Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education to jointly agree a strategy for Sport for Life! from 2008/9.

Meanwhile in Barbados, Sport for Life! delivery partner the Phoenix Academy has been running after-school homework and cricket clubs on a weekly basis. In November, Live arranged an inspirational visit by Surrey Country Cricket Club’s Mark Ramprakash and former England cricketer and PCA director Gladstone Small to the Academy. Although raining hard, the Academy students spent time indoors discussing cricket and educational strategies and firing key questions to both cricketers over a two hour period.

Delivery partner the Caribbean Healthy Lifestyle Project (CHLP) continues with their work in 2008, running workshops and training for young people in HIV/Aids, leadership skills and nutrition. In addition to Barbados, CHLP will run its programmes as Sport for Life! delivery partner in St Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago from 2008.

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Elmwood joins “Top 100 Companies to work for” elite

Brand design consultancy Elmwood has for the first time joined the Sunday Times “100 Best Small Companies to work for” elite. Live has been an adviser to the company on its CR policies for the past three years.

Elmwood, with offices in Leeds, London and Edinburgh, has 76 members of staff in the UK. 88% said that they were proud to work for the firm and 83% found the work stimulating. Live is now working with the company to develop its environmental offer and its community policies.

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Live joins top sports executives at ‘Legacy Lives 2008’

Live Consulting presented a workshop on Sport for Life! at the second Legacy Lives conference for global sports executives, hosted by Legacy Barbados and PMP Legacy from 28-30 January 2008. More than 200 representatives from the Beijing Olympics 2008, Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010, Commonwealth Games and bidding cities worldwide attended the three day conference which looked at how major international events can plan effective legacy strategies. Live Consulting’s sessions on Sport for Life! focussed on the programmes that provide practical solutions for 10-16 year olds using cricket, education and healthy lifestyle training.

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