Corporate Social Responsibility: the maritime
chain of responsibility (London)
Corporate Social Responsibility is fast becoming a top agenda
item for all forward thinking shipping and logistics companies.
This new conference will investigate the four key areas:
Business Ethics -effective implementation of CSR; instilling
responsibility; balancing commercial pressures; managing stakeholder
expectations; achieving consistency in the supply chain Human Value - the human element; employee retention and
loyalty; the court of public opinion; considerations when developing
a CSR policy Environmental Leadership - balancing commercial operations
with a need to protect the environment; demonstrating environmental
awareness; greener port and ship operations; emerging techniques
and technologies Economic Reality - costs and risks of implementing a
CSR policy; impact on the bottom line; achieving competitive
advantage; global standards; CSR policies in practice
