Sustainability Communications: Stakeholder Engagement - A Core Element of Sustainability Strategy

GENEVA - Oct. 16, 2013 - PRLog -- This 45-minute complimentary webinar will provide participants with a overview of stakeholder engagement and how it may be used in an organization’s approach to sustainability.

All of the most widely used and recognized standards and guidance documents relating to managing and communicating on sustainability activities make a reference to stakeholder engagement and for some this activity is a fundamental element (including ISO 26000, GRI, AA1000 series).

This webinar is designed to present the fundamentals of stakeholder engagement and will make reference to relevant standards and guidelines.

Agenda
What is Stakeholder Engagement?
How is it used in the Sustainability Communications cycle?
What do the standards/guidance documents say?
How does it work in practice?

Target Audience
This complimentary webinar is aimed at social responsibility practitioners at strategic and operational levels - especially those involved directly in sustainability reporting and communications.

It will be of particular value to all corporate communications professionals working in investor relations, company secretaries, corporate affairs, internal communications and those involved in governance of communications, marketing and brand specialists. It will also be of value to practitioners in ISO 26000 related areas including supply chain, HR, H&SE practitioners.

Furthermore, it will be valuable to practitioners in the sustainability communications value chain and any senior organizational professionals who wish to move forward their organization’s social responsibility position and are taking a wide-scale organizational approach to embedding social responsibility in to their organizations and taking a strategic approach to sustainability.

Background
A core principle of a well-managed sustainability system is ensuring you fully engage with your stakeholders. Robust stakeholder engagement is good business practice and helps you to scan for future risks and opportunities, and to be prepared for them.

Stakeholder engagement is keys to winning buy-in and trust from your stakeholders and done well it can make a significant difference to the credibility of your sustainability communications programme.

Click here to register for Session 1 (https://sgseventcenter.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default...)
09:00 a.m. London (GMT)
10:00 a.m. Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam (Europe Summer Time)
05:00 p.m. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur (Singapore Time)

Click here to register for Session 2 (https://sgseventcenter.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default...)
01:00 p.m. London (GMT)
02:00 p.m. Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam (Europe Summer Time)
09:00 a.m. New York (Eastern Daylight Time)