Fourth COP Workshop - Meeting Stakeholder Expectations
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 3 - 4 April 2008
The UN Global Compact Office organized its 4th annual Communication on Progress (COP) workshop at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The workshop focused on the topic "Meeting Stakeholder Expectations" and brought together 50+ representatives from UN Global Compact companies, as well as stakeholders from the financial community, civil society, academia and the United Nations. The workshop was opened by Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, member of the UN Global Compact Board, and moderated by Oliver Johner, COP Analyst at the UN Global Compact Office.The 4th COP Workshop focused on several important topics: better understanding the needs, expectations and roles of different stakeholder groups; taking stock of current emerging best practices and available tools in meeting these expectations; and shaping a shared vision for good reporting which leads the way for future developments. The two day workshop consisted of presentations, discussions and a breakout session.
Summary report of the workshop including agenda and list of participants
Input paper for the workshop
Agenda
(click on the name of the presenter below to download the presentations)
Welcome and objectives of the workshop
Oliver Johner,
UN Global Compact Office
The state of play - UN Global Compact Office current efforts, (un)met expectations,
and challenges; COP of work plan
Jeff Senne, UN Global Compact Office
Trends in reporting and what it means for COP. What the leaders do.
Peter Zollinger, SustainAbility
Stakeholders’ expectations: What we expect, why and how we expect it?
Steve Waygood,
Morley Fund Management
Anthony Miller,
UNCTAD
Monitoring performance of companies’ CSR activities
Marc Fox, Goldman Sachs
Perrine Dutronc, Innovest
Reporting frameworks and approaches that help companies meet stakeholders’ expectations and
improve value and quality of COP
Sean Gilbert, Global
Reporting Initiative
Alan Knight,
AccountAbility
What we report and why we do it.
Andy Wales,
SABMiller
David Kingma,
Holcim
Invitation to participate in UNGC/KPMG partnership project
Uzma Hamid, KPMG
Presentations of COPs by companies:
Stiaan Wandrag, Sasol
- Using GRI G3 in COP
Karen Ireton,
Anglo American - Subsidiary reporting
Sylvia La Rosa, Areas
- Personalized reports
John R. Gagain Jr, Local Network Dominican Republic - Innovative approaches in
communicating
