BeyondBusiness continues the tradition with the 2009: 

Third Israeli Social and Environmental Reporting Conference

Key Themes of the conference:

• Social and Environmental Responsibility
  in a time of financial crisis
• Responsible Business Practices
  driven by reporting - experience of reporting companies
• Mandatory Reporting for Government-owned Companies
• The role of the Human Resources Management function in supporting a CSR culture
• CSR and reporting trends around the world and in Israel

Key Speakers:

• Mr. Herman Mulder - Independent Advisor, former Director-General & Head Group Risk Management ABN AMRO (1998-2006), initiator of the Equator Principles
• Ms. Leena Wokeck - Network Relations Coordinator – The Global Reporting Initiative
• Mr. Gilad Erdan - Minister of Environmental Protection
• Mr Michiel den Hond - The Dutch Ambassador to Israel
• A range of CEO's and VP's from leading Israeli companies

TRANSPARENCY INDEX :

Presentation of the results of the FIRST EVER Transparency Index of Israeli Companies traded on the Tel Aviv 100 Index. The index was prepared according to a new proprietary methodology and ranks Companies in terms of their web-site transparency according to four core criteria : reporting, content, navigation and accessibility. The leading companies were present to receive Transparency Certificates at the conference .

A range of Social and Environmental Non-Profits presented their activities and materials at the conference.

See photos from the conference on Flickr

Download the Conference Program

Download presentations from the conference:  

Herman Mulder | Paper - Dont waste a good crisis 

Herman Mulder | PPT | Dont waste a good crisis  

Dr Ehud Kookia - CEO of Maccabi Health Services | presentation (Hebrew)

Leena Wokeck | GRI : Reporting - a global view        

Vallery Brachya, Ministry of the Environment | presentation (Hebrew)

Dr Oren Perez and Att Ayelet Bar'am | presentation (Hebrew)

Ahuva Yanay, Matan - your way to give | presentation (Hebrew)

Tzvika Aran, Midot | presentation (Hebrew)

The conference took place on  May 4, 2009 between 8:30am and 4:30pm at the Terra Caesarea Hall in Caesarea's Business Park, in partnership with Bar-Ilan University and sponsored by The Caesarea Development Company. Additional partners include : Matan- your way to give, Maala-Business for Social Responsibility and Midot. Additional sponsor is Bank Leumi.  

Looking forward to seeing you at the 2010 conference !