South East businesses recognised for corporate social responsilibity
Howard Lake | 19 May 2003 | News
Sussex, Kent and Berkshire businesses have won awards at the South East Business in the Community Awards for Excellence, recognising best practice in corporate social responsibility programmes.
Slough was the source of two winners, with Masterfoods winning the Business in the Community South East Special Recognition Award for business leadership leading to community impact in Slough, and the Slough Business Community Partnership winning the Collaborative Action Award for community impact through companies working together.
Brighton-based Lime Marketing won the Small Business Award, and five Brighton & Hove companies – Desktop Display Ltd, Juicy Books Ltd, Lime Marketing, Southern FM and Zap Productions – were awarded Business in the Community’s CommunityMark, a kitemark for excellent practice in business community programmes, which was pioneered in the city.
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Swiss Life (UK) plc won the Innovation Award, sponsored by Proctor and Gamble in association with Demos, and will go on to the next stage of the national Business in the Community Awards for Excellence.
Winners were given their awards by television presenter and newsreader Carol Barnes at a ceremony in Brighton with guest speakers including Martin Perry, Chief Executive of the Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Peter Field and Peter Davies, Deputy Chief Executive of Business in the Community (BITC).
Peter Davies said: “Activities can range from employee volunteering to providing services and equipment free of charge to straightforward financial help. As well as benefiting the community, a well-managed programme can help with staff training and motivation, generate positive publicity, enhance customer loyalty and aid business planning.”
This year for the first time companies have been given the opportunity to submit programmes demonstrating their impact at regional level. The expansion of the Awards for Excellence has been sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Neighbourhood Renewal Unit and energy company Powergen, to ensure that businesses operating on a local level will be recognised alongside the larger multi-nationals.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
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