15 Asian CSR Awards 2008 Finalists Announced.Singapore, Nov 11, 2008 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations An Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the UN General Assembly on the recommendation of the UN Secretary-General for a repeatable term of four years. and Executive Secretary of Economic and Social Commission for Asia will present the awards to five winners and 10 excellence awardees at the 7th Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility in Singapore on November 21, 2008 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. The Asian CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center. Awards, co-presented this year by Intel, is Asia's premier Awards program on corporate social responsibility. This year's awards attracted 170 entries representing 120 companies from 15 countries. It recognizes and honors companies in Asia for their projects and programs in corporate social responsibility. The Awards are given in five categories: Best Workplace Practices, Concern for Health, Environmental Excellence, Poverty Alleviation and Support and Improvement of Education. There is an exhaustive search and selection process for the Awards that include the generation of entries, initial screening, and short listing by a panel of experts, and final judging. The Asian CSR Awards is recognized as the leading awards program on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Asia and is an inherent component of the annual, regional Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR) conference and Expo. AFCSR 2008 is co-presented by the Asian Institute of Management's RVR RVR Regionalverband Ruhr (Ruhr area, Germany) RVR Runway Visual Range RvR Realm Versus Realm (game) RVR Renal Vascular Resistance RVR Risk vs. Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (AIM-RVR Center) and Singapore Compact for CSR. Co-chairing the event are Ramon R. del Rosario, Jr., President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Philippine Investment-Management (PHINMA), Inc., Mr. Boon Yoon Chiang, Chairman and Managing Director, Jardine Matheson (Singapore) and Ms. Claire Chiang, President of Singapore The President of the Republic of Singapore is the nation's head of state. In parliamentary systems like the Westminster system, which Singapore employs, the Prime Minister is the head of the government while the position of President is largely ceremonial. Compact for CSR and Senior Vice President of Banyan Tree Holdings Banyan Tree Holdings (SGX: B58) is a luxury resort operator based out of Singapore. The company's first resort in Phuket opened in 1994 and since then it has grown its portfolio to 20 hotels and resorts, 53 spas, 62 retail galleries and 2 golf courses. Limited. The organizing committee is composed of representatives from major sponsors, regional NGOs, international organizations and CSR organizations. The Guest of Honor to present the awards is Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of Economic and Social Commission for Asia. A winner and the excellence awardees in each of the five categories will be announced. A complete list of the 2008 Asian CSR Awards finalists follows: List of 2008 Finalists (Project, Company and Country)
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Environmental Excellence
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Name of Project Organization Country
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"1oC Up" Pilot Campaign City Developments Ltd. Singapore
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BOOND Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. India
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Water Recycling and Silt City Developments Ltd. Singapore
Water Treatment Programme
at Construction Sites
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Support & Improvement of Education
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Name of Project Organization Country
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Educational Television ABS-CBN Broadcasting Philippines
(ETV) Corporation
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Satya Bharti School Program Bharti Foundation India
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War On Worms In Western Johnson & Johnson Phils. Philippines
Visayas (Wow-V)
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Poverty Alleviation
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Name of Project Organization Country
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Business for Peace Federation of Chambers Sri Lanka
Initiative Of Commerce and Industry
of Sri Lanka
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The GoodWell Fund Philam Foundation Philippines
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Zinc Integrated Poverty Hindustan Zinc Ltd. India
Alleviation Programme
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Best Workplace Practices
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Name of Project Organization Country
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CLP Quality Work Life CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. Hong Kong
(QWL) Programme
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Employee Wellness Program Microsoft Philippines Philippines
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Work-Life Harmony City Developments Ltd. Singapore
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Concern for Health
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Name of Project Organization Country
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BMC Sky ICU Bangkok Hospital Medical Center Thailand
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Providing Accessibility: Dialog Telekom PLC Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's first
state-of-the-art
Hearing centre
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War On Worms In Western Johnson & Johnson Phils. Philippines
Visayas (Wow-V)
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AFCSR 2008 indeed has the support of distinguished sponsors including Intel as co-presenter of Asian CSR Awards and Official Technology Partner; Microsoft, Shell, The Coca-Cola Company and Unilever as Strategic Corporate Partners; Ballarpur Industries Ltd, Borneo Motors (Singapore) Pte Ltd, City Developments Limited, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Holcim and Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered Bank (LSE: STAN, HKSE: 2888 ) is a British bank headquartered in London with operations in more than fifty countries. It operates a network of over 1,600 branches (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) and employs almost 60,000 as Official Industry Partners, Banyan Tree, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, Senoko Power, Starbucks Singapore Pte Ltd. and Tolaram Group as Cooperating Partners and supported by the Singapore Tourism Board The Singapore Tourism Board (Abbreviation: STB; Chinese: 新加坡旅游局) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore, tasked to promote the country's tourism industry. . The Official Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Company Partner is Bang Public Relations Pte Ltd with AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange Team, Creative Crest, Integrated Public Relations, Masso PR and PR Society of Indonesia as Cooperating PR Partners. Official media partners include International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune Daily newspaper published in Paris. It has long been the staple source of English-language news for American expatriates, tourists, and businesspeople in Europe. , ABS-CBN News Channel ABS-CBN News Channel, or ANC is a cable news network in the Philippines. It is operated by the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. Its programs are primarily in English. ANC is the first and only real 24-hour news channel in the Philippines. (ANC ANC abbr. African National Congress ANC African National Congress: South African political movement instrumental in bringing an end to apartheid ANC n abbr (= ), ACN ACN Accenture (stock symbol) ACN Accenture ACN Australian Company Number ACN Automatic Collision Notification (US DOT) ACN Acetonitrile ACN Anglican Communion Network Newswire, Ammado, Asian Quality Magazine, Asia Weekly, Business Monitor International / Asia Monitor, BusinessWorld, China CSR, CSR Asia, Roof and Facade Magazine, Sustainable Innovation, The Employer Magazine, The Training Magazine and XL Media. AFCSR has 26 leading NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization partners from all over Asia. These are: Asian Institute of Management The Asian Institute of Management, or simply AIM, is a graduate school of business and a center of business and management research. It is one of only two schools in Asia to be internationally accredited with both AACSB and EQUIS accreditations. Alumni of Singapore ActionAid International Vietnam ASEAN ASEAN: see Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN in full Association of Southeast Asian Nations International organization established by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in Foundation Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium Business Ethics Institute of Malaysia Business in the Community-UK Center for Development and Integration - Vietnam Centre for Social Markets ? India Community Business ? Hong Kong Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry Council for Better Corporate Citizenship ? Japan German Technical Cooperation (GTZ GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (German society for technical cooperation) GTZ Agence Allemande de Coopération Technique (French) GTZ Gt Zagato ) Habitat for Humanity International Habitat For Humanity International (HFHI) (generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat) is an international, ecumenical Christian, non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to building "simple, decent, and affordable" housing. Indonesia Business Links Kenan Institute Asia League of Corporate Foundations ? Philippines Makati Business Club The Makati Business Club or MBC is a private non-stock, non-profit business association organized in the Philippines as a Forum for Constructive Ideas. As a forum, the MBC is dedicated to addressing economic and social policy issues which affect the development of the Management Association of the Philippines Management Institute for Social Change ? Malaysia National Center for Sustainability Reporting ? Indonesia Philippine Business for Social Progress Population and Community Development Association of Thailand Prince of Wales Prince of Wales switches places with his double, poor boy Tom Canty. [Am. Lit.: The Prince and the Pauper] See : Doubles International Business Leaders Forum The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) is an organisation which promotes responsible business, particularly in emerging economies. It is backed by over 100 multinational companies, including BP, Volkswagen, The Coca-Cola Company and Vodafone. PPM Institute of Management ? Indonesia Responsible Business Initiative ? Pakistan Singapore Compact for CSR About Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility Recognized as being the largest and most significant conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Asia, the principal hosts of AFCSR 2008 are the Asian Institute of Management's Ramon V. del Rosario, Sr. Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (AIM-RVR Center) and Singapore Compact for CSR. The organizing committee is composed of representatives of partner organizations from all over Asia and is co-chaired by Ramon R. del Rosario, Jr. Chairman of the Board of Advisors, AIM-RVR Center for Corporate Social Responsibility and AIM Governor in Singapore, Mr. Boon Yoon Chiang, Chairman and Managing Director, Jardine Matheson (Singapore) Ltd and Ms. Claire Chiang, President of Singapore Compact for CSR. Source: Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility Contact: Shawn Pamintuan Media Coordinator OIC EVENTS Tel: (632) 812 6289 Email: shawnpamintuan@oiceventsasia.com Copyright 2008 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.japancorp.net |
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