Tag: New Zealand Post

The BACS Social Index is a simple tool highlighting responsible businesses in New Zealand

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The BACS Good Business Egg Awards takes businesses recognised by New Zealand communities for good Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity through a process of evaluation to determine who comes up the best. 

How the BACS Social Index began.

 

The BACS Good Business Egg Awards work as an independent process capturing activity that is acknowledged by communities as being great CSR initiatives, rather than business promotions.

Business activities are categorised into 3 areas: Education and Skills; Health and Wellbeing; and Community Empowerment.

This process identifies what is considered successful by community standards of CSR in New Zealand, providing real, grassroots commentary on the complex nature of CSR, made sometimes more complicated by some businesses, with slick marketing messages and poor reporting.

Having hosted 4 years’ worth of Awards we noticed the same businesses bubbling to the top each year. Using this process has built up a story about how each business’s philosophy and culture supports positive and effective CSR activity that is valued by the communities they partner with. Read more

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A flash survey on how New Zealand businesses reacted to the Hamner earthquake: We know where to take our business

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A flash survey is a swift and nifty tool to capture what’s happening during real- time events and in this case to gauge corporate leadership during this turbulent period after the Hamner earthquake and areas affected.

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We know where to take our business.

This has been the third flash survey after a major earthquake in New Zealand by The Stanley East Company since the devastating quake on February 22nd 2011 in Christchurch.

We saw then a number of major businesses had taken leadership in conveying not just business details of open/closed shops or offices but showed great compassion and provided resources for communities struck by the damage. We also mentioned those that had shown empathy in their messaging, after all we are all people.

Alas back then, one business had no mention of assisting people via their media during the terrible times that Christchurch and beyond had suffered. We spoke to them afterwards to convey our dismay, their response was “there was an intranet for their staff”, however family, friends and customers would not have been impressed.  And worst of all their main message on their website was their share market value that day! Read more

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Corporate giving bounces back with over $237 million contributed in NZ and Australia

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After a major dip in 2012, corporate giving has risen by 16% with over $237 million contributed to the community this year, according to the London Benchmarking Group (LBG).

Education and Youth were the largest beneficiaries with over $63 million in contributions from LBG members across Australia and New Zealand, according to the group’s Annual Review recent release.

LBG is a global network of companies that apply LBG’s framework to measure their community investment. The Australia and New Zealand branch boasts the largest membership of over 50 companies including the likes of New Zealand Post, QANTAS, ANZ, Fonterra, Holden, Toyota and many more. Contributions comprise of cash, volunteered employee time, in-kind support and management costs.

LBG Corporate Community Investment Director Simon J Robinson said “This year’s increased investments can be in part attributed to the low benchmark set by a significant decrease in contributions in 2012. The total this year is still somewhat shy of the contributions of over $250 million that were made annually from 2009 to 2011.” Read more