Building a New Era of Sustainability

I am in New York with MCI President Roger Tondeur for the 2010 United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit. This is a big day for me, as it see the realization of a dream. In 2007 under the recommendation of Mike Wallace (now director of the G3 framework at GRI), we signed a letter of [...]

CSR – the MCI Way

At our recent MCI International Business meeting in Vienna, I had the honour of giving a plenary presentation to over 600 of our talent. In the video you can see me explain CSR – the MCI way. I talk about Key CSR accomplishments in 2009 and the MCI CSR vision and strategy. You can then [...]

We are not a part of the Lost Generation

At the recent MCI International Business meeting (IBM) in Vienna, over 600 MCI staff participated for three days in plenary sessions, workshops, training classes and of-course a few drinks. For my CSR update session, we decided to start the plenary with something a little different.. Have a look at the video and listen to Charlotte [...]

MCI announces winner of CSR Award

In the lead up to the annual business meeting held this year in Vienna, Austria, MCI offices from around the world competed to bring home the MCI Leadership in CSR award, 2009. Applications were submitted and subsequently forwarded for judging.  Points were allocated in 5 different categories: •Office CSR Plan •Green Globe Index Ranking •Integration [...]

MCI Inaugural CSR Report 2009

Michael and I have just finished and released the first MCI CSR Report. This is the story of MCIs initial steps on the path to sustainability. It highlights the strategy, actions and results of what has been achieved in the first few years of the MCI sustainability journey. There are 2 parts. MCI Corporate Social [...]

Future employees demand change.

Participating at the World Business Summit on Climate Change in conversations with the CEOs of Pepsico, Unilever, WPP, etc I was stuck by how they clearly recognised the need of having a leadership CSR strategy for their business. One of their key reasons was the need to attract, retain and manage talent.(you can watch this [...]

New CSR and Sustainability blog is launched

After a years worth of pressure from an army of individuals I have decided to launch the blog. Thinking of a name for the blog was difficult and I struggled with many names using the word sustainability. Then suddenly the name appeared. Last weekend I had to present a plenary session at the MCI annual [...]