ACCSR’s 5th Annual Conference The Innovation Imperative: Taking CSR from Risk Management to Value Creation

CSR is a powerful instrument to drive business innovation on a number of levels. At the internal level these include: better understanding of what is material, development of new products and services, improved communications and strategic thinking, and across-the-board efficiency improvements, including in governance and management. Externally, these include sharpened supply chain communication and practices, improved stakeholder management, new products and new markets. The conference will form a vital part of Australia’s contribution to discuss the new and up until recently unattended relationship between CSR and innovation. It will answer some important questions about innovation, value creation, and CSR in the Australian business context.