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Help increase your social and environmental awareness and responsible business leadership skills...
HP Responsible Business Award
Are you 15-18 years old and running your own JA-YE student company?
Does your student company have a chance to participate in the JA-YE European Company of the Year Competition in 2008?
Then you can take part in this contest.
Successful companies nowadays are measured not just against their quarterly earnings reports, but also against their ability to balance the economical, environmental and social aspects of running a business. This project is designed to spotlight a company"s so-called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and encourage you to take this responsibility into consideration as you build your own enterprises.
» Learn more about responsible business
Award Criteria
The Award will be given to student companies who do the best job at integrating the following criteria into their business plan and operations:
- Strong financial performance: showing the ability to be profitable and competitive, bring benefits to shareholders and secure long-term growth and job security
- Social responsibility: meeting the wider concerns of stakeholders such as employees, suppliers, customers and local communities
- Environmental excellence: preventing pollution, optimizing resource efficiency and developing products with minimal environmental impacts
- Innovation: Innovative approach of business solution
How compete?
Your company must be one of the contestants in the European Company of the Year Competition in 2008 which will take place in Stockholm in July 2008. At this event, a special jury will judge your student company within the award criteria. In addition, each of the team members must have the Responsible Business Certificate ( which you can complete online here. )
Time Frame:
September 1st - Responsible Business Certificates are available online
Prizes - HP Products
The winning team will receive an HP product for each member of the team (max 5).
Award winners
Winner August 2006 - Team DIFFID from Slovakia
See which company won the pilot of the HP Responsible Business Award at the European Competition in Interlaken, Switzerland, in August 2006.
Contact information
For further information contact the project team at info@responsible-business.org.
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