SBC will have secure and stable finances with appropriate reserves.

 

SBC’s team will be committed to the values of SBC and valued as individuals . The leadership of SBC will be robust and the organisation will have operational integration. 

 

SBC will have a focused Membership offering to provide a quality service to Members. Our aim is to continually identify new growth initiatives for products and services. 

 

SBC will be prominent, respected and the lead voice in Corporate Responsibility and sustainable business in Scotland . We aim to continually raise our positive profile.   

 

SBC will continue to develop key cross sectoral partnerships based on a shared vision and mutual respect.

 

 

As a member led organisation, SBC requires a structured and effective approach to Account Management which is imperative for ensuring consistent and sustainable relationships with all member organisations. SBC’s membership has had a challenging year in 08-09 as the economical crisis gathered momentum. It was a time for to truly embrace CR and sustainable business and prove that a responsible businesses are successful businesses. The challenges faced by SBC have allowed us to refocus our offerings and deliver effective and desirable products to companies working towards a better and stronger economy in Scotland. SBC had 51 Full members and 19 associate Members at the end of May 2009.   

 

 

 

The Directors wish to record their sincere thanks for the significant financial support received from many organisations, including: The Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, Communities Scotland, Careers Scotland, Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives, West Lothian Council, Fife Council, Edinburgh City Council, Angus Council, Glasgow City Council, HBOS, Ethicon in the Community, BT Scotland, Scottish Power, Waterfront Edinburgh, KPMG, State Street, Wood Group, Wood Family Trust, Lloyds TSB Scotland, The Carbon Trust Scotland and Business in the Community. This funding has been vital in the development of SBC’s programmes and special projects. 

 

Benefit In kind support was also received from SCOTMID, Standard Life, Vision HR, Maxium (UK) Ltd., National Health & Safety Co Ltd, Bosch Rexroth, British Aerospace, BRAG, KPMG, Glasgow East Regeneration Agency and West Lothian Council

 

Benefit In kind support for SBC’s administration and operating costs was received during the year and included major contributions of:

 

 

And many thanks for the ongoing support of our entire group of Members who kindly give their time and resources for our efforts to promote and deliver responsible and sustainable business across Scotland.

 

We aim to become a centre of Excellence for Corporate Responsibility and sustianble business in Scotland, and continually improve our services for our Members. We plan to build on our current programmes and develop new and exciting projects, make the programmes more financially secure and extend our reach across Scotland.   SBC are developing our offerings to businesses, providing  training, workshop facilitation and consultancy in key business areas. We will focus on providing services that are key impact areas for our Membership and for the Scottish Economy, such as, Procurement, Communications and Marketing, Environment and ‘Reporting and Measuring’.

 

Scottish Business in the Community 2009 Annual report is available here