Society’s growing shift to sustainability is leading companies to align business strategy with sustainability policy and practices. Gradually successful companies will have to play an increasingly active role in the sustainability agenda and make it part of their corporate philosophy both internally and in the marketplace.
For this reason, V+O has decided to play a leading role in shaping and transforming the constantly changing sustainability landscape in South-eastern Europe by establishing a partnership agreement with Corporate Citizenship, a global sustainability growth consultancy.
Through this collaboration, V+O and Corporate Citizenship will be able to provide the markets of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Albania and Cyprus, a wide range of sophisticated services related to: developing sustainability strategies in line with business objectives, reporting, consulting on stakeholder engagement, management of environmental risk, community investment processes, supply chain and economic impact.
With a 15-year experience in 40 countries, Corporate Citizenship has been in the field of sustainability since its outset and has set the agenda for the whole movement. It is a one stop consultancy that offers clients around the world unrivalled breadth and experience in helping companies creatively implement global sustainability strategies.
Through their offices in London and New York, they help their clients make the smart choices that enable them to survive and thrive ensuring that corporate sustainability delivers maximum ROI.
Their longstanding clients include Unilever, Diageo, Vodafone, Pearson, Lafarge, Barclays, Cadbury, Imperial Tobacco, Abbott, L’Oreal and Richemont. Furthermore, they manage the LBG model, widely regarded as the international standard for measuring corporate community investment on behalf of their 100+ corporate members and they also publish the leading CSR journal, Corporate Citizenship Briefing.
V+O’s President, Thomas Varvitsiotis stated “After 10 years of solid CSR experience for a wide range of companies in Greece and the Balkans besides being key contributors and members of the National Board of Sustainable Growth, we feel that it is the appropriate time to further invest on our expertise by establishing partnership with, Corporate Citizenship, a consulting agency that has set the benchmark on corporate sustainability.”
Amanda Jordan, Chair and Founding Director of Corporate Citizenship stressed: “Having solid global exposure, we are well-positioned to share our expertise in the new markets of Southeastern Europe. We strongly believe that V+O is the right partner, a company with which we share a common philosophy and vision”.
See also : V+O COMMUNICATION & CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP “The Journey from Philanthropy to Sustainability” - 11/04/2011
