THE COMPETITION OF SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE PROGRAMS OF RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN BUSINESS IN RUSSIA “COMPANIES, CHANGING THE WORLD TO BETTER”

The task of the competition: to render public support to social and charitable initiatives of business from the state and from society
Dates of conducting: March-September, 2011
Participants: Russian and foreign companies, which had placed the information about their programs in Information guide of social and charitable programs of Russian and Foreign Business in Russia, 2011: ‘Business for Social Responsibility”.
Criteria of appreciation: Members of the Expert Council will evaluate the volume of social responsibility of the companies taking part in the competition according to the ten decimal scales. The summed up rating represents consolidated appreciation expressed as arithmetical mean.

Calculation of social activities of companies is made on the basis of the information given by the companies and also the information of open and charitable programs is made on the basis of:

• percentage of invested means from profit of the companies in social and charitable programs
• of being unique of elaborated and realized programmes
• readiness to giving help to population in the situation of crisis and extraordinary situations
• willing to deal with the most acute and unpopular social problems (such as helping imprisoned and people having no constant residence etc.)

The Expert Council
Consists of chiefs of the Russian and foreign business, of national business associations, of the representatives of state authorities, mass-media, noncommercial and social organizations.

• Pyotr Sheremetyev, Count, Chairman of the Presidium of the International Counsel of Russian Compatriots
  
• Balashov Evgeniy, Head of Department, Moscow City Government, Moscow City science and industrial policy Department
  
• Shokhin Alexander, President, Russian Union of industrialists and entrepreneurs
  
• Andrew Somers, CEO, President, American Chamber of Commerce inRussia (AmCham)
  
• Ryuichi Hattori, General Director, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
  
• Torrembini Vittorio, President,  (GIM Unimpresa)
  
• Marina Gordeeva, Chairman of board of administration of Fund for support the children being in hard living situation
  
• Chertok Mariya, General Director, Charities Aid Foundation Russia
  
• Bertrand Bainvel, United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) Representative in the Russian Federation
  
• Reiner Hartmann, Chairman of Board, AEB (E. ON Ruhrgas AG)
  
• Ro In Ho, Korean Trade-Investment Promotion Agency
  
• Nathan Hunt, President, The Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association 

PRESS-CONFERENCE
The subject: “Social activity of Russian and foreign companies in Russia”
Date of the conference: September, 22, 2011
Russian and foreign personalities are invited to participate in the Press- conference

RECEPTION
Date: September 29, 2011
During the reception the most interesting social and charitable business practices will be marked and the rewards will be given leaders of socially active companies at the presence of representatives of Russian and foreign business, foreign ambassadors to Russia, representatives of Federal authorities, deputies of the Russia Federation, State Duma, famous Russian and foreign personalities, the management of Russian and foreign mass media, represented in Russia. The decision of acknowledging the achievements will be taken by the Expert Council.

In Program
• Welcome addressing from organizers famous public figures and Partners  of the project and also from the  representatives of the Committee of Patronage project and from honorable guests.
• Presentation of the Information guide of social and charitable programs of Russian and foreign business in Russia, 2010 :”Business for social responsibility”
• Awarding the conquerors of the rating  “Socially Responsible Authority”
• Announcement of the programs of charitable funds and non-commercial organizations of helping socially unprotected layers of society
• Banquet

The quality of the participants: 300 persons.