Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSRThe eighth annual ) will be held on November 19 & 20, 2009 in Manila. Hotel to be advised..

This year's theme is " Sustaining CSR in Difficult Times: : How business can benefit and why it still makes business sense " The conference is to be a two-day affair featuring the integration of a) plenary sessions addressed by keynote speakers, b) special interest sessions that focus on specific dynamics, learnings and best practices of companies, c) an expo featuring specific company CSR programs, and d) optional field visits to innovative CSR program sites in and around Manila.

The Philias Foundation is an associated partner of The Global Ethics Forum, which will bring together between 500 and 600 directors and managers, NGOs, international institutions and experts around the issue : Corporate Social Responsibility in times of crisis.

This course will introduce the fundamentals of climate change and how organisations can measure and manage their impact, including carbon footprint and credible climate change strategies.

In the second annual report on the CSR activities of the 1,000 largest Indian companies by Karmayog, a Mumbai-based online organisation, almost half of the companies (49%) received the lowest score of zero and no companies received the highest score of five, SocialFunds.com reports.