Corporate, Social & Environmental Responsibility - The Real IT Awards

CSER

Corporate, Social & Environmental Responsibility

Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility covers many areas, including the local community, employees, suppliers and the environment. Essentially it is about how business takes account of its economic, social and environmental impacts in the way it operates – to produce an overall positive impact on society. This award recognises the important part that can be played by IT in achieving these aims.

Judging Criteria

The judges will be looking for IT projects that have been integral to delivering positive benefits to one or more of the following areas:

The local community
Business partners
Employees
The environment

*Previous CSER* Award Winners**

7th Awards			City of Westminster - Digital Inclusion Framework The Digital Inclusion Framework, which is run by the Partnership Development Officer, brings together three initiatives: Community Computers, the IT Support Forum and the Westminster InTouch website. Recognising the importance of digital inclusion in reducing social exclusion, and improving life chances, the overall objective is to get all Westminster residents on-line by the end of 2012. Judges Comments "We loved this project for its altruistic nature and the fact that it required a lot of partnership working at a variety of levels. Not to mention the significant influencing required to show partners why they should be involved."

6th Awards			Hampshire County Council - Improving ICT literacy of staff, citizens and silver surfers The Hampshire project demonstrates the best qualities in developing a vision and seeing it through to delivery to a large disparate community. Through using a wide range of different stakeholders, and by maximising the use of shared resources they have improved IT literacy for both the wider community and staff. Judges Comments "A great example of exploiting IT to enable groups of people to benefit and learn more, no matter what their age"