All Party Parliamentary Group on
Corporate Social Responsibility
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Corporate Social Responsibility (APPG on CSR) is an officially registered all party group in Parliament. It was set up by a group of backbench MPs and Peers with the backing of Business in the Community, together with National Grid Transco (since November 2002).
The Group's establishment was prompted by a survey in 2001 of politicians' attitudes revealing a lack of awareness and understanding about Corporate Social Responsibility, despite the appointment of a Corporate Social Responsibility minister. As a result, Business in the Community supported the establishment of a new All Party Parliamentary Group on CSR, whose main aim is to promote debate and understanding of corporate social responsibility in Parliament.
The Group was established in July 2001 following the General Election. It is chaired by Baroness Greengross (Cross Bencher) with officers drawn from all major parties. The Group has 135 members, 69 MPs and 66 Peers.
The Group is a parliamentary one only, but non-Members are welcome to attend meetings by invitation or on request. For further information about the Group, its members or its meetings, please contact the Group's Secretariat, Mark McLaren.
Programme contact:
Mark McLaren
Secretariat to the APPG on CSR
c/o Baroness Greengross
House of Lords
London SW1A OPW
Tel: 020 7219 3209
Email: mclarenm@parliament.uk
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Baroness Greengross OBE, chair of The APPG on CSR, presiding over the Conservative fringe meeting entitled "Corporate social responsibility: one size fits all?" sponsored by Business in the Community and BSkyB.
Peter Davies [Deputy Chief Executive of Business in the Community] and Ruth Thompson [Group Corporate Affairs Director at National Grid Transco] listen to Martin O'Neill MP [chairman of the DTI select committee] as he explains his viewpoints at the APPG on CSR Annual Dinner in the House of Lords.
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