http://www.abv.org.au Australian Business Volunteers News en info@abv.org.au Copyright 2010 2010-08-13T00:15:34+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/CSR/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/CSR/ Learning from the practitioners The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) movement is drawing considerably more interest from the world’s leading corporations. Many of these corporations are showing that international corporate volunteering (ICV) is an effective way to move beyond the old philanthropic model, ... 2010-06-10T04:36:25+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/pedss_appointment/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/pedss_appointment/ The Provision of Experts for Development of the Securities Sector (PEDSS) project involves ABV volunteers providing advice to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia with respect to reviewing and drafting securities regulations. This work is in preparation for the launch of Cambodia’s first stock ... 2010-03-18T04:00:56+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/building_leaders/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/building_leaders/ To help prepare promising leaders for the future, top companies are forcing their employees to take on new (global) risks. By Geoff Colvin, Fortune Magazine For John Tolva, IBM's Chicago-based director of citizenship and technology, the value of his four-week assignment to Ghana last year really hit him during a ... 2010-02-02T04:05:17+00:00 http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/altruism_recognised/ http://www.abv.org.au/resources/news_detail/altruism_recognised/ Mr. David Moore OAM and ABV CEO Mr. Michael Lynch proudly presented volunteers Suzanna Edwards & Peter Stanbury with the 2009 ABV Altruism Award. The Altruism Award recognises the efforts of the Volunteer who has best embodied the core value of altruism during the past 12 months. Suzanna & Peter ... 2009-11-10T18:20:50+00:00