Awards
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The International Award for Responsible Capitalism
In 2000 FIRST instituted the Award for Responsible Capitalism to honour business leaders who have excelled by both commercial success and social responsibility.
The concept of the Award for Responsible Capitalism is based on the belief that whilst commercial success can be measured in terms of standard criteria, social responsibility involves a far greater sense of the needs of the wider community, in the areas of in which business operates, as well as environmental initiatives and support for the arts and culture.
The Award is adjudicated by a Judging Panel under the chairmanship of Rt Hon Lord Woolf of Barnes. When making the Award the judges are looking for a business leader who has consistently demonstrated social responsibility as an integral part of commercial success, examining in particular the manner in which their business interacts both with the environment and the communities in which they operate; someone who has run a company in a clearly responsible way.
The recipients and presenters of the Award for Responsible Capitalism have included the following:
- 2009: Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer of GlaxoSmithKline
Roger Sant, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the AES Corporation and Karim Khoja, Chief Executive Officer of Roshan
Presented by George Osborne MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer - 2008: Dr Mohamed Ibrahim, Founder, Celtel Group
Sir Sigmund Sternberg and Lord Dahrendorf KBE
Presented by Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs - 2007: Howard Schultz, Chairman, Starbucks Coffee Company
Thomas Bata, Chairman, Bata Shoe Foundation
Presented by Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer - 2006: Ratan N Tata, Chairman, Tata Group
Presented by HRH The Princess Royal - 2005: Alan Wood CBE, UK Chief Executive, Siemens
Presented by General Sir Mike Jackson GCB, CBE, DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff - 2004: Morris Tabaksblat KBE, Chairman, Reed Elsevier
Presented by Rt Hon Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Jaime Zobel de Ayala, Chairman, Ayala Group
Presented by Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC - 2003: Dr Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG,
Presented by Most Reverend and Rt Hon Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury - 2002: Sir Robert Wilson KCMG, Executive Chairman, Rio Tinto
Presented by Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry - 2001: Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chair & CEO, Carlson Companies
Presented by Rt Hon Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs - 2000: Lord Browne of Madingley, Group Chief Executive, BP
Presented by Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer