World is Academy's oyster

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The CSR Academy began an international programme of training last month in conjunction with its newly-appointed global training partner, BSI Management Systems.

The training company has been awarded international rights to use the Academy's CSR Competency Framework until 2007 and is planning a series of training sessions. The first will be held in China, Japan and Korea, followed by Europe and the Americas.

The programme opened last month with a seminar in Korea attended by 60 companies including Daewoo International, Hyundai Motor Company and Samsung Electronics.

The CSR Academy started as a UK initiative, set up by the British government, aimed at providing training for organizations that are integrating corporate responsibility within more than one management discipline.

Its popularity in the UK - and need for cash to continue - prompted the academy to look for a partner to market its programmes worldwide.

BSI is the world's largest management systems registrar.