Manpower Recognized For CSR Leadership

ManpowerGroup is known for putting people to work, and it's being recognized as a leader in corporate social responsibility.

The company outlined its CSR mission and evolution from simple beginnings to a global network of initiatives dedicated to boosting the economies of communities and individuals at the Commit!Forum's "Good Business Makes A Difference" Summit in New York.

"ManpowerGroup is being recognized as a leader of CSR best practices, because social responsibility has always been and remains at ManpowerGroup's operational core, modeling a critical mindset of continuous improvement and showing even skeptics how advancing CSR initiatives enables the integration of sustainability and profitability," said Jeffrey A. Joerres, ManpowerGroup Chairman and CEO. "As a business leader I am honored to share ManpowerGroup's successes with pioneering socially responsible change in the world of work."

Joerres served on a panel titled "How CEOs See Corporate Responsibility Driving Economic Value" along with CEOs of companies such as Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and NYSE Euronext. United Nations Special Representatives for Business and Human Rights' John Ruggie also was on the panel.

ManpowerGroup Director for Global Social Responsibility and Knowledge Sharing Charles "Chuck" Bartels served on a panel titled "Disclosure: Opportunity or Risk" and talk about ManpowerGroup's usage of the Global Responsibility Index as part its CSR and sustainability initiatives.

Joerres won the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award and took part in the awards event.

"By partnering with a range of exceptional public and private organizations that protect basic human and environmental rights and/or work to improve the employability of individuals, ManpowerGroup has been able to apply its proprietary workforce solutions and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics in some of the most dire situations seen in our lifetime," Bartels added.

ManpowerGroup maintains the world's largest and industry-leading network of nearly 3,900 offices in more than 80 countries and territories, generating a mix of an unmatched global footprint with valuable insight and local expertise to meet the needs of 400,000 clients per year, across all industry sectors, small and medium-sized enterprises, local, multinational and global companies.