Letter from Robert Davies, IBLF chief executive officer
January 2007

Dear eBulletin subscriber

Happy New Year. We hope you're looking forward to a productive and challenging 2007.

IBLF believes that business can be a positive force for development in society. But just look at the threatened nationalisations unfolding in Venezuela or the sensitivities in India around marketing by major multinationals, and you can see that more work needs to be done to improve the role and perception of business in development.

For the first time, IBLF and GlobeScan are together inviting subscribers to IBLF's eBulletin to participate in GlobeScan's Survey of Sustainability Experts.

GlobeScan is the world's leading global opinion research consultancy on corporate social responsibility and sustainable development - and a long-term supporter of IBLF. Since 1994, the firm's twice-annual Survey of Sustainability Experts has tracked the views of thought leaders around the world, exploring the social, ethical, environmental, and economic aspects of sustainable development and CSR.

The current survey taps expert insight into the global fresh water challenge, conceptual frameworks for corporate sustainability, and examines views of business leadership organisations like IBLF. IBLF will use the results of the survey to help the organisation better respond to its stakeholders' needs.

I encourage you take 20 minutes of your time to complete the survey by following the link below. In exchange for your time, GlobeScan and IBLF will send you a report of the survey's highlight findings.

To proceed to the survey, please click here

Please excuse any cross-postings or if you are already a member of GlobeScan's Panel of Sustainability Experts.

With sincere thanks in advance,

Robert Davies, IBLF chief executive officer