may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . the specific problem is formatting of refs please help improve this article if you can . february 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message business in the community type non profit organization industry non profit founded 1982 headquarters london key people charles prince of wales president antony jenkins chairman amanda mackenzie obe ceo website business in the community business in the community bitc is a british business community outreach charity promoting responsible business csr corporate responsibility and is one of the prince s charities of charles prince of wales . bitc works with companies in the uk and internationally who are committed to improving their impact on society . bitc seeks to positively shape business impact on the environment in the marketplace in the workplace and in the community . it is an organisation that works with businesses to improve their corporate social responsibility csr credentials offering advice and programmes tailored to meet their needs . bitc was set up in 1982 and its current ceo is amanda mackenzie obe who joined the organisation in 2016 . prior to this dame julia cleverdon was ceo from 1992 2008 and is now vice president and stephen howard was ceo from 2008 2016 . each of bitc s campaigns is managed by a leadership team made up and chaired by senior business leaders . leaders include steven holliday chief executive of national grid plc ; mark allen chief executive of dairy crest group ; paul drechsler chairman and chief executive of wates group ; richard howson chief executive of carillion and ian cheshire ceo of kingfisher plc. 1 business in the community is one of the prince s charities a group of not for profit organisations of which the prince of wales is president . seventeen of the nineteen charities were founded personally by the prince . contents 1 the responsible business awards 2 the prince s seeing is believing sib 3 opportunity now 4 external links 5 references the responsible business awards edit business in the community launched the awards for excellence at its agm in december 1997 . now known as the responsible business awards they are presented annually to businesses that are judged to show innovation creativity and a sustained commitment to corporate responsibility . 1 . the prince s seeing is believing sib edit the prince s seeing is believing programme was started by hrh the prince of wales in 1990 by inviting business leaders to go on visits around the county . some 8 000 chief executives have led visits tackling subjects such as urban homelessness and illiteracy to challenges facing hill farmers in remote areas . the objective is to bring give leaders firsthand experiences so that they can begin to address the challenging issues they witness . 2 opportunity now edit founded in october 1991 and supported by the then prime minister john major mp opportunity now has become the uk s leading membership organisation working towards gender equality and diversity in the workplace . 3 the campaign s current chair is helena morrissey ceo of newton investment management and founder of the 30 % club was appointed in 2013 . 4 external links edit business in the community charity commission . business in the community registered charity no. 297716 . the prince s charities opportunity now references edit leadership teams . bitc . retrieved 11 01 2013 . check date values in access date help charles prince 03 02 2013 . hrh the prince of wales discusses business in the community as well as his seeing is believing programme . . the telegraph . retrieved 2014 01 11 . check date values in date help grayson david 2007 . business led corporate responsibility coalitions pdf . the doughty centre for corporate responsibility . p. 31 . morissey helena 2013 11 16 . finally let s hear the truth about our top women . the telegraph . retrieved 11 01 2013 . check date values in access date help this article about a charitable organisation in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title business in the community & oldid 744293970 categories charities based in london1982 establishments in the united kingdomorganizations established in 1982the prince s charitiessocial responsibility organizationsunited kingdom charity stubshidden categories cs1 errors datesarticles needing cleanup from february 2016all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles with a reason field from february 2016wikipedia pages needing cleanup from february 2016articles lacking reliable references from february 2009all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 10 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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