About Mallen Baker

Mallen Baker

Event organisers: You can download a biography here and download a high-res version of this photo here

I have spent the last fifteen years focusing on how CSR could be about the way companies define their mission in the world - and how they can effectively communicate what they do.

I've written on the subject a lot – and you can find some of the result on this website. As well as the Business Respect email newsletter (longest running CSR email newsletter in the world – yay!) and website, I am a contributing editor with Ethical Corporation and I get the privilege of speaking to business audiences across the world. I've worked directly with a number of companies to help them make the most of their work in CSR.

Before I did that, I was at Business in the Community, leading its Marketplace work, and leading the Business Impact Review Group - 20 companies who developed a common approach to CSR reporting and first used the 'marketplace workplace environment community' framework that many companies still use to this day. But needless to say things have moved on a lot since then - it's still a fascinating ride but the stakes are high and getting higher.