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Corporate Excellence for Government Roundtable
Improving practices, measurement and disclosure among government contractors

The people of the United States are demanding increasing levels of transparency and accountability from their government and the companies with which it does business.  President Obama has responded with a historic commitment to bringing more transparency and integrity to the way his Administration conducts itself and how it interacts with its business partners.

In keeping with these principles, CROA formally announced the creation of the Corporate Excellence for Government Roundtable on June 30, 2010 at George Washington University.  This Roundtable convened sixty leaders of companies, government agencies, nonprofits, and academica committed to improving transparency and responsibility among contractors.  Through the work of the Roundtable, government and the public at large will be able to more effectively hold companies accountable in such areas as Governance, Ethics, Sustainability, Human Rights, Employee Relations, Philanthropy, and Financial Performance.

The mission of the Roundtable is to foster and evolve corporate responsibility practices, measures, and disclosure in the government contractor community.  Through a vibrant community of practice, cross-sector leaders will collectively produce models, measurements, and recommendations to drive transparency and accountability over the next quarter century.

For more information or to join the Roundtable, please contact Joiwind Ronen, Director of the Corporate Excellence for Government Roundtable or by phone at +1.202.986.1845

The Inaugural Best Corporate Citizens in Government Contracting List
Recognizing practices, measurement and disclosure among government contractors

For over 11 years, CR Magazine and CROA have recognized the world’s leaders in the annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List.  The 100 Best are selected using over 300 publicly-available data points gathered for us by IW Financial across seven separate domains: Environment, Climate Change, Human Rights, Employee Relations, Philanthropy, Governance, and Financial Performance.  Too often these factors are looked at in isolation.  The 100 Best Methodology takes a fully integrated, “balanced scorecard” approach, recognizing the linkages of these disciplines. The 100 Best List is now in the top three most sought after lists to be on by Global 500 CEOs, according to PR Newswire.

On June 29th, 2010, CRO Magazine and the CROA Corporate Excellence for Government Roundtable unveiled the inaugural Best Corporate Citizens in Government Contracting List. The list uses the same methodology as 100 Best, cross-referencing the results with the largest 100 government contractors from USAspending.gov.  In subsequent years, Roundtable members will convene to propose additional criteria and research to supplement the methodology and ensure its relevance to this market.  In this way the Roundtable will steward this recognition program as an instrument to increase corporate responsibility practices, measures and disclosure across the government contractor community.