Welcome to Responsibility Northwest, the programme for the Northwest to become an internationally recognised region for businesses contributing to sustainable development.

Responsibility Northwest is led by Sustainability Northwest (SNW) in partnership with AccountAbility, Business in the Community, ENWORKS, the Northwest Business Leadership Team, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and The Cat's Pyjamas. It is currently funded by the NWDA, Enworks (via ERDF Objective 2) and LCCI.

Specialist Delivery Partners

Sustainability Northwest, ENWORKS, Business in the Community, Northwest Business Leadership Team, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Business Support Organisations

Business Link Organisations, Chambers of Commerce, Professional Advisers, Cluster Organisations

Regional Bodies

Northwest Regional Development Agency, Northwest Regional Assembly, Government Office Northwest

Funders

Northwest Regional Development Agency, Objective 1, Objective 2, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Aims

1. To strengthen the link between CR and improved competitiveness of Northwest-based businesses.
2. To substantially increase the numbers of businesses that are actively integrating CR in their businesses.
3. To substantially increase the number of existing business networks/fora and intermediaries that are providing CR support and advice to Northwest-based businesses.
4. To provide a stage to celebrate the Northwest as a leading international region for CR.

Activities

• Building business-support professionals' CR skills and capacity
• Supporting existing business networks
• Building business capacity
• CR procurement assistance
• Signposting and providing specialist support
• Communication, marketing and dissemination
• Provision of best practice information and advice
• Benchmarking organisational CR performance
• Measuring regional CR performance and links to regional competitiveness