Quest

The Helical Group gave a presentation at the Sustainable Sourcing of Agricultural Raw Materials 2009 Summit, which took place in London from 30th November to 2nd December 2009, organised by London Business Conferences.  Given by Niall Marriott, The Helical Group's Development Director, the presentation examined the strengths and weaknesses of certification systems to drive continuous improvement in the sustainbaility performance of supply chains.  It went on to explore the potential for road-mapping, the method that underpins Quest - The Helical Group's supply chain management service - to complement certification schemes, particularly in cases where a high percentage of suppliers are unable to achieve compliance for reasons of lack of capacity and/or challenging operating environments.

Business 4 Development (B4D) Pathfinder Project

The Helical Group is working with the Southern Africa Trust on a project with multiple stakeholders in the business community.  The goal of the B4D Pathfinder Project is to introduce a Charter, a Measurement Barometer, and a Toolkit to help stimulate business initiatives with low-income populations for mutual benefit.  The Project runs across the 14 Member States of the SADC Region (Southern African Development Community), and was launched in Johannesburg in October 2010 by ex-President Mkapa of Tanzania.

Manual on Monitoring and Evaluating Education Partnerships

The Helical Group has produced the Manual on behalf of Partnerships for Education, a joint initiative of UNESCO and the World Economic Forum.  The Manual is designed for use by practitioners of multi-stakeholder partnerships, voluntary initiatives that involve government agencies, the private sector and civil society organisations. It was launched in November 2009. If you would be interested to receive a copy of the Manual, please contact us.

Training in partnership building, establishment and evauation

The Helical Group is contributing to "Partners in Action", a programme run by the United Nations System Staff College and The Partnering Initiative, a collaboration between the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum and the University of Cambridge Programme for Industry, to build UN capacity for effective partnering.

Business-NGO biodiversity partnership agreement

The Helical Group has helped Anglo American (AA) and Fauna & Flora International structure a strategic partnership agreeement based on assessing and managing the biodiversity impacts and opportunities of AA's global mining operations.

Community development framework for operational and supply chain management

The Helical Group (HG) is collaborating with the international India-based social development charity Hand-in-Hand (HiI) to offer global corporations a framework for managing operational and supply chain socio-economic risks based on HiH's integrated community empowerment model and HG's business-NGO-government partnership model.

Assessing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

The Helical Group is developing an applied version of IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) methodology to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a large (10,000ha) agricultural and rural estate in South West England, UK, and the potential contribution of farming, forestry and rural land uses to the sequestration of GHGs and the mitigation of climate change.

Socio-economic/environmental impact model for the agricultural sector

The Helical Group has developed a methodology for British American Tobacco to examine the economic, social and environmental impacts of worldwide tobacco leaf growing operations, which is used by the Company as a component of strategy development.