MEMBERSHIP
AccountAbility leads a number of initiatives that promote accountability innovations for sustainable business practices. These include developing the AA1000 Series, publishing material that considering regional, national and international Responsible Competitiveness, aligning responsible practices to business strategy and working to improve the governance and accountability of partnerships.
Membership of AccountAbility is an obvious choice for those committed to accountability and corporate responsibility. Not only does it provide access to a global, multi-stakeholder network but the associated benefits package provides the opportunity to keep up-to-date with our work, as well as to contribute, to learn and to take a visible leadership role in the field of accountability for sustainable development.
Since AccountAbility’s establishment in 1995, our membership has grown to over 300 members in 20 countries. Our members have played a vital role in shaping the direction of our organisation and the nature of our work. AccountAbility has always valued and relied upon the input from members and now more than ever is looking towards working with, servicing and developing relationships with new members.
Membership of AccountAbility is open to everyone - we embrace an innovative multi-stakeholder collaborative model and consequently our members span business, civil society and the public sector, all on an international scale. AccountAbility welcomes large and small corporations, large and small service providers, NGOs, research bodies and academics as well as those individuals who are practitioners in the field of corporate social responsibility.
AccountAbility recently launched the Assurance Provider Membership for organisations that provide independent, external assurance to CSR and sustainability reporting. Current AccountAbility Members who are Assurance Providers will automatically become Assurance Provider Members and also retain their AccountAbility member status. Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioners (CSAP) who work for or are affiliated with an AccountAbility Assurance Provider Member no longer need to be an individual AccountAbility practitioner member. All others will still need to be a practitioner member.
AccountAbility has five different types of membership so please see below to discover which is right for you.
Organisational
• Large Organisation Membership – for organisations with more than 250 employees.
• Specialist Organisation Membership – for organisations with less than 250 employees.
• Assurance Provider Membership - for organisations that provide independent, external assurance to CSR and sustainability reporting.
Individual
• Practitioner Membership - for individuals who are part-qualified/qualified Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioners (CSAP).
MEMBERSHIP benefits**
Benefits of membership include:
- Dedicated Account Management Team
- Free / discounted AccountAbility publications
- Access to AccountAbility’s cutting edge research
- Monthly e-newletters to keep you updated with AccountAbility's work
- Area in members section of our website to announce your news and related information
- Access to global, multi-disciplinary networks
- Discounted admission to events, run both by AccountAbility and third parties
- Significant discounts on AccountAbility Services*
- Day with an Expert*
- Access to Experts*
- Access to networking and learning events*
- Member name and logo on AccountAbility website*
- Approved use of AccountAbility’s logo in annual reports/notes to shareholders*
- Click here to view Assurance Provider member benefits
Beyond this range of services, members are encouraged to collaborate with each other in multi-member programmes, as well as to engage with AccountAbility in the areas of research that support their work and offer wider benefits to the field.
*Service dependent on type of membership – please see types of membership above.
**AccountAbility Member Benefits are continuously reviewed and from time to time we may update and change these terms without notice. You will always find the latest version of these terms at www.accountability.org
To find out about our Current Members, please click here.
To view the AccountAbility directory of AA1000 AS (2008) Assurance Provider Members click here.
News about Members
This area contains information about our members including company profiles and other relevant information.
If you are a member and wish to use the 'News about Members' page as a way to announce your own news, please contact Claudette John
or call on 020 7549 0400. You can use this space to publicise your latest report, to invite people to your next event and even to announce your CSR job vacancy.
If you have any queries or require anything further please e-mail Claudette John or call 020 7549 0400.
