2015 RULES REGULATIONS

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1 RULES AND REGULATIONS 2015

2 REGISTRATION FORM TEAM NAME: SCHOOL / INSTITUTION: TEACHER S NAME (if applicable): TEACHER S PARTICIPANT 1 (TEAM LEADER) AGE: PARTICIPANT 2 AGE: AGE: PARTICIPANT 3 AGE: AGE:

3 PARTICIPANT 4 AGE: PARTICIPANT 5 AGE: AGE: PARTICIPANT 6 AGE: AGE:

4 RULES AND REGULATIONS 2015 A. INTRODUCTION Back for the fifth year, CDL-Singapore Compact Young Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leaders Award is a youth case competition which aims to promote thought leadership amongst our future leaders to foster greater awareness of embracing CSR principles into a company s daily operations, to achieve business excellence and sustainability. This competition is a cross-sector partnership between City Developments Limited (CDL) and Singapore Compact for CSR. It is aimed at: Educating and promoting CSR amongst our future leaders to appreciate the corporate, social and environmental challenges and fundamental importance of weaving CSR principles into the fabric of any organisation. Providing youths a platform to execute CSR principles within a real-life business scenario. Encouraging and engaging organisations to practise CSR and possibly adopt potential CSR strategies proposed. B. COMPETITION STRUCTURE 1. Registration & Eligibility 1.1 Each participating team is required to register by 12 February 2015 (Thursday) to Ms. Bhavana Murjani at bhavana@csrsingapore.org. 1.2 To register, the team must submit the completed Registration Form and copies of the NRIC/Student Pass of all participants (front and back). 1.3 Each team must comprise three to six participants between the ages of 17 and 30 years of age (as at 31 December 2015) from the same institution. 1.4 The competition is open to students from Junior Colleges, Institute of Technical Education, Polytechnics, Universities and International Schools in Singapore. 2. Competition Timeline Registration Closing date Phase 1: Compulsory Competition Briefing and CSR Workshop Phase 2: Submission Deadline of Pre-selection Proposal Phase 3: Final Judging (for finalist teams only) a) Practical Attachment (1 3 work days) b) Submission Deadline of Final Proposal and Presentation c) Team Presentation Prize Presentation 12 February February April 2015 May June July 2015 End July 2015 (TBC) September 2015 (TBC)

5 3. Phase 1: Compulsory Competition Briefing and CSR Workshop 3.1 At least one member from each team must attend a compulsory Competition Briefing and CSR Workshop on 24 February 2015 (Tuesday). The briefing venue is at Room 701, NTUC Centre, 1 Marina Boulevard. 3.2 During the Competition Briefing, participants will be introduced to brief case studies of 10 companies representing a diverse range of industries and identify the core CSR aspect(s) most critical to the companies. There will also be a question and answer session for participants to pose additional questions to the companies. 3.3 At the end of the Briefing, each team will be assigned to one company by ballot. 4. Phase 2: Pre-selection 4.1 Each participating team is required to submit the Pre-selection Proposal by 8 April 2015 (Wednesday) to Ms. Bhavana Murjani at bhavana@csrsingapore.org. Late submissions will not be accepted. 4.2 The Proposal must not exceed 10 pages excluding the cover page; typewritten in Arial 11 pt font, double line spacing with 1 inch margins from all sides on A4 size, in the following format: i. One cover page containing the team name and participant s names and school only this information must not be included elsewhere in the Concept Paper. ii. Executive Summary not exceeding 1 page. iii. The proposal MUST include: Explanation of goals and performance targets of overall CSR strategy with specific focus on the identified core CSR aspect(s) Proposed implementation of CSR strategy Proposed assessment and measurement of impact Estimated feasibility and applicability of the strategy 4.3 In the Pre-selection phase, all submissions will be reviewed and 10 shortlisted teams (one finalist team per company) for final Phase 3. Non-qualifying teams will be notified by Phase 3: Final Judging 5.1 Finalists will be expected to fulfill a practical attachment (of no more than 3 work days) with the company onsite to further review and refine the proposal under the mentorship of an independent CSR consultant. The tentative period for the attachment will be between May June 2015, subject to the schedules of the selected company and CSR consultant. Failure to attend the practical attachment might result in a disqualification. 5.2 Each finalist team is required to submit (by hand) the Final Proposal and Presentation by 10 July 2015 (Friday), 5pm to the Singapore Compact for CSR. 5.3 The final submission must contain five original hard copies and one CD containing soft-copy of the Final Proposal (in the same format as B.4.2) and Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation slides named Team Name_Company Name. Annexes are allowed.

6 5.4 Late submissions will not be accepted. 5.5 All finalist teams are required make a 15-minute presentation to a panel of judges at the final judging at end July 2015 (date to be advised). 6. Judging Criteria 6.1 All proposals and presentations submitted in the course of this Competition must be recent and original, and must not have been previously entered in any national, regional or international competitions, or subject to any form of copyright protection in any country, whether in part or in whole. Copyright ownership of all proposals will remain with the participants and/or the institution. Judging will be based on the following criteria: Successful alignment of business and overall CSR strategy 25% Innovative thinking and creativity 25% Involvement of stakeholders 20% Feasibility, effectiveness and financial management (where applicable) 20% Overall quality of proposal 10% TOTAL 100% Details will be elaborated at the briefing cum workshop. 6.2 A pre-judging panel comprising a representative each from City Developments Limited, Singapore Compact for CSR and the respective company assigned to the team will shortlist the 10 Pre-selection Proposals for Final Judging. The best three Pre-selection Proposals submitted by the Pre-University Institutions will be awarded the Special Prize for Pre-University Institutions. 6.3 Final Submissions will be judged by a panel of CSR and industry experts. Individual scores will not be disclosed to the final teams. 6.4 The judges decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into on this subject before, during and after the Competition 7. Prizes 7.1 The prizes for the CDL-Singapore Compact Young CSR Leaders Award 2015 are as follows: First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Finalist (X 7) Special Prize for Pre-University Institutions (X 3) $ 5,000 cash $ 3,000 cash $ 2,000 cash $ 500 cash $ 500 cash 7.2 Winning teams will receive the prizes during the International Singapore Compact CSR Summit in September Others 8.1 All participants must consent to the public disclosure of his/her name and photographs, as the case may be, for publicity purposes or otherwise participate in the publicity activities of the Organisers in relation to the Competition and to the use of any information provided for any future publicity effort by the Organisers, without any payment or compensation thereof.

7 8.2 Participants shall bear all costs associated with the participation of the Competition, the claiming and collection of the prizes from the Organisers. 8.3 Notwithstanding anything in these Rules and Regulations, the Organisers reserves the right at any time in its absolute discretion to determine and/or amend, by addition to, subtraction from or variation of, these Rules and Regulations without prior notification, including but not limited to the eligibility terms and criteria, and all participants to this Competition shall be bound by these amendments. 8.4 Submission for the Competition signifies the acceptance of the rules and regulations of the CDL-Singapore Compact Young CSR Leaders Award For further enquiries, please contact: Ms. Bhavana Murjani at or Ms. Nora Tan at