First Magazine Limited

FIRST Magazine (Forum for Decision Makers)
Private Limited Company
Industry Publishing
Magazines
Reports
Journals
Books
Awards
Event Organisation
International Affairs
Founded London, England, UK (1984)
Founder Rupert Goodman DL[1][2]
Headquarters London
Number of locations
 London, Washington
Key people
 Rupert Goodman DL, Chairman and Founder
Eamonn Daly, Chief Operating Officer
Lord Hurd of Westwell, Chairman, Advisory Council
Lord Cormack FSA DL, Consultant, Public Affairs
Website FIRSTmagazine.com

FIRST Magazine (Forum For Decision Makers), or FIRST is a multi-disciplinary international affairs organisation based in London. The company was founded in 1984 and aims to promote communications between leaders in industry, finance and government worldwide and to promote strategic dialogue. Rupert Goodman is the chairman and founder[3][4] and in 2006 Lord Hurd of Westwell joined as chairman of the advisory council. Lord Woolf of Barnes succeeded Lord Dahrendorf as chairman of the Award Judging Panel in 2005. Lord Cormack FSA DL is consultant, public affairs. The company opened a Washington office in 2009. FIRST received The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2010[5] and 2013[6] in recognition of its success in international markets.

Operations

The company operates in international publishing, event and award organisation. As well as its flagship title FIRST the company publishes specialist titles including Global Energy, World Energy Insight[7] and World Petroleum[8] and a range of regional and country reports[9][10][11][12] and books on current economic and political affairs, providing analysis of global issues and the thinking on business and political leaders. In 2011, FIRST published "Britain's Foreign Policy – A new approach in a networked world".[3] In 2015 FIRST published 'Leadership Perspectives' and 'South to the Great Steppe'.

The company organises and manages a range of high level meetings and special events[13][14][15][16] for governments and corporations including conferences and round table meetings. Attendees include chairman and chief executives of global companies, leading academics and government ministers.

In 2000 the FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism was instituted to honour business leaders who have excelled both by achieving commercial success and demonstrating social responsibility. In 2009 the book Responsible Capitalism: Essays on Morality, Ethics and Business,[17] edited by Lord Cormack and Rupert Goodman was published.

Award winners have included Lord Browne of Madingley,[18] Marilyn Carlson Nelson,[19][20][21][22] Sir Robert Wilson, Daniel Vasella, Morris Tabaksblat,[23] Jaime Zobel de Ayala,[24][25] Ratan Tata,[26][27][28][29] Howard Schultz,[30][31][32] Thomas Bata,[33][34][35][36][37] Mo Ibrahim,[38][39] Sir Sigmund Sternberg,[40][41] Andrew Witty,[42] Charlie Mayfield,[43] Indra Nooyi[44] and Sophi Tranchell,[45] Paul Polman,[46][47]Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen[48] Michaël Bremans[49] and Anthony Pile.[50][51][52][53] In 2013 John Kay (economist)[54] was awarded the Advocacy Award for Responsible Capitalism. In 2014 the award winners were; José Ignacio Sánchez Galán,[55][56][57] Rahmi M. Koç CBE,[58] Sir Richard Lambert and Kay Allen OBE.[59] In 2015 the FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism was presented by Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. The award winners were; Ana Patricia Botín,[60][61] Ivy Wroe,[62] John Vincent and Henry Dimbleby, Co-Founders of Leon Restaurants, and Jochen Zeitz.[63]

References

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  2. ↑ "Ambassador Liu Xiaoming Meets with Chairman of FIRST Magazine Rupert Goodman". chinese-embassy.org.uk.
  3. 1 2 "Britain's Foreign Policy – A new approach in a networked world". Flickr.com. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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  5. ↑ "Queen's Award official site". Businesslink.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "The Queen's Awards: full list of winners". Financial Times.
  7. ↑ "World Energy Insight 2012".
  8. ↑ "World Petroleum Council - Special Publications". world-petroleum.org.
  9. ↑ "Official report – Mexico:Scaling New Heights" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  10. ↑ Official report – Belarus:Sustainable Economic Growth
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  12. ↑ "Embassy of Brazil in London – Preserving social progress". Brazil.org.uk. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Heydar Aliyev's contribution to Azerbaijan's Integration into International System is Invaluable: Ambassador". En.trend.az. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  14. ↑ "British companies meet with Guatemalan delegation in London". www.gov.uk.
  15. ↑ "La estrategia contra el crimen regional expuesto por López Bonilla". mingob.gob.gt.
  16. ↑ Manuel Ramirez. "RRPP Guatemala: EN INGLATERRA, INVERSIONISTAS EUROPEOS MANIFIESTAN INTERÉS DE INVERTIR EN GUATEMALA". rrppguate.blogspot.co.uk.
  17. ↑ "Responsible Capitalism: Essays on Morality, Ethics and Business".
  18. ↑ "What every environmentalist needs to know about Capitalism".
  19. ↑ "Article: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw Presents Carlson Companies' Marilyn Carlson Nelson With U.K.'s 'First' Award for Responsible Capitalism". Highbeam.com. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  20. ↑ "UK: Foreign Secretary gives "Responsible Capitalism" award". Mallenbaker.net. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  21. ↑ National Women's Business Council – 2002 Annual Report Archived 6 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  22. ↑ "World Travel & Tourism Council – Corporate Social Leadership in Travel & Tourism" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  23. ↑ Morris Tabaksblat KBE, Chairman of Reed Elsevier receives FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism
  24. ↑ "Ayala Awards and Citations". Ayala.com.ph. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  25. ↑ "Ayala Chair receives FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism". Philippine Daily Inquirer, Google News Archive.
  26. ↑ "Ratan Tata bags FIRST award for responsible capitalism". Tata.com. 6 December 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  27. ↑ Business Standard (3 December 2006). "Ratan Tata wins responsible capitalism award". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  28. ↑ Websynergi Design (15 December 2006). "India Digest – Ratan Tata receives award for responsible capitalism". Iptu.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  29. ↑ "Ratan Tata: Mendicant on the throne". Zee News. 27 December 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  30. ↑ "Starbucks Newsroom: Starbucks Chairman Receives First Magazine Award For Responsible Capitalism". News.starbucks.com. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  31. ↑ "Server Error - Starbucks Coffee Company" (PDF). starbucks.com.
  32. ↑ "Howard Schultz Success Story".
  33. ↑ "Shoemaker to the World: Thomas John Bata" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  34. ↑ "T.J. Bata Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award". Bata.com. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  35. ↑ "Thomas John Bata – Memorial". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  36. ↑ "Tomas J. Bata awarded in London for Responsible Capitalism".
  37. ↑ "Pinterest First Lifetime Achievement Award".
  38. ↑ Mo Ibrahim
  39. ↑ "Special Lecture: Mo Ibrahim on Governance in Africa".
  40. ↑ "Interfaith pioneer acclaimed the acceptable face of capitalism". Ekklesia.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  41. ↑ "Breaking politics and political news for Westminster and the UK - PoliticsHome.com". epolitix.com.
  42. ↑ http://www.gsk.com/responsibility/downloads/GSK-CR-2009-full.pdf
  43. ↑ "Twitter". twitter.com.
  44. ↑ "Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo". Youtube. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  45. ↑ "Sophi Tranchell MBE, MD of Divine Chocolate Ltd, wins the inaugural Dahrendorf Award for Leadership in Social Enterprise". Divinechocolate.com. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  46. ↑ "News". Unilever global company website.
  47. ↑ "Paul Polman's FIRST Award acceptance speech" (PDF).
  48. ↑ "Vestergaard list of Awards".
  49. ↑ "Bremans presented with the FIRST Responsible Capitalism Award".
  50. ↑ "Blue Skies receives FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism". Flickr - Photo Sharing!.
  51. ↑ "Blue Skies wins Responsible Capitalism Award".
  52. ↑ "Blue Skies wins Responsible Capitalism Award".
  53. ↑ "Blue Skies wins Responsible Capitalism Award". www.freshplaza.com.
  54. ↑ John Kay (economist)
  55. ↑ "Galán picks up award for Iberdrola sustainability efforts".
  56. ↑ "Galán bio on World Economic Forum".
  57. ↑ "British Ambassador to Spain tweets about FIRST Award presented to Galán".
  58. ↑ "About Koc Holding".
  59. ↑ "Kay Allen receives FIRST Award for the SME sector".
  60. ↑ "British Ambassador to Spain tweets about FIRST Award presented to Botín".
  61. ↑ "British Ambassador to Spain tweets about FIRST Award presented to Botín".
  62. ↑ "Ivy Wroe receives Responsible Capitalism Award".
  63. ↑ "Zeitz presented with Special Advocacy Award".
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