Corporate Social Responsibility Program Articles

Corporate social responsibility reporting

The discourse of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained considerable momentum in recent years with all signs indicating that this movement will continue with even greater force throughout the remainder of 2009 and into 2010. Business leaders that have had CSR programs up and running for several years will tell you that when their programs started there was very little measuring and ...

Jun. 2, 2009

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons Learned

Untitled Document This study documents the experience of companies that have developed programs or activities that ...

Sep. 1, 2003

By Five Winds International L.P.

Corporate Social Responsability Benchmark Study: Report Summary

In the context of an ever-changing, globally connected society, businesses face new and different risks in providing goods and services. A new trend for multi-national corporations is to establish corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs to address these risks and move towards opportunity with greater transparency than ever before. For nearly a decade, Environmental Resource Services (ERS) ...

May 1, 2005

By ERS Global

Conducting a corporate social responsibility diagnostic case study

Challenge: Antea Group's Global Corporate Consultancy was retained by an oil & gas industry services firm to help it further refine its strategy to achieve competitive advantage through implementation of an integrated corporate social responsibility (CSR) discipline. Our approach consisted of a series of activities designed to fit within the client’s specified CSR diagnostic ...

Nov. 6, 2014

By Antea Group - USA

Exploring potential power of corporate social responsibility toward sustainability development: analysis of state–owned company social responsibility in Indonesia

The implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Indonesia is mostly forced to follow government rules. Government also enacted some regulations that all state–owned companies (SOCs) allocate some of their profits in CSR programs. This paper attempts to analyse the effectiveness of CSR programs run by SOCs, and to assess the contributions of those programs in addressing social ...

Sep. 10, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

The Role of Industry Associations in the Promotion of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Study Findings

The Government of Canada is interested in gaining a greater understanding of the extent to which sustainability is advanced through industry associations in Canada and how it can support associations in the promotion of sustainability and CSR among their members. This report documents how industry associations are currently promoting sustainability and CSR and points to strengths and ...

Mar. 26, 2007

By Five Winds International L.P.

Corporate Sustainability Programs

In today’s business world, sustainability is becoming an integral part of company operations. Here’s how a few manufacturers are making sustainability part of their business model, and how standards play a role. Understanding sustainability and what it means to be a sustainable business continues to evolve as more companies issue sustainability reports, sign on for carbon ...

Jan. 17, 2013

By ASTM International

Social response capitalism: Product development strategies for 21st-century innovators and investors

A new set of industrial products — from cars to computers — has shown that leading firms now compete on price, technical quality, and social response. This excerpt from Piasecki's latest book, World Inc., describes the revolutionary development of social response product development (SRPD) within Toyota and Hewlett-Packard. AN ARGUMENT WAITING TO HAPPEN: ...

Jul. 1, 2009

By AHC Group

Greener Horizons: What is the social responsibility of business? How leading businesses in Canada are acting on an evolving social mandate.

There has been a profound shift in the social role of business. Savvy consumers are researching the companies they purchase from, leading to demands for greater transparency. Some businesses have in turn adopted an approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) that focuses on mitigating brand risks by avoiding socially questionable business practices—but are they missing a ...

Nov. 9, 2016

By Bullfrog Power Inc.

A New Trinity of Corporate Creeds

Excerpted from the book, Better Products, Better World: Leadership As If People Mattered, published by AHC Group. Policymakers in Washington D.C. and state capitals need to recognize that a new trinity of corporate creeds is emerging among the most powerful and progressive companies in the world. Laws and regulations governing corporations are vital. Yet the most demanding task before ...

May 1, 2004

By AHC Group

Responsibility Strategies - Engaging a Vision for the Future

A hot topic, corporate responsibility embraces the most dynamic set of business issues facing leadership today. Living daily under heightened scrutiny from consumers, investors and communities that question business practices, global companies are now seeking to manage the social, human and natural capital of their business to build authentic shareholder value. This article frames the corporate ...

Jan. 1, 2003

By ERS Global

Responsibility Strategies - Engaging a Vision for the Future

Untitled Document A hot topic, corporate responsibility embraces the most dynamic set of business issues facing leadership today. Living daily under heightened scrutiny ...

Nov. 24, 2004

By ERS Global

Corporate Reporting in the New Age of Transparency

Much has been written of late about the growing importance of corporate reporting, particularly in what many describe as the ‘new age of transparency’. Corporate disclosure of environmental and sustainability related data has grown exponentially over the past decade, and its importance in demonstrating that superior performance on climate change and resource efficiency ...

Feb. 26, 2014

By GLOBE SERIES

Corporate volunteerism comes clean (and comes of age)

Here the author examines how a growing number of companies that have adopted corporate social responsibility programs, especially those that harness the immense power of volunteerism, are building the business case for these social investments and encouraging them to take root and grow so they are more than just a passing fad. Jeff Schwartz, CEO of Timberland, a $1.5 billion New Hampshire-based ...

Jul. 1, 2009

By AHC Group

Environmental Assessments – An Important Component of CSR Programs

Companies and industries strongly engaged in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have taken significant steps in their sourcing policies to reduce unethical and inhuman working conditions by controlling their subcontractors along the supply chain. Until now, the primary focus has been on working conditions, but CSR also encompasses environmental concerns as part of a global sustainability ...

Feb. 21, 2013

By SGS

Corporate sustainability - the elusive new and improved sustainability brand

Translating sustainability into tangible business value has been a focus of many sustainability practitioners since the seminal 1992 United Nations Rio Summit. At the heart of that discussion has been the corporate brand. Practical benefits that contribute to the bottom line, such as increased market share or enhanced shareholder value, have been important objectives to aspire to because they ...

Apr. 25, 2012

By GLOBE Foundation

Corporate sustainability - the elusive new and improved sustainability brand

Translating sustainability into tangible business value has been a focus of many sustainability practitioners since the seminal 1992 United Nations Rio Summit. At the heart of that discussion has been the corporate brand. Practical benefits that contribute to the bottom line, such as increased market share or enhanced shareholder value, have been important objectives to aspire to because they ...

Mar. 30, 2012

By GLOBE Foundation

Leveraging global citizenship functions in the 21st-century corporation

The author outlines HP's efforts to integrate global citizenship efforts across the entire business, from sales, investor relations, R&D, and branding, throughout HP's $40 billion supply chain and into the design and development of new products. AN EVOLVING LANDSCAPE A host of trends and factors are increasingly validating the premise that good citizenship is good business. Research suggests ...

Jul. 1, 2009

By AHC Group

Corporate sustainability - “It’s all about Survival!”

'Corporate sustainability' - it’s a phrase with many meanings and many forms of expression. It involves organizations taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders, communities and other stakeholders, as well as the environment. In practice it means survival.In a world of rising energy prices, increased scarcity of natural resources, ...

Jun. 19, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

TELUS and Green Standards Partner to Responsibly Decommission Office Spaces Across Canada

Green Standards and TELUS, Canada’s fastest growing telecommunications provider, have worked together since 2012 to decommission office spaces across the country, including spaces in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. The Objective: As part of an ongoing strategy to reduce the ...

Feb. 4, 2016

By GLOBE Foundation

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