Corporate Social Responsib ility Busine ss Respo n sibility Corporate Citizenship Sustainab ility 05/18/22 1 Webinar for NGOs Conducted by: Soumitra Ghosh (Founder CEO, CSO Partners)
Jan 12, 2015
Corporate Social Responsibility
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Webinar for NGOsConducted by: Soumitra Ghosh (Founder CEO, CSO Partners)
Conceptual framework of business responsibilityOverview of international standards and normsRole of NGOs/CSOs in business responsibility Case review
CSR Perspectives
CSR Perspectives
Viewing CSR in a wider context of ‘responsibility ‘
CSR motivation
Source: Wikipedia
Source: UNESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ) Publication
Business Responsibility perspective
……is not just an international phenomena
NVG perspective
Business Responsibility
Companies Act perspective
Conceptual framework of business responsibilityOverview of international standards and normsRole of NGOs/CSOs in business responsibility Case review
International Accountability Standards (IAS)
Types of IAS
Principal Based
-Broadly defined principles with regard to social and environmental problems- Used as a guideline for action and starting point for dialog
Certification Based
-Involve certification, verification and monitoring against predefined criteria-degree of assurance that stated standards are actually being met
Reporting Standard Based
-A comprehensive and standardized frameworks for economic, social and environmental reporting- Foster transparency and accountability while at the same time enables comparisons
Process Based
-It focus on the question of how corporate accountability can be achieved- IT offers essential managerial guidance on how corporate accountability can be achieved
Soruce: Dirk Ulrich Gilbert, Andreas Rasche and Sandra Waddock
Principle Based
-UN Global Compact-OECD Guidelines-CERES
Certification Based
-SA 8000- ISO 14001
Process Based
-AA 1000-ISO 26000
Reporting Standard Based-GRI-BBA’s Forge Standard-CERES (Facility Reporting Project)-Green House Gas Protocol for Project Accounting
Types of IAS
IAS
GRI (Global Reporting Initiative)
Facility Reporting Project (A CERES Project)
Forge standard and green house gas protocol
Reporting formats - National
Reporting formats – Companies Act
Reporting formats – Companies Act
Reporting formats – Companies Act
Conceptual framework of business responsibilityOverview of international standards and normsRole of NGOs/CSOs in business responsibility Case review
Emergence of NGOs in BR arena
Emergence of NGOs in BR arena
Emergence of NGOs in BR arena
Role of NGOs in CSR
Activist
Resource agency
Franchisee
Policy influencer
Market enablerConsumers’
Voice
Advisor
Implementer
Norm setter
Conceptual framework of business responsibilityOverview of international standards and normsRole of NGOs/CSOs in business responsibility NGO Campaigns
Nike and changed labour policy
• In 1991 – a report was published on working conditions and wage levels at Nike’s Indonesian factories
• Initial response was resistance, arguing that it could not be held accountable for conditions in factories that it did not own
• In 1993 ‘Press for Change’ an NGO dedicated to raising awareness of labor conditions and wages in Nike’s overseas plants
• A wave of media attention and harsh criticism of Nike’s practices followed
Nike and changed labour policy
• In 1998 Nike announced a number of reforms, including raising the minimum ages of sneaker and apparel workers to 18 and 16, respectively, adopting U.S. clean air
• Shortly after, Nike became significantly more involved in both formal and informal attempts to address labor conditions abroad
• It took an active role in forming the Fair Labor Association (FLA), an entity designed to audit, monitor and enforce working conditions in member factories around the world
Source: The Power of Activism – Debora L Spar
• Data revealed that in 2007 60% of India’s children and 41–60% of women aged 15–49 were iron deficient
• Partnership between Naandi, Britania and GAIN– Naandi – Had an MOU with the government of Andhra for the
mid day meal scheme and by 2007 was feeding 5 lakh children– Britania –Leading food company and its biscuits had a
penetration of 60% of the homes– GAIN – a swiss foundation that built partnerships between the
public and private sector, enabling innovative solutions to improve nutrition on a large scale by providing financial and technical support
Public private partnership for delivering nutrition through fortification
• Britannia partnered with the Naandi Foundation to bring iron-fortified biscuits to 150,000 children in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh through Naandi’s midday meal program
• Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) had made it possible to procure the biscuits from Britannia at cost
• Britannia followed this with micronutrient fortification including other commercial biscuit brands
Public private partnership for delivering nutrition through fortification
Source: Business Innovation to Combat Malnutrition – Case study