Jill Barker, global marketing executive, and Rachel Mountain, global marketing manager, EcoSecurities Underpinning any successful climate change mitigation strategy is the need to fully engage employees at every stage of the process. In practice, this means employees must be helped to understand the...

Teamwork is the key to a successful charity of the year partnership Why? Because nominating Leukaemia Research as your Charity of the Year is a great way for your whole company to work together. By focussing on creative ways to raise money for Leukaemia Research every activity will fund vital research...

Val Carter, corporate responsibility director, ARAMARK What does CR mean to you? CR means different things to different companies, but essentially it is about taking responsibility for the communities we impact upon and acting in a considerate manner with regards to employees, customers and the wider...

It seems to me that if a company has to go out of its way to implement, and then publicise, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme then perhaps that company should be questioning the way it operates rather than looking to paper over any cracks in its corporate reputation. As consumers we are...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Corporate Responsibility (CR) or Responsible Business is all the same really, it is not a new phenomenon but of late it has become quite the buzz word. Why? My view is that in the current economic climate and where companies are experiencing tough situations, some...

Environmental issues are rarely out of the news these days with more and more people rapidly becoming aware of the role we each play in using (and sometimes abusing), the planet’s resources. Accepting this ethical imperative means we expect businesses to uphold these principles too. Business is essential...

Type “Corporate Social Responsibility” into Wikipedia and you will see five other alternative terms. Call it “CSR”, “corporate responsibility”, “corporate citizenship”, “responsible business” or “corporate social opportunity”, the fact is CSR is still largely a nebulous concept that lacks clear definition...

So what is corporate social responsibility (CSR)? Where should it sit within an organisation, and who are the major champions of CSR? Some, it's fair to say, have become cynical of the term CSR, thinking that it's pure PR spin, coined 'greenwash', yet, talk to anyone in the field of CSR...

Dear fellow HR Carnival comrades Recently I’ve been meeting up with a lot of HR directors as well as not for profit, charities and third sector organisations to discuss CSR/CR (corporate social responsibility / corporate responsibility) and this continues to be a burning issue across the globe as we...

Author: Nick Ceasar Topic: CSR OVERVIEW • This guide is intented to provide a general introduction to the concepts of CR management. The following points have been adapted from the Sigma Guidelines which, although quite old now, still provide a good basis for thinking about and managing CR. WHEN TO USE...