Bsr - Business for social responsibility

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is a non profit organisation which has been providing socially responsible business solutions to over 250 member companies and other Global 1000 enterprises and many of the world's leading corporations. Company has it headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and China, Through advisory services, convenings and research, BSR works with corporations and concerned stakeholders of all types to create a more just and sustainable global economy. For more information, visit www.bsr.org.

on March 25, 2008

Latest from BSR - Business for social responsibility

Bsr had launched a new Web site dedicated to HERproject here HER project represents "Health Enables Returns",(www.herproject.org), an initiative that addresses the unmet general and reproductive health needs of the millions of women working along global supply chains.

Bsr is indulging in pilot project activities and results in countries like China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam.With the help of this project Companies and NGOs can learn how improving women factory workers' health education and access to critical services provides a demonstrated return on investment, including increased productivity and reduced absenteeism and turnover.Other big names currently involved in HERproject include Abercrombie & Fitch, HP, Levis Strauss & Company, and Timberland.


Resources

http://www.csrwire.com/profile/4304.html

CSR How to implement

Corporate social responsibility is not like a any other activity that just start of and end easily.It is an ongoing process.No firm whether it is big or small is likely to do anything about CSR, unless the top management including the board of directors, senior management or owners recognize that some sort of CSR-related problem, opportunity or challenge exists.
Without the help and support of top management CSR cannot succed.
CSR assessment

Csr assessment When,how and why ?

Csr


Well there are some principles also defined for Corporate Social Responsibility Standards

Includes:

The Minnesota Principles

General Principles

Proposition # 1:
Stimulating economic growth is the particular contribution of business to the larger society.


Proposition #2:
Business activities must be characterized by fairness.


Proposition #3:
Business activities must be characterized by honesty.


Proposition #4:
Business activities must be characterized by respect for human dignity.

Proposition #5:
Business activities must be characterized by respect for the environment.


For more info: http://www.cebcglobal.org/KnowledgeCenter/Publications/Principles/MinnesotaPrinciples.htm

Bellagio Principles :

These principles can be downloaded in the pdf format here
The principles, as outlined in "Assessing Sustainable Development: Principles in Practice (PDF - 1.2 mb)," serve as practical guidelines for the whole assessment process.


Caux Round Table Principles for Business


Website:
http://www.cauxroundtable.org/principles.html

CAux have defined their principles here as two basic ethical ideals: kyosei and human dignity.

They have also defined the principles for government.


For more CSR standard links

Log to http://www.cebcglobal.org/KnowledgeCenter/Standards.htm

From the news: March 25, 2008

Nicor's social responsibility

$1.8 million as Philanthropic contributions from Nicor's 2007

What was its contribution for ?

Nicor company and Its Employees Donate Time and Money to Northern Illinois Communities

What is a philanthropic contrbution -- it is a corporate contribution for the betterment of the society as a whole just like the microsoft's funds and other funds which help the poor and the weaker section of society.

What does nicor stands for ?

Nicor deals primarily in gas as one of the nation's largest natural gas distribution companies. It is a holding company and is a member of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. It also own Tropical Shipping, a containerized shipping business serving the Caribbean region and the Bahamas. In addition, the company owns and has an equity interest in several energy-related businesses. For more information, visit the Nicor Web site at www.nicor.com.

Their views on corporste responsibility towards society are:


According to Julian Brown, Corporate Contributions Manager for Nicor Gas.
"Nicor employees are committed to building better communities by donating their resources of time and money to worthwhile charitable organizations," Nicor employees donate both time and money to their communities,

Recent activities in social improvement

Nicor provides free books to students and parents

professional development training for teachers

special coaching sessions for parents

Nicor and Csr

Nicor and its employees donated a total of $969,041 to the United Way's annual campaign.
Nicor has ranked in the top 50 of Chicago corporate donors for the past 16 years.
Their employees and family members laced up their walking shoes for the annual March of Dimes WalkAmerica (renamed March for Babies in 2008), which raised more than $43,500 (including company match) in donations to help save babies.
In 2005, Nicor contributed more than $1.7 million to support programs and organizations that make a difference to people in need.


nicor is a well managed company making all effort ta prove their worth towards the betterment of society and more.The way the are fulfilling their responsibilty towards society is really great and inspirational for other corporates in line.


For more info logon to www.nicor.com