Corporate responsibility

Measuring impact-beyond the bottom line

This publication presents the Measuring Impact Framework, and highlights the experiences and lessons learned from companies that have pioneered the thinking behind the Framework. It explains why measuring and understanding a company’s impact is good for business and good for society.

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Why measuring impacts on society makes business sense: ( World Business Council for Sustainable Development , 2008); Over the past few years, several companies have explored ways to measure the impact of their business activities on the societies in which they operate. These innovations have led to development a com...
Exploitation of labour rights in Abu Dhabi: ( Human Rights Watch , 2009); Saadiyat Island, in the Arabian Gulf, is a 27 square kilometer island consisting primarily of sand and mangrove swamp. Within a decade, if a $22 to 27 billion development plan goes according to schedu...
Basic principles for promoting responsible business practices: ( Partners in Change , 2008); This report aims to promote responsible practices among businesses operating in the South Asian region, in alignment with the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)....
How business can act to help South East Asia adapt to climate change: ( CSR Asia , 2009); This report discusses the impact of climate change in South East Asia stressing the critical importance of adaptation to inevitable impacts, such as more natural disasters.The report aims to help busi...
Enhancing transparency in Hong Kong garment company supply chains: ( CSR Asia , 2009); This report examines transparency in Hong Kong garment sector supply chain operations to provide an update of their overall performance, and any key developments facing Hong Kong companies....
Measuring the impact of CSR professionals on corporate strategy in Asia: ( CSR Asia , 2008); This report surveys corporate social responsibility (CSR) professionals in Asia to assess how companies are building their capacity to meet the challenges of sustainable business practices, glob...
Are agricultural corporations responding to environmental issues?: ( K. Jansen;S. Vellema / Zed Books , 2004); How far are agribusiness corporations responding to emerging environmental awareness to play their part in the 'greening' of agriculture and food? Are they developing new environmentally-friendly prod...
Indigenous Chinese firms: success story?: ( World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) , 2009); China offers an interesting, but unfortunately neglected, case study of international entrepreneurship. This paper empirically investigates the early international entrepreneurship of indigenous Chine...
Defining the CSR priorities of businesses and stakeholders in Hong Kong: ( R. Welford;C. Chan;M. Man / CSR Asia , 2008); In order to define what corporate social responsibility (CSR) means to a company, it needs to engage with its stakeholders and take into account their needs and aspirations when designing CSR strategi...
Reporting and communicating CSR in Asia: comparisons across four countries: ( CSR Asia , 2008); This report examines the state of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) disclosure in Asia by comparing the CSR disclosure of the 20 largest listed companies in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thai...