Environmental management - Environment as part of social responsibility

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CSR involves enforceability of national and international law in :

- social 
- occupational
- environmental and human rights
- any other voluntary action a company wants to take to improve the quality of life of: 
  - its employees
  - the communities in which it operates
  - society as a whole

CSR activities and the organization

Legal compliance: customers, employees, society
Volunteer activities: environment, local community, shareholders

What are the five CSR principles?

1) compliance with legislation
2) Global
3) Ethical commitment
4) Impacts
5) orientation
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What CSR tools exist

Codes of conduct; voluntary, formal declarations defining the standards of behavior for organizations subscribing to them

Guidelines: ISO 26000 Guideline of social responsibility

Principles : UN global compact

Corporate governance reports: Olivencia report, Aldama report, Conthe code

MSs and certification: SA8000, SGE21 norm, ISO 14001, EMAS

Generation of information systems: GRI (Global Reporting Initiative)

Information audit and assurance systems (AA1000)


What benefits has the ISO 26000 implementation?

Competitive advantage
Reputation
Ability to attract and retain employees, customer and users
Maintenance of employees moral commitment and productivity
Investors, owners, sponsors and financial community view
Relationship with companies, governments, suppliers, competitors and community

Principles for CSR UN

UN global compact is an international initiative of the UN
The aim is to gain the voluntary commitment of organizations to social responsibility, through the implementation of ten principles based on:

- Human rights
- Labor
- The environment
- Anti-corruption

GRI reports can be used for the following purposes

Benchmarking and assessing sustainability performance with respect to laws, norms, codes, performance standards and voluntary initiatives
Demonstrating how the organization influences and is influenced by expectations about sustainable development; and 
COmparing performance within an organization and between different organizations over time


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