CSR360 Global Partner Network is a network of independent organisations that encourage businesses in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Business in the Community (BITC) convenes this network of over 110 partner organisations from around the world.
CSR360 GPN is extremely grateful to the members of the Business in the Community International Leadership Team who support and encourage us to fulfil our mission and vision.
CSR360 GPN has reached its current number of over 110 partner organisations from its beginnings 10 years ago. The network which focuses on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has a presence in all the continents of the world and encompasses 60 countries in total.
Every quarter we publish a set of articles relating to a particular topic of corporate social responsibility.
As part of the ‘BRIC’ group of emerging economies, India has experienced substantial economic growth and development in the last few decades, with its domestic firms gaining increasing dominance in global markets and economies. Along with its neighbour, Bangladesh, these two countries represent a significant proportion of the world’s population, with a large number living below the poverty line. Together they present a diverse range of challenges across the full environmental, economic and social spectrums of corporate social responsibility (CSR). This part of South Asia therefore presents an ideal focus for this, our seventh issue of the magazine.
Michael Wareing’s account of the ‘Seeing is Believing’ trip to Bangalore, where business leaders experienced life at first hand, demonstrates the real benefits companies can provide through their CSR policies and activities. Understand, for example, about how the life of the young disabled woman, among others, was transformed firstly by the great work of the Indian NGO and secondly by the implementation of labour standards within Marks and Spencers’ supply chain.
CSR360 has reached its current number of 100 partner organisations from its beginnings 10 years ago. The network which focuses on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has a presence in all the continents of the world and encompasses 60 countries in total.
The Argentinean Institute for Corporate Social Responsibility (Instituto Argentino de Responsabilidad Social Empresaria, IARSE) was created in 2002, with the mission to “promote and disseminate Corporate Social Responsibility concepts and practices to foster a sustainable development in Argentina”.
IARSE is a private, non-profit organisation, rooted in the city of Córdoba, Argentina, with a national scope and strong ties with similar organizations in Latin America and around the world.
It was created with the initial support of W. K. Kellogg Foundation from the United States of America, and AVINA from Switzerland, and today an increasing group of companies supports it in order to fulfill its institutional mission.
Among our main objectives, we would like to mention the following:
Do you think a strong commitment to human rights should be a core element of companies' declared CSR policies and practice?