Mumbai, May 29, 2014: India CSR Institute in association with CSR advisors and CSR and Finance Institute (CSRFI) organized a 2-day CSR workshop on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Entrepreneurship in India’.
The workshop was led by CSR Advisors and Dr. Michael Hopkins, CEO of
CSR and Financial Institute (CSRFI), a GRI qualified institute.
Dr. Huz (Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala), Founder of CSR Advisors said
“CSR Advisors is committed to shaping a progressive CSR environment in
India & offer the best advisory & services in the CSR space”.
At
the workshop, Dr. Hopkins explained the basics and primary areas of
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) while underlining the importance
of CSR strategy and social entrepreneurship. Noshir H. Dadrawala, CEO
of Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy elaborated on the new
CSR Rules under Companies Act, 2013 in India. While elaborating on the
intricacies of this Act, he explained how corporate companies should
imbibe the CSR compliances. At the workshop, the Indian Documentary
Foundation highlighted the potential of CSR for building brand
leadership and organizational value. Pagal Pundits also conducted a
session on the importance of monitoring mechanisms for tracking and
analyzing viewer’s traffic on corporate, social or NGO websites.
Dr. Michael Hopkins, CEO of CSR and Financial Institute (CSRFI)
said “According to the research by MHCi, India is ranked 73rd in the
world for National Social Responsibility (NSRI). CSR is promising. It is
a strategic tool for business. It will help increase private
consumption, boost investments. It will increase employment in the
country. CSR is extremely critical for big brands since it directly
impacts reputation and image. It is important for corporate entities to
note that stakeholders are the core of CSR. Globally, Climate Change is
a big issue and therefore, it has become important for corporate
companies to invest less than 1% of their GDP for environmental CSR.”
Dr.
Hopkins, a PhD in Economics also described the benchmarking parameters
for rating companies for their CSR policies. Committed towards global
development, Dr. Hopkins has worked for the United Nations development
report. At the workshop, he elaborated on the global scenario of CSR and
how it has immensely contributed towards sustainable development.
According
to Dr. Hopkins, world over, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is
being known and communicated through various related terms such as
Corporate Citizenship, ethical organization, Shared value, corporate
responsibility, corporate sustainability, good corporate governance,
inclusive organization, civil organization.
The
workshop was well received by delegates, professionals, CSR executives,
social workers, government and civil servants. It helped improve their
CSR knowledge, develop their social entrepreneurship and sustainable
development skills.
Country
Rank
|
Country
|
NSRI*
|
1
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Sweden
|
1
|
2
|
Iceland
|
0.98
|
3
|
Denmark
|
0.98
|
4
|
Finland
|
0.96
|
5
|
Netherlands
|
0.96
|
6
|
New Zealand
|
0.96
|
7
|
Switzerland
|
0.95
|
14
|
UK
|
0.88
|
21
|
USA
|
0.83
|
73
|
India
|
0.56
|
81
|
South Africa
|
0.54
|
119
|
Russia
|
0.43
|
179
|
Zimbabwe
|
0.11
|
180
|
Somalia
|
0.07
|
*NSRI – National Social Responsibility Index
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Source: MHCi where a NSRi score of one is excellent and zero very poor. For more details see the pdf national social responsibility index
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About CSR Advisors: CSR
Advisors aims to provide innovative Social Solutions to cater your CSR
requirements. CSR Advisors is the first Indian CSR Consultancy to bring
together social and business experts from reputed colleges walking from
diverse social and sustainable path to empower the Corporate World and
to build the a company’s CSR journey.CSR advisors provide a wide range
of CSR services such as Consulting, Education, Exhibitions, Workshops
and CSR Ratings.
About CSR and Financial Institute (CSRFI): CSRFI
provides high level certified workshops on CSR as well as Socially
Responsible Finance. Their team of certified trainers has over 15 years
of practical experience in Corporations, United Nations, Government and
Universities. Their focus is to provide clear practical guides to each
of the main areas in CSR and Social Finance.
Warm Regards,
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Renisa D’Souza Cardoza
Senior Account Executive, Professional Services
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Thanks for sharing this informatory post.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to see that CSR activities are gaining popularity in India as well. Also several CSR foundations in India are joining this cause.
Keep sharing more about this.