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Mainstreaming CSR into general
business practice
Our goal is to support the full integration
of CSR into the way we do business.
We will achieve this by:
Working with the Ministerial Steering Group to implement
their recommendations on CSR skills and a CSR Academy
Supporting work to explore and demonstrate the links
between CSR and business performance
Engaging institutional investors on recognition of the
impacts of social and environmental factors on long term
business performance
Continuing to encourage CSR reporting including
introduction of a statutory Operating and Financial Review.
Reaching a wider audience and tackling
key sectors
To move the agenda on, we need to reach
beyond those already engaged with CSR
as well as targeting our approach to
business sectors
We will achieve this by:
Working with partners to raise awareness of best practice
within those sectors which are less engaged in CSR
Continuing to support work which provides guidance and
best practice help tailored to the needs of SMEs.
“The business case for CSR is clear. Stakeholders and customers are increasingly concerned about the
environmental and social impacts of the products they buy. It follows that businesses can maximise their long
term returns by minimising their negative impacts. Through responsible action business can become more
competitive, not less. It is our role in government to show leadership, through both our own behaviour and by
providing the frameworks which enable responsible business activity.”
Elliott Morley, Minister for the Environment
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