CORE Platform Annual Report 2017-2018

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A National Action Plan on CSR for MaltaOur most recent project revolves around the creation of a National Action Plan onCorporate Social Responsibility for Malta. Malta is the only country in the European Unionthat does not have a CSR strategy or action plan, however, now, thanks to the MaltaCommunity Chest Fund Foundation, we have been awarded funds to carry out this muchneeded project.Businesses are the driving forces behind economic growth and it is they that can do themost in establishing a more sustainable society through their actions and business models.Businesses cannot think solely of making profit without being responsible enterprises.Slowly, such businesses are starting to realise that CSR does indeed benefit them and theircommunity, which are also their clients, in the end. Unfortunately, at the moment, however,there is no set of guidelines or a strategy which companies and their employers andemployees can follow.The overall aim of the project is to create a national CSR action plan, which would then beadopted by businesses, including SMEs. Thus, businesses will be encouraged to becomemore responsible and sustainable.The specific objectives of the project are the following:1) Finding out which businesses have a CSR strategy in place and which CSR initiatives oractions are priorities for Malta. A further objective will then be of raising more awarenessamong the business sector, local government, and civil society on CSR.2) The research will help in drafting and, then, finalising a National Action Plan on CSR forMalta. This plan will give guidelines to Maltese businesses on how to become more engagedin their local communities and on how to become more responsible and sustainable.3) The National Action Plan will be made available to businesses, especially those that havenot yet set up a CSR strategy and will encourage them to change their behaviour and modelto favour a more responsible sustainable approach.13
For the project to be successful, there will be the creation of an online space, which will beaccessible to all and will give more insight on the National Action Plan as well as on any CSRinitiatives being done in Malta. This online space will be used by any entity or business inMalta to post or comment about any initiatives or ideas they are doing or plan on doing.Apart from the online space, there will be a campaign that will raise more awareness aboutCSR and will get people more involved and engaged in the project.In addition, a number of stakeholder meetings with government ministries, local entitiesand businesses will be held, together with workshops, which will all contribute to the finaldevelopment and creation of the National Action Plan on CSR for Malta. This plan willultimately benefit all the business community and society as a whole.We have already employed a research service provider who carried out a nation-widemapping exercise and are currently consulting with Mr Gordon Cordina, who is helping us inthe project. Mr Cordina will also be drafting the CSR national action plan.14
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