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Category Archives: Measurement & Evaluation
The ACCSR Conference on Responsible leadership – the summary
The ACCSR Conference on Responsible leadership – summarised on twitter. This year our 6th Annual Conference ‘The State of CSR’ explored the issue of leadership in an age of responsibility. Our speakers inspired and challenged us with endless ideas and hints … Continue reading
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The very seductive social license to operate – a reality check
The social license to operate is a seductive concept, as it speaks to the business case for a community relations, a traditionally ‘soft’ part of corporate life. The social license concept promises that companies can win community acceptance or approval, … Continue reading
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Mammoths and future proofing
We are more creative, more productive, and feel more rewarded when we work against a clear immediate problem. HBR says. Why? Possibly because we haven’t changed that much in the last 50,000 years. In fact we have the same brains that we … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountability, business ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, CSR Strategy, Leadership, Materiality, Responsible Business, Risk Minimisation, social impact assessment, Social Licence to Operate, Social License, Social Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholders, Sustainable development, Transparency
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Innovation and big pharma (what innovation?)
Big pharma companies should innovate more. Well, who shouldn’t? Still, they must do so urgently, according to a recent report from McKinsey – manufacturing technology has become very inefficient, which leads to too high production costs, which contribute to outstandingly diminishing marginal … Continue reading
Social Return On Investment and the Olympics – dollars and sense.
Ever one to jump on the bandwagon, my thoughts and blog this week turns to the Olympics. Amidst the recriminations and soul searching about the Australian medal tally, a question keeps cropping up – just what return are we getting … Continue reading
Defining Report Content and Boundaries: Get Ready for G4: Second Bite
This is the second in our ‘Get Ready for G4’ series of posts in which we will help you to understand upcoming changes to the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework. For those of you who didn’t get indigestion from my first … Continue reading
Addressing the Challenge of Materiality – More than just Compliance
Originally published at: www.accountancysa.org.za The concept of ‘materiality’ is fundamental to corporate reporting practice. To be effective, an annual report should provide information that is of value – or ‘material’ interest – to the intended users of the report. While … Continue reading
The importance of CSR impacts: Measuring the intangible?
I joined ACCSR six months ago, and one of my first tasks was to manage the State of CSR survey – the roll out of the new innovation measures, making sure we could get as many people as possible to … Continue reading
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Sustainability reporting: immediate choices for the future
Originally published in The Guardian Sustainable Business Blog. Two recent developments in the Rio+20 context will help prompt welcome – and overdue – attention to the crucial role that corporate reporting can play in promoting progress towards sustainable development. The … Continue reading
What more does it take to get senior execs on board with CSR?
Another study finds that companies can do well by doing good! This recent working paper from Harvard Business School shows companies that take sustainability seriously – that integrate it into their business culture – perform better over the longer term. What I … Continue reading
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