Implementation Organization : Climate Change Organisation (CCO)
Country : AP region
Project Area : Business/ industry and the environment
NetRes : SIIA
Duration of Project : 18 months
Status : Ongoing
10. SINGAPORE
Title of the Project
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
Summary
The private business has been expanding as the countries in Asia and the Pacific undergo rapid economic growth and industrialization. The corporate behaviors throughout the supply chain exert a great deal of impacts on environmental sustainability and long-term sustainable development.
A greater need for information exchange and collaboration remains to be worked out between the regions of Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia to promote an integrated Asian CSR effort which is distinct from the West. It will be more important as East Asian countries proceed with the process of their economic integration. The project on CSR in Asia is an attempt to bring together experts from the different government, corporate and NGO sectors to explore ways to promote such an initiative on CSR for environment and sustainable development, to reverse the scenarios of eco-dumping and ‘race to the bottom’ to promote environmentally accountable investments, and enable Asian stakeholders to amalgamate their efforts to move forward on the path toward achieving sustainable development.
Key Activities
(i) Preparing a synthesis on the review of CSR activities, policy processes and other related matters in the area of environment and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific; inter-regional comparison shall be also undertaken,
(ii) Organising regional multi-stakeholder dialogues on CSR for sustainable development,
(iii) Undertaking experimentation of suggested CSR related actions in 2 – 3 selected countries or local areas; the countries and/or local communities shall be selected in the consultation process of those to be involved in this project,
(iv) Developing a regional assessment report on CSR for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific; and developing models for CSR aimed at sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, and
(v) Contributing to the global processes for standard-setting regarding CSR or social responsibility, for instance, those currently on-going under the auspices of the ISO.
Contact Info
Viki-Esther Chang
Chairwoman
Climate Change Organisation (CCO)
Email: viki@procems.com
Simon Tay
Chairman
Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA)
Tel: 6734 9600
Email: chairman@siiaonline.org |
