Going green, using social media

Sustainability is integral to Standard Chartered. Worldwide and in Malaysia, the bank champions dedicated causes, one of them being environment. The organisation believes that each person can make a difference, and through small steps, the collection action contributes to the overall impact as the community unites to preserve the environment for future generations. Read more

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Call For Entries – Asian CSR Awards 2010

Entries for the eighth Annual Asian CSR Awards are now being accepted, with the submission deadline being 31 August 2010. The Asian CSR Awards Programme is presented by the Asian Institute of Management Ramon V. del Rosario, Sr. Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (AIM-RVR) and hosted by Intel. Read more

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Young entrepreneurs called to participate in DiGi’s Challenge for Change

DiGi’s Challenge for Change is back with two exciting competitions: the Global CleanTech Ideas Competition Open and the Social Venture Competition. Young entrepreneurs stand a chance to win up to RM80,000 of prizes, seed funding, industry mentoring, advice and support. Winners will also have the opportunity to represent Malaysia at CleanTech Open’s Global Gala in San Francisco during the Global Entrepreneurship Week this November. Read more

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Community engagement and social media at the Global CSR Summit 2010

The Second Annual Global CSR Summit 2010 & Awards, held in Singapore in June this year, was to “celebrate and salute the resilience of companies that have not only weathered the financial storm but remained resolute in trying times, to continuously uphold the highest standards in CSR, while developing innovative and sustainable solutions and products for greater profitability and improving the welfare of societies.” Read more

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Standard Chartered Jumps on Facebook for Greenfingers Project

In conjunction with the launch of its GreenFingers eco-project, Standard Chartered Bank (Malaysia) Bhd has found a new way of engagement through its Facebook (FB) application, “Treeville”, which will give FB users the opportunity to to plant virtual trees online. Read more

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Workshop on CSR, Hyderabad 28-29 May 2010 (Part 2)

By Suresh Kr Pramar

Second Day

The second day session started with a presentation by Dr Sangeeta Mansur, Director Training & Consulting, Sustainability Reporting, Insight Associates and Associate Publisher, ManagementNext.

Speaking on Communicating CSR to Stakeholders the GRI way, Sangeeta highlighted the need for reporting Sustainability. Sustainability reporting, she pointed out, was about communicating the economic, social and environment impacts of the business to the stakeholders. It is about communicating what non economic value the company was creating and how it was creating it. All this, she said, relates to accountability, transparency and inclusiveness. Read more

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Workshop on CSR, Hyderabad 28-29 May 2010 (Part 1)

By Suresh Kr Pramar

First Day

A two-day workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility was organized jointly by the Centre for Training and Research in Responsible Business & Social Initiatives (CTRiRB&SI), Noida and the Nice Foundation, Hyderabad, had participants from several business houses, including NTPC, Singareni Colleries Company Limited, Reliance Energy, Vedanta, DQ Entertainment International, VIT University, Vellore. Read more

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