Outcomes
By the end of this training course, trainees will be able to :
- Identify the role of Corporate Social Responsibility in business strategy.
- Discuss the different dimensions of Corporate Social Responsibility.
- Analyze and report impact of CSR.
- Develop meaningful stakeholder engagement techniques.
- Generat strategic plans for their companies based on the social, economic and environmental impact of the business
Target Group
- Executives involved in strategic and operational functions.
- Senior and middle management involved in corporate governance or change management.
- HR personnel at all levels.
- Corporate lawyers aiming to improve their understanding of the legal requirements and trends relating to CSR.
- All personnel involved in communications, business strategy, supplier and community relations, sustainability, governmental affairs.
Contents
- Understanding corporate social responsibility (CSR ) and its legal framework :
- Practical dimension of CSR.
- Business case.
- CSR as risk management.
- Non-economic and diversity reporting.
- Corporate governance codes.
- Sustainability standards and regulations.
- Voluntary schemes.
- How to approach corporate social responsibility?
- CSR and environmental sustainability.
- Supply chains and traceability.
- CSR and business ethics.
- Responsible enterprise restructuring.
- Responsible management and employee engagement.
- How to approach corporate social responsibility?
- Responsible investment.
- CSR in the oil and gas sector.
- Social safeguards.
- The role of CSR in addressing conflict.
- CSR and communities.
- Implementing corporate social responsibility (CSR) .
- Finding your ‘materiality’.
- Gathering data.
- Defining a strategy – examples.
- How to implement a plan.
- Assessing and measuring impact.
- Reporting.
- The importance of stakeholder management .
- Engaging management.
- Employees.
- Building alliances.
- Governmental actors.
- Collaboration with the third sector.
- Connected leadership.
- Communication strategies.
- Reputational risks.