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The CFO is Important to Sustainability

By Christopher Gleadle on August 1, 2011 Comments Off on The CFO is Important to Sustainability accountability lifecycle, carbon footprint, CFO, chief financial officer, Christopher Gleadle, Climate Change, energy efficiency, facilities, human resources, investor relations, operational efficiency, purchasing, sustainability, sustainability strategysustainability strategy, sustainable supply chain, triple bottom line, value-chain

This post examines the importance of successfully communicating the importance of sustainability for the bottom line, in terms of risk mitigation, value opportunities and business benefits associated with sustainability to an organization’s CFO. The CFO is typically ultimately responsible for investor relations, facilities, purchasing, human resources, IT and have a large impact on all organizational resource allocation decision making in general, and CFOs can have a major impact on the ultimate success or failure of an organizations sustainability programs.

Can Finance Managers Count CSR?

By Elaine_Cohen on November 11, 2009 3 Comments accounting, BeyondBusiness, case studies, CFO, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, CIMA, communications, corporate volunteering activities, cost center, CSR, Elaine Cohen, embedding CSR, Ethical Corporation, ethical investors, ethics, finance, finance function, finance managers, How to Embed Corporate Responsibility Across Different Parts of Your Company, human resources, human resources function, IBE, Institute of Business Ethics, integrated reporting, Logistics, Operations, procurement, resources consumption, Richard Ellis, travel, waste generation

The standand approach to finance is often the sad antithesis of corporate social responsibility. Most Finance managers have a perception of CSR as simply a cost center and not a revenue generator.Cohen provides an explanation of how there is a basis for the financial function to be a contributor to, and not just a calculator of a company’s CSR program.

Free Checklist Helps HR Professionals Integrate CSR

By Tracey de Morsella on June 11, 2009 Comments Off on Free Checklist Helps HR Professionals Integrate CSR business case for CSR integration, change management process, Coro Strandberg, corporate social responsibility, CSR, CSR performance, CSR strategy, embedding CSR, embedding sustainability, employee commitment, employee morale, HR departments, human resources, productivity, stakeholders, Strandberg Consulting

Coro Strandberg, Principal of Strandberg Consulting, has introduced the Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Resource Management Checklist that identifies ten steps HR professionals can follow to support the integration of CSR into their organization’s business strategy and operations. A companion document, The Role of Human Resource Management in Corporate Social Responsibility: Issue Brief and Roadmap, provides a how-to guide including practical business-based examples and a business case for CSR integration.