Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) encompasses all corporate practices aimed at promoting sustainable development that respects human rights, social equality and the environment. CSR combines economic viability, social progress and good ecological practices.
In large companies, it is the subject of a separate exercise: extra-financial reporting. In addition to the CSR manager, it’s up to the Purchasing department to select responsible suppliers throughout the supply chain, so as to weed out those who are negligent in terms of CSR. Your reputation and e-reputation are at stake. To help you ask the right questions and make your business model more responsible, ISO 26000 is a valuable reference. It proposes an approach based on seven central questions:
The AFNOR Solutions Achats risk map also takes into account 13 CSR issues and 4 areas of impact for the company. This is followed by a series of recommendations that will enable you to remove the risks, or at least keep them under control.
- organizational governance
- human rights
- working relations and conditions
- the environment
- fair practices
- consumer issues
- communities and local development.
