THIS IS THE PERSONAL BLOG OF JORDI LESAFFER ON CORPORATE SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT (SRI).

T H E O P I N I O N S E X P R E S S E D I N T H I S B L O G A R E T H O S E O F T H E A U T H O R A L O N E A N D D O N O T R E F L E C T T H E V I E W S O F A N Y C O M PA N Y O R

O R G A N I Z A T I O N W I T H W H I C H H E I S A S S O C I A T E D

ALSO ACTIVE ON:

Thougths and Reflexions on a Sustainable Society

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CSR & SRI & Sustainable Development

Responsibilities of Companies & Investors

Before: Companies were part of the problem

Now: Companies CAN and SHOULD be part of the solution

- STIMULATE DEBATE

- INFORM

- EXCHANGE & SHARE

5 ‘Mega-Forces’ or Key Challenges

1. Business & Climate change

2. Business & Human rights

3. Business & Finance

4. Business & Consumers

5. Business & Supply chain

Business & Climate change

Risks & Opportunities

Fossil fuels – Carbon bubble - disinvestment

Green energy – Engine of a new economy?

Questioning of current growth model

Investors have a huge power! Green Money!

Business & Human rights

Globalization – Shared values on human rights spread worldwide (social media!)

Companies active in Conflict zones

NGO’s, social media, consumers: close monitoring!

In all domains: (cfr Olympics, World Cup)

Privacy rights - Prism / Snowden / Facebook

Respect, Protect, Remedy Framework– United Nations

Business & Finance

Financial crisis – short termism (high risks!)

Casino capitalism – ‘don’t sell what you cannot explain in 20 sec to your mother’

Invest in real economy – food speculation/land grabbing

Tax evasion. “What is legal, is not necessarily ethical”

SRI is exploding – EUR + World – Emerging markets

Long-term investment – Impact Investing – Integration of ESG in mainstream financial analysis

Business & Consumers

Consumer awareness: healthy food, safety of products…

Right to information: What’s in it?

Labelling of products : GMO’s, Fair Trade, BIO

Fair Price & Trade for everyone – Also here in the North

Consumers have power: But need to be conscious also…1 dollar shirt has its price!

Business & Supply chain

Outsourcing – China – Bangladesh – Africa next

Low cost production – low Labour, ENV and HRT standards

Rana Plaza: wake up call? Decent wages

Complexity: Who’s responsible?

Consumer awareness! What’s the real ‘price’ of my I-Phone?

Conclusions

SRI and CSR are becoming mainstream

Sustainability is E + S

Key role of Governments – re-regulation! Political will?

Key role of investors – They have the $

Key role of consumers: ‘critical’ shopper?

Holistic approach

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