Concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its practices in Bangladesh have a long history of charitable activities from time immemorial. The Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Dr. Nasiruddin Ahmed said the government is eager to promote CSR through tax incentives but transparency and accountability of CSR activities have to be maintained.

Private companies are not willing to channel their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for improving public drinking water and sanitation facilities, a seminar heard recently.Didier Perez from the Air Kita Foundation, which promotes ethics and access to clean water, said the potential was there to vastly improve sanitation and access to drinking water by channeling CSR funds, which are obligatory for companies working in particular fields.

KUALA LUMPUR: Suhakam is working on a draft policy on business and human rights.“This policy will be enforced by the Government and observed by business entities,” commissioner James Nayagam told The Star yesterday after a roundtable dialogue with several ministries and government agencies at the Suhakam office.

Young Canadians are less likely than their parents to choose which products they buy based on a company’s reputation for social responsibility, a new survey suggests.The findings are contained in the Consumerology Report, a quarterly survey conducted for Toronto advertising agency Bensimon-Byrne that tracks trends in Canadian consumer attitudes.

The Star will feature a series of stories in conjunction with StarBiz-ICRM Corporate Responsibility Awards. The CR Awards is the result of a partnership between The Star and Institute of Corporate Responsibility Malaysia (ICRM), supported by the Securities Commission and Bursa Malaysia Bhd. Its working partners are PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Securities Industry Development Corp.

PETALING JAYA: More banks in Malaysia are going into green technology financing in view of the potential market for environmental business amid surging levels of greenhouse gases.Although green financing has not taken off in a big way in Malaysia compared with developed countries, it has been gaining prominence.

The Star will feature a series of stories in conjunction with StarBiz-ICRM Corporate Responsibility Awards. The CR Awards is the result of a partnership between The Star and Institute of Corporate Responsibility Malaysia (ICRM), supported by the Securities Commission and Bursa Malaysia Bhd. Its working partners are PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Securities Industry Development Corp.

JUNO BEACH, FL — NextEra Energy has one of the industry's smallest carbon footprints due to a steady shift to low-carbon sources since the 1990s.The company has reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 31 percent since 1990, the company said in its 2009 Sustainability Report. It has also taken a large bite out of its nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions by 88 percent and 87 percent, respectively.

Turkish GSM operator Avea was given an award for social responsibility at the Best Business Awards by a highly respected organization in the United Kingdom which examines corporate-social harmony, according to an announcement from the firm.