August 8th, 2006

Corporate Responsibility Continues to Evolve

As CSRwire reported last week, the corporate social responsibility field, while growing rapidly, is still in the process of defining itself.

Among new comers helping this process occur are, according to CSR:

The CRO, a newly-launched membership organization of corporate responsibility officers lead by Business Ethics publisher Michael Connor. The organization promises to be an important addition to the CSR field for coordinating and sharing CSR best practice–and hence fueling progress in corporate social and environmental sustainability. Toward this end, The CRO will publish a magazine, maintain a website featuring CSR resources and tools, and host conferences starting this November. I’ve met Michael on a number of occasions and wish him great success with this new venture.

economie, launched last year as a global initiative seeking to promote CSR and its cousin, socially responsible investing, as the norm instead of niche activities. economie is hosting a conference, dubbed “eco6,” in Zurich in October featuring such industry leaders as Domini Social Investments Founder Amy Domini and Deborah Doane, head of corporate accountability at the New Economics Foundation.