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With the exception of the disclosures in the business review, described above, UK companies are under no obligation to report on the corporate social responsibility policies or initiatives.
However, many listed companies now publish voluntary annual reports on CSR. They may be called social and environmental reports or CSR reports, and are usually published each year at the same time as the annual report and accounts but in a separate document or booklet. These reports set out their ethical values and commitment to CSR principles, and describe what they have done in this area during the financial year.
A CSR report might be largely descriptive, providing narrative descriptions of how the company has contributed to reductions in waste or pollution, promoting sustainable business or engaging in charitable activities and community development activities.
There is now growing recognition of the need to provide social and environmental information as quantified performance measurements, so that actual achievements can be assessed better against targets or benchmarks.
Sustainability reports provide quantified measurements of performance in three areas of achievement: financial performance, social performance and environmental performance. Since these reports provide quantified performance measurements or results, sustainability reports are also described as triple bottom line reporting.
Scope of CSR CSR covers the following areas:
ethical behaviour by a company and its employees (business ethics);
the treatment of employees by the entity (employer);
the treatment of human beings generally (for example, respect for human rights, refusing to use suppliers who employ slave labour or child labour, and so on); the entity’s relationship with society at large, and the communities in which it operates; and environmental issues, such as the responsibility of companies to protect and sustain the natural environment
However, many listed companies now publish voluntary annual reports on CSR. They may be called social and environmental reports or CSR reports, and are usually published each year at the same time as the annual report and accounts but in a separate document or booklet. These reports set out their ethical values and commitment to CSR principles, and describe what they have done in this area during the financial year.
A CSR report might be largely descriptive, providing narrative descriptions of how the company has contributed to reductions in waste or pollution, promoting sustainable business or engaging in charitable activities and community development activities.
There is now growing recognition of the need to provide social and environmental information as quantified performance measurements, so that actual achievements can be assessed better against targets or benchmarks.
Sustainability reports provide quantified measurements of performance in three areas of achievement: financial performance, social performance and environmental performance. Since these reports provide quantified performance measurements or results, sustainability reports are also described as triple bottom line reporting.
Scope of CSR CSR covers the following areas:
ethical behaviour by a company and its employees (business ethics);
the treatment of employees by the entity (employer);
the treatment of human beings generally (for example, respect for human rights, refusing to use suppliers who employ slave labour or child labour, and so on); the entity’s relationship with society at large, and the communities in which it operates; and environmental issues, such as the responsibility of companies to protect and sustain the natural environment
