Kicked off in 2009, the project's first phase focused on providing knowledge and understanding of CSR to employee, called "Employee Engagement," at the company's location. The second phase focused on giving CSR knowledge for executives and company's board member, or called "Director Programme," and the third phase was to give ISO 26000 knowledge and conducting CSR report, or sustainability report, for both listed companies and non-listed companies. These entailed more than 300 training events, attracting more than 12,000 participants.
In the fourth phase during 2012-2013, intensive advice would be extended for companies to conduct sustaintability report. At least 100 companies are expected to join CSR event, 20 companies to produce sustainability report, and another 20 to conduct the first CSR sustainability report in compliance with GRI international standards.
"Providing accurate insights on CSR to employees from the top down to the operation levels are core actions in implementing CSR concepts accurately and comprehensively, leading to creating sustainable development," said SET President Charamporn Jotikasthira.
In 2012, CSRI produced and distributed two handbooks, the "CSR guidelines for business" and "Guidelines for sustainability reports for listed companies and other interested organisations. These handbooks help firms develop CSR in conducting their businesses and disclosing information to investors and all other stakeholders.
CSRI also initiated workshop courses, including "Managing CSR for sustainable development" and "Writing CSR reports," to match opportunities for listed companies to learn about implementing CSR in order to boost organisational value, gaining confidence from investors and the general public.
"The intensive advice on producing sustainability reports will be provided by advisory team passing trainings and getting certification from Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Listed companies will get insights and readiness to conduct CSR report, enabling to choose indicator suitable to their organizations, collecting information, auditing sustainability, and evaluation report following the GRI," said Pipat Yodprudtikan, director of the Thaipat Institute.
To Peerapong Klinlaor, head of Total Access Communication's CSR office, CSR Day programme created a channel to explore activities at an individual level. These activities pave the way to building relationships between employees, called Employee Engagement, which helps drive CSR projects successfully with both internal and external organisations.
Wattana Opanon-amata, Bangchak Petroleum's senior executive vice president, added that through CSR Day events, employees have been attracted to participate in three courses, which are (a) CSR Engagement, which provides basic CSR knowledge and how to participate in CSR; (b) CSR Report, which focus on writing reports which comply with GRI, and (c) ISO 26000 guidelines for CSR international standards.
"Bangchak also supports CSR Day activities for top executives and company board members, or called directors programme in kind of sharing experiences and conducting discussions, focusing on understanding the principles and scope of CSR, setting up CSR policies that are in line with an organization's characteristics and practices," Wattana said.
Caption: The Corporate Social Responsibility Institute (CSRI), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), and Thaipat Institute are stepping up their efforts in boosting awareness in corporate social responsibility (CSR) among listed companies.
SOURCE / Corporate Social Responsibility Thailand http://www.csrthailand.net/en/news/detail/583