CSR Turkey: The Dos and Don’ts of Collaboration in CSR

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Progress on integrating sustainability in businesses will be hindered unless there are greater collaboration and partnership at all levels. This is the conclusion of the report “Civil Society and Private Sector Cooperation Through CSR in Europe and Turkey”, carried out by CSR Europe in collaboration with CSR Turkey.

The document analyses the state of play of civil society-private sector partnerships on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Turkey and Europe.

The private, public and civil society organizations* who participated in the research, highlighted the following factors facilitating and threatening sustainability activities and cross-sector partnership projects in Europe and Turkey.

Factors that foster collaboration:

  • Growing demands from investors

  • Increasing importance of building alliances and partnership

  • EU laws and policies

  • National legislations

  • Guidance via international reporting guidelines such as GRI, IIRC, SASB

Factors that hinder collaboration:

  • Lack of resources (HR and Financial)

  • Difficulty to gain internal buy-in (building the business case for CSR)

  • Raising awareness among employees

  • Managing stakeholder expectations

According to the report, sustainability is no longer about individual company’s management, but it is about the entire eco-system and is only possible if implemented through strengthening local communities.

* The projects report highlights CSR activities of several companies such as IBM Turkey, Coca Cola Turkey, Microsoft Turkey, Sabiha Gokcen Airport, İhtiyac Haritası, KACUV, OSGD, Yesim Tekstil, Esas Sosyal, Allianz Turkey, TKYD, Zorlu Enerji, Ankara Development Agency, SDG Impact Accelerator in Turkey as well as McCain, Johnson & Johnson, Bridgestone, Vattenfall, Solvay, IBM, RNE, EEB, IOM NL, CSR Hellas, The Shift, IUCN, GIZ, CSR Europe in Europe.

 
 
NATIONAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONSDaria DelnevoCSR Turkey