Strengthening Civil Society-Private Sector Partnerships
CSR Europe in cooperation with CSR Turkey worked with leading actors in our networks to showcase the best practices and processes of corporate social responsibility partnerships that are giving back to the economy, society and environment in Europe and Turkey.
The report “Strengthening Civil Society-Private Sector Partnerships” in collaboration between CSR Turkey and CSR Europe provides insights into the situation and development of Corporate Social Responsibility in the EU and Turkey. Here below the key takeaways:
CSR remains a set of diverse activities for companies responding to their situations and material topics.
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However European Stakeholders are aligned on what CSR is today:
Ethical business beyond profit
Meeting the needs of stakeholders in society
Avoiding environmental damage.
Four are the key areas that companies have to tackle in order to better integrate sustainability and enable a stronger environment for cross-sector partnerships:
Make a strong business case internally for CSR
Prioritize your resources through a materiality assessment
Actively engage your internal and external stakeholders
Be more collaborative
‘There is still a need for full integration across all sectors of business. Progress on integrating sustainability in businesses will be hindered unless there is greater collaboration and partnership at all levels’
Overall, stakeholder feedback is a valuable source of information that can improve project design and outcomes, helping companies to identify and control external risks. It can also form the basis for future collaboration and partnerships which are increasingly needed to address the urgent environmental and social challenges we face.
About the Project:
The Responsible Impact Project is financed by the European Union under the “Fifth Phase of the Civil Society Dialogue Programme”. A total of 30 interviews were conducted with private, public and civil society organizations regarding their CSR activities in Turkey and Europe.
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.