Switzerland Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility

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Switzerland Sustainability and Corporate Social
Responsibility

• Mary Mayenfisch-Tobin

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Switzerland

• Very little recognition of CSR in French speaking
  region of Switzerland
• Communication
• Tool for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
• Human resources crisis

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A Round up -CSR

• European Union
• Compendium of CSR in the EU
• Promoting a European Framework for CSR
• A Business Contribution to Sustainable
  Development
• http//ec.europa.eu/employment_social/soc-dial/cs
  r/index.htm
• http//ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/csr
  -matrix/csr_matrix_en.cfm
• United Kingdom
• Business in the Community
• Minister of CSR
• Investor in People
• http//ec.europa.eu/employment_social/soc-dial/cs
  r/country/unitedkingdom1.htm
• Ireland
• Business in the Community
• Excellence Through People
• http//www.bitc.ie
• Sweden and Finland
• Ministers of CSR

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CSR Multinationals

• Transparency
• Risk
• Responsibility
• Best Practices
• Auditing
• Reporting
• Legal Frameworks

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CSR-SMEs

• Knowledge
• Education and benefits
• Awards
• Best Practices
• Auditing
• Transparency
• Online information

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A model

• Tourism and Hospitality sector
• Canton of Valais
• Valais Excellence
• A Sustainable region
• http//www.valais-excellence.ch/manixa/fr

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Ireland- a Benchmark

• Business in the Community
• Public/Private partnership
• Excellence Through People a National Human
  Resources Certification Standard
• http//www.fas.ie/index.html

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EXCELLENCE THROUGH PEOPLE

• Standard
• Business Planning and Quality Improvement.
• Effective Communication and People Involvement.
• Leadership and People Management.
• Planning of Learning Development.

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EXCELLENCE THROUGH PEOPLE

• Standard
• Training and Life Long Learning.
• Review of Learning.
• Recruitment and Selection.
• Employee Wellbeing

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EXCELLENCE THROUGH PEOPLE

• Different Levels
• Questions
• Standard 35
• Gold 61
• Platinum 92

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EXCELLENCE THROUGH PEOPLE

Standard
Gold
Platinum
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EXCELLENCE THROUGH PEOPLE

• Recruitment and Selection.
• Leadership and People Management.
• Employee Wellbeing diversity, health and
  safety.

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EXCELLENCE THROUGH PEOPLE

• Recent improvements
• More emphasis on Business Improvement
• More emphasis on linking Human Resource
  Management to Business Goals
• More emphasis on adding value to organisations
  and employees.
• More emphasis on learning rather than training.
• Moving to a broader Human Resource Standard

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Switzerland

• A Government Certification model?