Chapter 1:
Priorities, recent trends and
future directions
Chapter 2:
Progress check: CSR delivering objectives
c Competitiveness
c CSR & poverty reduction
c Community investment
c Environment
c Governance
c Workplace
This report stands alongside and complements our new
website on CSR www.csr.gov.uk. In this report we aim to
provide a summary of progress against the priorities we set
ourselves as well as a look ahead to the future challenges.
It is not intended to be an exhaustive review of all the
activity that Government has undertaken or supported.
Rather it aims to illustrate the breadth of the agenda and
range of action that can be and is being taken. You will
find a more comprehensive overview of the range of
Government activities in support of CSR through
our website.
Chapter 3:
Government demonstrating CSR values:
the framework for sustainable
development on the Government Estate
Chapter 4:
Looking ahead future priorities
This report reflects a UK wide approach to CSR including
the Devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland. The Government website provides more
specific information on the Devolved Administrations and
links to their individual websites. It is made clear where
any programme applies to one country only. This report is
aimed essentially at business but we hope that it will be of
interest to other readers including NGOs and those with a
general interest in CSR.
Names and abbreviations highlighted in the text are listed at the back under the glossary and list of contacts
5
Priorities so far
In the last Government report
our priorities were to:
c Raise the profile and highlight
the importance of social and
environmental responsibility
c Make responsible behaviour a
consideration of core business
c Assist the involvement of small
and medium sized enterprises
c Promote transparency in CSR reporting
and awareness in the marketplace
c promote good practice in CSR...