CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AT TOMS SHOES
arts and culture; civic and community outreach; sustainability
At TOMS®, we believe we can improve people's lives through
business. Founded in 2006, we understand the imperative for
our company to operate responsibly and know that you want
to buy from a company that works hard to integrate
sustainable and responsible practices into all that they do.
Corporate Responsibility at TOMS® provides focus on the
environmental and social impacts of our products and
operations, responsible giving and employee life.
We offer shoes with sustainable and vegan materials and are
working to expand these offerings. These shoes include
natural hemp, organic cotton, and/or recycled polyester and
these materials are used on the upper, liner and/or the insole
cover (instead of our standard suede insole). All of our shoe
boxes are made from 80% recycled post-consumer waste and
are printed with soy ink.
At TOMS® we invest in our employees in many ways. We
provide training for our employees on a number of business
and leadership topics, including training for our supply chain
employees by a respected third party expert on the
important topic of human trafficking and slavery prevention.
We provide a variety of benefits to them, including Medical,
Vision, Dental, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance and AD&D,
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts,
Employee Assistance Program, Paid Family Leave, and 401(k).
We also offer Paid Time Off and a variety of fitness and
wellness classes at our headquarters building outside of Los
Angeles, California.
Corporate Social Responsibility of Sony Corporation
The spirit of philanthropy is deeply embedded in the culture
of Sony. Our mission is to fill the world with emotion, through
the power of creativity and technology, and to nurture
innovation to enrich and improve people’s lives. Through our
partnerships with worthy causes, in-kind product donations
and employee volunteerism, we strive to make a difference in
our communities and the world around us.
Our commitment extends to helping our local communities,
investing in the education of children, supporting the arts and
culture, helping disadvantaged youth, protecting and
improving the environment, and providing necessary support
when large-scale disasters strike.
Our strategic philanthropic and corporate social responsibility
(CSR) efforts are aligned to reflect the diverse interests of our
key businesses and focus on several distinct areas: education;
and the environment; and disaster relief, with an emphasis
on volunteerism in each of those areas.
Our CSR initiatives reflect Sony’s commitment to ethical and
responsible business practices. Sony established the
principles in its “Sony Group Code of Conduct” in alignment
with its core values of fairness, integrity, honesty, respect,
and responsibility, and we endeavor to uphold these
principles as we strive to create innovation across our diverse
industries. In recognition of our leading ethics and corporate
social responsibility activities, Sony Corporation was honored
by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the “2019 World’s Most
Ethical Companies” for achieving outstanding results in the
areas of ethical culture, corporate citizenship and
responsibility, governance and reputation - an honor
bestowed upon only 128 companies around the world.
Corporate Social Responsibility of BMW
BMW Group not only integrates sustainability throughout its
entire value chain, but also includes Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) as an integral part of its sustainable
development strategy, and in turn achieves the joint
sustainable development of corporate, society and the
environment.
Strategy
As an advocate and practitioner of strategic CSR, BMW
leverages its own resources and core competitive advantages
based on the realistic demands of the Chinese society. And
through clear self-positioning, innovation and a sustainable
operation model, BMW effectively promotes various
stakeholders’ long-term and active participation to address
social issues and create shared value. Guided by strategic
CSR, BMW holds true to its three principles: long-term
commitment, addressing social issues, and all-stakeholder
engagement.
BMW Children’s Traffic Safety Education
BMW Children’s Traffic Safety Education (CTSE) is a BMW
expert CSR programprogram that targets children’s road
safety in China, and aims to improve children and adults’ road
safety awareness. Leveraging its core competencies to
respond to the society’s hottest issues, BMW CTSE introduces
new ideas to children’s road safety education to get to the
root of the issue. Creating shared value and positively
impacting many children and families across China
BMW China Culture Journey
BMW China Culture Journey is a BMW iconic CSR
program that aims to promote and conserve the traditional
Chinese culture as well as intangible cultural heritage through
in-depth exploration, cultural exchanges and product
exhibitions. Integrating traditional Chinese culture rich in
history into modern life using innovative methods, this
program inspires sustainable development and demonstrates
an a successful example of corporate involvement in the
conservation of intangible cultural heritage.
BMW JOY Home
BMW JOY Home is a BMW exclusive stakeholder
engagement program tailored to help left-behind children in
China’s underdeveloped areas. This program widely engages
BMW customers, dealers, associates and other warm-hearted
people across the nation, and aims to provide left-behind
children with equal development opportunities. In 2017, in
line with BMW’s CSR strategy upgrades, BMW JOY Home
achieved its strategic transformation. To address left-behind
children and migrant children’s real and urgent needs, BMW
JOY Home launched the all-new program theme of “Joyful
Football”, leveraging its core competencies and upgrading
from charitable donations to the empowerment of its
beneficiaries.
BMW Sustainability & CSR Forum
BMW has consistently dedicated itself to being a good
corporate citizen, actively performing the obligations of its
localization strategy, and contributing to the sustainable
development of China. With an international perspective,
BMW has run the BMW Sustainability & CSR Forum in
cooperation with various partners since 2013, providing a
platform for key stakeholders to demonstrate, share and
exchange their experiences in sustainability, while involving
extensive social forces to encourage creative ideas and
practices on corporate social responsibility.
China Charity Federation BMW Warm Heart Fund
The foundation of our CSR efforts is the China Charity
Federation BMW Warm Heart Fund, which was established
jointly with the China Charity Federation (CCF) in 2008. As a
platform for all-round stakeholder engagement, China Charity
Federation BMW Warm Heart Fund not only supports a wide
array of programs and partners across the country, but also
brings together BMW customer representatives, dealers and
employees to give back to society.
CSR Awards
For years, BMW has been adhering to the concept of
sustainable development, pursuing the harmonious
development between corporate and society, passing
honesty and warm heart to the public, and contributing to
the society with innovative CSR concept. Therefore, BMW has
been widely recognized and received many CSR awards
Starbucks Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives
Starbucks’ social responsibility strategy is based on
three pillars: Community, Ethical Sourcing, and
the Environment. Here’s what the company does to
have a positive impact in each of those areas:
To have a positive impact on the communities it works
with and in, Starbucks develops community stores that
partner with local nonprofits. The nonprofits these
stores work with offer services aimed to meet the needs
of the communities they’re located in. Starbucks in turn
donates $0.05 to $0.15 per transaction to the nonprofit
partner. You can find a list of these community
stores here. Starbucks has pledged to hire at least
10,000 veterans and military by 2018, and focuses
on diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The
company also provides training opportunities for youth
in their communities, and has even developed
the Starbucks Foundation, a 501c3 whose goal is to
strengthen those communities further. These are just a
few of their many community-centric initiatives.
The second pillar, Ethical Sourcing, dictates the way that
Starbucks purchases its products. The company is
committed to ensuring that their coffee, tea, cocoa,
and manufactured goods are responsibly and ethically
produced and purchased. They say their “success is
linked to the success of the farmers and suppliers who
grow and produce [their] products,” and so they only
purchase those products from farms and manufacturers
that adhere to a certain standard of ethical treatment.
Starbucks refers to the planet as their “most important
business partner,” and takes a comprehensive approach
to reducing their environmental impact. To do this, they
build LEED certified stores, are committed
to recycling and conserving water and energy, and
pursue strategies that address climate change on a
global level. Generally, Starbucks tries to be as
environmentally friendly as possible in every aspect of
their operations.