CSR is about how companies manage the

business processes to produce an overall

positive impact on society.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to
operating a business in a manner that
accounts for the social and environmental
impact created by the business.
CSR means a commitment to developing
policies that integrate responsible practices
into daily business operations, and to
reporting on progress made toward
implementing these practices.
Common CSR policies related to Environment
protection includes:
¤ Adoption of operating policies that exceed
compliance with social and environmental
laws;
¤ Advanced resource productivity, focused on
the use of natural resources in a more
productive, efficient and profitable fashion
(such as recycled content and product
recycling)
 Contribution to greenhouse gas emissions
through energy use and other parts of your
process
 Use of raw materials, both nonrenewable
resources which by definition are not
sustainable in the long term, and as
importantly renewable resources which are
produced in a fashion which is not currently
sustainable.
 Potential for environmental accidents -
releases of pollutants into air, water or land.
 Electronic waste is the fastest growing component of
our waste stream, growing nearly three times faster
than municipal waste.
 Contain significant levels of toxic compounds
including lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent
chromium.
 Computers are currently not recycled or even
disposed of properly.
 Growing hazard as toxic elements can seep into
groundwater or expose workers.
 Apple, Dell & Hewlett-Packard have implemented
computer recycling programs.
 The genetic engineering of food is a relatively new
and untested technology.
 Risks of GE Foods
 Public Health Risks
o Allergic Reactions
o Increased Resistance to Antibiotics
o Cancer Risks
o Toxic Reactions
o Reduced Nutritional Value
 Environmental Risks
o Increased Herbicide Use
o Increased Pesticide Residue & Damage to Soil &
Beneficial Insects
o Genetic Pollution and the Creation of "Superweeds“
o Threat to World's Food Supply
 Over 200 billion beverage containers were sold &
over 130 billion of those containers ended up in
landfills or were incinerated.
 Plastic debris in oceans is the principal cause of
death of more than a million seabirds and 100,000
mammals and turtles per year.
 If all of the beverage containers that were wasted
last year had been recycled, 15.6 million metric tons
of greenhouse gases would have been avoided.
 Making containers from recycled content uses
significantly less energy and fossil fuels in their
production than using virgin materials: recycled
aluminum uses 95% less energy, recycled plastic uses
30% less energy, and recycled glass uses 35% less
 The world's remaining forests house over 50% of
the earth's biodiversity.
 Increased rates of forest loss, particularly in
biodiversity rich areas, have reached crisis
proportions.
 Clear cutting of forests destroys ecosystems,
degrades water quality, facilitates erosion, and
contributes to species extinction.
 Find and promote ways to use wood more
efficiently.
 Promote and support alternatives to wood
products.
 Most paper is manufactured from pulp from virgin
forests.
 Paper production contributes to significant air &
water pollution.
 Using 6 tons of recycled paper saves at least 50
trees.
 Air and water pollution threaten to cause very
serious heavy metal contamination problems.
 Herbal remedies and dietary supplements to check
for heavy metals .
 Bronze and brass components of drinking water
systems come into contact with and leach lead into
drinking water.
 Fish and shellfish are considered part of a healthy
diet. However, mercury levels in seafood is on the rise
worldwide.
 Presence of carcinogens Toulene and Formaldehyde
in nail care products.