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BUSI401 - Management and Corporate Communications : CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
CSR Terms
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- Business & Sustainability Report
- Citizenship and Sustainability Report
- Corporate Citizenship Report
- Corporate Responsibility Report
- Corporate Social Responsibility Report
- Environmental Responsibility
- Environmental, Social and Governance (or ESG) Report
- Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report
- Global Environmental & Social Impact Report
- Impact Report
- Integrated Sustainability Report
- Responsible Business Report
- Social Impact and Sustainability Report
- Social Responsibility of Business
- Social Responsibility of Corporations
- Sustainability Report
- Sustainable Impact Report
Browse for CSR Reports
Sorted in order of currency & U.S. focus
- CSR WirePR wire service of corporate social responsibility endeavors. See both press releases (very current, but short) and reports (longer, but less current).
News and reports come directly from the companies. - CSR Reports Library (Bentley University)Archive of company CSR reports. Sorted alphabetically in two segments: Codes of Conduct and Corporate Social Responsibility. Not super current, and there are some dead links ... still, it can help find some useful reports. (From their Hoffman Center for Business Ethics)
- News from Sustainability-Reports.comRelatively current news. European focus. Features some annual reports, although most are 2023 and earlier.
- The State of U.S. Sustainability Reporting (2021)Includes "Practical Considerations for 2022 U.S. Sustainability Reporting;" "Research Background;" "Unique Naming Conventions of 2021 Sustainability Reports;" and a summary of the content reviewed by the authors. Posted to the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance on Nov. 2, 2021.
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- Statista
Data on topics such as pet ownership, music sales, poverty, social media use, and much more. Or view their report on Sustainability "Statistics and facts." View online and download as .xls 
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Data on topics such as pet ownership, music sales, poverty, social media use, and much more. Or view their report on What's Credible?
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