Comments on: CSR, Women and Violence https://www.corporate-eye.com/main/csr-women-and-violence/ ...compare, compete, excel Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:08:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris Milton https://www.corporate-eye.com/main/csr-women-and-violence/#comment-13572 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:08:47 +0000 http://www.corporate-eye.com/blog/?p=40235#comment-13572 Thank you very much for your comment Bushra!

It’s sometimes difficult to remember it’s *only* 15 years since John Elkington started to turn the tide on sustainability reporting .. in that short time we’ve reached the point where sustainability and responsibility are concepts 99% of businesses want to ally themselves with.

However, the pace of real change is slow and many businesses still insist on only being sustainable or responsible where it profits them.

Companies cannot have it both ways: they cannot pursue just the profit motive and then complain that regulation to spread the benefits of profit equitably across society are too heavy. This is the real challenge facing companies in this latest iteration of responsible business.

]]> By: Bushra https://www.corporate-eye.com/main/csr-women-and-violence/#comment-13571 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:11:10 +0000 http://www.corporate-eye.com/blog/?p=40235#comment-13571 Sad, Potent, True. You have given these awful cases a whole new dimension Chris. “It is not enough to hug a tree, offset carbon emissions and get worried about the working conditions of your suppliers in poorer countries” . I could not have put it better myself. Companies both local and international can and should use their power to try and change issues which may not be the IN thing but can have a disastrous affect if left untouched!

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