The legal environment for corporate social responsibility (CSR) is changing fast. While the UK Government continues to maintain that CSR is “voluntary”, its underlying principles are increasingly becoming enshrined in law. In today’s highly competitive, low carbon environment, how can your business ensure that it meets the legal and ethical challenges that CSR presents?
Helen Loose, head of the environmental and health & safety group at Ashurst, looks at recent CSR-related legal requirements and explores how the legal framework for CSR is expected to develop in the future. Jennifer Zerk of CSR Vision, an independent consultancy specialising in business ethics and regulation, discusses the role of lawyers in the field of CSR, and how lawyers and CSR professionals can work together to reduce commercial and operating risks and add value to CSR activities and processes.
Original audience
Lawbites (London office).
Date recorded
24 Apr 2007.
Duration
1 hour(s).