On
the release of the report - The State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand
Annual Review 2015 - Sustainable Business Council Executive Director Penny
Nelson said:
“We
have seen a significant shift for New Zealand businesses over the past year.
Increasingly, leaders are bringing sustainability into the heart of their
organisation’s strategies.
“A
growing number of businesses are looking beyond sustainability as compliance or
risk management and are seeing growing opportunities from embedding good
business practice. The State of CSR report suggests that business innovators
are tackling social and environmental issues because it creates both financial
and non-financial value for them.
“According
to the report, innovators are more likely to prioritise addressing issues like
poverty, inequality, human rights and the environment. They understand the
close connection between their own long-term success and having healthy
communities and ongoing access to natural resources. You can’t have one without
the other.
“It
was interesting to see that overall, New Zealand businesses are more focused on
environmental goals than Australian companies, yet less concerned with social
issues. I think there’s growing awareness among New Zealand businesses of the
important role they have to play in areas like youth unemployment and poverty.
This will be an area to watch.”
-Scoop
Business
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