1. CSR in Panama
MarieCécile Schouwenaar
MVO Nederland

2. What is CSR?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is
taking responsibility for every effect the
company's decisions have on people,
environment and society.
- New market opportunities
- Growth
- Creating value for people, society and
environment.

3. Why do we care?
Climate Change
Scarcity
Poverty alleviation
Transparency
Biodiversity
Social inequality

4. What is CSR Netherlands?
* Knowledge centre
Knowledge & learning
Business Network

5. Accelerating and up scaling of sustainable trade in
mainstream commodity markets
1. Coalitions of companies, governments and NGO’s
• Learning from best practices from other sectors
• Engage other stakeholders and financers

6. What are we here for?
* Helping MICI with building a sustainable strategy on CSR
* Working with Dutch companies on CSR in Panama
* Working together with SumaRSE
* Building a guide 'Doing sustainable business in Panama'
...

7. CSR in Panama
• Fresh Start, Political agenda
• Highly developed international field of knowledge
• Presence of Multinationals
• Incentives by Law 41 2007
• Build a sustainable CSR policy
• Strong networking society
• The new ISO26000 guideline

8. What can (Dutch) companies do?
• Local laws + OECD Guidelines
• Join the networks!
• Prioritizing CSR Topics
• Integrate topics into business case
• Act
• Report (GRI)

9. • Supply Chain responsibility
• Footprint-, energy- & CO2 reduction
• Social innovation (leadership & HR)
• Sustainable innovation (C2C/energy/...)
• New worldwide coalitions
• Transparency, communication
• Social networks and consumer power
Trends for 2011+

10. • Supply Chain responsibility
• Footprint-, energy- & CO2 reduction
• Social innovation (leadership & HR)
• Sustainable innovation (C2C/energy/...)
• New worldwide coalitions
• Transparency, communication
• Social networks and consumer power
Trends for 2011+