Inaugural CSR Leaders Survey (2020)

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1. What is your industry/sector

Banking/Finance

Education

Government/Public Sector

Health/Healthcare

ICT/Communications

Manufacturing/Production

NGO/Non-profit

Power/Energy

Real Estate

Retail

Manufacturing/Production

Food/Beverages

Natural Resources/Mining/Minerals

Service Provider

Other (please specify)

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2. Where are you located?

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3. What title best describes your level of experience/responsibility

C-Suite / Board Level

SVP / Executive Director

Director

Manager

Associate

Junior

Other (please specify)

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4. How old is your Sustainability/CSR department/program?

Less than 1 year

1-2 years

3-4 years

5 or more years

Other (please specify)

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5. What best describes your Sustainability/CSR goals?

Maintain steady return on investment

Engage our employees and local communities

Make the largest impact with the least amount of risk

Develop in-house capacity to handle CSR

Educate our CSR team on different foci and measurement methods

To comply with legislation

To comply with/achieve corporate policy/requirements

To integrate social and environmental performance

Just starting on this journey

Other (please specify)

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6. Where do your company and/or clients concentrate their Sustainability/CSR efforts? Select all that apply.

Community engagement/development

Resource use / conservation

Water scarcity

Climate change

Education

Diversity

Human Rights

Economic development

Small business development

Other (please specify)

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7. What are the most popular Sustainability/CSR activities within your company?

Environmental improvements in direct operations

Socially / environmentally responsible products

Supply chain reform

Donation matching

Volunteering

Workplace diversity initiatives

Other (please specify)

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8. In your opinion, what is the most influential emerging trend in Sustainability/CSR strategy?

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9. What tools do your company/clients use use to measure progress? Select all that apply.

Custom tools

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) indicators

Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis

Other (please specify)

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10. What are some challenges you encounter as a Sustainability/CSR professional?

Absence of accountability mechanisms

Concentration on creating high returns on investment in CSR

Data collection and measurement issues

Desire to implement band-aid solutions-based strategies

Lack of budgetary support

Lack of internal capacity

Limited external influence (e.g. on policy, suppliers, etc.)

Other (please specify)

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11. How do you keep track of the latest trends in CSR? Select all that apply.

We look to industry thought leaders

We benchmark industry peers and best practices

We regularly monitor industry news and developments

We seek advice from external advisors

We stick to the same strategy no matter what

We don't pay attention to trends

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12. Are you concerned about developing Sustainability/CSR strategies that may be perceived as "too political?"

Yes

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13. If so, why?

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14. Please provide any additional insights regarding your Sustainability/CSR programming, implementation, challenges, and effectiveness that you may have.

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15. Thank you for taking the time to complete our survey. Please let us know the best way to contact you to share the survey's findings and with future surveys and CSR news.