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First-Time CSR Reporters Index: Please take our brief survey
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1.
When did you finish your first CSR/sustainability report?
(Required.)
Month
Year
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2.
From start to finish, how long did it to take to develop the report?
(Required.)
1-3 months
3-6 months
6-9 months
More than 9 months
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3.
What department or function had primary responsibility for leading the reporting process? (select one)
(Required.)
EHS
Sustainability
Corporate Communications
Marketing
Investor Relations
Operations
Supply Chain Team
Other (please specify)
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4.
How many people were involved in the internal team developing the report?
(Required.)
1-3
4-6
7-10
More than 10
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5.
Approximately how many hours did the lead project manager (whether it was you personally or not) spend on this project?
(Required.)
Less than 50 hours
50 – 100 hours
101 – 200 hours
201 -350 hours
More than 350 hours
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6.
How many outside partners were involved in developing your report?
(Required.)
0
1
2
3 or more
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7.
If you used outside partners, for which purposes? (select all that apply)
(Required.)
Content development
Design
Strategy/materiality assessment
Data collection and analysis
External assurance
Printing/programming
Not applicable
Other (explain)
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8.
What was your budget?
(Required.)
$0; everything done in-house, no outside costs
$1 - $10,000
$10,001 - $50,000
$50,001 - $100,000
$100,001 - $200,000
Over $200,000
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9.
How did you publish your report?
(Required.)
Full report in print
Online only
Summary report/report card in print; full report and summary online
Full report both online and in print
Other (explain)
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10.
Which stakeholder groups are your most important audiences for CSR/sustainability communications? (select all that apply)
(Required.)
Current Employees
Potential Employees
Communities
Customers
Investors
Board of Directors
Other (explain)
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11.
Which stakeholder group is least important to your sustainability/CSR efforts at this time? (select one)
(Required.)
Current Employees
Potential Employees
Communities
Customers
Investors
Board of Directors
Other (explain)
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12.
What triggered your decision to develop a report? (select all that apply)
(Required.)
Senior management
Bottom-up demand from employees
Competitive pressure
Customer requests
Community inquiries
Investor concerns
Regulatory/legal concerns
Other (explain)
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13.
What was the primary reason for not doing a report before you actually did? (select one)
(Required.)
Not enough budget
Not enough people resources
Not enough time
Senior management not receptive to the idea
Nothing to talk about
Regulatory/legal concerns
Other (explain)
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14.
What was your primary challenge in completing your first report? (select one)
(Required.)
Getting the approval/budget to start
Finding the time to do it
Building a team
Gathering the stories, examples and anecdotes
Gathering the data
Getting final approvals
Other (explain)
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15.
Have you issued another report since your first one?
(Required.)
Yes
No
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16.
How often do you plan to issue a report? (select one)
(Required.)
Annually
Once every 2 years
Less frequently than once every 2 years
Hopefully never again
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17.
What was the primary guideline/standard used for your report? (select one)
(Required.)
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
International Integrated Reporting Council (IRRC)
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
Industry guidelines
Company policies and guidelines
None/no specific standard
Other (explain)
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18.
In preparing for your report, did you conduct a materiality assessment?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Not sure
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19.
Did you include CSR/sustainability goals in your first report, and what are you doing with regard to goal-setting since then? (select one)
(Required.)
Yes, we included goals and we continue to update them
Yes, we included goals and our goals remain the same
No, we didn’t include goals but we have since created goals
No, we didn’t include goals but we have plans to introduce goals in the near future
No, we didn’t include goals and we are not planning to set any goals in the near future
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20.
For background purposes, please provide the approximate number of employees in your company.
(Required.)
0 - 1,000
1,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 10,000
10,000 +
21.
Based on the experience with your company’s first CSR/sustainability report, what one thing are you doing differently since then and why?
22.
Are you willing to be contacted for a follow-up interview for this research? If so, please provide whatever contact information you are willing to share.
Name
Title
Company Name
Email
Phone number
