Doing business the Canadian way : Strategy to advance corporate social responsibility in Canada's extractive sector abroad

The Office of the Extractive Sector CSR Counsellor Sharing Effective Practices The Office of the CSR Counsellor was established under the Canadian companies have CSR Strategy in 2009. [...] The Centre for Excellence in CSR The Government contributed to the creation of the Centre for Excellence in CSR (the CfE) as a key element of its CSR Strategy in 2009. [...] Recognizing the potential of the CfE to effect improvement in companies’ CSR performance on the ground, the Government of Canada values its role as an observer on the CfE Executive Committee and will continue to participate in CfE activities. [...] Canada continues to be an active supporter and promoter of the Guidelines, having participated in their periodic updates and contributed to the development of implementation guidelines of particular interest to the extractive sector. [...] As the costs to business, including impacts on share price, of poor Value of Credible CSR corporate behaviour become better known, the higher the demand Practices and Reporting will be from a broad spectrum of investors for credible reporting of Some corporate leaders CSR-related efforts, and the stronger the incentive for companies to understand the intrinsic value of improve their CSR performanc