BSTI, British High Commission to organise SR Stakeholders' confce
FE Report | Monday, 21 July 2008
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), in collaboration with the British High Commission in Dhaka, will hold a national Social Responsibility (SR) Stakeholders' Conference at the BSTI conference suite in Tejgaon today (Monday), said a press release.
BSTI has already completed consultation with 170 social responsibility stakeholders to compile a guideline in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). BSTI has been compiling the country's responses to the working draft of ISO26000 as the guidelines of standard for Social Responsibility in 2010.
Representatives from major sectors like mineral extraction, cement, agro-industry, fish and foodstuffs, construction, textiles, garments and ceramics, NGO's and universities and government took part in the three-week consultation.
In the consultation they mainly focused on seven themes for determining the ISO26000 guidelines on CSR.
The focused areas include organisational governance, fair operating practices, human rights, labour practices, community involvement and development, the environment and consumer issues.
This international engagement will enhance the reputation of Bangladesh and enable Bangladesh to make a significant contribution to the international Social Responsibility Development Conference in Santiago in September 2008, said the press release.
BSTI has already completed consultation with 170 social responsibility stakeholders to compile a guideline in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). BSTI has been compiling the country's responses to the working draft of ISO26000 as the guidelines of standard for Social Responsibility in 2010.
Representatives from major sectors like mineral extraction, cement, agro-industry, fish and foodstuffs, construction, textiles, garments and ceramics, NGO's and universities and government took part in the three-week consultation.
In the consultation they mainly focused on seven themes for determining the ISO26000 guidelines on CSR.
The focused areas include organisational governance, fair operating practices, human rights, labour practices, community involvement and development, the environment and consumer issues.
This international engagement will enhance the reputation of Bangladesh and enable Bangladesh to make a significant contribution to the international Social Responsibility Development Conference in Santiago in September 2008, said the press release.