【Top 10 CSR Events in China】 No.09 Zhejiang Establishes CSR Promotion Association

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On Dec. 18, at the high-level CSR development forum of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang CSR Promotion Association declared to come into existence with the aim to help enterprises "raise social responsibility awareness, improve social responsibility concepts, promote responsible practices and achieve responsible competitiveness". Seven well-known Zhejiang enterprises, including Alibaba, Geely and Tianneng Group, were selected as vice president level enterprises.
Reasons for Selection:
The establishment of CSR Promotion Association in Zhejiang Province contributes to CSR fulfillment by enterprises, for it helps enterprises raise social responsibility awareness, improves social responsibility concepts, promotes CSR practices, achieves regional responsible competitiveness and builds regional responsible brand. In addition, it indicates that Zhejiang Provincial Government, enterprises and the public attach great importance to CSR development in Zhejiang Province, which presents local government’s proactive role in promoting social responsibility in 2015.
Related Events:
On Jun. 18, 2015 Jiangsu Annual Training Session on CSR Development was held in Nanjing. Jiangsu Economic and Information Technology Commission lists the promotion of CSR development as “Top Ten Key Work” of 2015 and plans to build a “responsible Jiangsu” brand.