【Top 10 CSR Events in China】No.07 Guidance on Social Responsibility of Information and Communication Technology Industry released

 

On August 30, SJ/T 16000-2016 Guidance on Social Responsibility of Information and Communication Technology Industry (the Guidance) was released. The Guidance is formulated based on ISO 26000: Guidance on Social Responsibility, and GB/T 36000 Guidance on Social Responsibility (the national CSR standard of China).Based on the features and practices in ICT industries, the Guidance identifies the basic CSR purpose, CSR principle and CSR practices, 10 core topics and 31 issues.
Reason for listing:
The Guidance is the first CSR guidance that matches the national CSR standard GB/T 36000 since it was released. Based on the reality of ICT industry, the Guidance is development-orientated and can be seen as the common cognition and action framework of ICT industry in CSR field. It benefits ICT enterprises to exploit their specialties and core advantages to establish the sustainable business mode. The industry guidance facilitate to improve the ICT industry competitiveness, gain the international competitiveness and disclosure power and promote the soft power, going global and sustainable development of Chinese ICT industry. It is also a good reference for other industry CSR standards research.
Related events:
1. On September 20, GoldenBee CSR Consulting, Shanghai Academy of Quality Management, Registro Italiano Navale, China WTO Tribune and other organizations established “Mega Events Sustainable Development System Promotion Alliance”.
2. On September 21, the 1st CSR Annual Meeting of ICT industry was held, and the first industry CSR report China’s ICT Industry CSR Report 2015 and CSR management system in China’s ICT industry were released.
3. On November 7 and 8, Declaration on Regional Collaborative Governance of Responsible Supply Chain in the Asian Textile and Garment Industry was signed