The State of CSR in Australia is our ongoing study of the CSR capabilities and performance of Australian organisations. We report annually on the results of this research, which is one of the largest ongoing research projects on CSR anywhere in the world and the biggest ongoing survey of CSR practice and performance in Australia.
We developed the State of CSR research series following a report we published in 2007 which, for the first time, described what it is like to work in CSR in Australia, downloadable from the quick links on the right of this page.
We got such an overwhelmingly positive response to our 2007 report that we decided to repeat and extend the research. We ran surveys in 2008 and 2009 on the State of CSR in various industries and types of organisations and published reports that can be accessed by clicking on the links below.
The project measures organisational capabilities, performance and activities in the area of corporate social responsibility. We also calculate organisational scores for benchmarking purposes and announce the results of the CSR Top 25 in the summary report each year.
Call for participants in 2010 research
Because the State of CSR in Australia survey uses perception-based measures of capabilities and performance, we need many respondents from each organisation to be able to calculate valid organisational scores – preferably at least 20 respondents from each organisation.
We are therefore seeking your help now in adding names from your organisation to the invitation list for the survey. The names of individual participants are confidential and will not be published or provided to anyone or used for any other purpose.
As an incentive to participate, we are offering a free copy of the 2008 report ‘Drivers of Business Outcomes and Performance: The Business Case in Numbers’ to any organisation that provides 20 or more respondents for the survey. If your organisation employees are 20 or fewer, the same offer applies if all of your employees participate. This report sells for $2,950 plus GST so this is an excellent opportunity to get information that can help you benchmark your own organisation’s CSR capabilities and performance and make better strategic decisions.
Deadline for adding new participants to the survey: Friday 10th September 2010.
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The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility’s (ACCSR’s) State of CSR in Australia: 2009 Annual Review showed that many businesses tied their CSR strategies more closely to their overall business strategy as a result of the Global Financial Crisis.
State of CSR Annual Review 2008
This essential report, available only from ACCSR, tracks the growth and development of corporate social responsibility in Australia.
The first comprehensive study into the state of CSR capabilities of Australian organisations, The State of CSR Report quantifies the ways in which CSR creates different business outcomes to enhance organisational performance, and benchmarks CSR salaries and employment.