Global Partner Network

Partners in Change is a core partner in the CSR360 Global Partner Network. CSR360 is a network of independent organizations, who work at the interface of Business and Society to mobilize business for good.

Business in the Community (BITC) convenes this network that currently comprises of around 100 partner organizations from 60 different countries around the world. The network offers an infrastructure of local expertise and support through which companies and partners can implement successful campaigns and programmes. The main focus is to promote Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Community Investment and the wider framework of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Around 60% of partners are member-led CSR organisations which collectively represent over 1000 companies worldwide. The remaining 40% includes Chambers of Commerce, Volunteer Bureaus, Umbrella Organisations and Academic Institutions.

Mission

To develop a network of contributing partners working together to:

  • Share and raise awareness of responsible business practice
  • Cooperate on common priorities and projects
  • Foster change for global sustainable business and society
  • Strengthen and build the delivery capacity of partners

Vision

A network of partners working in the field of CSR, inspiring and engaging business to help build a more sustainable and just world.

Seeing is Believing

The initiative “Seeing is Believing” is an extremely powerful tool of CSR 360 for engaging business in society. It invites senior business leaders to see for themselves how they can play a role in tackling the most pressing social issues, in some of the most deprived areas.

CSR360 arranged its first Seeing is Believing (SIB) visit in Bangalore, India which ran from the 17-19 of April 2008. 10 delegates from India and the UK participated in the event, which aimed to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an integral part of successful business behaviour in India.

The visit was an opportunity for business delegates to encounter first hand the local cultural and social context in which businesses operate, and was jointly organized with the Bangalore Chamber of Industry of Commerce, Indian Institute of Management and Bangalore and Partners in Change.

The visit highlighted projects and examples of ways in which businesses have already made a difference in Bangalore, and the delegates had an opportunity to visit the projects run by Association of People with Disability (APD), Freedom Foundation, Milana, Accept and the Hope Foundation. The participants were enthused and challenged to hear the first hand account from the people with disabilities and children and women affected by HIV/AIDs.

For more information about CSR 360 and the network programmes, you may visit www.csr360gpn.org