The “Policy and Practice of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Environmental Information Disclosure Promotion in Zhejiang” seminar was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on March 14, 2014. The seminar took place as part of the EU-China Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) project “Improving Corporate Environmental Information Disclosure in Zhejiang and Shanxi Province through Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CEID Project)” and was organized by the Zhejiang Research Institute of Industrial Economy and the Sino-German Corporate Social Responsibility Project. A total of 61 representatives from government, association and commercial sectors attended the event.
Mr. Asia Wang, Managing Director of NEWAsia Solutions Limited, was invited to deliver a presentation on his experience working with the CEID Project. Mr. Wang has been fully involved and played a senior expert role in the implementation of the CEID project, and focuses on three areas of consultancy service and technical support: 1). Conducting research and comparative studies of CSR policies (including incentive policies and environmental information disclosure) of different local governments that have already issued CSR policies in China. 2). Developing policy recommendations on CSR and incentives for CSR which were submitted to local Zhejiang and Shanxi governments. 3). Providing guidance to pilot companies to raise awareness of the benefits of CSR and to further establish a CSR management system that includes environmental information disclosures.