Case Studies

IBC: International Business Connections can work with your company to develop and deliver tailor made CSR training and workshops.  Additionally, IBC can assist in identifying and developing CSR partnering initiatives that will enhance the reputation and bottom line of your company. In both the long and short term your company can reap the rewards of a strategic vision which includes a committed CSR agenda and successful and innovative partnering stories.

In the future your company’s potential case study will be vehicle for connecting, captivating and inspiring your customers, employees, management, competitors and other key stakeholders.   Following the implementation of your CSR or partnering program, IBC can assist you prepare a positive and well researched case study which positively impact your internal and external profile.

Some examples of worldwide companies addressing the CSR agenda are important to provide the evidence of the potential benefits that can be gained – and additionally serves as a critical example of Michael Hourigan’s catch cry “Doing Good Can Mean Doing Well!”.

Who’s doing good & doing well around the world?

Some good news case Studies:

In Australia, Woolworths now has “community” as one of its core service delivery promises. The Woolworths Limited Australian Communities Foundation has committed to CSR with the following positive outcomes:

• The Wellness of Children Program
• Rural and Regional Australia
• Education and Employment
• Local Community Support Programme
• Employee Matching Award Scheme

Their leadership has been recognized through winning The Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships 2004 for their partnering initiative:  Woolworths Limited with the Fred Hollows Foundation and the Wugularr Community

Check out some of the exciting on-line case studies listed in the following links:

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/sustainability/industry/case_studies/#case
This links to Australian case studies which include an eco-efficiency assessment of Rocky Point prawn farm, Coles Supermarkets on-factory environmental management system to ISO 14001 standards and the partnership between the Cairns Crocodile Farm and Mulgrave Central Mill This important case studies demonstrate how industries can work together to effectively create solutions that provide both economic and environmental benefits.

http://www.article13.com/static/A13_rp_CBIStudyPage.asp
Profiles companies who are doing innovative work in terms of corporate social responsibility. Case study material is downloadable in PDF format for 3M, Marks and Spencer, Smiths Aerospace, and Unilever.

http://www.bitc.org.uk/resources/case_studies/index.html
This links to Business in the Community’s extensive bank of case studies.

http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content_list.asp?m=ct&ct=4
This site holds 21 full story Case Studies: Read the business cases of companies including Nike, Adidas, and the Pentland Group who aim to improve worker conditions, Marks & Spencer corporate responsibility performance and the sustainable re-design of Ford's River Rouge Factory in the US, and the cost savings to be made from sustainable manufacturing.

http://www.imperial-tobacco.com/index.asp?pageid=119
Imperial Tobacco is a global multicultural business with products sold in over 130 countries. These case studies feature challenges of behaving responsibly and growing sustainably in Madagascar and the Ukraine.

http://www.wbcsd.org
The homepage of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development provides a link to a diverse range of case studies. Some examples include:

• Adidas-Saloman Supply Chain Management: A report on the Multinational’s employment of a ‘standards of engagement’ team to monitor issues such as working hours, freedom of association, discrimination and child labour in supplier countries.
• A case study of Hewlett-Packard, SC Johnson and Unilever and their strides towards eco efficiency.
• The Akassa Community Development Project in Nigeria: A report on the alliance of BP, Statoil and Pro Natura formed to tackle development issues in the Niger Delta.
• A case study of Hewlett-Packard, SC Johnson and Unilever and their strides towards eco efficiency.
• A study of KPMG and their efforts to drive environmental improvement through staff behaviour change.

http://www.bized.ac.uk/compfact/daychocolate/choc7.htm
A case study of the Day Chocolate Company.

http://www.cafedirect.co.uk
Provides information on Cafedirect, the UK’s largest Fair Trade hot drinks company.