Q. Why is CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) necessary? 

The 21st century in which we live is the age that corporations are required to do managerial activities with responsibility to not only pursue profit, but also create a better society. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) refers to the responsibility which corporations have towards society. It helps corporations increase the awareness of the ethical management and environment or protection of human rights and improve the value of social contribution, i.e. prohibiting bribery and being more transparent about accounting controls, etc. in the process of managerial activities. It is the corporate responsibility which leads to benefits in not only interested parties, but also community and further the whole human society. ISO 26000 is an international standard which the international organization had legislated on the corporate social responsibility. This standard is applicable to all organizations and corporations, whose aim is developed to provide responsibility to contribute to their society when making decisions or doing managerial activities. It also demonstrates the international recommendations in order to encourage the corporations to handle more social responsibility. Everything ranging from work practices for environmental policy, sustainable development, to the effect on the community is able to be settled. 

Q. What made CENTRAL adopt ISO26000? 

First, as a plan of social responsibility management system needed to be stipulated, we will: ▶ Promote the planned adoption of internationally-recognized social responsibility management as the first automotive parts supplier, and meet expectations of interested parties as a leading company in social responsibility management; ▶Push forward with the social responsibility management (in a more abstract way) more specifically, and improve the internal executive ability and establish the earned value management system. Second, as environmental and social risks needed to be understood and prevented proactively, we will: ▶ Analyze social responsibility requirements of diverse interested parties, international regulations and risks in advance; ▶ Prepare a foundation to customers’ CSR assessment; ▶ Establish associates’ CSR risk management system. Third, system and performance-based foundation needed to be prepared, we will: ▶ Manage the specific performance management system for social responsibility management and secure data; ▶ Prepare a performance-sharing foundation of social responsibility management for interested parties. A corporation ought to contribute to the support of its own employees and protect its interested parties, and make profits. In the process, it needs to be honest and fulfill its social responsibility. The ultimate goal of CENTRAL is to accomplish a vision ‘CENTRAL to Your Safe Mobility’ so as to implement social responsibility activities as ISO 26000 certified global corporation. To find out how the principles of CENTRAL’s social responsibility management are organized and what strategies CENTRAL has set to operate the social responsibility management, please check the below link!