Business-Led Corporate Responsibility Coalitions

Interest in Corporate Responsibility (CR) is growing around the world. CR can be defined as businesses seeking to minimise their negative environmental and social impacts and maximise their positive environmental and social impacts within an ethical decision-making framework. A variety of factors drive society's increased expectations of business. One factor has been the creation in many countries of business-led coalitions promoting CR. These coalitions can play roles including agenda-sener, broker between companies and causes, and standards-sener. The coalitions are part of civil society and an emerging civil economy, whilst also being businessled and aligned to business concerns and capacities. They are helping to change business behaviour and influencing ideas about the purpose of business and how business interacts with other parts of society.