Investor Oriented Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting

Reporting organizations' corporate social responsibility activities is difficult - a lack of regulation means that the communication of these activities varies significantly and there is a multitude of ways in which mistakes can be made.

The author provides the tools and insights required to produce investor-friendly CSR reports and includes a chapter showing how the investors can integrate CSR in their quantified analysis of investment-opportunities. Features include formulas, conversion standards and CSR note tables which enable the book to be used as a practical handbook as well as in the classroom.

Written by an experienced compliance officer with years of experience in reporting CSR, this book is an easy-to-follow guide for practitioners and students and will be required reading for students of accounting, financial reporting and auditing as well as those in industry who want to improve their organization's reporting standards.

Chapter 1. Why is there a need for this book? Chapter 2. Is CSR profitable? Chapter 3. Rules and guidelines that exist Chapter 4. Rules that ought to exist Chapter 5. Proposed minimum data Chapter 6. Evidence requirements for valid and complete data Chapter 7. How to create a good control environment? Chapter 8. How can investors use CSR in their analysis of stocks? Chapter 9. Conclusion Chapter 10. Appendices

Dr. Jane Thostrup Jagd is Director and Control Compliance Officer at A.P. Moller-Maersk, Denmark