CSR Watch Launched

Mr Allotey-Pappoe launching the maiden edition of the CSR Watch magazine in Accra.

A quarterly magazine on corporate social responsibility, CSR Watch, has been launched in Accra.

Aimed at promoting a partnership among corporate organisations, the government and civil society to reach their varying needs, the CSR Watch is the newest professional magazine designed to update readers on day-to-day activities in the country.

The glossy 36-page magazine shares best practices, highlights the cautions and stresses the benefits in corporate social responsibility. It points businesses to the direction where they will stick to the CSR values which have moved businesses to heights through competitive differentiation, access to new markets and partnerships.

The magazine is published by CSR Foundation Ghana, an organisation that champions corporate social responsibility.

Launching the magazine, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the foundation, Mr Joseph Emmanuel Allotey-Pappoe, noted that “the time for spearheading advocacy for CSR in Ghana and Africa” had come and that the foundation was embracing thatresponsibility.

Mr Allotey-Pappoe described CSR as a systematic, planned and ethical corporate behaviour that met statutory and regulatory requirements beyond an organisation’s mission statement/charter and also satisfied the needs of all stakeholders and social imperatives in a transparent and sustainable manner for development.

The Editor of the magazine, Ms Vicky Wireko-Andoh, for her part, said readers of the magazine would benefit from the value of CSR as a modern business practice and why it had become incontrovertibly true for businesses.

“A business success is underpinned not only by its profitability but also a whole lot of players, prominent among them being CSR, referred to by some as corporate conscience,” she stated.