CSR Centre is a

Corporate social responsibility Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature by engaging in or supporting volunteering or ethicall ...

focused

Non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from g ...

based in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...

. Founded in September 2007 by former Bangladeshi diplomat

Farooq Sobhan Farooq Sobhan (born 17 September 1940) is a former Bangladeshi diplomat. He served in various capacities in the Bangladesh government and foreign service. He was Bangladesh's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (1987–1990) and Hig ...

, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, CSR Centre is a source of information, resources, and advisory services for sustainable business practices in Bangladesh. The organization is currently headed by Shahamin Zaman, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer, an industry professional who also serves as the Executive Director for the

United Nations Global Compact The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations pact to encourage businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The UN Global Compact is a princ ...

Bangladesh Network, launched in collaboration by CSR Centre, the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, and

United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...

. The organization frequently partners with various governmental, local, and international organizations on CSR related initiatives across Bangladesh. Since 2017, the CSR Centre has been working closely with the

Ministry of Planning (Bangladesh) The Ministry of Planning ( bn, পরিকল্পনা মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Parikalpanā mantraṇālaẏa'') oversees the financial policies of the Bangladeshi Government, responsible for socioeconomic planning and statistics ...

to develop a comprehensive national CSR guideline for local businesses.

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External links

CSR Centre website
Corporate social responsibility Business organisations based in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka