SECTORS & THEMATIC AREAS

VERTICALS

INDUSTRY SECTORSApparel & Textiles

Agro-based Industries

ICT & Electronics

Mining & Minerals

THEMATIC AREASCircular Economy

Business & Human Rights

Private Sector & SDGs

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

MSMEs & Sustainability

ABOUT CRBCentre for Responsible Business (CRB) was established in 2011 as think-tank to pursue its vision, 'businesses integrate sustainability into their core business practices'. Given that sustainability is a multi-dimensional problem especially in the context of India and other emerging economies, CRB has adopted a model of engaging multiple stakeholders to develop action plans for promoting sustainable/responsible business, across various sectors in India.

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Action and Policy Research

Generating evidence pertaining to social, economic and environmental elements of sustainability

Trainingand Capacity Building

Enabling various actors to enable them to adhere to

government and/or industry demands and also of

international brands and standards

Customised Advisory

Services and Technical

Assistance

Facilitating businesses to integrate social, economic and environmental sustainability parameters at strategic, managerial and operations levels

Multi-Stakeholder Knowledge Fora

Facilitating and enabling collaborative approaches aimed

at developing solutions to address sustainability challenges

VISION

ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS

MISSION

Businesses integrate sustainability into their core business practices

Create and provide high quality, affordable and accessible resources and services to enable businesses to fulfill their responsibilities to all stakeholders

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Implemented various interventions on supply chain sustainability issues including in apparel/textiles and mining/minerals (sandstone and mica) based industries

Pioneered work with voluntary sustainability standards in India, by engaging them closely with sectoral stakeholders for better appreciation and uptake

Pursuing interventions in palm oil and electronics/IT sector to highlight how market-based methods can help develop the business case for sustainability

In recognition of its interventions on sustainable business/SDGs, CRB has been recognized/ affiliated as Partners and/or Advisers of various initiatives:

© One Planet Network (UN Environment, Paris)© Trade for Sustainable Development

(International Trade Centre, Geneva)© World Benchmarking Alliance© ISEAL Alliance© UN Forum on Sustainability Standard © CSR Europe© Indian Institute for Corporate Affairs© Quality Council of India© Bureau of Indian Standard

CRB has been pursuing active partnerships with a number of Universities and Centres of Academic Excellence globally, viz. Aston Business School (UK), Erb Institute (University of Michigan, USA), Copenhagen Business School (Denmark) and University of Basel (Switzerland)

CRB has developed a number of multi-stakeholder sustainability initiatives in partnership with like-minded organisations. These are Indian Water Stewardship Network (IWSN), Indo-Dutch CSR & Sustainability Forum (INDUS-Forum); Sustainable Palm Oil Coalition for India (I-SPOC)

Developed its annual international sustainability conference (India & Sustainability Standards) as an initiative for international and national sustainable business and sustainability standards practitioners to dialogue on sustainability challenges, using a result-based approach.

Centre for Responsible Business (CRB )

USO House, USO Road, 6 Special Institutional Area, off Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi-110067

Phone: +91 11 4108 8853, 41841091Email: programmes@c4rb.in