Interview Guide for the dissertation on Implementation of CSR

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Questions Prompts

Company & CSR activities:

• Company Background
1. Can you provide a brief overview on • History& beginning
the company’s CSR background • Performance over the years

2.Describe the inception and progress of • Initial stage of when the

CSR initiatives in your company initiatives where introduced
• Progress over the years
• Major mile stones and
achievements

Implementation of CSR • External factors of

• stakeholders and shareholders,
3. What are the major factors which were customers,
considered while implementing CSR in society
your company government regulation
environmental concerns
• Internal factors like management
Employees
Work culture
Corporate strategy

4. What are the major steps in which the • Various steps followed
environmental friendly CSR initiatives • Process and procedures adopted
are carried out in your company • Steps taken to check and avoid
deviations from standards

5. Among the various factors elaborated • Energy Efficiency

could you elaborate on the most critical • Water efficiency
factor which has to be focussed to make • Waste efficiency
implantation of CSR initiatives with • Noise efficiency
respect to environment friendly
operations? • Proper accident prevention
procedures and management.

6. In what way has the implementation of • To overcome competition

CSR initiatives added value to your • Ways in which it has added value
organisation in achieving a competitive to the corporate image
advantage? • Impact that the CSR drives have
had on products, services and operations

Lessons & obstacles • Obstacles from management

7. What were the obstacles faced while • Shareholders
implementing the various initiatives on • Staff
environmental perspective of CSR? • Costs versus benefits analysis
8. To what extent is the CSR perspective • Manufacturing
embedded in the corporate strategy • Operations
• Recycling and zero landfill
Marketing and selling of products
9 .How much percentage of profits • Percentage figures
annually is utilised to ensure the • Increased or decrease in
implementation of CSR initiatives and contributions per annum
how is this been justified to stakeholders
10. What are the future CSR • Future plan of action
environmental friendly initiatives of the • Target or goals willing to
company? accomplish
• How it will be achieved
• The support from management ,
employees & regulatory authority