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Employees of Wood Supply Russia were asked in November to rank a wide range of CSR issues by importance, and their answers will form the basis for the unit’s forthcoming CSR action plan. |
The CSR pilot programme was started in spring 2003 in order to gain experiences of unit-level CSR implementation, and to support progress towards the corporate unit implementation objective.
All the pilot units have gone through an exercise to define what CSR means in their operations, and created an action plan for further integrating the Group’s CSR Principles into their work. The main steps in this systematic implementation work include:
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identifying and prioritising CSR issues, taking into consideration;
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assessing the current state of the identified issues;
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setting objectives;
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creating and implementing an action plan including objectives, actions, indicators, responsibilities and schedules;
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measuring and communicating performance;
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aiming for continuous improvements.
During 2004 Kabel Mill, Suzhou Mill, Wood Supply Finland and Wood Supply Russia entered the pilot programme.
Results of the workshops
The results from the pilot units have shown that many of the same topics come up regardless of location. The differences are in prioritisation and focus.
In China, issues such as responsible business practices, employee well-being, CSR issues in the supply chain and the responsible use of community’s natural resources came up as top priorities.
At Wood Supply Finland, priority issues were responsibility towards employees, stakeholder engagement, implementing CSR throughout the wood supply chain, customer support on sustainability questions and diversity.
In Germany, open communication and relationships with the local community, occupational health and safety, and implementing CSR throughout the supply chain were the top issues.
