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The Business Council for Sustainability & Responsibility Malaysia (BCSRM) is a national organisation comprising business leaders from various industries interested in responsible and sustainable practices in-line with the global sustainability agenda.
The organisation was formed in 2011 through a merger of the Business Council of Sustainable Development (1992) and the Institute for Corporate Responsibility Malaysia (2006). As a regional network partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), BCSRM aims to translate the latest global Environmental, Social and Governance knowledge from the WBCSD into the Malaysian context, so that Malaysian companies can promote, develop and adopt sustainability within their business.
BCSRM is involved in Capacity Development, Awareness Building, Advocacy and Thought Leadership activities for Environmental, Social and Governance related issues. The focus areas of BCSRM are Energy & Climate, Social Development, Ecosystem Protection and the Business Role in driving the sustainability agenda.
BRIEF HISTORY
1992 - Business Council for Sustainable Development Malaysia formed
2006 - Institute of Corporate Responsibility Malaysia formed
2011 - ICRM incorporated into BCSDM
ABOUT WBCSD
The Business Council for Sustainability & Responsibility Malaysia is a regional network partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
The WBCSD is a global CEO-led coalition of some 200 international companies, from 35 countries and 22 sectors, with a shared commitment to sustainable development.
Collectively, members represent an estimated:
15 million employees
7 USD trillion annual revenues
5 USD trillion market capitalization
(Source: Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva, December 2009)