China CSR Watch

By China CSR Watch (www.csrcsr.com)

Three Chinese companies, China Mobile, Haier, and Lenovo, made into Business Week’s 14 Asia’s most admired companies. Other winners are Canon, Nintendo, and Toyota from Japan; NHN, Posco, and Samsung Electronics from Korea; Singapore Airlines and Singapore Telecom from Singapore; and HDFC, Infosys, and Wipro from India.

“There’s no shortage of Asian companies that have prospered thanks to a laser-like focus on their home markets. But what wins enough fans to land on BusinessWeek’s list of most admired companies in Asia is success overseas,” writes Bruce Einhorn, correspondent from Business Week.

Sources (in English and Chinese)
Business Week: http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2007/gb2007076_238945.htm
Sina.com: http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/2007-07-10/14551607944.shtml

By China CSR Watch (www.csrcsr.com)

25 international and Chinese domestic companies were awarded the Best Corporate Image 2006 titles by Development Research Center of the State Council P.R.China, China Credit Research Center under Peking University, Sohu.com, and Guang Hua Media on January 29th 2007 in Beijing. However, the annual Best Employer title was left vacant.

“Employee relations is one of our key focus areas in our research criteria on corporate social responsibility. However, 2006 was the year that many employee relations incidents surfaced. This is a clear indicator that the public has shifted its attention from speed of economic development to the welfare and respect of individuals,” explained SHI Qisheng, general manager of Guang Hua Media.

The MNCs received these titles are Pepsi, Ford, HP, Coca-Cola, Lenovo, McDonalds, Motorola, Nokia, Loreal, Microsoft, Siemens, and Volkswagen. Siemens was also awarded the Annual Best Corporate Responsibility Company and Lenovo was awarded the Annual Best Management Company.

The organizers also published what claimed to be the first corporate image report in China, which can be downloaded at 2006 China Corporate Public Image Report (Chinese Version).

Sources (in Chinese):
Sohu.com
http://business.sohu.com/s2007/5180/s247803298/
http://business.sohu.com/20070129/n247915659.shtml
http://business.sohu.com/20070131/n247952872.shtml
http://business.sohu.com/upload/2006qyxx.doc