Inspiration from the CSR Quality Mark

... the latest trends and developments in the field of CSR

Inspiration for Corporate Social Responsibility

SDGs and CSR Quality Mark – ISO 26000

The SDGs are a compass for all themes that need to be worked on in society and the world. The 17 goals offer prospects for a better future at local, national and international level. They are designed to build a greener, fairer and better world by 2030, where we all have a role to play…

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Green Claims Directive (GCR) strengthens stricter rules for sustainability claims

Members of the CSR Quality Mark Committee who hold discussions with representatives from politics and (semi-)government have reduced acquired knowledge into new actions. The main reason for this is the proliferation of sustainability claims. In the Netherlands it was the ACM, but in Europe the European Commission that will adopt the Green Claims Directive above the OHP (Unfair Trade Practices)…

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Procurement matters and CSR: in conversation with Thomas Klein Bramel!

For 2024, the CSR Quality Mark Committee sees it as its task, in addition to knowledge sharing, to focus on well-known organizations and people who deal with CSR in everyday practice. Who are they, what moves them and how do they see CSR reflected in the field? We open the series…

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Sustainability Platform Stripped and CSR Quality Mark are once again exchanging knowledge!

Once again, discussions have taken place between the Sustainability Stripped platform and the CSR Quality Mark. Gerke van Zalk and Martin Bogers were allowed to have a pleasant conversation on behalf of both parties about the importance of CSR and sharing (company) stories about the matter. After an earlier exchange between Sustainability Stripped, information could be provided on behalf of the CSR Quality Mark about…

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The CSRD is closer than you think

Many SME entrepreneurs assume that the CSRD rules and mandatory reporting are still something for larger companies. This is also the case when it comes to preparing reports. However, any company that plays a role in a chain of a company that is subject to CSRD can be asked to provide information. Then comes…

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Knowledge exchange between Sustainability Stripped and CSR Quality Mark!

Pleasant discussions have recently taken place between the Sustainability Stripped initiative and the CSR Quality Mark. The initiative of a group of sustainable SME entrepreneurs has led to the enthusiasm of the CSR Quality Mark Committee. The SME entrepreneurs have published a booklet with stories from entrepreneurs in the context of sustainability. What is central here? The sharing of…

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Various conversations with CSR platforms pave the way for 2024!

Following the establishment of a knowledge center and reinforcement of the new 2024 requirements, the CSR Quality Mark Committee has initiated various discussions with various CSR platforms. This has now resulted in pleasant conversations with platforms that also support the CSR concept. Based on the credo: 'Alone you go fast, but together...

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Inspiring CSR audits

For the section “CSR inspiration” I would like to share inspiring experiences that I gained as an auditor for the CSR Quality Mark. More and more often, a CSR Quality Mark assessment serves as a source of inspiration for me, because entrepreneurs openly explain how they are working on sustainability, or rather future-proofing, within their company. When making decisions, they are guided by…

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Impact internet use

In a CSR Quality Mark assessment, questions are asked, among other things, whether active measures are being taken to save energy and to increase sustainability and whether an improvement in the CO2 footprint can be observed. In many cases this is the case due to, for example, the investment in solar panels and/or heat pump, the purchase of green electricity, the use…

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CSR quality mark: full course towards 110 quality mark holders!

With the 105 CSR Quality Mark qualification approaching, the planning is now fully booked. Applications follow each other on a weekly basis, with eyes already on the road to 110 CSR quality mark holders. It gives cause for gratitude, but also for sobriety. The fact is that the CSR Quality Mark Committee has informed various platforms about the CSR Quality Mark, whereby the RIS and other…

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Press release 2023 by Peter van Duijn

By means of a press release, we look back with the chairman of the CSR Quality Mark Committee on the developments of the CSR Quality Mark in recent years. We reflect on the renewal of the house style, the division of multiple levels according to the ISO 26000 standard and the presentation of the 100th CSR quality mark. We also discuss two knowledge centers that…

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CSR quality mark attracts attention Government procurement cooperation (RIS)

Within the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Government Procurement Cooperation (RIS) is a shared service organization. Purchasing is designed here for various ministries. Tenders are also carried out for government-wide categories such as Cleaning. The CSR Quality Mark was recently examined by the Government Purchasing Cooperation. It is seen as a compliment by the CSR Quality Mark Committee that…

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Coming Commitment CSRD: Answering Your Questions

Image for illustration. Numerous questions about the implementation of CSRD are received by e-mail, via chat and by telephone. It is true that you should start doing CSR, so we would be happy to talk to you about this. The increasing number of questions has led us to decide that in this news item we will…

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Bullet through the church: you should also start doing CSR

10-11-2022 It's a title that may raise your eyebrows. You follow this page, or perhaps see this passing by and think: aren't enough organizations involved in CSR? Of course, enough organizations pretend to practice CSR. However, the EU wants you to actually put CSR into practice. The decision for this has been made: the…

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Riding on the air: a bicycle ride or possible?

Our fleet runs on petrol, still on diesel, increasingly on electricity or to a much lesser extent on LPG. Other fuel sources are sometimes discussed, including hydrogen in particular. But you may also sometimes have the thought: couldn't it be completely different? Wouldn't it be much nicer on water or air? SolutionAir…

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From the youth committee: Accessibility & CSR

If you have to deal with a disability on a daily basis, you know better than anyone how annoying it is not to have access to certain buildings / means of transport, because they are not passable. As a youth member of the CSR Quality Mark Committee, Rik van de Noort has to deal with this precarious situation on several occasions. For example, there are still quite a lot of trains…

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From the CSR Quality Mark Committee: does your customer find your CSR policy credible?

Manager and quality expert ISO 26000 CSR Quality Mark Committee – Gijsbert van Voorst. The developments in the CSR landscape have been clearly noticeable in our society in recent weeks. Where we used to be wary of implementing CSR, this is no longer widely accepted in society. The first supermarkets come with products…

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From the Chairman (1): CSR & Wartime

Chair of the CSR Quality Mark Committee 2022 – Peter van Duijn. We asked our chairman for a new series for his view on the world situation in 2022 in relation to CSR. Where on one side of the world there can be relative peace, another part of the world is the backdrop to the violence of war. While Brussels is going to take a giant step towards sustainable…

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Sponsor run

At the beginning of May this year, I, together with 2 other wheelchair users, decided to participate in a sponsored walk. For me, “doing something for fellow human beings” played a major role. With CSR you are also quite often concerned with the heading 'People', so CSR has certainly helped me in making…

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CSR and locality – sustainability a certainty.

Neither employer, nor employee, nor employers' association, local municipality or any other body can escape this: CSR. The broad attention for CSR is therefore picked up by many organizations and applied in their business operations. The vegetable specialist around the corner only packs its products with recyclable paper, the construction company in the area is now actively working…

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Taxes in a sustainable perspective

Taxes are an old phenomenon. And it is a concept that is not entirely positively etched in our memory. We know that at the beginning of our era people were already enriching themselves with taxes. Over the centuries, all kinds of administrators have made a mess of it. The common people sighed under the high…

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New quality mark requirements from 2022

A company that succeeds in developing policies that make a profit, in harmony with the well-being of its employees and that have an impact on the environment, is doing business in a socially responsible manner. In order to demonstrate this to stakeholders (clients, relations, various authorities), the quality mark 'Corporate Social Responsibility' was also…

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Not covid-19, but climate is the biggest threat to our health.

After we've been globally banned (and it's not over...) from covid-19 for about a year and a half, it seems strange to read the above line. After around 2,000,000 infections and 18,000 deaths in the Netherlands, we know that the Corona flu is not just a flu virus, but loneliness, fears, worries and…

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SRI as part of CSR

More and more organizations consider it important to be Corporate Social Responsibility, in order to take into account the effects of their business operations on people, the environment and society. These organizations aim to contribute to solving social problems, such as air pollution, climate change and poor working conditions. Initially, many…

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Series customer speaking: Bakery Remmerswaal

Preview of Bakery Remmerswaal. In the customer speaking series, we hope to reflect on Bakkerij Remmerswaal today. This medium-sized bakery from Schiedam is now working with the 3rd generation at the helm and is constantly expanding its organization. Standing for traditional quality with a wide range, the company continues its growth line. Mr.…

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