Tribune News Network
Doha
The Qatar Chamber (QC) recently held a workshop entitled ‘International Standards of Social Responsibility ISO 26000’ with the participation of 36 participants from various governmental and private entities.
The workshop aims to assist institutions in both the public and private sectors in improving their performance of social responsibility to achieve sustainable development.
The event focused on the concepts and principles of social responsibility, as well as the most important topics and issues related to it, such as corporate governance, human rights, labour practices, environmental sustainability, fair employment practices, consumer issues, and community development.
Furthermore, it discussed the audit process, which included appointing the audit team, conducting document reviews, preparing, and implementing audit activities, drafting, approving, and distributing the audit report, and concluding with audit follow-up procedures.
It further reviewed the impact of social responsibility performance on the facility, focusing on the facility’s competitive advantage and reputation, maintenance of employee morale, commitment, and productivity, the facility’s ability to attract workers or customers, the vision of investors and donors, as well as its relationships with other companies andgovernments.
During the workshop, the Regional Network Consultancy provided a consulting service to enable companies and institutions align with the ISO 26000 standard for social responsibility.
Qatar Chamber is one of the oldest chambers in the GCC countries. Its main roleis to organise business interests and represent the Qatari private sector locally and globally as well as support the country’s economic actors andproductivity.
