The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Past Ten Years: The Viewpoint of a Practitioner
Article from: OGEL 3 (2012), in OGEL Ten Years Special Issue: Internationalisation of Energy Law
Foreword
I met Thomas Wälde, founder of OGEL, at a conference in Vaduz, Liechtenstein in 2003; he chaired a session in which l presented Lundin Petroleum's approach to CSR. Thomas seized the opportunity to learn more about the role of CSR in the oil sector and asked me to become a CSR associate editor for OGEL. In 2004 Thomas convinced me to produce, together with Ayesha Dias, a special OGEL edition on CSR. The following reflections are a way to pursue the conversations started with Thomas; they are not meant to provide a definitive answer on the role and impact of CSR in the ...