You are the Chief Financial Officer of a newly listed Saudi company, DTOLD Limited. DTOLD is...

  

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You are the Chief Financial Officer of a newly listed Saudi company, DTOLD Limited. DTOLD is a chemical company requiring crude oil as the key raw materials. The manufacturing process is also both labour and water intensive and the manufacturing facilities are mainly located in Kingdom and middle east. Your Chief Executive Officer happened to read in Arab News about Saudi Government's most recent initiative called "Green Middle East" to realize its Vision 2030. He wonders whether DTOLD should also be more proactive with respect to corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and disclosures. Your CEO asked you to write up a small report, analyzing the costs and benefits of adopting CSR reporting. In your essay, you should consider some of the following issues: write a 2 pages essay 1. What is CSR? What is CSR reporting? 2. What are some of the drivers behind various global initiatives on CSR reporting and how will such initiatives affect corporate reporting in general? 3. Why should CSR reporting interest investors and other external parties? 4. Are there any tangible benefits to DTOLD if CSR reporting is adopted? 5. What are some of the main obstacles and costs associated with the development of CSR reporting in DTOLD? 6. Would you recommend CSR reporting for DTOLD? Why? You are the Chief Financial Officer of a newly listed Saudi company, DTOLD Limited. DTOLD is a chemical company requiring crude oil as the key raw materials. The manufacturing process is also both labour and water intensive and the manufacturing facilities are mainly located in Kingdom and middle east. Your Chief Executive Officer happened to read in Arab News about Saudi Government's most recent initiative called "Green Middle East" to realize its Vision 2030. He wonders whether DTOLD should also be more proactive with respect to corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and disclosures. Your CEO asked you to write up a small report, analyzing the costs and benefits of adopting CSR reporting. In your essay, you should consider some of the following issues: write a 2 pages essay 1. What is CSR? What is CSR reporting? 2. What are some of the drivers behind various global initiatives on CSR reporting and how will such initiatives affect corporate reporting in general? 3. Why should CSR reporting interest investors and other external parties? 4. Are there any tangible benefits to DTOLD if CSR reporting is adopted? 5. What are some of the main obstacles and costs associated with the development of CSR reporting in DTOLD? 6. Would you recommend CSR reporting for DTOLD? Why?

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1A corporate social responsibility CSR report is an internal and externalfacing document companies use to communicate CSR efforts and their impact on ... View the full answer