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What 'natural resources'? CSR clause in the new Company Law

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Just to start the conversation, there's a nice article from CSR Asia discussing the controversy surrounding the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) clause under the newly enacted Company Law. Here's a snippet:
Indonesian company law states that companies with an impact on natural resources must implement CSR which is to be budgeted for as a cost. Beyond that we await further regulations – both to define CSR in this context and to determine how it should be implemented and to clarify which companies are actually affected. Currently the law applies to companies ‘engaged in natural resources or those in business in connection with natural resources’, but it isn’t clear what is covered by the term ‘natural resources’.

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