C2. Building Community Partnerships / Fostering Community Ownership of CSR Programs

Building Community Partnerships by Stuart Hawkins

Across Asia, partnerships between business, government and civil society are proliferating. Mr Hawkins will provide an insight into building long-term community partnerships based on his experience in Thailand of developing and implementing “win-win-win” collaborations with a focus on community-based water resource management.

Fostering Community Ownership of CSR Programs by Thirawit Leetavorn

Double A’s commitment to the environment resulted in its development of the Farmed Trees concept that involves a community of 1.5 million Thai farmers growing its paper trees around their crops so no deforestation results from its paper production and the farmers earn an additional income.