The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has adopted the Roadmap for ASEAN Community 2009 - 2015 which contains blueprints for an ASEAN Socio - Cultural Community, with its strategic objectives to “ensure that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is incorporated in the corporate agenda and to contribute towards sustainable socio - economic development in ASEAN Member States.”

The ASEAN CSR Network, launched on 11 January 2011, aims to provide opportunities for networking and exchange, to be a venue for discussing and addressing regional issues and concerns, and to be advocate and capacity builder for acceptance of international norms of CSR behaviour.  It also seeks to serve as a centralised repository of all the information gathered and provide easy access to participating organisations and partners in the region.

We are

• A regional network of CSR networks
• A platform for networking, exchange of best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer discussions at the regional level
• A repository of ASEAN knowledge on CSR through case studies and conduct and/or being the focal point of relevant research on the practice of CSR in the ASEAN context
• A capacity builder by engaging participants in more formal teaching and training approaches alongside adoption of common standards and benchmarking on CSR implementation
• An advocate for CSR by engaging participants in information, education and communications campaigns that promote the practice of CSR, and at times, providing representation for the business community to the ASEAN body and other inter-governmental agencies or think tanks on relevant policy issues concerning CSR

We are NOT

• A marketplace for CSR consultancy services or products
• A philanthropic or grant-giving organization
• An implementer of social or environmental projects at the country level
• A regulating or ‘policing’ body