From the Product to the Employee with Sony

Sony's Social Responsibility

The company is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets. Sony’s corporate social responsibility activities reflect its philosophy of implementing sound business practices; innovating to realize products, services and content that inspire people; assisting the communities in which the company operates; and helping to shape a better, more sustainable world. Sony believes that these activities both benefit society and enhance corporate value.

Today, Sony promotes CSR initiatives, which sets seven main areas of focus:

• Corporate governance,
• compliance,
• human resources,
• responsible sourcing,
• quality and services,
• environment and
• community engagement

All this with the aim of strengthening its operating foundation and continuously enhancing its corporate value.

Some of the values

Some of the areas mentioned before:

Products responsibility

Responsiveness and Customer Service:

Sony is taking various steps to improve its responsiveness and customer service capabilities in line with its commitment to respect its customers’ viewpoints in striving to deliver product quality and customer service that exceed their expectations.

Accessibility and Usability:

Accessibility and Usability is the key aspect of quality at Sony.

The company creates products and services that more people can use easily.
Sony aims to create products and services that people can use with ease-independent of age and disabilities.

Human resources 

Community engagement

Diversity and Inclusion:

Diversity refers to a variety of characteristics related to race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, beliefs, disabilities, gender, age, birthplace, sexual orientation, viewpoints and work style, and more. Sony promotes diversity thanks to the Sony Group as a key management strategy by ensuring an inclusive work environment and by recruiting, hiring, training and promoting employees from diverse backgrounds.

Rafael Nunez Aponte: Environment and Sustainability in Nike, Inc.

Environment

Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is committed in the design, development, manufacturing and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services.

The vision of the company is to help Nike, Inc. and its consumers thrive in a sustainable economy where people, profit and planet are in balance. To get there, the company is integrating sustainability principles and practices into everything they do: design; developing sustainable materials; rethinking processes; advocating for change in industry. To measure the progress, they set ambitious long-term targets and report on their performance.

Nike, Inc,

Environment Care. In Nike, Inc., they believe that the looming crises of climate change, water scarcity and quality, and other resource constraints are even greater long-term challenges than today's financial turmoil. Natural resources and ecosystem services have been undervalued, and the environmental impacts of business have been regarded as externalities. All this is changing and rightly coming into view as a priority for inclusion in the business planning of the company.

The Long Term. Environmental issues and considerations are the pressing business issues for both tomorrow and today. Taking environmental issues into account is critical for future financial success and for the long-term sustainability of the business. Doing this in a manner which does not compromise the performance of today's products and today's business results is the challenge of Nike, Inc.

Rafael Nunez Aponte: Herbalife Responses to the Communities

Herbalife International Company is an American multinational multi-level marketing corporation that develops markets and sells nutrition supplements, offers weight management, gives sports nutrition and also provide personal-care products. The company was founded by the entrepreneur Mark Hughes in 1980, and it employs around 7,400 people worldwide.

Herbalife

Herbalife does what is right, honest and ethical. These values guide the company from the way they do their business, to their commitment to their communities and how they treat their employees and Independent Associates.

Hetbalife's Social Responsability

Social Responsibility of Herbalife International Company in Ten Principles:

• Comply: with national and international laws and regulations.
• Propose: plans, strategies and actions to achieve business results, social and environmental sought to compromise.
• Respect: human rights, especially the rights of children, and seeking gender equality and inclusion of minority and vulnerable groups.
• Preserve: the quality of products to fulfill their vision and protecting the environment in their operations.
• Strengthen: the presence in the communities where the company operates and where its employees live and work, staying in a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement.
• Simplify: Herbalife for the family to be part of creating sustainable value in a clear, fluent and open manner.
• Communicate: its actions in the three areas of sustainability; economic, social and environmental.
• Run: concrete actions that aim the welfare of Herbalife and society.
• Live: its vision, mission and values.
• Encourage: its Associates, collaborators, suppliers, end customers, competitors and all the other stakeholders to be part of this sustainable vision.