MNG81001 Assessment 3: Huawei's CSR and Sustainability Report

This report provides an analysis of Huawei's corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices, as requested in the MNG81001 Assessment 3 assignment brief. The report examines Huawei's CSR department, its 2018 CSR report, and the availability of the report on its website. It delves into Huawei's activities across various CSR categories, including environmental sustainability (reducing carbon emissions), consumer responsibility (customer satisfaction surveys), community engagement (digital training buses), and employee relations (creation of opportunities). The analysis assesses the 'green' aspects of both Huawei's website and overall company approach, highlighting the company's commitment to environmental and digital sustainability. The report also mentions the company's CSR ranking and provides a list of relevant references and bibliography.

Table 1: How 'green' is my company
1. Company name: Huawei
2. Industry type: Electronics
3. Is there a CSR
department?
 Yes  No
4. What is it called? Corporate Sustainable Development Committee
5. Is there a CSR Report for 2018?  Yes  No
6. Is it available on the website?  Yes  No
7. Corporate Social Responsibility in Action. Which social change
activities does the company engage in? Identify activities from each
relevant category.
CSR activity  OR  Activity
a. Environment  Huawei has been conducting business
operations in a way that this will bring about
the reduction of carbon emissions by as much
as 80% by the year of 2025
b. Consumer
responsibility
 Huawei conducts customer satisfaction surveys
and customer satisfaction meetings on a
regular basis
c. Community  Huawei is a company that is connected and
committed to its global community. It has been
operating digital training buses in Bangladesh
that are aimed at the empowerment of
women in this part of the world,
d. Employee
relations

Creation of opportunities for employees
around the world
e. Indigenous 
f. Diversity 
8. How ‘green’ is the website? The website of the company contains a link to
the company’s sustainability department and
the latest CSR reports, that gives readers an idea
of the types of actions and initiatives that are

being undertaken by the company in the area of
environmental and other types of sustainability.
9. How ‘green’ is the company? The company is whole heartedly committed to
the matter of environmental sustainability. The
CSR report of the company as of the year of
2018 provides detailed information of digital,
environmental and other types of sustainability
measures which are being undertaken by the
company for the building of a cleaner, greener
and better world.
10. CSR indices/rankings CSR Ranking 5 –
worldwide

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