Marks & Spencer is another global company that has taken corporate social responsibility seriously.
The retailer launched a comprehensive program in 2006 to engage its customers in solving issues, not simply providing them with information.
As an example, it works to enhance both efficiency and sustainability among its global suppliers, who employ some half-million workers at 20,000 farms, fisheries, and forests.
Farmers who create biogases from farm waste are now selling green electricity to Marks & Spencer (IBM 2008).