Letter: Corporate Social Responsibility in Armenia
Jason SohigianNovember 19, 2013Last Updated: November 19, 2013
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ATP's CTP program planted another 28,383 trees at 75 sites throughout
Armenia and Artsakh this fall. Students are pictured here planting trees at Yerevan School No. 190 on Nov. 14.
Dear Editor:
Varant Meguerditchian's Nov. 13 article (“Sharing Ownership of Armenia’s Social Issues”) is an excellent introduction to the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Armenia, and how companies all over the world are paying attention to the economic, environmental, and social issues that contribute to the "triple bottom line." It's not just about making a profit, although a company does have that fiscal obligation to its shareholders/investors.
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Jason Sohigian is the former deputy director of Armenia Tree Project. He has a master’s in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard. His undergraduate degree is from the Environment, Technology, and Society Program at Clark University with a concentration in Physics. From 1999 to 2004, Jason was editor of the Armenian Weekly.