Costs

The Corporate Responsibility Index participation fee includes:

  • participation in CRI workshops
  • in-house company presentations
  • access to the Corporate Responsibility Index online, licensed to St James Ethics Centre by Business in the Community (UK)
  • comprehensive guidance notes, which provide a framework for corporate responsibility, with definitions, explanations and examples of evidence for each CRI question
  • validation services by PricewaterhouseCoopers including: site visits, analytical testing of participant scores, independent feedback of participant responses against supporting evidence
  • a confidential Feedback Report comparing company performance in the CRI against peers and other CRI participants, as well as providing some high-level insights into key strengths and areas for development in current corporate responsibility practices against the CRI framework
  • a contribution towards the overhead costs of the Index
  • support from the CRI team

Participation costs:

  • Public index: AUD 13,000 + GST
  • Private benchmark: AUD 18,000 + GST
  • A partial fee of AUD 3000 + GST is incurred on registration. There is a two-week period of grace in the event of a change of mind. The residual fee is incurred at the time of the participant’s online submission to the CRI. 

The Corporate Responsibility Index is a not-for-profit initiative.

The Corporate Responsibility Index is licensed to St James Ethics Centre for use in Australia and New Zealand. St James Ethics Centre is a not-for-profit organisation which acts as a trustee for the process.