ABSTRACT
This chapter provides Russia profiles which includes key information about the relevant corporate sustainability and responsibility (CSR) history, country-specific issues, trends, research, education and leading organizations. A group of leading Russian companies with some basic experience in this field has come to realise that CSR is not merely a function of public relations, but an essential part of sustainable development and corporate governance. The negative consequences of the world financial and economic crisis are quite substantial for social and environmental development in Russia. The Russian economy remains among the most energy intensive in the world. CSR has in recent decades been the subject of quite a substantial, albeit controversial, evolution in Russia. However, CSR in Russia does not yet involve small and medium-size enterprises, which have so far preferred to confine themselves to some charity work at a local scale, viewing it as the main form of their social engagement.
