European Alliance for CSR

Background

The European Alliance for CSR was set in in 2006 as a joint initiative of the European Commission and the business community. The communication and coordination of the Alliance is in the hands of CSR Europe, Business Europe and UEAPME. According to CSR Europe's website, the 'Alliance marks a new political approach on CSR', based on the commitment of the European Commission to strengthen a business friendly environment and to support the development of CSR as a voluntary approach.

Business Europe describes the Alliance as 'an informal grouping' that 'does not involve specific rules or requirements, a charter, signatures or heavy processes'. The benefits and opportunities of involvement with the Alliance are presented in the form of a diagram which has at its core the benefit of 'higher visibility' of a company's CSR activities. Other benefits are included such as networking & partnerships, sharing ideas and accessing expertise, yet the benefit shown at the top of the diagram is presented as the opportunity of 'high-level dialogue with the European Commission'. It is stated that the European Commission does not directly manage the Alliance but relies on the business community to manage itself with the support of business organisations. According to Business Europe, the Alliance is supported by more than 150 companies.

Affiliations

In 2009 companies listed as supporting the Alliance are:

ABB | Adelco S.A. | Air France-KLM | Akritas S.A. | Alares | Amgen | Arcelor S.A. | Argon Sette | Atlantis Consulting S.A. | Autogrill | Aviva plc. | Axel Springer AG | B. Braun Melsungen AG | Badacsonyi and Kiraly Ltd | Banca Monte dei Paschi di Sienna | Bancaja | Banco Santander Central Hispano | Banque et Cassie d'Epargne de l'Etat | BASF AG | Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall AG | Bayer AG | BBVA | Bettina S.A. | BMW AG | BNP Paribas | BP | Bracco | British American Tobacco | Bosch | Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH | BT | Caixa Catalunya | Caixa Galicia | Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo | Caja Castilla La Mancha | [Caja España]] | Caja Extremadura | Caja Granada | Caja Madrid | Caja Navarra | Caja San Fernando | Camst | Cargill | Groupe Casino | Chimar Hellas S.A. | Citigroup | CMB | Coca Cola HBC | Conad | Concretio | Coop Adriatica | Coop Ansaloni | Coop Consumatori NordEst | Cosmote S.A. | Daimler | Danone | Dar Holding NV | Debeka | Degussa AG | Deutsche Bahn AG | Deutsche Bank AG | Deutsche Telekom AG | DHL | Dimiourgiki S.A. | DNB Nor | Edelstahl Witten§Krefeld GmbH | Edison | EFT Hellas A.E. | Eko S.A. | Elbisco S.A. | Elcoteq SE | El Monte | Elefsis Shipbuilding & Industrial Enterprisis S.A. | Enel | ENI | Epson | Esprit | Erste Bank Austria | Eurobank EFG | ExxonMobil | Ford-Werke GmbH | Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH | Gildhouse | Gjensidige | Granarolo | Gruppo Falck | HeidelbergCement AG | Hellenic Fabrics SA | Hera S.p.A. | Holcim (Italia) S.p.A. | HP | Ibercaja | IBM | Indesit Company | Infote | Intel | Interbeton S.A. | Intracom S.A. | Intralot S.A. | Invexico | Janssen Pharmaceutica | Johnson & Johnson | KarstadtQuelle AG | Kesko Corporation | KPMG | Kremalis-Law Firm | Kutxa | Groupe La Poste | La Caixa | Lloyds TSB | Manutencoop | Marketing University ICT | Metro Group | Metso Corporation | Microsoft | Mytilineos Holdings SA | Nestlé | Nokia | Nordiconad | Norsk Hydro | Obiettivo Lavoro | OMV AG | Oracle Hellas AEE | OTP Bank plc | Pfizer Ltd | Piacenza | Pirelli | Pireus Bank | Poste Italiane | PWC Business Solutions Hellas S.A. | Rabobank Nederland | RAG AG | Randstad | Rautaruukki Corporation | Red Eléctrica de España | Rede Eléctrica Nacional SA | Repsol YPF | Robert Bosch GmbH | RWE AG | S & B Industrial Minerals S.A. | Scs Azioninnova S.p.A. | Selected German Sparkasse | Semco AS | Skretting Norway | Sodexho | Solvay | Shell Hellas S.A. | Sony | STMicroelectronics | Storebrand ASA | Suez | Symantec | Tapiola Group | Telecom Italia | Telefónica S.A. | The Cotton Group (B&C) | ThyssenKrupp AG | Titan S.A. | Tognum GmbH | Tommy Hilfiger | Total | Toyota Motor Europe | TUI AG | Unión Fenosa S.A. | Valio Ltd | Vetco Aibel AS | Vivartia S.A. | Volkswagen AG | Wärtsilä Corporation

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