CSR Europe

Background

CSR Europe's website states that the organisation was established in 1995 by senior European business leaders in response to an appeal by the European Commission President Jacques Delors. In 2009, they describe themselves as 'the leading European business network for corporate social responsibility with around 75 multinational corporations and 25 national partner organisations as members'^[1]. They go on to describe themselves as a platform for:

Connecting companies to share best practice on CSR
Innovating new projects between business and stakeholders
Shaping the modern day business and political agenda on sustainability and competitiveness

Objectives

• To help companies integrate CSR into the way they do business everyday. • To offer business managers learning, benchmarking, and capacity building opportunities. • To energise a broader stakeholder dialogue between businesses, European policy makers, governments, investors, social partners, civil society and academics. The National CSR Partner Organisations “The network of national partner organisations (NPOs) was created by CSR Europe to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) at national level, and also to reflect the rich diversity of practices and experiences in different countries.

The network

The network, present throughout western Europe, and progressively in central and eastern Europe, constitutes a transnational business response to the European business and political agenda on CSR. The NPOs are independent CSR organisations, and together reach out to more than 1400 member companies.”

Belgium - Business and Society Belgium: Belgian Business Network for Corporate Social Responsibility http://www.businessandsociety.be/
Czech Republic - Business Leaders Forum – Czech Republic http://www.blf.cz
Finland - Finnish Business & Society http://www.businessandsociety.net/
France - IMS - Entreprendre pour la Cité http://www.imsentreprendre.com/?page=http://www.imsentreprendre.com/ASP/CoteEntreprises/Adherents.asp
Germany - Econsense - forum for sustainable development of German Business http://www.econsense.de/
Greece - The Hellenic Network for Corporate Social Responsibility http://www.csrhellas.gr/CSR_eng/homegr.html
Ireland - Business in the Community Ireland http://www.bitc.ie/
Italy – Sodalitas http://www.sodalitas.it/partner.php
Netherlands - Samenleving & Bedrijf (Community & Business) www.samen.nl
Norway - BBUs Nettverk for miljø og samfunnsansvar Green Business Network Norway http://www.gbnn.org/
Poland – Forum Odpowiedzialnego Biznesu http://www.fob.org.pl/fob/index.jsp?place=Menu01&news_cat_id=124&layout=0
Scotland - Scottish Business in the Community http://www.sbcscot.com/
Slovakia - Slovak Business Leaders Forum http://www.blf.sk/ established under the administration of the Pontis Foundation http://www.pontisfoundation.sk/
Spain - Club de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad http://www.clubsostenibilidad.org/
Sweden – NyföretagarCentrum http://www.jobs-society.se/
Switzerland – Philias http://www.philias.org/
UK - Business in the Community http://www.bitc.org.uk/index.html

Members

CSR describes how their membership enables companies to exchange ideas, connect to stakeholders and access expertise and information. They also go on to advertise how their membership bring opportunities of engaging in policy debates 'both at a practical and high level'^[2].

2009 Membership

In 2009, CSR Europe's Corporate members are listed as including^[3]:

Previous members

Members for 2005 were listed as:

Business and human rights group

This is a business to business network that meets several times a year. The group structures its discussions around expert contributions and stakeholder dialogue, field trip seminars and what we describe as action learning; examining case studies and, with the help of experts, learning from others' experience.

Companies have the opportunity to contribute to the EC multistakeholder forum roundtable discussions, particularly on human rights & trade issues, in 2003-2004.

Companies involved include: BP Europe, BT, Levis, Mattel, Nike, and Procter & Gamble, GM, Norsk Hydro, Coco Cola, Manpower, KPMG, Volkswagen, Nestlé, CDC, Dexia, Euronext, Fortis and Isis.

About Us CSR Europe is the leading European business network for corporate social responsibility with around 70 multinational corporations and 25 national partner organisations as members.

CSR Europe is a platform for:

Connecting companies to share best practice on CSR Innovating new projects between business and stakeholders Shaping the modern day business and political agenda on sustainability and competitiveness The organisation was founded in 1995 by senior European business leaders in response to an appeal by the European Commission President Jacques Delors. It has since grown to become an inspiring network of business people working at the very forefront of CSR across Europe and globally.

Contact

with effect of July 2009, CSR Europe is located at:

CSR Europe

Rue Victor Oudart 7

1030 Brussels

Belgium

References

↑ CSR Europe About Us Accessed 16th July 2009
↑ CSR Europe Corporate Members Accessed 16th July 2009
↑ CSR Europe Our Members Accessed 16th July 2009
↑ CSR Europe, July 2005 Members Accessed July 2005

[1] CSR Europe About Us Accessed 16th July 2009

[2] CSR Europe Corporate Members Accessed 16th July 2009

[3] CSR Europe Our Members Accessed 16th July 2009

[4] CSR Europe, July 2005 Members Accessed July 2005

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Background

Objectives

The network

Members

2009 Membership

Previous members

Business and human rights group

Contact

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