Towards a European Framework for Corporate Social Responsibility European Minerals Foundation 28 January 2003, Brussels

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Towards a European Framework forCorporate Social
ResponsibilityEuropean Minerals Foundation28
January 2003, Brussels

• Dominique BéEuropean CommissionCSR_at_CEC.EU.INT

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CSR
THE WAY TO CSR
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THE WAY TO CSR
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EU APPEAL

• The European Council makes a special appeal to
  companies' corporate sense of social
  responsibility regarding best practices on
  lifelong learning, work organisation, equal
  opportunities, social inclusion and sustainable
  development. Lisbon, March 2000

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The CSR Issues

• CSR business case
• CSR practices
• CSR instruments
• EU role
• dialogue on CSR

EU GREEN PAPER
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EU CSR strategy

• synthesis Green Paper
• CSR concept
• impact on business sustainable development
• EU action programme

EU COMMUNICATION
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overallmanagement? ? ? riskmanagement? ?
?sustainabledevelopment
DO WHAT YOU SAY
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CSR concept

• companies
• integrating on a voluntary basis
• social and environmental concerns
• in their overall business operations
• and
• in their interaction with stakeholders

EU STRATEGY
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Doing Well by Doing Good
VOLUNTARY


high performance
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Overall impact
planet
community
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
enterprise
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Above beyond legal requirements
CSR
societalcontract
CSR vs. LEGISLATION
agreement
legislation
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Priority areas
EU CSR STRATEGY
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Implementation
EU CSR STRATEGY
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EU CSRMultiStakeholder Forum

• EU level organisationsbusiness, TU, civil
  society
• CSR practices

PARTNERSHIP APPROACH
instruments

• exchange good practice
• common guiding principles by 2004

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Meetings

• High Level Meetingsto set objectives assess
  progress
• Round Tables
• improving knowledge about CSR
• fostering CSR among SME
• diversity, convergence transparency of CSR
  practices tools
• CSR development aspects

CSR EMS FORUM
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EU CSR Agenda
NEXT STEPS

• July 01 CSR Green Paper
• July-02 CSR communication
• Oct-02 launch of CSR Forum
• end-04 evaluation

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MORE INFO
CSR_at_CEC.EU.INT
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al/csr/csr_index.htm