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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the EU

What is CSR?

Corporate social responsibility refers to companies voluntarily going beyond what the law requires to achieve social and environmental objectives during the course of their daily business activities. It covers a range of areas:

• Europe 2020 (especially new skills and jobs, youth, local development)
• Business and human rights
• CSR Reporting
• Socially responsible public procurement

Promoting CSR

The European Commission encourages companies to apply fair employment practices that respect human rights, particularly where products come from outside the EU.

To promote this the European Commission (the Directorate General for Enterprise and the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) organises

• conferences and seminars on CSR, entrepreneurship and local development.
• information seminars on the Commission's "Buying Social" guide

Studies

• Compendium: Corporate Social Responsibility - National Public Policies in the European Union 2011
• The State of Play in Sustainability Reporting in the European Union
• Executive Summary - The State of Play in Sustainability Reporting in the European Union
• Responsible Supply Chain Management
• Executive Summary - Responsible Supply Chain Management
• Buying Social – a guide to social issues relating to public procurement
• Corporate Social Responsibility - National public policies in the European Union 2008
• Study on the interaction between local employment development and CSR - report
• Study on the interaction between local employment development and CSR - summary
• Study on the incorporation of Social Considerations in Public Procurement in the EU-Proposed Elements