CSR Policies in EU Member States

This is the website of the EU project “Analysis of national policies on CSR, in support of a structured exchange of information on national CSR policies and initiatives” (Tender No VT/2005/063). The project was commissioned by DG Employment and Social Affairs in early 2006, and it was completed in March 2008. It has supported the exchange of experience of the EU High-Level Group on CSR (CSR HLG) over a period of two years. For more information about the CSR HLG, click here. For more information on CSR at the website of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, click here.

The deliverables of the project concern the following topics:

• General information about the project
• Study 1: CSR Awareness Raising
• Study 2: Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP)
• Study 3: Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

For a summary report and a comparison of all three studies, please see the ESDN Quarterly Report June 2008 "Public policies on CSR in EU Member States".

For further information, please contact Reinhard Steurer

General information about the project

CSR Policies_Project Outline
General information leaflet outlining the project.

CSR Policies_Introduction Team, methods and topics of the project
This presentation introduces the project and the research team. It was held at the meeting of the EU High-Level Group on CSR on 30 May 2006.

CSR Policies_Intro Team and Methods
This handout summarizes the expertise of the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability that is relevant for the project, and it introduces the research design of the project.

CSR_Policies_6_topics
This handout gives an overview of six CSR policy topics. The following three have been selected by the CSR HLG as subjects of the upcoming three policy analyses:

• CSR awareness raising
• CSR and public procurement
• Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

CSR Awareness Raising initiatives

This part of the project focuses on CSR awareness raising initiatives by national/federal governments of EU Member States. It consists of a survey of 85 initiatives and three in-depth case studies on the “Knowledge and Information Centre on CSR” in the Netherlands, “People and Profit” in Denmark and “Globalt Ansvar” in Sweden.

Final report on “Raising Awareness for CSR in EU Member States”
Survey results, case studies and synthesis

CSR Awareness Raising: survey results
This presentation summarises the survey results on “CSR Awareness Raising in EU Members States”. It was given by Reinhard Steurer at the 14th CSR HLG meeting on 23 October 2006 in Brussels. For more details, see part I of the final report on CSR Awareness Raising.

CSR Awareness Raising: survey summary
This handout summarizes some results of the survey on “CSR Awareness Raising in EU Member States”. For more details, see part I of the final report on CSR Awareness Raising.

CSR Awareness Raising: case studies & conclusions
This presentation summarizes the findings of the case studies on CSR Awareness Raising in EU Member States and the conclusions. It was given by Reinhard Steurer at the 15th CSR HLG meeting on 7 May 2007 in Brussels. For more details, see part II (case studies) and part III (conclusions) of the final report on CSR Awareness Raising.

CSR Awareness Raising: cases summary & conclusions
This handout summarizes the findings of the case studies on CSR Awareness Raising in EU Member States and the conclusions. For more details, see part II (case studies) and part III (conclusions) of the final report on CSR Awareness Raising.

Sustainable Public Procurement initiatives

This part of the project focuses on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) initiatives by national/federal governments of EU Member States. It consists of a survey of 103 initiatives and three in-depth case studies on the legal framework on SPP in France, strategies on SPP in the UK and guidelines on Green Public Procurement in Austria. All results are documented in the final report..

Final report on “Sustainable Public Procurement in EU Member States”
Survey results, case studies and synthesis

Sustainable Public Procurement: survey results
This presentation summarises the survey results on SPP initiatives in Europe. It was given by Reinhard Steurer at the 15th CSR HLG meeting on 7 May 2007 in Brussels.

Sustainable Public Procurement: survey summary
This handout summarizes some results of the survey on SPP in EU Member States. For more details, see part I of the final report.

Sustainable Public Procurement: case studies & conclusions
This presentation summarizes the findings of the case studies on SPP initiatives in Europe. It was given at the 16th CSR HLG meeting on 16 October 2007 in Brussels.

Sustainable Public Procurement: cases summary & conclusions
This handout summarizes the findings of the case studies on SPP in EU Member States and the conclusions. For more details, see part II (case studies) and part III (conclusions) of the final report.

Socially Responsible Investment initiatives

This part of the project focuses on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) in Europe. It provides an introduction to SRI in Europe, describes 14 government initiatives on SRI from several EU Member States, and it summarises what SRI experts from the financial services sector expect from governments in this respect. All results are documented in the final report.

Final report on “Socially Responsible Investment in EU Member States”
Introduction to SRI in the EU, 14 government initiatives on SRI, expectations of SRI experts from the financial services sector and conclusions.

Socially Responsible Investment
This presentation summarises all parts of the study on SRI in EU Member States. It was given by Reinhard Steurer at the meeting of the EU CSR High Level Group on 31 March 2008 in Brussels. For more details, see the final report.

Socially Responsible Investment: summary
This handout reproduces the Executive Summary of the final report on SRI in EU Member States.