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:
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.
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