Traduction de «Rapport de responsabilité sociale » (Français → Anglais) :

13. Recalls that CSR is a concept whereby companies voluntarily incorporate social and environmental concerns into their business strategy; notes that the implementation of CSR practices can rebuild trust in business, which is vital for Europe's social market economy; notes, however, that the heterogeneity of the concept of CSR, whereby different companies have developed different standards regarding social accounting, auditing and reporting, raises the issue of comparability; acknowledges the efforts made by the EU to apply more general guidelines for the definition and use of CRS; points out, however, that the diversity and heterog ...[+++]eneity of the concept still remain; urges the EU to take concrete action in international fora to move CSR away from a purely voluntary approach and to identify clear legal obligations on corporations as regards human rights and CLS, along with effective ways to hold them accountable in the event of breaches; considers for instance that, when Member States are asked by multinational companies for investment guarantees, they should bind those guarantees to the implementation of the official CSR guidelines;

It's interesting that the debate on corporate social responsibility, to which we were contributors when this issue first arose in the late 1990s we published a Canadian development report on Canadian corporate social responsibility has evolved to the point where now some companies are saying, look, it's difficult if some companies are exercising corporate social responsibility and others are not; that's not a ...[+++]level playing field.

The report places CSR firmly within the context of the EU’s Lisbon strategy where, in the year 2000, EU leaders first appealed to business to demonstrate a sense of social responsibility.

At its final meeting today, high level representatives of business, trade unions and civil society presented the final report of the EU Multi-Stakeholder Forum on corporate social responsibility to Enterprise and Employment Commissioners Erkki Liikanen and Stavros Dimas.

The European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR EMS Forum), chaired by the European Commission, will bring together enterprises and other stakeholders, including trade unions, NGOs, investors and consumers, to promote innovation, convergence, and transparency in existing CSR practices and tools (such as codes of conduct, labels, reports, and management instruments).

Although many multinational companies do already publish corporate social responsibility reports on environmental or health and safety issues, less attention is paid to areas such as human resource management, staff consultation, child labour and human rights.