Vigeo is presenting a balance sheet of the CSR’s practices in multinational companies

During a conference-debate entitled "social dialogue and corporate social responsibility" organized by l'Observatoire de la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises (Orse,) on February 21, 2007, the representatives from the companies, national and international unions, NGO and researchers, discussed the practice of agreements in terms of the CSR. (Ref. 070165)
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“The CSR is an unexpected child born from globalization” noticed Nicole Notat, the president of the social ratings agency Vigeo when she presented the results of the study her agency led, entitled: “Respect of trade union freedom and promotion of collective bargaining : European groups between national heritage and transnational darings”. In this study, Vigeo evaluated 511 quoted on the stock exchange European companies from 17 countries and 32 sectors, by notably taking into account the management’s ability to clearly recognize and make accessible the right to unionize, or even providing unions with information on the company’s situation.

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