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Declining birth rates. According to Jürgen Peschel, in charge of training apprentices within the company’s professional school on the one hand, and of work-life balance on the other...

19 May 2011

Germany: employees’ productivity keeps increasing with age (Study)

11,000 employees followed for three years. To carry out the study entitled “Productivity and age: Evidence from work teams at the assembly line”(see the full version in English below), the MEA’s...

11 May 2011

United States: UWUA union wants to talk environment with GDF Suez

Usually, unionists, especially in the US, restrict themselves to industrial relations in the company, but “we are extremely devoted to green issues” declared Mark Brooks, UWUA representative in...

5 April 2011

EU: European Commission publishes guide for the procurement of socially responsible contracts

In its document, the Commission reminds that public authorities are major consumers, spending some 17 % of the EU’s GDP, i.e. half the GDP of Germany. Hence the need to make them major...

31 January 2011

Sodexo: the union campaign against the French catering company is spreading and diversifying

On January 18, 2011, in a teleconference hosted by Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Danny Glover, chairman of the board of TransAfrica...

27 January 2011

Italy: memorandum of understanding between banks, businesses and the Ministry of Economic Development to promote the CSR culture

Dialogue first. Born from “awareness that durability can help maintain the country’s economic and social fabric, promote trust into the market and speed up the recovery,” the memorandum aims to...

27 January 2011

Denmark: report on the evolution of businesses’ social commitment in a crisis situation

The crisis influences social commitment. While, in 2007, 35% of employees said that colleagues with reduced capacities kept their job, this rate dropped to 29% in 2009. Meanwhile those who say...

7 December 2010

Netherlands: “inspiration book” on everyday ecology on workplaces

The inspiration book (“inspiratieboek”) for “sustainable work” published by the FNV in mid-November is presented under the form of a small treaty on ecology at work. It is the result ff a...

24 November 2010

Italy: pharmaceutical-chemistry social partners reach national agreement on CSR guidelines

Federchimica and Farmindustria for employers and Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil for unions (which signed the CCN in pharmaceutical-chemistry) signed, on November 18th in Milan, within the...

22 November 2010

EU: guide on socially responsible procurement of public contracts

In its document, the Commission reminds that public authorities are major consumers, spending some 17 % of the EU’s GDP, i.e. half the GDP of Germany. Hence the need to make them major...

5 November 2010

Germany: first representative study to look at measures increasing older workers’ productivity

German lab. Since demographic ageing is more significant in Germany than for its neighbors, the businesses of the top European economy have become true labs on the employment of older workers. ...

14 October 2010

Germany: federal government launches “national action plan for corporate social responsibility”

Make CSR a characteristic of the German economy. “Successful companies don’t grow on trees. In the network world of the 21st century, businesses can no longer afford short-term strategies. ...

11 October 2010

H&M: Swedish clothing line sets up a global financial bonus system to increase employees’ commitment

Special fund for a special financial incentive system. H&M, the Swedish group, markets clothes and cosmetics in about 2,000 stores in 37 countries. It has about 76,000 collaborators and, in...

27 September 2010

Corporate practices: Nordea Finans, the first bank to get the Swedish health label

Give workplaces health certifications. The idea of giving businesses health certifications dates back to 2003 and came from the leader of SEKO (sectoral union in services and communication), Janne...

29 June 2010

Deutsche Telekom: new work-life balance measures

In 2001, Deutsche Telekom signed a company agreement on the establishment of an equal opportunity policy. In 2005, it was followed by the establishment of management structures and diversity...

17 June 2010

Netherlands: FNV Mondial and ASN Bank launch initiative to support a women’s union in India

The FNV Mondial launched a partnership with the ASN Bank, created in 1960 by Dutch unions and the Reaal insurance group, specialized in “durable” and socially responsible investments. The trade...

3 June 2010

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24 February 2026

Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”

Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...

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