CSR

The Frijns Commission, which advises the government on amendments to make to the Tabaksblat code of good behavior for businesses, is going to announce, on December 10, 2008, new recommendations...

5 December 2008

Spain: the national CSR Council to start working soon

The national CSR Council is launched. The tripartite structure, which should meet for the first time in November, is composed of 56 members. It equally involves public services, employers, unions...

12 November 2008

Spain: webpage to promote citizens’ active participation in CSR

The Spanish observatory of social responsibility (OBRSC) presented the Information Center for Corporate Practices, a tool used to control and expose socially "irresponsible" behaviors. (Ref...

10 November 2008

Hungary: about fifty French companies sign a health charter

On September 25, in the premises of Chinoin Sanofi-Aventis, about fifty representatives from French companies, member of the Hungarian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFH) signed a...

29 October 2008

Denmark: the LO union published a manual on CSR for staff representatives

The demand for the social responsibility of all partners (customers, investors, colleagues...) is gaining ground in Denmark. Considering that unions have an important role to play in this context...

8 October 2008

Corporate Practices : Boehringer Ingelheim Italia’s project to support return to work after a parental leave

The pilot-project carried out by Boehringer Ingelheim Italia to support the return to work, by means of a welcoming course for employees coming back from a parental leave and of the support of...

22 August 2008

Corporate practices: Daimler’s “production learning system” to fight against the impact of demographic ageing

Introduced in 2004 in the Mannheim factory, the "Produktion Lern System" allowed to quicken and dynamize training courses and processes on an industrial site faced with many experienced workers...

9 July 2008

Inditex: the Spanish textile group forces a Bangladeshi supplier to rebuild a factory

After the BBC broadcasted a report showing female workers complaining about their working conditions, the Spanish textile group, which owns Zara, got one of its suppliers to rebuild its factory...

2 July 2008

Italy: Eni “takes his tie off” at work to reduce energy consumption

After the success of last year's test, Eni's employees will be allowed to adopt a "more casual wear" at work this summer as well. This initiative, which will start in a few weeks, is part of the...

17 June 2008

Corporate practices : the Finnish firm Itela Oy and the employment of immigrant workers

Itela Oy records sales of 1.688 billion €, mainly in postal services (51% of sales), logistics (36%) and the information sector, particularly the electronic processing of documents and invoices...

11 June 2008

Netherlands: the Frijns Commission wants to amend the code of good corporate behavior

The Frijns Commission, responsible for ensuring the respect of good corporate practices, is getting hot under the collar. In its annual report, presented on June 4, 2008 to the Minister of...

4 June 2008

Italy: the Sodalitas Social Award, a ‘barometer’ of the growing interest in corporate social responsibility

The Sodalitas Social Award was awarded on May 29 during the meeting entitled "Sustainability and social responsibility". Revealing Italian companies' growing interest for this field, this national...

4 June 2008

Lafarge: safety month in all the sites of the group

The French group Lafarge (90.000 employees), world leader in construction materials, will organize, in June, a "safety month" in 76 countries where the group is present. At every site, "one or...

3 June 2008

Corporate practices : the German group Henkel boosts and internationalizes its corporate diversity management policy

Henkel illustrates the human diversity policy of the group at its site in Vienna. There, the firm has set up its headquarters for Austria and the east European countries. 10.000 people of 33...

2 June 2008

International: trade union guide on GRI guidelines to prepare sustainability reports

During a conference in Amsterdam on May 7 and 8, organized by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Guy Rider, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) presented a...

19 May 2008

Corporate Practices : R8 “Silver Line” project and “Demographic concept” at Audi

In 2006, 54.44% of Audi's staff was older than 39 and 16.98% over 50. In 2012, 1/3 of employees in the production division will be older than 50. At the same time, retirement age was brought up to...

29 April 2008

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