CSR

The French insurance group promised, on February 22, 2007, during the presentation of its 2006 results, to give out shares to the group's employees throughout the world. This decision fulfils a...

13 March 2007

International: the Dutch FNV is worried about the social situation in China

Henk van der Kolk, chairman of the federation of Dutch unions (FNV), the main confederation of trade unions in the Netherlands, announced, on March 5, that direct contacts were taken with the...

8 March 2007

Inditex: the textile group’s union representatives participate in a series of meetings with the Turkish and Portuguese suppliers

Representatives from the Spanish textile company which owns Zara went to Istanbul and Porto, accompanied by union and sales officers, in order to meet some local officers. They informed their...

1 March 2007

Spain: unions and employers from the textile sector want to promote the CSR together

Unions and employers from the Spanish textile, the Fedecon, constituted a work group with the consumers associations and the NGOs in order to promote social responsibility in the sector. The Setem...

28 February 2007

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...

22 February 2007

Swiss Re : 5000 Swiss francs offered to each employee committing to reduce personal carbon footprint

The global insurer is supporting investments and purchases made by employees that contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. The new "COYou2 reduce and gain" programme is part of Swiss Re's commitments...

23 January 2007

Spain: large companies show SMEs how to apply CSR

An association gathering the largest Spanish companies involved in sustainable growth publishes a guide to encourage SMEs to engage corporate social (CSR). (Ref. 070037)

16 January 2007

Germany: companies begin to promote diversity

After the French and Belgian companies (see story n° 0672), it is now German companies' turn to promote diversity. DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche British Petrol and Deutsche Telekom have...

20 December 2006

According to the ITUC, the World Bank made a step to promote the labor standards

The international trade-union Confederation (ITUC) informed, on December 15th 2006, that "the president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, announced the Bank's decision that, in the future...

18 December 2006

Germany : unions and workers’ representatives are little involved in corporate fight against corruption

In 2006, several symbolic companies of the German economy (Siemens, Volkswagen, Daimler Chrysler, etc…) have been hit by notorious corruption scandals. Siemens wins hands down with its nearly 420...

15 December 2006

Great Britain: large distribution chains pointed out in a scandal of exploited Bangladesh workers

The firms Asda, Tesco and Primark are affected by a report of the NGO War on Want, which shows wages and working conditions close to exploitation in several textile subcontractors' worksites in...

13 December 2006

EU : the economic and social committee requests a European information gateway on corporate social responsibility (CSR)

International framework-agreements and European works councils. Furthermore, with regard to the promotion by the Commission of the “acceptable work” concept at international level (v. “Promote...

13 December 2006

Bouygues: group adopts an ethical code and a mechanism of alert

The French group Bouygues has just adopted its first ethical code which notably sets up a mechanism of ethical alert regarding corruption and irregular accounting. This mechanism does not concern...

7 December 2006

Spain: PSA plant in Madrid gets involved for the professional reintegration of ill-treated women

The PSA site in Villaverde, in the periphery of Madrid, signed on November 23rd an agreement with the Council for women and employment of the Madrid region, to promote equal opportunities between...

7 December 2006

Spain: wood industry introduces a guide to CSR for the sector’s firms

The Spanish confederation of wood entrepreneurs (Confemadera) wants to promote a socially and ecologically responsible management. It has just introduced a "Guide for the promotion of social...

29 November 2006

Stora Enso: unions condemn the unworthy reorganization of an European socially responsible firm

In October 2005, the Finnish paper producer group Stora Enso, as part of a European reorganization, decided to stop several machines on the French site of Corbehem, in the Pas-de-Calais. The...

6 November 2006

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