Societal responsibility

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The German Minister of Employment Franz Müntefering opened, on September 4th in Potsdam (Germany), the first conference of the Europe - Asia dialog (ASEM) on the social dimension of globalization...

The international Union of food, agriculture, hotel, restaurant and tobacco workers, and the related branches (IUF-UITA) has filed a complaint against the brewer at the OECD office in Belgium...

Whereas Flanders is already equipped with a similar tool, Wallonie has just opened a resources centre on the RSE over the Internet. Accessible to both Small and Large-size enterprises, the site...

After the outcry caused by the broadcasting of a documentary on the working conditions within the chain's Indian suppliers, the employees of the supermarket group Dansk Supermarked are asking the...

After the intervention of the European work's council of Unilever last April (see enclosure), the European work's council of Nestle, wrote to management in order to express concern over the...

The Commission published, March 22nd, a communication on corporate social responsibility and supported the launching of the "European Alliance for CSR". (Réf. 06282)

Vigeo (European agency measuring the social responsibility of organizations), realized for the Observatory of companies' social responsibility (French association which collects information this...

The European Commission should make public, next March 22, its communication on corporate social responsability (CSR). This document takes a new direction if we compare it to the previous ones. In...