Website: Corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility refers to companies voluntarily going beyond what the law requires to achieve social and environmental objectives during the course of their daily business activities. It covers a range of areas:

+ Europe 2020 (especially new skills and jobs, youth, local development)
+ Business and human rights
+ CSR reporting
+ Socially responsible public procurement

The European Commission encourages companies to apply fair employment practices that respect human rights, particularly where products come from outside the EU.

European Commission: DG Enterprise and Industry: Policy Areas: Corporate Social Responsibility http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/csr/index_en.htm

CEEP: Discerno3: Analysing and fostering CSR practices http://www.discerno.eu/

Website: CSR Europe http://www.csreurope.org/

European Commission: DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW): Industry: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) http://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/corporate-social-responsibility/index_en.htm

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