Renewed EU 2011-14 Strategy for Corporate Social Responsibility

This is a renewed strategy for CSR in Europe, aims to reach more companies to integrate social and environmental concerns into their operations by emphasizing the need for Member States to have national CSR frameworks

Issuer name

Issuer notes

European Commission

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The European Commission presented a new strategy for corporate social responsibility (CSR) on 25 October 2011, drafting an action program for the 2011-2014 period. In this document CSR is defined as “the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society”. In the strategy, the European Commission also announced a legislative proposal for regulation on the transparency of the social and environmental information supplied by businesses across all sectors, which was launched in April 2013.

Reporting resources

True

Organizations covered by the instrument

All Companies

Industry scope

All/none specified

ESG coverage - E (Environment)

All

ESG coverage- S (Social)

All

ESG coverage- G (Governance)

Ethics & Integrity, Accountability, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Competitive Behaviour

ESG coverage- Eco (Economic & General)

All

Status

Expired

Country

Region

Europe

Date of publication

2011

Issuer type

Governments (governmental department, agency)

Reporting requirements

Other e.g. action plan, strategy, programme, voluntary initiative

Mandatory or voluntary

Voluntary

The geographical scope

International/regional (EU)

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