European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility

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The European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (also: European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on CSR , CSR EMS Forum , short: EMS Forum , EU MSF or just EMSF ) was founded in 2002 and aims to provide a broad social framework for the realization and strengthening of a Offer corporate social responsibility (CSR).

CSR EMS Forum - functional overview

aims

The CSR EMS Forum is intended to provide an institutional framework for the dialogue between European actors (European level, companies, trade unions and NGOs ) about the developments in European CSR. To this end, the European Commission is to organize the forum's meetings approximately every two years. Innovations should be presented, participants should get closer and developments and experiences in existing CSR systems should be exchanged.

development

In the published in 2001 Green Paper a European framework for corporate social responsibility of the European Union , the European Commission was first intensively with the topic apart. On October 16, 2002, representative European employer organizations, trade unions, civil society organizations and other business organizations came together for the first time (as part of the CSR EMS Forum) and discussed the possibilities of increasing transparency and standardizing methods and tools of social responsibility Drive business forward .

In 2004 the forum wrote and published a final report on activities from 2002 to 2004. After 2004, further cooperation in the forum stalled (see “Criticism” below).

Another round of the CSR EMS Forum planned for 2006 was boycotted mainly by the NGOs because their interests had not been given enough consideration. In 2006 the Commission also founded a “European Alliance for Corporate Social Responsibility”, which is primarily a network with corporate participation. The European Commission has taken developments in other directions as well. In the years 2011 to 2014, as part of the implementation of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy 2011–2014 of the European Commission, what has been achieved and what needs to be done in the future to implement or beyond it. The function and role of the European Commission in implementation and support is shown. There is also a public consultation launched by the European Commission on the subject of The European Commission's strategy on CSR 2011-2014: achievements, shortcomings and future challenges , which is inviting EU citizens to discussion and contributions until August 15, 2014. This CSR strategy is intended to strengthen the implementation of the principles of corporate social responsibility in the European Union. The consultation covers eight areas. The results of the consultation will be compiled in a report by the European Commission. These results and those of the Multi-Stakeholder Forum will be evaluated by November 2014 and then form the basis for the European Commission's CSR policy after 2014.

Members

The following organizations are currently involved in the coordination committee of the CSR EMS Forum:

Observers are: the European Council , the European Parliament , the Committee of the Regions , the International Labor Organization (ILO), UNEP ( United Nations Environment Program ), EUROSIF ( European Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum ), EUA ( European University Association ).

criticism

Various NGOs are not satisfied with the approach of the European Commission and the working methods as well as the results of the CSR EMS Forum. B. in particular criticized the voluntary approach to the implementation of CSR and the vague recommendations in the final report 2004. In 2011, the European Parliament "voted with a large majority against an EU directive on the compulsory regulation of CSR".

See also

literature

  • Janina Curbach: The corporate social responsibility movement. Wiesbaden 2009, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Diss. 2008, ISBN 978-3-531-16519-6 . available from Google Books
  • Oliver Herchen: Corporate Social Responsibility . How companies deal with their ethical responsibility. Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8370-0262-1 .
  • Office for Official Publ. Of the European Communities: EU Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility: (CSR EMS Forum). Ed .: European Commission. Brussels / Luxembourg 2003, ISBN 92-894-5941-7 (English, online [PDF; 432 kB ]).

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ See also: Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ( Memento from April 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Further development under: Final report of the CSR EMS Forum of June 29, 2004, p. 2.
  3. ↑ Quoted from: COM (2003) 57 final , p. 19.
  4. ^ Final report of the CSR EMS Forum from June 29, 2004.
  5. ↑ A new EU strategy (2011-14) for corporate social responsibility (CSR) / * COM / 2011/0681 final * / and MEMO / 11/730 (English) and IP / 11/1238 25/10/2011 (German) .
  6. ↑ The European Commission's strategy for CSR 2011–2014: results, deficits and future challenges, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sustainable-business/corporate-social-responsibility/public-consultation/ index_en.htm ( Memento from March 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sustainable-business/corporate-social-responsibility/multi-stakeholder-forum/index_en.htm ( Memento from April 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Retrieved on May 3, 2014 under: Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ec.europa.eu
  9. ↑ See e.g. B. Janina Curbach in The Corporate Social Responsibility Movement. P. 102.
  10. ↑ Quoted from Thomas Mann , Member of the European Parliament (including Vice President in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs) [1] . See also the debate in the European Parliament [2]