{"id":39628,"date":"2012-01-18T11:51:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T11:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=39628"},"modified":"2012-01-18T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T11:57:23","slug":"new-csr-regulation-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/new-csr-regulation-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"New CSR Regulation Coming Your Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/eu-law-csr.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"eu-law-csr\" width=\"580\" height=\"385\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39642 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/eu-law-csr.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/eu-law-csr-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/eu-law-csr-300x199.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 580px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 580\/385;\" \/>As has been stated many times, I&#8217;m a firm believer that the EU will introduce mandatory CSR regulation in the very near future.<\/p>\n<p>This is not an article of faith (or want), simply a fact which springs from what the EU has said that\u00a0it&#8217;s going to do.\u00a0 In <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission_2010-2014\/barnier\/docs\/news\/2011\/smact_timetable_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the timetable for implementing on the Single Market Act<\/a> (PDF), passed in late 2011, the EU said the Single Market would include a &#8220;legislative proposal on the transparency of the social and environmental information provided by businesses&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t really get much clearer than that, can you?<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>EU CSR regulation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Now a little more of how the EU is thinking has come to light, thanks to an article entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/enterprise\/magazine\/articles\/competitiveness-energy-environment\/article_11024_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Responsible Business: a key to competitiveness <\/a>in its online Enterprise and Industry magazine.<\/p>\n<p>This article lays out the following points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the EU is embarking upon a strategy up to 2014 with the priorities of enhancing the visibility of CSR\u00a0and improving the disclosure of social and environmental data<\/li>\n<li>the EU will soon publish proposals on how it will monitor the CSR policy commitments of EU based companies with over 1000 employees, regardless of where their operations are<\/li>\n<li>one aim of the legislative measures being considered is to &#8220;improve accountability and promote sustainable business among multinationals&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>the expectation is that all businesses should have in place &#8220;a process to integrate social, environmental, ethical, human rights and consumer concerns into their business operations and core strategy in close collaboration with their stakeholders&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>however most SMEs wil fall outside the regulatory requirements and changes to EU laws will be made to ensure this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the best tactics when dealing with regulation is to look at what&#8217;s not said.\u00a0 If the EU&#8217;s intention can be writ large, it&#8217;s in this statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>for most SMEs the CSR process is likely to remain informal and intuitive<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Therefore, for big business, it&#8217;s likely to be anything but.\u00a0 You have been warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As has been stated many times, I&#8217;m a firm believer that the EU will introduce mandatory CSR regulation in the very near future. 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