Britain was one of the main European countries to encourage 's investment socially responsible: as a result of a reform on the pension plans in 1999 - most famous as Disclosure Act - legislation has forced the British pension fund managers for you to tell us how were taken into account social and environmental criteria at the time to select those investments which form part of the portfolio.
More or less the same size was later adopted by Germany, France, Belgium and Australia.
The following is a brief personal summary showing proposed arrangements proposed by various European governments to support the dissemination of CSR.
| COUNTRY | CSR policy |
| Accession of the Italian government to "the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises and related NCPs Italy with the birth of art. 39 of Law 273/2002: the promotion and correct application of the OECD document "Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises" and is held at the Ministry of Economic Development, General Directorate for Productive Development and Competitiveness. Creating the Multi Stakeholder Forum Italian. Project CSR-SC: it provides a set of indicators with particular attention to SMEs and the idea of \u200b\u200ba solidarity fund. UNIONCAMERE Establishment of the protocol and the creation of the CSR branch network. Launch of the Directive for the preparation of the social budget for general government on behalf of The Department of Civil Service. Birth of the Ministry of Social Solidarity. Starting at the ministerial table in terms of CSR among public administrations Central and Stakeholders. Establishment of the Fund for the dissemination of culture and policies of social responsibility companies "in the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, with its funding of an annual conference on CSR. Establishment of an ad hoc group - the collection of agreements, codes and best practices relating to CSR - inside Standing Advisory Commission pearl health and safety (d.lgsl. 81/2008). Conducting a monitoring of regional experiences on. presence at the table HLG on CSR in Brussels and participation in ISO 26000. | |
| Denmark | Creating a database on Business Ethics on the initiative of Minister of Economy. Creating an index Social 's self-assessment of companies on CSR. In 2001 Parliament adopted a law imposing social obligations to those companies that provide services to public or who receive public funding. Approval of the Green Account [3] , which requires companies to release information on activities, on organizational structure and management system of environmental policies with regard to the supply chain . |
| Sweden | adoption of CSR policies in the state-owned enterprises. Creation, at the request of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the hole "Swedish Partnership for Global Responsibility [4] . of Approval ' Accounting Act [5] establishing compulsory to facilitate information on the impact caused to the environment due to production processes. |
| Britain | creation of the post of Secretary of State for CSR. Application of tax incentives ( Community Investment Tax Relief ) for companies that invest in financial institutions Community Development (Community Development Finance Institutions CDFIs) [6] . Establishment of a code of ethics concerning arrangements for contracting and subcontracting for staff and providers in the Contracting Agency of the British National Health System, the National Health Service (NHS) and development of a program for sustainability that includes its policy of buying social and environmental considerations, as well as identifying the social impacts of its activities, goods and produce and requires [7] . Requirement of communication, following the reform of pension known as the Disclosure Act, CSR criteria applied to the management of funds. |
| Spain | Establishment of social bargaining table. |
| Netherlands | Application of CSR policies to the state, understood as an actor in the market. Creating a center for dissemination and information on CSR. attraction of private companies for the solution of environmental problems. Approval of the Environmental Reporting decree [12] in which businesses are obliged to inform the activities and processes of plants, environmental impact, including a detailed account of quantitative information, as well as the presentation of future strategies for the management of the environment. |
| France | Introduction to Law Fabius. Adoption of Ordinance No. 2002-221 "Nouvelles économiques Regulations" [13] , requiring listed companies to submit yearly information of social, environmental and employment. Obligation to inform the criteria for CSR in pension funds. |
| Norway | Establishment of the Petroleum Fund, managed by the Central Bank, called the Government Pension Fund [14] . |
[ 1] wai.mi.camcom.it/upload/file/1562/781230/FILENAME/ministero_italiano_Lavoro.pdf
[2] www.copenhagenconsensus.com/CCC%20Home%20Page.aspx
[3] www.byelverton.net/sustainable_business/GreenAccounts.pdf
[4] www.unido.org/fileadmin/import/73957_Elma_Gacanovic__MFA__Swedish_Partnership_for_Global_Responsibility.pdf
[5] eng.dgbas.gov.tw/public/Data/512614372471.pdf
[6] www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/consultations_and_legislation/community_investment_tax_relief/consult_
community_investment_index.cfm; www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/citmanual/
[8] http://www.observatoriorsc.org/images/documentos/politicas_publicas/espana/administracion/lib
ro_blanco_subcomision.pdf
[9] http://www.observatoriorsc.org/images/documentos/politicas_publicas/espana/administracion/F
oroExpertos_RSE_informe.pdf
[12] www.enviroreporting.com/others/cer_europe.pdf
[13] admi.net/jo/20020221/JUSC0220073D.html
[14] norvegia.cc / the-end-of-oil-norvegia.html
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