Public Policy Blog

Good news for CSR! On 25th October, the European Commission published “A renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility”. The communication presents the concerns of CSR, an evaluation of the impact of European policy on CSR, a modern understanding of CSR – including an updated definition- and a new agenda for action 2011-2014. But [...]

On 28 September, during an event organized in Geneva (Switzerland) by the Onuart Foundation and the United Nations Spanish Global Compact Network, Telefónica and two other Spanish companies presented their corporate responsibility policies and good practices involving the management of human rights at the United Nations. The purpose of this event, entitled “Businesses and Human [...]

Do stakeholders trust in corporations? Only 10% of consumers in USA believe in what they say. Consumers do require companies to disclose details on what they do to asses the impact that their activity has on environment and society. Additionally, investors ask for information on sustainability issues. Transparency becomes a must for companies to recover [...]

Let’s see how ‘The World’s Most Admired Companies’ is structured. On one hand, Fortune has created a sector ranking with 57 different industries. To create this 57 industry list, executives, directors and analysts of 673 companies from 32 countries were asked to rate companies in their own industry on nine criteria: Innovation, People management, Use [...]

Our Managing Director on Corporate Reputation & Corporate Responsibility, Alberto Andreu, gives his view on the current status of CSR, the problems it faces and how it should move forward.