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European CSR Award Scheme2012/2013

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European CSR Award Scheme

What is the European CSR Award Scheme?

The first ever pan-European Award Scheme to inspire partnership

for innovation and impact

Focuses on successful partnerships between business and non-

business organisations, with particular emphasis on collaborative

programmes that tackle sustainability through innovation

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Funded by the European Commission

Co-Led by CSR Europe & Business in the Community

with the support of Alliance Boots

Implemented by a consortium

of 31 national organisations in 30 countries

Two categories:

Large Company and Small Company

Overview of the European CSR Award Scheme

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Organisers

Austria - respACT WebBelgium - B&S Belgium WebBulgaria - UNGC Bulgaria WebCroatia - Croatian BCSD WebCzech Rep - Business for Society WebDenmark - CSR Fonden WebEstonia - RBF Estonia WebFinland - FIBS WebFrance - IMS WebGermany - BMAS WebGreece - HNCSR WebHungary - KÖVET WebIreland - BITC Ireland WebItaly - Sodalitas WebKosovo - CSR Kosovo WebLuxembourg - IMS Luxembourg Web

Macedonia - Zenith Association WebMontenegro - Zid WebNetherlands - Punchy Pack WebNorway - CSR Norway WebPoland - RBF Poland WebRomania - CSR Romania WebSerbia - BLF Serbia WebSlovakia - Pontis Foundation WebSlovenia - Network for SR WebSpain - Foretica WebSwitzerland- Philias Foundation WebTurkey - CSR Turkey WebUK - Business in the Community and Scottish Business in the Community WebUkraine- Centre for CSR Dev Web

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Key elements

Theme: related to Corporate Social Responsibility: Partnership, Innovation and Impact

Multi-stakeholder projects, including at least one business and one non business partner

Innovative approach to solve challenges of todays society

Positive impact on society & business

Assessed by multi-stakeholder jury

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Business sectors A wide variety of business sectors represented in the winning partnerships across

Europe

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PartnershipsThe power of collaboration between business and non business partners

increase the overall positive impact in society

It is becoming common practice for companies to engage with multiple non-business partners and with multiple sectors in the same partnership

In many cases partners include various companies within the same supply chain and even competitors that have come to gether

Some examples include companies generating local platforms where a variety of businesses and other partners can share their ideas and exchange experience

The size and composition of partnerships illustrates that companies are

engaging in more inclusive forms of collaboration

The vast majority of cases involve long-term partnerships, which show a clear evolution in the relationship after an initial successful cooperation

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Partnerships

The results show that 32% of the

winning partnerships involve at least three types

of partners

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Innovation Is a way of effective tackling social issues

There is a rich representation of innovative approaches and partnership models

Recurring themes in the winning partnerships include new ideas on business models , products and services to resolve existing sustainable challenges

Some partnerships use Research and Development to tackle social issues

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Impact on Society

Key outcomes

The results show that 71.5 % of winning initiatives concentrate on community development and 44.5% of the projects address the environment

The selection of topics shows that partnerships tend to tackle multiple social issues

An example of this overlap of issues is demonstrated by education projects addressing environmental issues

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Impact on Society

Key outcomes

There is an increasing trend to align partnership activities with companies’ core business. Such strategies offer more opportunities to create high quality sustainable contributions to society, and in return bring value to the business

Having a positive impact on the environment is one of the top priorities and at the same time a necessary factor for a successful and competitive company

50% of the partnerships focused on education and in some cases connected it with employability

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Impact on business

Key outcome

The balance between minimising risks through accountability, good governance and transparency and at the same time maximising opportunities through social innovation, delivering new products and services, are key business impacts that collaboration delivers.

The main business impact highlighted

Development of products and services: creating new markets and sales opportunities

Better use of resources: cost savings Improved reputation Employee engagement and development

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• Please include here examples of winning case studies in your country and across Europe. We propose you to showcase four case studies from different countries.

• 2 SMEs and • 2 Large Companies • representing different geographies such as Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Central Europe • and with different innovative approaches to CSR partnerships.

• This sample is meant to show the variety of projects running across Europe, but also the common essence involving all of them: partnership, innovation and impact.

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For a complete list of winning partnership and further information, visit the website and download the Golden book at : www.europeancsrawards.eu

Video of European CSR Award Scheme 2012/2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R--YQTqhYNY

Further information

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Thank you for your attention.