“Bringing together Europe’s thought-leaders on the role of business in society ”

“The current crisis has brought the global economy to an historic crossroads. Doing

business in the future might be framed within a very different paradigm. New business-

stakeholder partnerships will be required to drive sustainable growth and equitable

outcomes and to reestablish trust in the economic system and in its key players.”

Viscount Etienne Davignon

Chairman EABIS

In 2002, five global corporations brought

together Europe’s leading business schools and

posed them a challenge –

“How do we cooperate to ensure that future

business leaders and our organisations stay

ahead and lead the debate on CSR and

business role in society?”

- EABIS emerged as the answer

A brief history of cooperation...

Today EABIS has over 120 members

and reaches 3,500+ businesses

through affiliated networks

Growth is driving an expanded value

proposition based on new models of

collaboration and partnership

A brief history of cooperation...and growth

The European Academy of Business in Society will play a key role in coordinating and disseminating

progress on the latest research activities related to CSR across Europe and to all stakeholders

EU multi-stakeholder forum on CSR

EABIS – what we do

EABIS is a unique alliance of companies, business schools and other institutions committed

to promoting more sustainable business practice through partnership, learning and research.

We:

• Opportunities for collaboration

with other members and

strategic partners

• Intelligence on current trends,

major issues and relevant

themes for sustainable business

• Updates and access to our

rich online knowledge and

information resource

• Shared learning opportunities

• Platforms to showcase

practice and thinking

• Partnerships to address

learning, research and

operational needs

• Funding propositions for

collaborative research and

learning projects

• Members in developing

individual route maps to

maximise relationship benefits

• Professional, trade and other

membership organisations in

building strategic partnerships

• Policy makers in defining the

agenda for sustainable

business

Facilitate Communicate Engage

“By building environmental, social and governance issues into strategy in a way which reflects their

actual business importance, business can recast the debate about its role in a proactive way, thereby

enhancing legitimacy and trust necessary for long term sustainable value creation”

Ian Davis, Global MD, McKinsey

EABIS – what our members do

• Content and delivery of

mainstream business education

and research;

• Thinking of policy makers to

better enable sustainable

business;

• Their reputation as leaders in

sustainable business practice

and thinking.

• Seizing opportunities for

personal and organisational

learning;

• Taking current ideas and

approaches and testing them

against others’ best practice

and emerging thinking;

• Working with partners to

develop solutions to the key

challenges we face

• Learning from their experience

in implementation of new

approaches;

• Change in the quality of

debate on sustainable business;

• Others to follow thought and

practice leadership.

Innovate Influence Inspire

EABIS is a reference point for organisations seeking access to leading edge thinking and

practice in corporate responsibility, sustainability and governance. That is recognised by

major institutions, not least the European Commission. Our members should be able to:

Riding the wave – a new phase?

1990 20082000 2020

Political retrenchment reshapes

relationships between business, civil society,

and government

Issues based NGO’s challenge business

to socio-environment response

CSR activities are scattered and often

separate to core-business

Voluntary or regulated? – CSR debate

Political

retrenchment

The moral case

Recognising

CSR

Proactive engagement

Business in Society

linked to company values

CSR becoming part of

core business strategy

Integrating CSR

The business case

Financial collapse poses

fundamental questions about

economic model

Re-regulation? – ‘civil corporation’

and competitive advantage versus

collaborative advantage?

Is regulation just a reflex

response? Is it enough?

Financial crisis

The governance case

Governance

Shape the debate on the changing role of business in a global economy and

society

Equip current and future business leaders with the capacity to develop

sustainable business

Transform the relationship between business leaders, academics, policy makers

and others who inspire sustainable business practice

Inform policy making at national, European and global level

Build the alliance to deliver global action and learning

EABIS – sharpening the saw

Our members join because they are leaders in their fields, brought together by

a commitment to:

We are proud that the EU has named EABIS

“Europe’s future reference point for corporate responsibility research”

Future events

15-16 April

The future of economics and management Milan

20-21 April

Mainstreaming CR through executive education Stresa

7 May

Shifting sands: sustainable performance in a changing

business environment Brussels

20-21 September

Annual colloquium: CR & emerging Markets St. Petersburg

Academic Affairs antonio.scarafino@eabis.org

Corporate Affairs shella.vanputten@eabis.org

Communications claudia.kipka@eabis.org

European Academy of Business in Society

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www.eabis.org

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