EU Update
February 2007
Eurosif Meetings
Eurosif has been invited by the EC to be an Official Member of the Coordination Committee of the European Multi-stakeholder Forum on CSR
On behalf of Xavier Prats, Director in DG Employment and Social Affairs, and Pedro Ortún, Director in DG Enterprise and Industry, Eurosif was officially invited to participate in upcoming forum discussions on improving knowledge about the relationship between CSR and sustainable development, and exploring the appropriateness of establishing common guiding principles for CSR practices and instruments. Matt Christensen, Eurosif Executive Director participated in the first meeting on February 14th, 2007. The meeting discussed three primary areas that could be sources of future collaboration among the different stakeholders: Education/Research into CSR matters, Transparency/Credibility of the CSR/SRI field, and an analysis of the EC-published Compendium of Existing CSR/SRI Initiatives. The next meeting is planned for summer 2007.
EU News
EU energy blueprint puts onus on climate change and renewables
The Commission invites EU members to move forward 'unilaterally' with a 20% reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020 in a bid to reduce its dependency on imported fuels and trigger a new 'industrial revolution'.
EU defends leadership in 'world war' on climate change
'A war economy is needed' to reduce global warming emissions, according to the EU's environment chief who said new measures will be tabled 'shortly' to tackle car pollution and expand the carbon trading system.
