Roadmap Appeal
In 2005 CSR Europe and its national partner organisations led an open initiative for all enterprises across Europe entitled the "European Roadmap for Businesses - Towards a Sustainable and Competitive Enterprise".
Built on ten years of business engagement, solutions and dialogue with the European Union and other stakeholders, the Roadmap embodied three key elements:
- A shared vision towards a European enterprise built on short and long-term value creation, stakeholder engagement, new skills, and innovation in every compartment of business activity
- A commitment to 10 strategic goals and processes articulating corporate responsibility and competitiveness
- An appeal to the European Union and stakeholders to develop action and forge partnerships allowing business to manage change in a sustainable and competitive way
CSR Europe acted as the liaison for regular meetings between top EU leaders and CEOs supportive of the Roadmap, offering the opportunity for businesses to participate in the debate on European competitiveness and sustainable development and to provide visibility for the contribution of corporate responsibility to the achievement of the renewed Lisbon Strategy 2010.
Today, CSR Europe continues to work on the themes and issues set out the Roadmap:
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Skills and Competence Building
- Equal Opportunities and Diversity
- Health and Safety
- Environmental Protection
- Mainstreaming CSR
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Leadership and Governance
- Communications and Reporting
- Business Partnerships
Since 2006, the goals and strategies embodied in the Roadmap are also key drivers of the European Alliance for CSR.
