Focus on a Member
In these interviews, some CSR Europe members introduce their company's CSR approach and current priority areas.
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Susanne Stormer, Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility at Novo Nordisk emphasizes both the need to transform mindsets in order to achieve change and the importance of making the business case for CSR at the Enterprise 2020 Summit. |
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Malia Belkacem, Senior Strategy and CSR Programme Director at GDF SUEZ talks about the company's engagement in CSR and their latest initiatives. GDF SUEZ has been, among others, an active co-leader of CSR Europe's collaborative project on Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth at the Base of the Pyramid. |
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Abi Price, CSR Specialist from Hitachi explains the company's new Business and Human Rights policy and talks about the business case for concern about human rights. In her interview, Ms. Price emphasizes Hitachi’s commitment to doing due diligence to identify and address the company’s human rights impacts. |
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Charlotte Wolff, General Manager, Corporate Responibility at ArcelorMittal talks about the company's Human Rights Policy. In this context, Charlotte offers her expectations on human rights at policy level and explores the synergies between business and policy innovation in this field |
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Filippo Bettini, Head of Sustainability and risk governance group, PIRELLI & C. S.p.a, Vice Chair Finance and Governance, CSR Europe Board of Directors, shares Pirelli's approach to sustainable supply chain management as a multinational manufacturing company |
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Gerhard Prätorius, Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability, Volkswagen and Board member of CSR Europe, discusses CSR and the future of mobility, highlighting Volkswagen's role in providing new and innovative modes of transport such as the 'Quicar' car-sharing programme and micro mobility concepts. |
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Françoise Guichard, Senior Vice President – Sustainable Development at GDF SUEZ discusses the lessons learnt from the Rio+20 conference and offers her insights on GDF Suez's initiative to improve energy access for all, 'GDF SUEZ Rassembleurs d’Energies'. |
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 Laurent Abadie, Panasonic Europe's Chairman and CEO, talks about the role of young generations in Panasonic's vision for the future, and the environmental challenge facing companies today.Watch interview |
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 Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, talks about the role of information technology in addressing societal challenges around the world.Watch interview |
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 Eckhard Koch, Director of BASF's Sustainability Center, discusses the company's commitment and projects over sustainability issues, as well as its corporate responsibility in some specific fields. Read interview |
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Anne-Lene Midseim, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at the aluminum company Hydro, discusses the company's global commitment and its environmental impact strategies. Read interview |
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This interview explores how Novartis, a global healthcare company, is contributing to the multi-faceted problem of access to medicines around the world. Thomas Wellauer, Ph.D., Head of Corporate Affairs and a member of the company's Executive Committee, answers our questions. Read interview |
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 Francesco Mereu, Head of Corporate Responsibility at Gruppo Montepaschi, discusses potential impacts of the current crisis on the banking sector in the longer term, and how his company engages with stakeholders on some of today's key socio-economic trends and challenges.Read interview |
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 Stefan Crets, General Manager CSR and Colin Hensley, General Manager Corporate Affairs & Planning from Toyota Motor Europe discuss sustainability and stakeholder engagement from a car manufacturer's perspective.Read interview |
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 Dominique Reiniche, President, Europe, The Coca-Cola Company, discusses the latest Sustainability Review and the company's efforts to address obesity and water scarcity.Read interview |
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 Gerhard Prätorius, Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability at Volkswagen, discusses the strategic issues and driving forces behind CSR. Read interview |
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 Gentiane Weil, Director CR and Sustainable Development at France Telecom Group, discusses the role of telecommunications in reducing the digital divide and moving towards a low carbon economy. Read interview |
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 Neil Hawkins, Vice President Sustainability of The Dow Chemical Company, presents Dow's 2015 Sustainability Goals and discusses the potential of the chemical industry to address environmental and social challenges. Read interview |
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Cheick Diarra, Microsoft's chairman for Africa, presents the company's citizenship, education and developmental activities in Africa and Microsoft's role as a co-president of the EU-Africa Business Forum. Read interview |
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 James Farrar, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship from SAP AG, discusses the challenges of attracting and retaining talent in a highly competitive labor market. Read interview |
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 Marina Migliorato, Head of CSR and Relations with Associations at Enel, discusses the CSR policies and practices of the Italian energy company. Read interview |
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 Karl Daumüller, Program Manager, HP Global Procurement Services shares some of his company's policies and initiatives in the area of supply chain management. Read interview |
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 Ramon Arratia and Joaquim Croca from Vodafone share some of their company's initiatives aimed at providing communications services to the developing world. Read interview |
IBM EMEA's Director for Corporate Affairs and Corporate Citizenship and Chair of the CSR Europe Board of Directors, Celia Moore, discusses the importance of CSR in building a smart, sustainable and inclusive society for the future.
Hitachi's Group Public Affairs Officer and board member of CSR Europe, Hans Daems, offers his insights into the role of business in society. In particular, the topics discussed include enhancing stakeholder engagement and business’ role in combatting emerging societal challenges through developing social innovation strategies.
Western Union’s Senior Director of Social Ventures, Talya Bosch, was interviewed by Just Means following a panel discussion at the UN. The interview focuses on the importance of choice in promoting financial inclusion, positioning Western Union as a leader in providing a breadth of accessible options to allow the movement of money and create social impact.
Barend Van Bergen, Head of KPMG's Global Centre of Excellence for Climate Change and Sustainability, talks to CSR Europe about the development of CSR in Europe and how it has shaped modern business development. He also discusses the key sustainability challenges for companies to tackle.
Belgacom's CSR Manager, Loic Van Cutsem, presented the organisation's CSR Strategy at CSR Europe's Annual General Assembly on the 10th of June. CSR Europe was delighted to welcome a Speaker from Belgacom, who hosted our 2011 General Assembly.
Thomas Lingard, Director of Global External Affairs, Unilever, talks to CSR Europe about Unilever's sustainability strategy. He answers questions on the issue of the financial crisis, changing consumer expectations and the importance of business innovation.
Edenred's Nathalie Renaudin, talks to CSR Europe to explain their involvement in the European FOOD project.
Jean-Louis Grégoire, Vice President EMEA & Chief Corporate Strategy and Walter Tobé, European Environment Manager at Canon Europe, discuss how sustainability and recycling underpin Canon's corporate philosophy.
Neil Hawkins, Vice President Sustainability and EH&S at The Dow Chemical Company, discusses the role of the chemical industry in addressing global sustainability challenges.
Serge Foucher, Executive President for Sony Europe, discusses the company's environmental vision, stakeholder engagement, and women in leadership positions.
