A European Roadmap for Businesses: Towards a Sustainable and Competitive Enterprise

European Roadmap for BusinessesIn 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

The Roadmap also set out the themes and issues defining CSR Europe's activities today:

  • 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

Read the Roadmap (pdf) in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese or Estonian.