Switzerland
Philias Foundation
Profile
Founded in 2000, Philias is a foundation that encourages and supports companies in developing and raising awareness of their social responsibility. In accordance with the principles of sustainable development, Philias's activity is underpinned by economic, social and environmental considerations.
For more than six years now, Philias has been advising companies that want to adopt the principles of sustainable development Convinced of the positive impact of any steps taken in the area of corporate responsibility, Philias is involved in both one-off projects and long-term cooperative ventures in particular through a business driven network of 22 companies.
Mission
Promote CSR and help companies to put it into practice.
Activities
What we do: raising awareness of CSR in Switzerland
- Philias CSR Award - Philias invests in the future by raising awareness among the next generation of managers. The award is organised in partnership with Swiss Universities and rewards students of business administration for research in the field of CSR.
- Awareness raising events: Philias raises awareness on specific topics: in 2005 we organised a major event on the professional integration of disabled people; in 2006 experts in the fields of Corporate Social Responsibility discussed about the implementation of diversity policies in companies.
- Humagora: Humagora is a one day market place where companies and non-profit organisations exchange best practices and present their partnership initiatives (national and international social and environmental projects).
What we offer: our consulting services
- Community investment - Donation programmes: we identify strategies to support local communities, charities and their target audience, be it through financial support, in-kind donations or the employees' competences. We offer ways to involve the employees in these programmes, like e.g. matched giving. Corporate volunteering: we organise volunteering activities in partnership with local community organisations where employees can work together for common and good cause.
- Stakeholder dialogue - we establish tools to strengthen dialogue with all the company's stakeholders: employees, shareholders, suppliers and NGOs.
- CSR training - we organise trainings to raise awareness of CSR among staff and tailored-made trainings for managers.
- Research and Market Studies - We offer benchmarking with CSR policies implemented in similar sectors, market studies and thematic research on social issues, and internal assessments to measure the consistency of CSR actions.
- Companies Network - An active network of 22 member companies that employ together more than 50'000 employees in Switzerland.
Members
21 members (view members)
Chairperson
Philippe Nordmann, Partner, Maus Frères
Contact
Bettina Ferdman
e-mail: info@philias.org
Phone: + 41 22 308 46 50
Fax: + 41 22 308 46 56
Address: 17 Clos de la Fonderie, 1227 Carouge / Geneva
