COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION: "Responsible Businesses" package (COM(2011) 685 final)


The "Responsible businesses" package comprises:
— this introductory Communication;
— the proposal to revise the Accounting Directives;
— the proposal to revise the Transparency Directive;
— the Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR);
— the Communication "Social Business Initiative".

This package sets out two objectives:

1. Creating a more sustainable economic environment, in particular for SMEs 2. Rethinking the role of responsible, social entrepreneurship in society

Two Communications are complementary and result from a joint Commission initiative and a major preparatory consultation and discussion process:

— Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
— The Social Business Initiative


See online : Read the Communication

Published Tuesday 25 October 2011