Growing global efforts to encourage responsible business conduct that respects human rights include steps to ensure access to effective remedies when breaches occur. In 2017, the European Commission asked the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to collect evidence on such access in the EU Mem...
EMAS is a rigorous system, requiring continuous improvement in environmental performance through the identification of environmental impacts, implementation of policy, setting objectives and monitoring performance, legal compliance, communication and training all verified through mandatory inter...
There are a number of weaknesses in the existing national legal frameworks regarding social enterprises and this European added value assessment (EAVA) attempts to identify them. It goes on to argue that action at EU level would generate economic and social added value and presents a qualitative...
The European Enterprise Promotion Awards support the aims of the Small Business Act by recognising innovation and rewarding the success of public bodies and public-private partnerships in promoting enterprise and entrepreneurship at a national, regional and local level....
Building on both European Union (EU) law and chosen Member States’ legislation, this study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee aims at understanding to what extent Member States are supp...
The focus of corporate decision-makers on short-term shareholder value maximisation rather than on the long-term interests of the company reduces the long-term economic, environmental and social sustainability of European businesses. The objective of this study is to assess the root causes of “s...
Socially responsible public procurement (SRPP) is about achieving positive social outcomes in public contracts. Procurement affects a large number of people, whether as users of public services, those involved in production and delivery, or staff of the buying organisation. Beyond those directly...
