Rhetorics and Realities: Analysing Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe (RARE)

The RARE project („Rhetoric and Realities – Analysing Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe”, funded within the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme) seeks to improve the understanding of the effectiveness of CSR as a policy instrument and how CSR can in practice benefit sustainable development in the EU. The project programme includes:

• nderstanding and analysing CSR in four fields of sustainable development: environmental protection (climate and chemicals policies), resource management, gender equality and countering bribery
• Surveying CSR in three business sectors: the oil industry, the banking sector and the fisheries and fish processing industries
• Researching and developing in-depth case studies on CSR impact
• Carrying out an SME stud
• Developing a CSR Impact Assessment tool
• Assessing the political and public policy dimensions of CSR

The book "Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: Rhetoric and Realities", publis hed by Edgar Elgar Publishing, contains the core results of the RARE project : https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/corporate-social-responsibility-in-europe-9781847207647.htm .