“Bringing together Europe’s thought-leaders on the role of business in society ”
“The current crisis has brought the global economy to an historic crossroads. Doing
business in the future might be framed within a very different paradigm. New business-
stakeholder partnerships will be required to drive sustainable growth and equitable
outcomes and to reestablish trust in the economic system and in its key players.”
Viscount Etienne Davignon
Chairman EABIS
In 2002, five global corporations brought
together Europe’s leading business schools and
posed them a challenge –
“How do we cooperate to ensure that future
business leaders and our organisations stay
ahead and lead the debate on CSR and
business role in society?”
- EABIS emerged as the answer
A brief history of cooperation...
Today EABIS has over 120 members
and reaches 3,500+ businesses
through affiliated networks
Growth is driving an expanded value
proposition based on new models of
collaboration and partnership
A brief history of cooperation...and growth
The European Academy of Business in Society will play a key role in coordinating and disseminating
progress on the latest research activities related to CSR across Europe and to all stakeholders
EU multi-stakeholder forum on CSR
EABIS – what we do
EABIS is a unique alliance of companies, business schools and other institutions committed
to promoting more sustainable business practice through partnership, learning and research.
We:
• Opportunities for collaboration
with other members and
strategic partners
• Intelligence on current trends,
major issues and relevant
themes for sustainable business
• Updates and access to our
rich online knowledge and
information resource
• Shared learning opportunities
• Platforms to showcase
practice and thinking
• Partnerships to address
learning, research and
operational needs
• Funding propositions for
collaborative research and
learning projects
• Members in developing
individual route maps to
maximise relationship benefits
• Professional, trade and other
membership organisations in
building strategic partnerships
• Policy makers in defining the
agenda for sustainable
business
Facilitate Communicate Engage
“By building environmental, social and governance issues into strategy in a way which reflects their
actual business importance, business can recast the debate about its role in a proactive way, thereby
enhancing legitimacy and trust necessary for long term sustainable value creation”
Ian Davis, Global MD, McKinsey
EABIS – what our members do
• Content and delivery of
mainstream business education
and research;
• Thinking of policy makers to
better enable sustainable
business;
• Their reputation as leaders in
sustainable business practice
and thinking.
• Seizing opportunities for
personal and organisational
learning;
• Taking current ideas and
approaches and testing them
against others’ best practice
and emerging thinking;
• Working with partners to
develop solutions to the key
challenges we face
• Learning from their experience
in implementation of new
approaches;
• Change in the quality of
debate on sustainable business;
• Others to follow thought and
practice leadership.
Innovate Influence Inspire
EABIS is a reference point for organisations seeking access to leading edge thinking and
practice in corporate responsibility, sustainability and governance. That is recognised by
major institutions, not least the European Commission. Our members should be able to:
Riding the wave – a new phase?
1990 20082000 2020
Political retrenchment reshapes
relationships between business, civil society,
and government
Issues based NGO’s challenge business
to socio-environment response
CSR activities are scattered and often
separate to core-business
Voluntary or regulated? – CSR debate
Political
retrenchment
The moral case
Recognising
CSR
Proactive engagement
Business in Society
linked to company values
CSR becoming part of
core business strategy
Integrating CSR
The business case
Financial collapse poses
fundamental questions about
economic model
Re-regulation? – ‘civil corporation’
and competitive advantage versus
collaborative advantage?
Is regulation just a reflex
response? Is it enough?
Financial crisis
The governance case
Governance
Shape the debate on the changing role of business in a global economy and
society
Equip current and future business leaders with the capacity to develop
sustainable business
Transform the relationship between business leaders, academics, policy makers
and others who inspire sustainable business practice
Inform policy making at national, European and global level
Build the alliance to deliver global action and learning
EABIS – sharpening the saw
Our members join because they are leaders in their fields, brought together by
a commitment to:
We are proud that the EU has named EABIS
“Europe’s future reference point for corporate responsibility research”
Future events
15-16 April
The future of economics and management Milan
20-21 April
Mainstreaming CR through executive education Stresa
7 May
Shifting sands: sustainable performance in a changing
business environment Brussels
20-21 September
Annual colloquium: CR & emerging Markets St. Petersburg
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