Examples of the Commerce sector

EuroCommerce has released a series of publications highlighting the initiatives carried out by EuroCommerce and its members:

• Corporate responsibility in a global economy - 2005
  
  
• EuroCommerce submission of own and members' initiatives for the European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on CSR - December 2006 (1,5 MB)
  
  
• New: BEST PRACTICES OF SMES IN COMMERCE - 2007
  
  
• CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: INCREASING AWARENESS (Nov. 2007) - updated July 2008

EuroCommerce is also committed to raising awareness on CSR-related aspects through other publications or initiatives:

• As a member of the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, EuroCommerce is committed to increasing the number of members carrying out actions in the field of nutrition and the fight against obesity:
  • A Nutrition event was organised in March 2007;
  • The manifesto The Healthy Lifestyle Challenge - retailers' response was published in March 2007.
    
    
• The impact of economic, structural, technological, competitive and other developments in commerce on employment, and on employment and working conditions, is continuously discussed internally and within the social dialogue, as the following examples show:
  • support to the BeQuaWe-project (project on vocational training), 
  • conference report on "how CSR can promote quality in employment in the Commerce sector",
  • managing the impact of demographic change,
  • working time,
  • promoting a safer shopping and working environment
    
    
• EuroCommerce has joined the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign, and signed an "Agreement on the Promotion of Efficient Lighting" between EuroCommerce, EURELECTRIC and the European Lamp Company Federation early 2008.