Corporate Social Responsibility in Belgium

Lars Moratis (), Jan Beyne () and Valerie Swaen ()
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Lars Moratis: Antwerp Management School
Jan Beyne: Antwerp Management School
Valerie Swaen: UCLouvain, LouRIM

A chapter in Current Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility, 2021, pp 45-61 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Belgium has developed particularly since the early 1990s, its focus changing from addressing environmental issues to more comprehensive approaches towards CSR, notably the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This chapter sets out to describe the development of CSR and the CSR institutional infrastructure in Belgium from the 1990s onwards. Since current CSR discourse in Belgium has clearly pivoted towards the SDGs, the lion’s share of this chapter addresses the intersection of the SDGs and Belgian industry, based on the findings of the first baseline study on the SDGs in Belgium, the SDG Barometer. The SDG Barometer explores the extent, nature and characteristics of commitments of Belgian organizations with the SDGs, including driving forces, prioritization of SDGs, internal coordination and communication of the SDG commitments. After the results are presented, these findings are discussed and several avenues for future research based on the findings of the SDG Barometer are identified.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-68386-3_3

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