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Member Only Insight: EU launches new Communication on trade, growth and development - 12 February, 2012.

Through a new Communication, the EU highlights trade-led growth as central to the modern development agenda. The Communication puts forward a range of proposals to make trade and development instruments work hand-in-hand toensure real poverty reduction across the world. The proposals aim at reinforcing the trade capacities of developing countries by making trade part of their development strategy. This Communication makes explicit reference to CSRappealing to companies to take more account of human rights and the social and environmental impact of their activities. In another document on Trade and Private Sector Policy and Development Programmes, the European Commission has elected “Doing business with the poor” at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) as a priority topic for their funding programmes on development. Download the communication or find out more about CSR Europe’s own initiatives for Sustainable Business at the BoPCSR Europe’s members can download the EU insight on the Communication, other related and useful EC documents can be found here.

 

Source: www.csreurope.org

February 12, 2012.