CSR is alive and well in Central and Eastern Europe! Today, the Partners for Financial Stability released their sixth-annual survey on corporate social responsibility among the largest companies in the region.

I was unaware of the survey until today’s press release and think the methodology is quite interesting:

“PFS Program surveys analyze the annual reports and websites of the ten largest listed companies in the above-mentioned 11 CEE countries in order to document the current disclosure practices of this ‘blue-chip’ peer group and identify best practice among the peer group. Whereas the universe of companies surveyed may change over time due to changes in a company’s market capitalization, the semi-annual surveys of reporting on CSR represent a snapshot of this peer group’s CSR disclosure practices on a given day twice a year. Furthermore, by analyzing disclosures in both annual reports and websites, the surveys track the timing of the publication of the annual report and the related yet separate issue of periodic disclosure, namely, how blue-chip companies keep their websites data-rich and up-to-date.”

The complete findings of the survey as well as the raw data are available for download (the third link is for data compiled for companies in Spain and Portugal):

• Survey of Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility in CEE - April 2006.pdf - [PDF file, 429 KB]
• Database - Survey of Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility in CEE - April 2006.xls - [Excel file, 599 KB]
• Database - Survey of Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility in ES and PT - April 2006.xls - [Excel file, 149 KB]
TAGS: CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility | CEE | PFS

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