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Brussels to side with business on CSR

By Hugh Williamson in Berlin and Raphael Minder andWolfgang Proissl in Brussels

Published: March 12 2006 22:04 | Last updated: March 12 2006 22:04

The European Commission plans to side with business in largely excluding trade unions and non-governmental groups from a new European corporate social responsibility initiative, according to Commission documents obtained by the Financial Times.

Officials confirmed the European Union’s executive body would launch a pro-business “European alliance for CSR” on March 22 in Brussels. Chief executives from several of the companies already involved in the initiative plan to join the launch ceremony.

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