Scientific conference “CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY”
ABOUT EVENT
Science and Research Centre Koper, Law Institute
is cordially inviting to the
Scientific conference
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) IN GREEN AND DIGITAL TRANSITION
Legal and Sustainability Issues
to be held in Humanistic center ZRS Koper, Koper, Slovenia
26. September, 2023
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
Introduction
Rado Bohinc: Opening words
LEGAL AND STRATEGIC STANDPOINTS AND DIRECTIONS
The conference will reveal legal incentives and obstacles to the realization of corporate social responsibility in Slovenia, the EU and globally. Corporate social responsibility will be broken down as stakeholder duty and directors’ responsibility. Non-financial reporting and corporate social responsibility according to EU law and according to national legislation, experiences and theory, as well as proposals for directives on due diligence regarding sustainability and human rights, on the conduct of directors and on disclosures related to sustainability, and on taxonomy will be presented in more detail. Obligation to comply with criteria of social responsibility (social, labor law and environmental) in public procurement and salary policy will also be presented..
In addition to theoretical sources, legislation and case law, the following legal and strategic bases will be used in particular:
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITMENTS IN GLOBAL LEGAL POLITICAL AND EU ACTS
- Global Compact and other UN acts
- Tripartite MOD Declaration on Multinational Enterprises
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Corporations
- UN guidelines for respecting human rights in the economy
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTS OF THE EU
- The EU’s first definition of corporate social responsibility (EU Green Paper, 2001)
- Social responsibility, as the responsibility of companies for their effects on society (renewed strategy EU Communication 2011)
- Resolutions of the European Parliament, 2010, 2013 on corporate social responsibility
- Requirements of the EU Directive on disclosure of non-financial information and information 2014, proposals for additional requirements of the Directive 2014, diversity policy, company statement on non-financial operations
- Requirements of the proposal of the EU Directive on due diligence in companies regarding sustainability, the proposal of the Directive on due diligence of the conduct of directors and the proposal of a directive as a basis for the regulation on disclosures related to sustainability and on taxonomy.
LEGAL AND DEVELOPMENT ACTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF COMPANIES IN THE RS
- Legislation of the Republic of Slovenia on corporate social responsibility: implementation of the directive on non-financial reporting in ZGD-1, the obligation to observe EU social, labor and environmental law in public procurement
- National plan for respecting human rights in the economy in Slovenia
- Social responsibility in the Industrial Policy 2013-2020
- Corporate social responsibility in the Development Strategy of Slovenia, SRS 2021
- Corporate social responsibility in the Slovenian Industrial Strategy 2021–2030
You are kindly invited to participate and co-create the international scientific conference: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) IN GREEN AND DIGITAL TRANSITION – Legal and Sustainability Issues, September 26, 2023, Koper, Slovenia. (ONLINE & ON SITE)