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www.it.aiesec.org
International association of university students, present in 87 countries world-wide and 27 Italian universities. Active in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development.
www.altraimpresa.org
Association of former managers of public and private companies who give their services voluntarily in the social and non-profit field.
www.assoetica.it
Non-profit association which aims to make an ethical contribution to common prosperity.
www.bilanciosociale.it
Portal on Social Reports. Contains information, news, documents, model social reports and a rich online library of social reports published by companies.
www.liuc.it/ricerca/cele/default.htm
CELE Centre for Ethics, Law & Economics - University of Castellanza.
www.unime.it
Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Report Study and Research Centre - University of Messina.
www.centrovia.it
Non-profit consortium which is the Italian node of the community network of E.I.A. Centres, established to promote the culture of environmental impact assessment in the Member States.
www.cittadinanzattiva.it
Non-profit organisation of individuals, groups and network that share the aim of giving the citizen an active role in the government of society. Also active in the field of CSR.
www.clubsocialis.org
First Italian portal dedicated to corporate giving, it is a contact and information point for companies and banks which have undertaken charitable initiatives, to help them to direct their investments more effectively and choose worthwhile projects to finance.
www.crasl.unicatt.it
Lombardy Environmental and Sustainable Development Research Centre - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
www.csr.europe.org
European network of companies engaged in social responsibility programmes promoted and supported by the European Union.
www.ebbf.it
International forum of managers and entrepreneurs who see the application of the Baha'i ethical principles and the promotion of human assets as the key factors for corporate success.
www.eticare.it
Portal on the subjects of solidarity, social responsibility and ethical investment.
www.europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/soc-dial/csr/csr_index.htm
The European Union web page on Corporate Social Responsibility.
www.unietica.it
"Etica ed Economia / Universitatis Bassanensis Schola de Negotis Gerendi - cultural organisation founded to promote economic development compatible with human rights in the fullest sense.
www.improntaetica.it
Non-profit organisation founded in 2001 with the aim of sharing the members' experience with regard to social responsibility by developing channels of communication and information; intended in particular for co-operatives, multi-service companies and the banking and insurance industry.
www.issi.it
Istituto Sviluppo Sostenibile Italia (Italian Sustainable Development Institute) - Body established to provide information about ideas, practices and tools for environmental sustainability.
www.isvi.org
Istituto per i Valori d'Impresa (Corporate Values Institute) - Non-profit consortium created in 1990 by Italian businessmen and academics with the aim of highlighting and promoting socially responsible corporate practice.
www.sodalitas.it
Sodalitas Associazione per l'Imprenditoria nel Sociale (Social Business Association) - Works in the area of CSR by encouraging companies to become involved in the community and transferring expertise and methodology in non-profit companies.
www.bancaetica.com
Banca Etica, supports the world of non-profit organisations and socially responsible economics. Finances social and international cooperation, environmental protection and civil society.
www.choros.it
The Choros Foundation works to promote solidarity and sustainable development.
www.etimos.it
Etimos, non-profit micro-finance Consortium made up of fair trade co-operatives, NGOs, associations, foundations and religious organisations.
www.ferpi.it
Federazione Relazioni Pubbliche italiane (Italian Public Relations Federation), association founded in 1200 with membership of more than 1200 P.R. professionals. Its various activities include projects aimed at encouraging solidarity and corporate social responsibility.
www.finanza-etica.org
Ethical investment association.
www.finanzasostenibile.it
Multistakeholder association which promotes the culture of sustainable development in the Italian financial community.
www.gruppobilanciosociale.org
Gruppo di Studio per il Bilancio Sociale (Social Report Study Group), association created to develop and promote scientific study of the Social Report and topics relating to socially responsible management, with the aim of raising awareness of CSR at the national and international level.
www.finetica.it
Finetica, a joint venture of the Pontificia Università Lateranense and Università Bocconi to carry out research in the field of ethical and socially responsible investment.
www.lavoroetico.it
Network Lavoro Etico (Ethical Labour Network), established by CISE Centro per l'Innovazione e lo Sviluppo Economico (Innovation and Economic Development Centre) of Forlì, a body authorised to issue SA8000 certification.
www.listaetica.org
Lista Etica, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the development of IT amongst the weakest sections of society and in developing countries.
www.lunaria.org
Lunaria is an association which undertakes research, training, information and communication on the subjects of anti-racism and the third sector, in international solidarity, voluntary work and youth exchanges. It provides technical consulting to the Italian Prime Minister's social affairs department with regard to the European voluntary service programme.
www.space.tin.it/scuola/flamusa/politeia.htm
Politeia / Politics and ethics research and training centre - Non-profit association founded to promote a public culture guided by criteria of efficiency, efficacy and social equity.
www.vita.it
VITA, the non-profit organisations' journal.
www.nonprofit24.ilsole24ore.com
The part of the Sole 24 ore newspaper dedicated to non-profit organisations.
www.bsr.org
Business for Social Responsibility - international non-profit organisation which supports corporations in the implementation of social responsibility practices.
www.animaroma.it
Anima is an association founded within the Rome Union of Industrialists: non-religious, non-political and non-party, its members are companies and professionals and it provides a meeting-place between companies and the world of non-profit organisations.
www.fabricaethica.it
Fabrica Ethica is a project promoted by the Tuscany Regional Council in order to encourage companies to adopt social responsibility certification.
www.rina.org
Registro Italiano Navale Group - a joint stock company founded in 1861 which offers institutional certification, audit, control and assistance services. SAI approved for SA8000 certification.
www.cepaa.org/certification.htm - www.sa_intl.org
Social Accountability International (SAI) - Organisation affiliated to the CEP (Council for Economic Priorities), made up of people from different backgrounds - NGOs, trades unions, multinational companies, certification bodies and universities - with the aim of processing and promoting the SA8000 standard and approving bodies providing certification and training on this standard.
www.uni.com/speciali/sa8000/responsabilita_sociale.shtml
L'UNI - Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (Italian standards organisation), a private non-profit organisation having more than 7000 members, including companies, consultants, associations, scientific and educational institutions and government bodies. It provides regulatory functions in all industrial, commercial and service sectors except for electrical engineering, which is covered by the CEI - Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano.
www.minwelfare.gov.it
Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, from which the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies project can be downloaded. The Project, known as the CSR-SC (Corporate Social Responsibility - Social Commitment) Project comprises the development of generally accepted guidelines and criteria for the evaluation, reporting and verification of CSR practices.
www.copenhagencentre.org
The Copenhagen Centre promotes voluntary partnerships between companies, institutions and civil society, and also performs research in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility.
www.bilanciosociale.it/gbs.htm
The GBS standard for the preparation and drafting of the Social Report.
www.sodalitas.it/centro/
Centre for the development of CSR which aims to provide a meeting-point and reference for Italian companies for the development of Corporate Social Responsibility. Launched by Sodalitas, it acts as an observatory (monitoring, promotion and direction of research studying companies and the public), a forum (study and discussion of the evolution of the forms of corporate social involvement) and a workshop (development of new CSR instruments and good practices).
www.oscardibilancio.org
The "Oscar di Bilancio" Corporate Reporting Prize is the award that attracts the participation of thousands of Italy's most competitive large and small organisations and helps to plot the story of the evolution of corporate disclosure in Italy during the last fifty years. In 2003, in line with the Oscar's aim of promoting and shaping the trends based on society's, and above all the financial community's, expectations, the organisers launched their Oscar Bilancio di Sostenibilità (Sustainability Report Award).
www.orsadata.it
The Osservatorio sulla Responsabilità Sociale delle Aziende (ORSA, Observatory on Corporate Social Responsibility) aims to provide a constantly updated overview of this topic . Promoted by Sodalitas, ISVI E SCS Azioninnova and ORSA, it is part of a network also involving the Resource Centre of CSR Europe, the European Corporate Social Responsibility database run by CSR Europe.
www.unglobalcompact.org
The site of GB Global Compact, the UN initiative that is one of the world's biggest projects aimed at encouraging the business world to take corporate responsibility on board.
