The RSE.COOP programme is aimed at cooperatives and employee-owned companies based in Catalonia. Its main aim is to provide companies of this type with a tool to guide them through the different steps required to become socially responsible. The tool, which has been designed by the Catalan Confederation of Cooperatives, has a dual function: to analyse and measure how socially responsible a particular company is, and to serve as a guide for introducing improvements in the three spheres defined by CSR: the economy, society, and the environment.
Finally, all companies that are judged to be socially responsible will be awarded a certificate to this effect and granted the right to use the Cooperative CSR Mark provided for by the programme to distinguish socially responsible companies. The entire implementation process of the CSR programme will last a maximum of 15 months.
RSE COOP Implementation process
Click on the different phases of the project for more details.
Presentation of applications by interested companies
Selection of participants
Implementation of the CSR tool
Diagnosis
Complementary pilot actions
Definition of corrective measures
Signing of contract
Development of corrective plan
Audit
Award:
Socially responsible company certificate
CSR Mark
Diagnosis
Each company’s degree of social responsibility will be evaluated by a team of experts on the basis of its actions in the economic, environmental, and social spheres. The evaluation process will be a collaborative effort between the team of experts and the corporate management team and is designed to facilitate reflection and investigation. The company’s current situation will be analysed according to the 30 commitments contained in the statement of principles that the company has to adopt as part of the programme. This individualized attention will help participating companies to identify existing socially responsible practices and implement corrective measures where required.
