Expected results

The RARE project aims to make a significant contribution to the European Research Area with interdisciplinary insights into Corporate Social Responsibility and by advancing method development among researchers from all over Europe. Key expected results of the project are:

• Increased knowledge about the impacts of CSR in Europe and especially on structural differences in CSR performance according to company size, sector, and issue area;
• Increased knowledge about the efficacy of CSR and the role it could play in achieving public policy goals;
• Policy recommendations for companies, national governments and the EU, promoting elements of a European approach to CSR.

The results of the RARE project will be disseminated widely including a conference and publication of a book.