Information exchange and accumulation of knowledge.

MVO Platform Assembly

An MVO Platform Assembly is held four or five times a year. During these meetings, information is exchanged, positions are formulated and lobbying and other activities are discussed.

Working groups

In the thematic working groups, positions and lobbying agendas are prepared.

The MVO Platform has the following working groups:

- working group on sustainable procurement
- working group on transparency and  supply chain responsibility
- working group on regulation
- working group on financial institutions
- working group on CSR & trade (a cooperation between the MVO Platform and the Coalitie voor Eerlijke Handel

Workshops
The MVO Platform organises a workshop approximately 3 times a year on a current CSR subject. In most cases, these workshops are open to external interested parties. On 17 June 2008, the MVO Platform organised the workshops ‘sustainability systems’ and ‘sustainable purchasing’. Watch the agenda (left) for future workshops.

Spreading the joint vision / positions

CSR Reference Framework
The MVO Platform developed the CSR Frame of Reference in 2002, and a new version was issued in 2007. The CSR Frame of Reference maps out which international treaties and other agreements can lead to social obligations and responsibilities of companies. Read more about the CSR Reference Framework.

Debates
The MVO Platform organises a public debate each year on a current subject, in which representatives of NGOs, the business community and the government are involved. As part of the Globalisation series, the MVO Platform, together with De Balie, organised two debates on the theme of chain responsibility and transparency. You can watch these debates on the website of De Balie.

Political lobbying
The main lobbying subjects of the MVO Platform are regulation, sustainable purchasing and transparency & chain responsibility. The MVO Platform closely follows developments in these areas. In the overview of MVO Platform letters you can find reactions and proposals written by the MVO Platform in recent years.

-> At the European level

The MVO Platform was joint founder (2006) and member of the European Coalition for the Corporate Justice (ECCJ). The ECCJ is a CSR coalition at the European level. Its members are national CSR networks from 16 European countries. The MVO Platform carries out lobbying at the European level via the ECCJ. For more information, see the website of the ECCJ.

-> At the international level

In order to promote cooperation and coordination at the international level, the MVO Platform organised the CSR World Wide Week in 2004 at 2008. CSR experts from social organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America took part in this conference week.