

Chronology of Best Practices
CPR activities from around the world
Chronology of companies employing a socio-political stance
This section provides a chronological overview of companies that take responsibility in the public sphere in the sense of CPR. Examples range from encouraging employees to participate in democratic elections to rejecting illiberal policies and movements. CPR can take place in at least four fields of action:

1. Responsible Lobbying
Political advocacy focused on transparency, multi-stakeholder engagement, and the common good

1. Responsible Lobbying
Socio-political engagement, e.g. through educational activities, dialogue facilitation or community organizing
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All Examples
Telekom, Verizon, Vodafone, 1&1
Phone providers offer free phone calls and SMS to Ukraine, and local roaming charges are currently waived. (...)
Evonik, VW, ALBA, UFA
Evonik, Kion, NOMOS Glashütte, VW, UFA, ALBA join forces as pilot companies for the "Business Council for Democracy" (initiated by the Hertie Foundation, the Robert Bosch (...)
Amazon, Google, Starbucks...
Joint statement by several hundred CEOs and companies against planned voting rights restrictions in several US states, e.g. Texas, Georgia. (...)
We4Europe
We4Europe is a group of companies that want to jointly strengthen the idea of Europe. Their statement reads: "We stand up for the future of Europe. This topic is and will (...)
Schwarz Group
Together with its retail partners Lidl and Kaufland, food and in-kind donations worth 10 million euros have been pledged to supply Ukrainian refugees. "The (...)
Babbel, Forto, Project A
Financial support and cooperation with the start-up "JoinPolitics", whose goal is the promotion of young political talents by providing expertise. (...)
Over 1000 Companies globally
Over 1,000 companies have publicly announced they are voluntarily curtailing operations in Russia to some degree beyond the bare minimum legally required by international (...)
BVB, Daimler, Deutsche Bank, VW, Deutsche
Bahn
German companies join forces to financially support the expansion of Yad Vashem in Israel. (...)



