Brussels, 16/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - At the plenary on 8-9 June in Brussels, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an opinion on “Corporate social responsibility in a globalised economy”, an own-initiative by Evelyne Pichenot (Various interests, France). This own initiative opinion forms part of the ongoing work on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the EU and takes the form of a voluntary request to enterprises to go beyond what they are legally obliged to do. The EESC attaches considerable importance to CSR which it wishes to see become one of the driving forces in a global sustainable development strategy. Instruments for measuring CSR have to be legitimate, relevant and reliable. The EESC recommends the establishment of an information portal on CSR practices adopted by large enterprises; the portal would be based on information provided by the enterprises themselves. At European level, the voluntary and/or negotiated approach to addressing the implications of CSR in all those multinationals which have set up European enterprise committees marks a decisive step.