2007

ABN Amrois a global leader in the financial services sector. Geberit is Europe's market leader in sanitary technology. Two very different businesses, with one thing in common: each shows outstanding commitment to corporate social responsibility.

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants honored ABN Amro for its corporate social responsibility activities at the Best of European Business Finale in Brussels last week, awarding it with the top CSR prize. The Swiss sanitary technology company Geberit came in a close second.

"As a strategy consultancy with European roots and a global reach, we believe that there is a strong correlation between corporate performance and outstanding responsibility," said António Bernardo, Deputy CEO of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, at the BEB awards ceremony in Brussels. Roland Berger believes that doing good by the environment and society can and should bring financial return. "That's why we created a prize on CSR. Commitment to transparency, good risk management and creative ways of generating new business is a hallmark of a 'good' European company," Bernardo added.