On Friday, December 4, 2015, TMS CEE successfully held the seminar “CSR as a tool for increasing company value” in the premises of the Metropol Palace Hotel in Belgrade, which was attended by more than 30 participants.

The seminar was opened by the director of TMS CEE, Mr. Boško Gavović, and then the lecture was continued by Mr. Aleš Kranjc Kušlan, co-founder and director of the initiative to establish a network for socially responsible business in Slovenia and member of the founding board of the Balkan Network for Corporate Social Responsibility, on the topic “Concrete examples of why socially responsible business is important for business sustainability”.

After Mr. Kranjac, the presentation was continued by Mr. Dušan Stokić, a national expert for socially responsible business according to the ISO 26000 standard, talking about the implementation of CSR in Serbia. Mr. Stokić’s lecture was followed by Mr. Mladen Đurić, doctor of organizational sciences, member of the National Commission for the ISO 26000 standard.

The topic of social responsibility was rounded off and closed by Mr. Martin Neureiter, owner and director of the “CSR Company” from Vienna, leader of the working group in ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for ISO 26000 – the standard on social responsibility, also the leader of the Austrian delegation for ISO. Neureiter explained how CSR can increase the value of a company, what strategies to apply and how to implement CSR and the ISO 26000 standard.