Responsible Business Forum is the first nongovernmental organization in Poland to provide in-depth focus on the concept of corporate social responsibility. Forum was established in Warsaw in 2000 as an initiative of Polish businessmen, academics and NGOs.

Strategic Partners of RBF are:  ABB Poland, Bayer, British American Tobacco, Carrefour Group, Citi Handlowy, Coca Cola HBC, Coca Cola Poland Services, Danone Sp. z o.o., Deloitte, Fortis Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, Grupa BRE Banku, Grupa Żywiec, Henkel Polska, Janssen-Cilag, Johnson&Johnson Poland, Kredyt Bank and TUiR Warta, L'Oreal Polska, Nestle Polska, PKN Orlen, Polkomtel S.A., ProLogis, PricewaterhouseCoopers Polska, Procter & Gamble Polska, Provident Polska, Shell Polska, and TP S.A., UPC



The Forum's mission is to make the idea of responsible business widespread as a standard in Poland in order to increase companies' competitiveness, to satisfy society and to improve the state of the natural environment.

To achieve these goals, we focus our activity on:

• helping businesses develop their social responsibility,
• building businesses coalition that focuses on solving social problems,
• creating a forum where managers, the state administration and nongovernmental organizations can exchange information on CSR,
• promotes corporate social responsibility solutions adequete to the needs and capabilities of companies in Poland.

Responsible business means:

1. Strategy of management that helps to reduce the risk and maximise the chance of company's prosperity in long term.
2. Competency of managing the company in a way that enlarges its positive impact on the society and lower the negative aspect of business activities.
3. The way in which company treats its stakeholders: clients and business partners, employees and local community.