Inbrief

A US-based CSR consultancy is expanding its activities into Europe. Barua, Blok & Company, which was established only six months ago, will look for European business from a base in the Netherlands. The consultancy, whose US clients include Global Green USA, an affiliate of Green Cross International, the non-governmental body founded in 1993 by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, specializes in helping organizations with their CSR programmes. It was started by former McKinsey consultants Gautam Barua and Michael Blok.