On March 12th, the new CSR Guide was presented for the 17th time by medianet Verlag at Palais Eschenbach with numerous guests. “What makes the CSR Guide 2026 special: 30 exemplary case studies from the circular economy, energy, social business and ESG. Future perspectives on AI “Made in Austria”, mobility and regional value creation. The “committed 400″: over 400 companies that live CSR in concrete terms”, publisher Michael Fembek summarised the most important results.
Our highlights: Alexandra Bolena, with whom we have been working for a long time, presented as a board member SENA (Social Entrepreneurship Network Austria)as a board member and the successful social enterprise Öklo. Advisory board members Andrea Sihn-Weber and Andreas Schneider also attended in person and exchanged ideas about next steps in the CSR Dialogue Forum. Marisa Mühlböck complemented the present team of authors from Springer Verlag.
At the final photo (center) from left to right: Michael Fembek (Publisher CSR Guide), Alexandra Ballaun (Ankerbrot Holding GmbH), Christian Schön (AURIS Immo Solutions GmbH), Dr.Gabriela-Maria Straka (respACT), Reinhard Backhausen (Vice President ÖGV), Karin Distelberger (unverpackt Austria), Niko Bogianzidis (Öklo GmbH), Alexandra Bolena (SENA Social Entrepreneurship Network Austria), Vanessa Ossinger (Vollpension Generationencafé GmbH), Nicole Reitinger (Ikea Austria), all of whom talk about exciting topics from their CSR activities.

