From 2010, CEMS is also inviting Social Partners as alliance members. Currently, there are seven CEMS Social Partners (as of January 2019):
CARE International
Fairtrade Labeling Organisation
Global Alliance for Banking on Values
Kiron Open Higher Education
Transparency International
The United Nations Alliance of Civilization
The European Space Agency (ESA)
As part of CEMS focus on CSR, the alliance has granted the title of Honorary Member to the 2006 Noble Prize winner - Prof. Muhammad Yunus - (the Bangladeshi economist and founder of Grameen Bank) - who gave a keynote speech during 2010 CEMS Annual Events in Rotterdam.