Activities of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2012/2098(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Corporate social responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth - Corporate social responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Corporate Social Responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth
Amendments (11)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that CSR covers a wide range of social standards on which very little focus is placed owing to a failure to establish indicators with which to measure progress on social issues;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that its should be easy for investors and consumers to identify firms which have made a commitment to CSR, as this would encourage those firms in their efforts;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Highlights the need for the EU to look at the possibility of introducing appropriate marks or labels to be used alongside the names, or on the products, of firms that have made a commitment to CSR, so as to make them easy to identify;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Commends the Commission’s intentionto conduct Eurobarometer surveys on intention to conduct Eurobarometer trust in business; advocates that surveys on trust in business; corporate social responsibility (CSR) advocates that corporate social can fully contribute to restoring lost responsibility (CSR), if practised confidence, as this is absolutely by all companies and not only the necessary for economic recovery; larger ones, can fully contribute to restoring lost confidence, as this is absolutely necessary for economic recovery;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores the lack of information for SMEs on the global compact under which businesses can commit themselves to aligning their operations and strategies with 10 universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that the UN Global Compact and the ISO 26000 standards are not properly suited to the needs of SMEs, which makes the whole idea of CSR less effective within the EU;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Draws attention to the need for thought to be given at both EU and national levels to how tax incentives might be used to promote CSR more widely among firms;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that co- and self-regulation cannot be a substitute for appropriate regulation in anywith regard to social and environmental requirements, two of the areas covered by CSR, but believes that it could underpin existing private and voluntary CSR initiatives by establishing minimum principles to ensure consistency, materiality, multi-stakeholder input and transparency and by facilitating the creation of audit bodies specialised in CSR;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out it, if uptake of CSR is to increase within the EU, it is essential for appropriate oversight bodies to be set up at both EU and national levels;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the way in which extractive industries operate in developing countries requires moving beyond a voluntary approach; reiterates that CSR should be applicable to all enterprises so as to create a fair and equal playing field;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Condemns corporate corruption and tax »evasion; calls on the Commission to evasion; calls on the Commission to place place new emphasis on these issues in new emphasis on these issues in the CSR the CSR debate under the heading debate under the heading ‘good ‘good governance’; governance’; stresses the importance of offering specific CSR training in universities and in business and management schools;