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Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2015/2038(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (A8-0217/2016 - Eleonora Forenza) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2038(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2015/2038(INI)
Documents: PDF(128 KB) DOC(191 KB)

Amendments (7)

Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that corporate social responsibility - embodied, for example, in the ideal of the honest trader - has a long European tradition and that socially responsible businesses continue to set an example today;
2016/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises that, in addition to its impact at global level, CSP has an impact at local and regional level which must be acknowledged and fostered;
2016/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a strengthening of the chapter on sustainable development in bilateral agreements through the provision of a complaints proceduredialogue procedure which is also open to the social partners;
2016/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission, when negotiating new trade agreements - for example those with Australia and New Zealand - to establish on a bilateral basis new standards for democratic, transparent fair trade agreements which come to be recognised as milestones in a new era of global trade policy;
2016/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the fundamental role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in ensuring sustainable economic growth both in the European Union and around the world; urges the Commission to adopt a new non-legislative strategy on CSR that establishes stronger reporting and compliance requirements, and urges the Member States to endorse the promotion of CSR.
2016/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to provide constructive support for entrepreneurs who make a commitment to CSR, to foster sustainable CSR partnerships worldwide, for example by means of active mediation, and to take executive measures to coordinate this work;
2016/02/22
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Regards the voluntary approach to CSR as an excellent opportunity to tailor European 'smart legislation' to business realities and as preferable to unnecessary regulation in this area; calls, therefore, for a smart legislation act as an extension of the REFIT strategy;
2016/02/22
Committee: EMPL