5 Amendments of Richard HOWITT related to 2009/2201(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas CSR represents an essential component of the European Social Model, and the need to promote CSR has been recognised in the European Commission Communication on the EU2020 Strategy as a key element in ensuring long term employee and consumer trust;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas CSR can help hthe UN Human Rights Council mandate on Business and Human rRights in developing countrand its "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework currently being operationalised by Professor John Ruggie due for final report in 2011, aims to provide concrete guidance to states, businesses and other social actors on respect for human rights in their activities,
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the promotion of CSR internationally, and calls on the Commission to integrate CSR better in its trade policies and to draw up more binding rules on Environmental Social and Governance reporting standards for the promotion of better and more widespread disclosure for European companies operating in developing countries directly or through subcontractortheir supply chains;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the EU's trade negotiations to promote obligations as well as rights for investors and businesses, as laid down in the 'Heiligendamm Process’, initiated by the former German Presidency with the ILO, OECD and UN; and for all trade agreements to seek compliance with the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises, the ILO Tripartite Declaration on Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, the UN Global Compact and the Recommendations of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Notes the vital role for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in trade agreements; considering the EU's additional responsibilities on trade under the Lisbon Treaty considers any beneficiary from EU investment facilities should be asked to respect the OECD Guidelines; gives its support to the current process towards an update of the OECD Guidelines and considers that the review must look outwardly and be part of promoting CSR standards globally; the update should develop more elaborated guidance on the application of the Guidelines to human rights, including a separate chapter of the Guidelines, drawing, in particular, on the work of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights;