13 Amendments of Arlene McCARTHY related to 2012/2098(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Insists that any enterprise that is found to be blacklisting workers or breaching human rights and labour standards should be excluded from receiving EU grants and funding and from taking part in calls for tender for other public procurement contracts at EU, national or public authority level;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls for CSR policies to include specific measures to tackle the unlawful practice of blacklisting workers and denying them access to employment, often due to their trade union membership and activities or role as health and safety representative;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls for mechanisms to be put in place whereby CSR principles must be respected not only by the main company but also by the supply chain and any subcontractors which it may use, whether in the supply of goods, workers or services;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Asks that CSR policies include provisions relating to migrant, agency and posted workers;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges the importance of businesses divulging social and environmental information, with a view to identifying sustainability risks and increasing investor and consumer trust; points to the substantial progress being made in this respect to date and the EU’s position of global leadership in this areaand calls on the Commission to firmly root European initiatives in this area toward the objective of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) to make IR the global norm within the next decade;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is closely monitoring the current discussions on the legislative proposal on the transparency of the social and environmental information provided by companies; advocates the adoption of an approach allowing the greatest possible flexibility of action to be maintained, matched by a sufficient level of comparability to meet the needs of investors and other stakeholders, in order to take account of CSR’s multi- dimensional nature and the diversity of the CSR policies implemented by businesses;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to give further consideration tof binding and non- binding measures to facilitate the recognition and promotion of efforts by businesses in connection with transparency and the disclosure of non-financial information;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is firmly opposed to the introduction of specific parameters, such as EU-wide performance indicators, which could give rise to unnecessary red tape and inefficient operational strictures; believes that the best safeguard against this is to promote globally accepted methodologies such as those of the Global Reporting Initiative and the Integrated Reporting Council;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for full and active consultation and involvement of representative organisations, including trade unions, in the development, operation and monitoring of companies’ CSR processes and structures, working with employers in a genuine partnership approach;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Endorses the Commission’s Directive on minimum standards for victims; calls for the CSR policies of companies in the relevant sectors (such as travel, insurance, accommodation and telecommunications) to include positive and practical strategies and structures to support victims of crime and their families during a crisis, and to set up specific policies for any employee who becomes a victim of crime, whether in the workplace or outside;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Asks the Commission to introduce a more open and clear procedure for filing and considering complaints of non- compliance with CSR principles, including enforcement mechanisms and the initiation of investigations where necessary;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reaffirms the belief that the development of CSR should be driven primarily by businesses themselves,through the multi-stakeholder approach in which businesses themselves are at the forefront; and which must be able to develop an approach tailored to their own specific situation; stresses the need for targeted measures and approaches for the development of CSR among SMEs;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Notes that the current Commission strategy for CSR covers the period 2011- 2014; calls on the Commission to ensure that an ambitious strategy is adopted in good time for the period after 2014;