Activities of Małgorzata HANDZLIK related to 2012/2098(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Corporate Social Responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RegretNotes that the Commission has not yet drawn up concrete proposals onstarted to include a clear reference to CSR in EU trade agreements, underlines that the implementation of CSR principles in EU trade policyshould be strengthened;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that promoting CSR is an objective supported by the European Union, therefore the Union must ensure that the external policies it implements make contribution to the sustainable development and to the social development of the countries concerned;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to include a CSR clause in all bilateral trade and investment agreements signed by the EU, on the basis of principles of CSR as defined and acknowledged at the international level; suggests that this clause contain measures for the implementation of these principlbased in part on the 2010 update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the key role played by corporations, their subsidiaries and their supply chains in international trade and calls to make that corporate social and environmental responsibility an integral part of the European Union's trade agreements;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the Commission to urge companies to apply CSR; emphasises the need to support and encourage the spread of such practices among SMEs, limiting the costs and red tape entailed;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that the principles underpinning CSR have not been sufficiently well incorporated into the revised GSP and GSP+ Regulation; cCalls on the Commission to ensure that transnational corporations whose subsidiaries or supply chains are located in countries participating in the GSP and GSP+ comply with their national and international legal obligations in the areas of human rights, labour standards and environmental rules;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that future bilateral investment treaties signed by the EU must guarantee a fair balance between investors' protection and the potentialssibility for State intervention, especially as regards social and environmental standards;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets thatConsiders the current reform of the Transparency Directive ( 2004/109/EG ) and of the Accounting Directive ( 2003/51/EG ) does nota step ahead in addressing the issue of corporate social responsibility sufficiently; calls on the Commission to ensure that companies falling under these directives are obliged to report regularly on ince it balances the quest for transparency and the responsibility of companies ; recognizes that furtheir CSR activities, particularly in non-EU states.steps should be made in the future;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that CSR dimension should be incorporated into multilateral trade agreements and therefore calls on the Commission to support it both in the international forums in particular the OECD and the ILO, and in the WTO in the post-Doha context;