13 Amendments of Filip KACZMAREK related to 2013/2126(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas in order to increaseing efficiency and achieveing equity in the field of CSR, a move away from the current ‘à la carte’ system, in which companies choose codes and standards according to their own preferences, towards a legally binding general CSR framework ands well as industry- specific implementation standards is of primary importance;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the thematic scope of different CSR implementation schemes is often selective:, which also applies to social and environmental issues are rarely included in the same scheme; considers such a fragmented approach to be detrimental to an assessment of the overall sustainable performance of a company; considers that while those general frameworks have developed a common understanding and language for CSR principles, they should also form the basis for legally binding international standards on what constitutes responsible business practices;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the EU to use its trade and investment relations with key partner countries (e.g. US, China, Japan, Brazil and India) to foster a dialogue on CSR; urges also the EU to conduct sustainability impact assessments of proposed trade agreements before entering the negotiation phase; calls for CSR reporting obligations on companies to be included in investment treaties;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Shares the concerns of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights that current methods of protecting investor rights in contracts and international agreements constrain the ability of states to protect human rightsview that the responsibility to respect human rights is a global standard of expected conduct for all business enterprises wherever they operate; underlines that addressing adverse human rights impacts requires taking adequate measures for their prevention, mitigation and, where appropriate, remediation; stresses the need to balance investor rights with obligations in terms of sustainable human developmentrespecting universal human rights;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges the EU to assist developing countries in negotiating investment agreements that will yield sustainable social benefits and improved socioeconomic conditions; points out that in pressing developing country governments to minimise their taxes and royalties,taxes and royalties from extractive industries paid by mining companies are effectively weakstrengthening the fiscal capacity of the state, while, in contrast, ‘tariff escalation’ applied by the EU on finished goods make it more difficult for developing countries producing raw materials to process and manufacture value-added products for export;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses the need to negotiate and implement tax treaties with developing countries to ensure that multinational enterprises pay their fair share of taxes; calls, more broadly, on the EU to enhance support for assisting developing countries in tax reforms and strengthening tax administrations, so as to enable adequate capture, management and sharing of mineral revenue, and to remove tariff escalation on selected finished goods that could hinder thenhance processing and manufactureing of mineral- based value-added products, thereby hampering the strategy of in developing countries in order to improve their economic diversification of developing countries;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on authorities to investigate serious allegations of corruption in the mining sector and to prosecute, freeze funds or refuse to allow transactions to proceed where appropriate; calls for assessments of corruption risks to include looking at the process of asset confiscation, and the resale of confiscated assets; calls on authorities to ensure that the end-buyers of these assets are held accountable for the intermediaries they have partnered with;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Points out that most initiatives launched internationally against conflict minerals aim to encourage responsible conduct by industries that buy the minerals, through certification systems for smelters; calls for than independent study about the possible inclusion of social and environmental aspects in all certification programmes, including by taking into account labour, safety and the health of miners and communities directly affected by mining activities;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Stresses that for current business initiatives on conflict minerals to be effective in breaking the link between armed conflict and mineral exploitation, and to ensure that theyit is necessary that companies comply with international standards set by the OECD, European legislation should be introduced to regulate these initiatives and companies operating in the EU which use and trade covered natural resources; calls, therefore, on the Commission to bring forward binding legislation on conflict minerals;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – introductory part
Paragraph 35 – introductory part
35. Stresses that an EU regulation requiring companies using and trading minerals and other natural resources sourced from conflict-affected and high-risk areas to carry out due diligence in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas is needed to complement the revisions of the EU transparency and Accounting Directives on disclosure of financial and non-financial information of large companies as well as the Dodd Frank Act’s conflict mineral provisions; in particular, believes that such legislation shouldwhile drafting the regulation the European Commission should duly take into account to:
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point a
Paragraph 35 – point a
a. create a legally bindingn obligation for all upstream companies operating in the EU that use and trade natural resources sourced from conflict-affected and high-risk areas and all downstream companies that act as the first placer on the European market to undertake supply chain due diligence to identify and mitigate the risk of conflict financing and human rights abuse;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point c
Paragraph 35 – point c
c. apply to allupstream segments of the supply chain and to all natural resourceconflict minerals, without exception, produced in any conflict- affected or high-risk area;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point d
Paragraph 35 – point d
d. be founded on a risk-based approach, requiring companies to assess actual and potential adverse impacts arising from their operations on universal human rights, and to mitigate the identified risks;