Activities of Malika BENARAB-ATTOU related to 2012/2098(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Corporate social responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth - Corporate social responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Commends the Commission's intention to conduct Eurobarometer surveys on trust in business; advocates that binding and accordingly implemented corporate social responsibility (CSR) can fully contribute to restoring lost confidence, as this is absolutely necessary for a sustainable economic recovery;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the EU as well as Member States to provide concrete information on, and education and training in CSR, in order for enterprises to take full advantage of CSR and be able to implement it in their organisational culture; points out and regrets however that the language of CSR is still mostly voluntary;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that, as a purely voluntary commitment, CSR is insufficient to deal with externalities resulting from the operations of multinationals, including environmental, social and human rights violations; reiterates its call for the establishment of legally binding obligations for investors, especially those operating in developing countries, to respect cultural diversity, human rights, environmental and social standards;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EStresses that CSR shall apply to the entire global supply chain of a company, and therefore shall built up trust and fairness, aim at empowering all stakeholders; encourages Member States to integrate CSR into relevant education curricula;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that co- and self-regulation cannot be a substitute for appropriate regulation in any of the areas covered by CSR such as labour and employment practices, human rights, environmental practices, but believes that it cshould underpinbecome legally binding and thereby effectively upscale existing private and voluntary CSR initiatives by establishing minimum core principles to ensure consistency, materiality, multi-stakeholder input and transparency;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission's intention to launch a ‘'Community of Practice’' on CSR; considers that this must be complementary to and must go beyond a code of good practice for co- and self- regulation, allowing all stakeholders to engage in a collective learning process in order to improve the efficiency and accountability of multi-stakeholder CSR actions;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages enterprises to promote creativity and cultural projects within their CSR policies, in the context of civic commitment, and to stimulate growth and job creationas issues of prime importance in a context of changing society and work methods, also in terms of civic commitment;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that Socially Responsible Investment (SRI), as part of the implementation process of CRS in investment decisions, shall combine investors' financial and economic objectives with their social, environmental, ethical, cultural and educational issues;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Encourages the Member States and the Union to take into consideration for their CSR agenda that the cultural and creative SMEs can have a significant impact on social and environmental change, inducing long term solutions to combat poverty in giving new impulses to the labour market and integrating social consideration;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the link between good corporate responsibility and good corporate governance can only be achieved if CSR is mandatory for companies and is a mainstream part of the company affecting its day-to-day financial strategy; believes that the Commission should explore opportunities to ensure that CSR strategy is agreed at board level.