Activities of Thomas HÄNDEL related to 2011/2181(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a corporate governance framework for European companies
Amendments (6)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the two-tier company structures existing in many EU Member States must be treated in the same way as single-tier structures;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that corporate governance should, among other things, facilitate relations with employees, who contribute to, and are dependent on, their company’s success and performance, and is disappointed that this aspect was completely ignored in the Green Paperthat codetermination procedures are hence an integral part of corporate governance;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Subscribes to the OECD definition of 2004, which states that corporate governance ‘involves the entire set of relationships between a company’s management, its board, its shareholders and other stakeholders’;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for greater gender diversity in company boards; by 2015, the proportion of women on (two-tier) supervisory boards should be 40%; ways must be found of achieving a comparable goal in single-tier structures;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the view that the inclusion of stock options as part of remuneration schemes should be minimised, and ideally phased out; and replaced by sustainable long-term remuneration policiccepts the promotion of voluntary employee share ownership schemes; these should be run along the lines; supports, however, the promotion of voluntary employee share ownership schemeset out in the European Economic and Social Committee (ESC) own-initiative opinion of October 2010 on employee financial participation; employee share ownership may neither replace normal remuneration nor restrict collective bargaining;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 7 – indent 3 a (new)
– annual investment strategy report;