Activities of Nadja HIRSCH related to 2012/2097(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society’s interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery PDF (386 KB) DOC (266 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
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Citation 4
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 2
2. Agrees, nevertheless, with the analysis set out in the communication to the effect that CSR practices are still largely confined to a minority of big companithat CSR is nothing new and that businesses have always become involved in the society in which they operate. Social involvement is currently a firm component of the growing corporate culture and can act as an example to other businesses;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that future key drivers for ‘scaling up’ CSR will include an emphasis on global CSR instruments, fresh momentum from leading businesses among their peers, the use of appropriate regulationguidelines, a robust impact analysis of existing CSR initiatives, and increasing recognition within both the business community and wider society of the scale of global social and environmental challenges;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 7
7. Strongly supports the recognition, in the Commission communication, that ‘helping to mitigate the social effects of the current crisis’ is part of the social responsibility of enterprises; calls on businesses to undertakeCalls on businesses to consider initiatives for youth job creation as a practical example of their commitment;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the Multi-stakeholder Forum to consider possible courses of action in response to the growing casualisation of employment, enforced part-time working in place of full-time employment, the rise in exploitative work through increasedfocus on the growing casualisation of employment and differences in working conditions, which arise partly through sub-contracting and the resurgence of the informal sector, all of which are a result of the economic crisis;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that business closures and retrenchment are jeopardising some of the gains made through CSR in terms of the employment of marginalised groups in society; calls on the Commission to undertake a major analysis of the social impact of the crisis on such initiativesthe crisis is having an effect on the social fabric and welcomes the fact that businesses have taken a wide range of steps to incorporate marginal social and disadvantaged groups in the job market;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes the financial crisis hasmay in some cases have shaken employee confidence in company obligations to meet long-term private pension entitlements; calls on companies to take action to redress the imbalance in the eyes of many employees, who believe that their pension entitlements have been disproportionately cu, although the differences between pension systems in the EU must also be taken into account;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 16
16. Believes that CSR is an important tool in helping the EU to support the implementation of ILO conventions; supports the provision of funding to enable European trade unionsocial partners to undertake pilot projects on the OECD Guidelines and other international CSR standards with a view to building capacity in third countries;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Fully sSupports the Commission’s intention to put forward a legislative proposal putting forward a proposal for guidelines on ‘non- financial disclosure’ by businesses; warns that use of the term ‘non-financial’ should not disguihich gives the EU the opportunity to recommend European businesses the very real financial consequences for business of social, environmentalo apply the UN Guiding Principles on Business and hHuman-r Rights-related impact; calls for an ambitious proposal which places the EU right among the many current international initiatives on mandatory corporate sustainability reporting and squarely within the objective of making Integrated Re1 and the UN Global Compact; the proposal should be harmonised with integrated reporting as currently being developed by the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC); it should also be pointed out that the impact of business action and social commitment can also be measured in terms of amounts of money; __________________ 1 Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporating, as being developed by the IIRC, the global norm by the end of the decade;ons and other business enterprises, John Ruggie: Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, 21 March 2011
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Agrees that there cannot be a ‘one size fits all’ approach to CSR but, recognising that the profusion of private and voluntary initiatives can generate additional costs and be a barrier to implementation, calls on that there must be sufficient flexibility when implementing CSR guidelines to cater for the specific requirments of each Member State and region and in particular with regard to the capacities of SMEs; welcomes, however, the Commission, together’s cooperation with other international bodies, to make a commitment to supporting the long-term objective of ‘achieve a fundamental convergence’ of CSR initiatives in the long term;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Commends the work being undertaken in some business schools to promote CSR, but recognises that they are only a minority; calls on the High-Level Group to address ways of mainstreaming CSR into management education for all so that it will become a keystone in strategic corporate governance;