Activities of Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI 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)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on corporate social responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth PDF (344 KB) DOC (237 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers proper corporate governance to be a key element of corporate social responsibility, especially as regards relations with public authorities and workers and their representative organisations and as regards policy on bonuses, compensation, and salaries; believes that when the bonuses, compensation, and salaries paid to managers are out of all proportion to what is paid to workers, especially in cases where a business is in difficulty, they are incompatible with socially responsible behaviour;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that a business’s tax policy should be considered part and parcel of CSR and that socially responsible behaviour consequently leaves no room for strategies aimed at evading tax or exploiting tax havens;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Agrees with the view expressed in the Commission communication that compliance with applicable law and collective labour agreements is a sine qua non of corporate social responsibility; also believes that socially responsible behaviour must of necessity translate into proper relations with trade unions, in particular respect for trade union rights, a continuous flow of information to workers and their representative organisations, and their involvement in company decision-taking;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Believes that when assessing the social responsibility of a company, it is necessary to take into account the behaviour of companies operating within its supply chain and, where applicable, of its subcontractors;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to consider whether it could establish a European corporate social responsibility certificate; believes that such a certificate should be recognised throughout the European Union and constitute proof of compliance with a body of requirements related to the different aspects of CSR, based on the principles and guidelines recognised at international level;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to draw up specific measures to combat misleading marketing relating to the environmental impact of products, over and above those provided for in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive; considers that greenwashing is not only a deception that misleads consumers, public authorities, and investors, but also decreases trust in corporate social responsibility as an effective way to promote sustainable inclusive growth;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is closely monitoring the current discussions on the legislative proposal on the transparency of the social and environmental information provided by companies; advocates the adoption of an approach allowing the greatest possible flexibility of action to be maintained, in orcalls on the Commission to propose a clear-cut legislative framework imposing non-financial disclosure obligations on large European companies and laying down the minimum information to be supplied (encompassing environmental aspects, taking into account the life cycle cost methodology, social aspects, in particular respect for human rights, and governance aspects) and the methodology; considers to take achat information in the above category should also cover subcount of CSR’s multi- dimensional nature and the diversityracting and supply chains and be based on globally accepted methodologies such as those of the Global Reporting Initiative ofr the CSR policies implemented by businesseIntegrated Reporting Council; calls in addition for a simplified framework to be established for SMEs;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers it essential, however, that the Commission should, as quickly as possible, develop the projected common life cycle-based methodology for measuring environmental performance; believes that the above methodology would be useful both from the point of view of transparency of business information and for the purposes of the assessment which public authorities bring to bear on companies’ environmental performance;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Supports the Commission proposal to require all investment funds and financial institutions to inform every customer (citizens, businesses, public authorities, etc.) about any ethical or responsible investment criteria which they apply or any standards and codes to which they adhere;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a Calls on the Commission accordingly to propose a clear legislative framework making compulsory non-financial disclosure by major European companies and specifying the minimum amount of information which must be provided (including environmental data, taking account of life-cycle costs, social aspects, in particular respect for human rights, and governance) and the methodology; notes that information should also be given regarding subcontracting and supply chains; calls for the drafting of simplified framework provisions which may be adopted by SMEs;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for immediate measures at European level to combat the inadmissible practice of ‘greenwashing’, which not only deceives and misleads consumers, the authorities and investors, but also undermines confidence in corporate responsibility as an effective instrument for inclusive and sustainable growth;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Supports the Commission proposal to make it compulsory for investment funds and financial institutions to inform all their clients about any ethical or responsible investment criteria applied by them or any standards or codes with which they comply;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reaffirms the belief that the development of CSR should be driven primarily by businesses themselvpursued through a multi-stakeholder approach, assigning a leading role to businesses, which must be able to develop an approach tailored to their own specific situation; stresses the need for targeted measures and approaches for the development of CSR among SMEs;