8 Amendments of Maurice PONGA related to 2016/2140(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas economic development should go hand-in-hand with social justicedevelopment and respect for the environment; whereas the complexity and fragmentation of global value chains (GVCs) underline the need for complementary policies and flanking measures to avoid, address and mitigate their potential adverse impacts and to ensure victims of human rights violations have an effective access to remedy;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a number of initiatives have been led by the private sector, such as codes of conduct, labels, self-assessments and social audits, have not proven to be at all effective over the last 20 years in terms of increasing workers’ rights in the garment supply chain;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the garment sector is the sector which has the most sustainability initiatives in progress; whereas few existing initiatives reach the scale needed to make a significant impact;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the Commission to be committed to promoting binding and non- negotiable human rights andprovide for legally binding human rights and good governance clauses and chapters on social and environmental clausissues in the negotiation of international agreements; regrets that current human rights clauses in free trade agreements and other economic partnership agreements are usually not respected;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal on binding due diligence obligations for supply chainmultinationals in the garment sector aligned with OECD guidelines and internationally agreed standards on human rights and social and environmental standards; this proposal should focus on the core problems garment workers face (occupational health and safety, a living wage, freedom of association, sexual harassment and violence) and should address the following matters: key criteria for sustainable production, transparency and traceability, including collection of data and tools for consumer information, due diligence checks and auditing, access to remedy; gender equality,; supply-chain due diligence reporting; awareness raising; notes, however, with concern that a lot more needs to be done and urges the Commission to take further actions which have a direct impact on workers’ lives;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its call on the Commission to extendsupport initiatives to promote corporate social responsibility and binding due diligence initiatives beyond existing frameworks for the garment sector so as to ensure that the EU and its trading partners and operators live up to the obligation to resppromote and protect both human rights and the highestr social and environmental standards;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to deliver on its objective to foster improvements in the ready-made garment sector, including through a strong gender focus; calls on the Commission to make gender equality a central focus of its flagship legislative initiative;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that it is crucial to ensure increased access to information on the conduct of enterprises; considers it fundamental to introduce a mandatory reporting system and due diligence for EU companies that outsource their production to third countries; believes that responsibility should extend throughout the entire supply chain, including sub-contractors in the formal and informal economy, and commends existing efforts to this effect; believes, however, thatpermit access to relevant information on the conduct of enterprises; believes the EU is bestwell placed to developpromote a common framework through legislation on mandatory transnationalof provisions establishing mandatory due diligence and supply chain transparency and traceabilityfor multinationals in the textile sector;