2013/2126(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the EITI international transparency standard, which requires governments to publish details of their revenue from natural resources;

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the extractive industries foster the development of high- technology, innovative sectors and offer solutions in the areas of resource and energy efficiency, ecodesign, performance enhancement, recycling and the circular economy which can benefit both developing and developed countries;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the Africa Mining Vision offers a framework for integrating the sector more coherently and firmly into the continent’s economy and society;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas there are reports of human rights abuses ~~are common~~ within the extractive industry ~~and~~, includeing child labour, sexual violence, the disappearance of people, ~~violation of the right to a clean~~the deliberate damaging of the environment, loss of land and livelihoods without ~~negotiation and without~~ adequate compensation, forced resettlement and the destruction of ritually or culturally significant sites;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas forced labour, and the denial of trade union and collective bargaining rights ~~and lack and breaches of~~remain major concerns; whereas likewise the often extremely poor or absent health and safety standards are~~main maj~~ a huge cause for concerns, especially in small-scale min~~ing~~es, which often operate in very precarious conditions;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas ~~in order to~~ increaseing efficiency and achieveing equity in the field of CSR, a ~~move away from the current ‘à la carte’ system, in which companies choose codes and standards according to their own preferences, towards a legally binding general CSR framework and~~s well as industry- specific implementation standards is of primary importance;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas in order to increase efficiency and achieve equity in the field of CSR, a move away from the current ‘à la carte’ system, in which companies choose codes and standards according to their own preferences, towards ~~a legally binding general CSR framework and industry- specific implementation~~common industry- wide standards is of primary importance;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas greenwashing - projecting an image of supposedly positive environmental action in order to deceive the public and draw attention away from practices harmful to the environment - misleads consumers, the general public and regulators regarding environmental performance and undermines the pursuit of responsible business conduct and for these reasons must be combatted; whereas more generally companies using CSR as a marketing tool must ensure that any claims made are accurate;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)

La. whereas the implementation of EITI is meant to increase transparency in revenue management, with the aim to reduce the potential for corruption and enable equitable benefit-sharing;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas most African countries have in the past two decades carried out ~~far- reaching~~essential economic, trade and investment liberalisation; which has increased the structural vulnerabilities of the mineral- producing countries; whereas today, instead of economic diversification, they have on average less diversified economies that are more concentrated, for instance, in low value-added mineral andereas today all efforts should be focused on bringing about greater economic diversification, in other words reducing dependency on the extractive industries or agricultural exports, ~~both of~~ which are both extremely sensitive to external price shocks;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas ~~most~~although many African countries have in the past two decades carried out far- reaching economic, trade and investment liberalisation ~~which has increased the structural vulnerabilities of the mineral- producing countries; whereas today, instead of~~, they have not achieved significant economic diversification, ~~they~~and have on average less diversified economies that are more concentrated, for instance, in low value- added mineral and agricultural exports, both of which are extremely sensitive to external price shocks;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to the G20 final declaration published on 6 September 2013, in which the world's leaders express support for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI);

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. whereas the Addis Ababa Declaration on Development and Management of Africa’s Mineral Resources urges African countries to ensure that EPAs and overall WTO negotiations do not limit national development policy, and do avoid the ‘lock-in effect’ of trade liberalisation, which has accentuated the commodity dependence of low-income African countries;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)

Mb. whereas since the World Bank-led mining reforms of the 1980s, Latin America is showing a new move towards strengthening the role of state institutions, focusing on national priorities and economic development objectives;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas export taxes are widely ~~used, are not prohibited by WTO agreements, generate revenue and can play a key role in developing competitive industries in commodity-dependent developing countries; whereas however,~~employed, although many regional trade agreements and the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) pursued by the EU forbid their use;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas although welcome, voluntary efforts by companies to avoid sourcing conflict minerals have not always been effective;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)

Ra. whereas Section 1502 of the 2010 US Dodd Frank Act requires companies listed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including European firms, to carry out due diligence to determine whether their products contain minerals that have funded armed groups in DRC; and whereas in an accompanying ruling, the SEC referenced the OECD Guidance as a credible due diligence standard for companies implementing the law;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that non-sustainable mining can have huge negative environmental and social impacts, especially in Africa;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the global commodity price boom, fuelled by demand from emerging economies, offers a great opportunity for resource-rich developing countries, especially in Africa, to raise revenue and channel it into development, in the interest of their peoples; supports national policies aiming at this; points out that legislative and regulatory reforms are often crucial and stresses that the ~~necessary policy space should not be restricted by~~political margin for manoeuvre needed to take social development into account in future trade and investment agreements is available;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need for a regional and international approach ines to curbing the illegal exploitation of natural resources; encourages developing countries to take steps to formalise the artisanal and small- scale mining sector in order to improve livelihoods, secure living wages and integrate the ASM sector into the rural and national economy, while providing accessible financial and technical support to this end and assuring a legal regime that gives ASM rights-holders sufficient land and security of tenure; calls on the EU to help developing countries raise capacity locally to run tracking and certification schemes before enforcing bans on transporting non-compliant minerals;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Urges the EU~~Draws attention to the EU's efforts to support further institutional development and capacity building within host governments so as to establish the necessary institutional and legal framework to manage and allocate revenues from extractive industries (EI) in a transparent and effective manner; draws attention, further, to the partnerships developed between the EU and the African Development Bank; in particular, urges the EU to ~~increase its~~continue providing assistance for the development of legislation and taxation policy so as to maximise the local and national benefits of EI development, resulting in the creation of local employment, living wages for employees and their families and increased linkages between small and medium-sized enterprises and the supply chain associated with EI development;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses, in line with the principle of ownership, that local communities should ~~participate in the planning and development of~~be informed about natural resources projects, which should be evaluated in terms of local supply chains and employment of the local community;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas for many developing countries ~~mining~~natural resource extraction accounts for a significant proportion of GDP and often for the bulk of foreign exchange earnings and foreign investment;

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Finds essential to recognize and secure the traditional rights and cultures of indigenous people in EI development and to ensure their prior and informed participation;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that, in a context where domestic regulation in developing countries is often inadequate to protect human rights from corporate infractions, the UN Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework offers a comprehensive and useful set of principles for companies’ respect for and protection of human rights;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls for the effective implementation of the African Charter on Human Rights, which includes provisions regarding the destruction of wealth and natural resources and principles for adequate compensation;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Calls on developing countries to ratify human rights conventions and instruments relevant to the mineral sector and implement them, inter alia by empowering public human rights institutions to monitor enforcement of human rights standards with respect to mining and by developing tools and methodologies for mainstreaming health and human rights issues into impact assessment procedures;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes with concern that according to John Ruggie, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, about two-thirds of corporate human rights abuses come from the oil, gas and mining sectors; stresses that EU Member States and the international community have a duty under international and European human rights law to ensure that those companies operating within their jurisdiction are not causing or contributing to human rights abuses, directly or indirectly, through their business activities;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on EU Member States to increase their assistance to combat~~ting~~ child labour in mining and support ILO’s undertakings to provide educational opportunities and alternative income-generating prospects to remove children from mining activities;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the fact that international finance institutions have developed methods to ensure that mineral investors carry out Environmental Impact Assessment (EIAs) and Social Impact Assessment (SIAs); notes, however, that building capacity in developing countries to enforce these requirements remains a challenge, in view of financial and human resource constraints; calls, therefore, on the EU to upgrade its technical assistance so as to enable developing countries to institute the practice of systematic assessment of health, social and environmental risks, with provisions for effective public participation;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Emphasises the role played by the World Bank Group in developing responsible business practices; draws attention to the need to improve the way knowledge about the establishment of institutions which place greater emphasis on integrity is shared and applied and to make information and resources available to ordinary people, so that their governments are forced to be more effective and to take greater account of their needs;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on authorities to ban mineral exploration and exploitation in national parks and World Heritage Sites;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Believes that the mining industry could and should make valuable contributions to climate change mitigation through technology transfer and responsible investment; stresses, in particular, that large-scale mining companies can potentially provide the know-how for emission mitigation in the small and medium-sized mining sector; reiterates its call on the EU to seek agreements on climate financing, technology transfer and capacity building and to upgrade its assistance to developing countries for CO2 emission reduction;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas Africa has some of the world's largest mineral reserves, and whereas the profits from the mining of Africa's mineral resources should be used to meet the MDGs, eradicate poverty and achieve rapid and broad-based socioeconomic development and growth; whereas, however, African countries still need to develop and implement coherent strategies to turn exploitation of natural resources into a motor for economic development and diversification of their economies;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the effective implementation of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), the UN Global Compact (UNGC) and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) through ~~legally binding mechanisms, including at industrial sector level~~common industry-wide mechanisms;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the EEAS and Commission to ensure that EU trade officers, if based in EU delegations, are given regular training on CSR issues;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Calls on the Commission to actively promote responsible business conduct among EU companies operating abroad, ensuring strict compliance with all legal obligations, in particular with international standards and rules in the field of human rights, labour and the environment;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that the thematic scope of different CSR implementation schemes is often selective:, which also applies to social and environmental issues ~~are rarely included in the same scheme~~; considers such a fragmented approach to be detrimental to an assessment of the overall sustainable performance of a company; considers that while those general frameworks have developed a common understanding and language for CSR principles, they should also form the basis for ~~legally binding international standards on~~ what constitutes responsible business practices;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that the thematic scope of different CSR implementation schemes is often selective: social and environmental issues are rarely included in the same scheme; considers such a fragmented approach to be detrimental to an assessment of the overall sustainable performance of a company; considers that while those general frameworks have developed a common understanding and language for CSR principles, they should also form the basis for ~~legally binding~~common industry- wide international standards on what constitutes responsible business;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the EU to use its trade and investment relations with key partner countries (e.g. US, China, Japan, Brazil and India) to foster a dialogue on CSR; urges also the EU to conduct sustainability impact assessments of proposed trade agreements before entering the negotiation phase; calls for ~~CSR reporting obligations on companies to be included in investment trea~~investment treaties to foster positive CSR practices;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the EU to use its trade and investment relations with key partner countries (e.g. US, China, Japan, Brazil and India) to foster a dialogue on CSR; urges also the EU to conduct ~~sustainability~~ impact assessments of proposed trade agreements before entering the negotiation phase; calls for CSR reporting obligations on companies to be included in investment treaties;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that the current international trade and investment regime may constrains the ability of developing countries to use the full range of instruments that were formerly exploited by now developed countries as part of their industrialisation strategies; stresses that trade agreements should respect developing countries’ need to diversify their economies and upgrade their technologies;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Deplores the fact~~Recognise the importance of foreign direct investment for industrial growth while noting that overly generous terms for foreign direct investment (FDI) in mining offered by developing countries under World Bank and IMF influence in the 1980s and 1990s ~~have~~ prevented them from gaining a fair share of profits from the exploitation of their natural resources and thereby deprived these countries of resources badly needed for their social and economic development;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Shares the concerns of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights that current methods of protecting investor rights in contracts and international agreements constrain the ability of states to protect human rightsview that the responsibility to respect human rights is a global standard of expected conduct for all business enterprises wherever they operate; underlines that addressing adverse human rights impacts requires taking adequate measures for their prevention, mitigation and, where appropriate, remediation; stresses the need to balance investor rights with obligations in terms of ~~sustainable human development~~respecting universal human rights;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas, if the revenues they generate are managed properly and transparently, natural resources can be significant drivers of economic growth and social development;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Calls on~~Urges the EU and its Member States to implement the 10 principles of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights that aim to integrate the management of human rights risks into state-investor contract negotiations, so as to ensure that stabilisation clauses do not compromise protection of and respect for human rights; calls on the EU to support capacity building in developing countries for negotiation and implementation of human rights and sustainable development clauses in investment agreements;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Encourages African countries to progress in their efforts of regional integration so as to remove some of the intra-African barriers to mineral-based industrialisation;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that export taxes are permitted under the WTO regime and can be part of policy strategies aiming to develop domestic manufacturing or processing industries; calls on the EU to refrain from restricting the use of export taxes in EPAs, as it believes that they are a legitimate tool for development and economic diversification; considers that a well-designed progressive export tax system can serve as an income stabilisation instrument, capturing windfall gains and moderating the adverse impact of falling prices on a producer’s income;deleted

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Urges the EU to assist developing countries in negotiating investment agreements that will yield sustainable social benefits and improved socioeconomic conditions; points out that ~~in pressing developing country governments to minimise their taxes and royalties,~~taxes and royalties from extractive industries paid by mining companies are effectively ~~weak~~strengthening the fiscal capacity of the state, while, in contrast, ‘tariff escalation’ applied by the EU on finished goods make it more difficult for developing countries producing raw materials to process and manufacture value-added products for export;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Stresses the need to negotiate and implement tax treaties with developing countries to ensure that multinational enterprises pay their fair share of taxes; calls, more broadly, on the EU to enhance support for assisting developing countries in tax reforms and strengthening tax administrations, so as to enable adequate capture, management and sharing of mineral revenue, and to ~~remove tariff escalation on selected finished goods that could hinder th~~enhance processing and manufactureing of mineral- based value-added products~~, thereby hampering the strategy of~~ in developing countries in order to improve their economic diversification ~~of developing countries~~;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Stresses the need to negotiate and implement tax treaties with developing countries to ensure that multinational enterprises pay their fair share of taxes; calls, more broadly, on the EU to enhance support for assisting developing countries in tax reforms and strengthening tax administrations, so as to enable adequate capture, management and sharing of mineral revenue, and to work to put in place free trade agreements which remove tariff escalation on selected finished goods that could hinder the processing and manufacture of mineral-based value-added products, thereby hampering the strategy of economic diversification of developing countries;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Is concerned about the way concessions can be granted to mining companies and the problems this can cause, including expropriation, deprivation of people’s livelihoods and problems concerning user rights and land rights; urges authorities to demarcate ‘no-go areas’ for concessions in areas that are environmentally protected by law or that have a high concentration of artisanal miners, and to do this before granting concessions so as to avoid unnecessary unrest and problems with local communities and mining companies; calls as well on authorities to create capacity to organise consultations with local communities, properly assess the concession request, monitor the site and assess the impact of the mining before granting concessions; calls on authorities to ensure that artisanal mining concessions are formalised and duly recognised by states, including in cases where states are moving towards industrial mining;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Welcomes the recent revision of the Transparency and Accounting Directives which introduces reporting obligations on payments to governments for the extractives and logging industries; urges the Member States to implement these directives rapidly; calls for the revenue data collected to be available in as open and accessible a format as possible;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls on authorities to ensure that mining licences and other assets are sold or granted through open and transparent bidding processes; calls on authorities to publish contracts, including annexes, maps and all financial details, as a means of preventing corruption; calls on authorities and the companies concerned to produce a full list of shareholders of all mining companies, particularly for any new deals, and a full list of those benefiting systematically from these deals, as a means of preventing corruption; calls on authorities and companies to ensure all payments to government are published in a widely accessible manner; calls on the EU to require extractives companies listed in Europe to publish any contracts agreed to;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on authorities to investigate serious allegations of corruption in the mining sector and to prosecute, freeze funds or refuse to allow transactions to proceed where appropriate; calls for assessments of corruption risks to include looking at the process of asset confiscation, and the resale of confiscated assets, the involvement of individuals or companies as intermediaries in ‘flipping concessions’ (particularly where these intermediaries have known relationships with the governing authorities), and the sale of assets at under-value, and the sale of assets without tender (particularly where the assets are of key economic importance or where tenders are otherwise the norm); calls on authorities to ensure that the end- buyers of these assets are held accountable for the intermediaries they have partnered with;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~the benefits of mining for local populations often fail to materialise or are cancelled out b~~local or national authorities can use more effective governance and greater transparency to enhance the benefits of mining for local populations, thereby also neutralising any negative social and environmental impacts;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Embraces the Africa Mining Vision according to which an environmentally and socially-responsible, transparent and inclusive mining sector, which provides lasting benefits to communities, is essential for addressing the adverse impacts of the mining sector and to avoid conflicts induced by mineral exploitation; calls in this context for transparent and participatory governance processes, at all levels, to assess the environmental and social impacts of mining;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Points out that most initiatives launched internationally against conflict minerals aim to encourage responsible conduct by industries that buy the minerals, through certification systems for smelters; calls for the inclusion of ~~social and environmental~~relevant human rights aspects in all certification programmes, in~~cluding by taking into account labour, safety and the health of miners and communities directly affected by mining activitie~~ line with international standards such as those established within the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Points out that most initiatives launched internationally against conflict minerals aim to encourage responsible conduct by industries that buy the minerals, through certification systems for smelters; calls for than independent study about the possible inclusion of social and environmental aspects in all certification programmes, including by taking into account labour, safety and the health of miners and communities directly affected by mining activities;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Points out that most initiatives launched internationally against conflict minerals aim to encourage responsible conduct by industries that buy the minerals, through certification systems for smelters; calls for the inclusion of social and environmental aspects in all certification programmes, including by taking into account labour conditions and rights, safety and the health of miners and communities directly affected by mining activities;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Stresses that for current business initiatives on conflict minerals to be effective in breaking the link between armed conflict and mineral exploitation, ~~and to ensure that they~~it is necessary that companies comply with international standards set by the OECD, ~~European legislation should be introduced to regulate these initiatives and companies operating in the EU which use and trade covered natural resources;~~ calls, therefore, on the Commission to bring forward ~~binding~~ legislation on conflict minerals;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – introductory part

35. Stresses that an EU regulation requiring companies using and trading minerals and other natural resources sourced from conflict-affected and high-risk areas to carry out due diligence in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas is needed to complement the revisions of the EU transparency and Accounting Directives on disclosure of financial and non-financial information of large companies as well as the Dodd Frank Act’s conflict mineral provisions; in particular, believes that such legislation should:

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – introductory part

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point a

a. create a ~~legally binding~~n obligation for all upstream companies operating in the EU that use and trade natural resources sourced from conflict-affected and high-risk areas ~~and all downstream companies that act as the first placer on the European market~~ to undertake supply chain due diligence to identify and mitigate the risk of conflict financing and human rights abuse;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point a

a. create ~~a legally binding~~ obligations for ~~all upstream~~ companies operating in the EU that use and trade natural resources sourced from conflict- affected and high- risk areas ~~and all downstream companies that act as the first placer on the European market~~ to undertake supply chain due diligence to identify and mitigate the risk of conflict financing and human rights abuse;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the benefits of mining for local populations often fail to materialise or are ~~cancelled out~~heavily outweighed by negative social and environmental impacts;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point b

b. be based on the relevant international instruments, ~~including~~such as the International Bill of Human Rights, further elaborated by international human rights treaties and standards (such as UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights and the Protect, Respect, and Remedy Framework), International Labour Organisation (ILO) core treaties, International Humanitarian and Criminal Law, and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict- Affected and High-Risk Areas;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point c

c. apply to ~~all~~the upstream segments of the supply chain and to ~~all natural resources, without exception~~conflict minerals, produced in any conflict- affected or high- risk area;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point c

c. apply to ~~all~~upstream segments of the supply chain and to ~~all natural resource~~conflict minerals, without exception, produced in any conflict- affected or high-risk area;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point d

d. be founded on a risk-based approach, requiring companies to assess actual and potential adverse impacts arising from their operations on universal human rights, and to mitigate the identified risks;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point h

~~h. be comparable with the obligations under the Dodd Frank Act, so that when fulfilling EU obligations on responsible sourcing companies automatically fulfil the obligations under US legislation;~~deleted

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point h

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Urges the EEAS to foster a dialogue with key partner countries (e.g. China, Japan, Brazil and India) on the importance of trade policies that respect the principle of ‘duty to protect’ in general, and the UN guiding principles and the OECD framework in particular;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)

38b. Calls on Member States to provide guidance for European Companies on strategies for mitigating risks when operating in high risk and conflict areas, with a view to help these companies continue their operations in such areas when this is also in the interest of the local population;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. having regard to the important role played by environmental and social impact assessments in protecting the rights of indigenous peoples in mining areas;

Amendment 9 #