Activities of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2013/2126(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on promoting development through responsible business practices, including the role of extractive industries in developing countries PDF (223 KB) DOC (107 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
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 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
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 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
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 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
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 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the benefits of mining for local populations often fail to materialise or are cancelled out blocal 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 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
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 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
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 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
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 cleanthe 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 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas most African countries have in the past two decades carried out far- reachingessential 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 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
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
Recital R
R. whereas although welcome, voluntary efforts by companies to avoid sourcing conflict minerals have not always been effective;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
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
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 bypolitical margin for manoeuvre needed to take social development into account in future trade and investment agreements is available;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the EUDraws 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 itscontinue 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
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses, in line with the principle of ownership, that local communities should participate in the planning and development ofbe informed about natural resources projects, which should be evaluated in terms of local supply chains and employment of the local community;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
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 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point h
Paragraph 35 – point h