Activities of Dominique BILDE related to 2020/2129(INL)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability
Amendments (16)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that there is sufficient strong evidence that shows that the voluntary efforts of Union companies to prevent and mitigate the negative impacts of their behaviour on developing countries have failedhad limited effect, as violations of human rights of individuals, in particular worker’s rights, and of local communities are still taking place at the end of the supply chain;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that some voluntary schemes and particularly some certifications demonstrate a measure of effectiveness in improving corporate accountability and diligence practices;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that there is strong need for a mandatory, harmonised frameworkit is useful to have guidelines at Union level to ensure a level playing field for business and welcomes the Commission’s ongoing work on legislation requiring thathich encourage Union companies to conduct due diligence on respect for human rights and environmental obligations throughout their supply chains; notes that these obligations should take into account the constraints on VSEs and SMEs so as to ensure that they are not put at a disadvantage;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that several Member States have already developed a rigorous legislative framework for due diligence, particularly France, with Act No 2017- 399 of 27 March 2017, and that as a result, Member States’ national legislation would doubtless be more effective and appropriate than a European framework;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that social fraud in particular should also be taken into account in this European framework in the matter of posted workers and that such practices should be combated at European level;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to apply a human rights-based approach to the future legislationguidelines which shallould be designed, implemented, monitored and evaluated respecting the core human rights principles of transparency and access to information, inclusion and non-discrimination with a special focus on the most vulnerable; they should, in addition, take into account the constraints on VSEs and SMEs, ensuring that they are not put at a disadvantage by a prohibitive administrative fee;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that all human rights should be covered by the future legislationguidelines; considers that emphasis should be placed on workers and trade union rights, women, children and indigenous people; stresses that full alignment with existing legal obligations and standards at European and international level, particularly International Labour Organization conventions, should be sought; is of the opinion that the legislationguidelines should address all types of human rights abuses;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the need to stress and combat child labour, particularly in its worst forms as set out in Convention No 182 of the International Labour Organization;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that the obligation to respect and protect human rights, the environment and to avoid the risk of corruption should be embedded throughout the whole global value chains, products, services and business relationships, and notes in particular the need to take into account the specific risks associated with conflict zones;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that the new legislationEuropean framework should apply to all sectors, to all types of enterprises, whether public or private and of all size across the Union; considers that the focus should be placed on the risks, taking into account the risks which apply specifically to VSEs and SMEs and those which apply specifically to conflict zones;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the opinion that the future legislationguidelines should establish mandatory and effective corporate due diligence processes covering companies’ activities and their business relationships, including their supply and subcontracting chains;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the need to prioritise the development of a reliable and robust framework of sectoral certifications to encourage economic actors to take action voluntarily;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that access to effective remedy is crucial; considers that the legislationpolicy framework should obliencourage companies to have an effective grievance mechanism that should be transparent, accessible, predictable, safe, trustworthy and accountable; considers, in addition, that such mechanism shouldthere is a need to provide for effective judicial remedies to victims of human rights violations, environmental damage and corruption abuses, individually and through collective actions; believes that special protection should be provided to human rights defenders and its lawyers and that the Member States should set out how to achieve this in their national legislation;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that it is crucial to make the sustainable development chapters of free trade agreements more enforceable and that the new legislation should explore ways of integrato undertake due diligence audits once such agreements have been signed; underlines that free trade agreements should not be concluded with countries whose environmental and social standards (including those concerning animal welfare, ing the due diligence requirements into those chapters.case of the former) fall short of European standards and where the security or geopolitical situation means there is a danger of human rights being violated;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines that all trade agreements should be conditional on an assessment of the risk of relocations and job losses for the Member States and that no trade agreement should result in job losses, relocations or unfair competition for the Member States.