2 Amendments of Ole CHRISTENSEN related to 2012/2097(INI)
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Fully supports the Commission's intention to put forward a legislative proposal on ‘non-financial disclosure’ by businesses; warns that use of the term ‘non-financial’ should not disguise the very real financial consequences for business of social, environmental and human-rights- related impact; calls for an ambitious proposal which places the EU right among the many current international initiatives on mandatory corporate sustainability reporting and squarely within the objective of making Integrated Reporting, as being developed by the IIRC, the global norm by the end of the decade; believes that a "comply or explain" system is a useful tool in CSR; is in favour of introducing a CSR policy in businesses and that any deviation from a CSR policy should be explained in a meaningful way;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Agrees that there cannot be a ‘one size fits all’ approach to CSR but, recognising that the profusion of private and voluntary initiatives can generate additional costs and be a barrier to implementation,; calls on the Commission, together with other international bodies, to make a commitment to supporting the long-term objective of ‘convergence’ of CSR initiatives, as well as pushing forward the guidelines found in the International Standard ISO 26000 so as to ensure a single global, coherent and transparent definition of CSR;