Activities of Olle SCHMIDT related to 2011/2181(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a corporate governance framework for European companies
Amendments (6)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to bring forward measures thatproposals on incentives for strengthened diversity in terms of professional and social background, and hencewith the aim to encourage companies to stimulate debate and foster the emergence of new ideas within their boards of directors;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it important to increase employee involvement in companies' decision-making processes, not leastfor example by way of employee share-holding schemes, in order to increase motivation and ensure cohesion within companies;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Firmly emphasises that corporate management and remuneration policies must be sound and responsible and comply with the principles of wage parity and equal treatment of women and men, in accordance with the EU provisions in force; calls on the Commission to bring forward measures to ensurefor a more balanced representation of women on boards of directors, with the aim of achieving at least 40% representation of each gender by 2020;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Proposes that measures for a more balanced representation of women on boards of directors that may be taken include requiring the nomination committees to state, in connection with presenting their proposals, which effort they have made to fulfill this goal, encouraging peer comparison systems on public and private boards of directors, training of nomination committees, creating rosters of competent women candidates and encouraging open recruitment processes over intransparatent appointments; calls on the Commission to require listed companies in their annual report to describe their policy on diversity, including gender, the targets it has set for implementing the policy, and progress on achieving those targets; emphasises that corporate management and remuneration policies must comply with and foster the principle of equal treatment of women and men established by EU directives;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Underlines that, although the composition of the board is primarily the responsibility of the shareholders, if no improvement in the representation of women in boards can be achieved within a reasonable time span, the legislators may need to consider other actions;