Activities of Marielle DE SARNEZ related to 2015/2038(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (A8-0217/2016 - Eleonora Forenza) FR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility PDF (482 KB) DOC (192 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the private sector must contribute, alongside the public sector, to sustainable development; whereas companies must act in a socially and environmentally responsible manner;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) effectiveincreased cooperation ofbetween the WTO with otherand the relevant UN agencies, and in particular with the High Commissioner for Human Rights and with the ILO,the International Labour Organisation;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EU to play an active role in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its 70th session;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to incorporate a gender- sensitive approachtake gender parity into account into all their policies, as well asincluding into EU trade strategy, and guaranteeing inter alia effective compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); calls on the Commission to draw up an in-depth, binding impact assessment of the EU trade strategy from the perin respective of women, HR and gender equality;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts towards policyEU to ensure greater coherence between EUits trade, development and environmental policies in all the treaties in ways consistent with international commitments to HR, decent work, gender equality and environmental sustainabilityand to strive to ensure that all stakeholders comply with international standards on human rights, gender equality, labour law and respect for the environment;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission and Council’s efforts to insert legally binding HR clauses into all the free trade agreements (FTAs) in accordance with the common approach; regrets that HR clauses are not included in treaties such as those with South Korea and Canada (CETA) or in the TTIP and Vietnam negotiations;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that trade policy must be a way to encourage the EU’s partner countries to adopt stringent social and environmental standards; considers, therefore, that it might be useful to strengthen the ‘GSP +’, such as by introducing corrective measures in the event of breaches by a given third country;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Firmly demands that HRIAs and sustainabilityCalls for rigorous and transparent impact studies and sectoral assessments to be carried out by the Commission prior to the commencement of all trade negotiations, in order to take account of the impact assessgreements (SIAs) become binding and begin at an early stage in order to will have on human rights and sustainable development; calls for such impact studies also to take account of the special circumstances of people who are particularly vulnerable as a result, for example, of membership of a minform negotiating positions even before they are formulated; ity or geographical isolation; draws attention, in this connection, to the commitment given by the Commission to assess the impact of free-trade agreements on the EU’s outermost regions in particular;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. AcknowledgeSupports the Commission’s efforts to negotiate a plurilateral agreement on green goods; calls on the Commission to focus on a diversified strategy that can also address anti-dumping policies in the renewablbelieves that trade policy could make a greater contribution towards energy transition and that EU trade instruments should foster the enmergy sector, intellectual property regimes, tight financing programmes and the lack of national environmental policies that create the demand for such goodsence and development of renewable energies and the development of green goods and technologies in Europe;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the EU to reconsider itsCalls for EU policy on intellectual property rights (IPRs) policy with a view to a less stringent interpretation of property rights and a clear recognition of governments’ power to apply additional requirements in drawing up domestic legislation and to adopt and use intellectual property flexibilities in order to realise HRto ensure that inventions and creations, as well as geographical indications, are properly protected;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regards as insufficient the efforts towards the inclusion of CSR clauses Welcomes the progress made by the EU in incorporating into its trade and other policies legislation and criteria on CSR, including the TSD chapters and asks the Commission to step up its efforts towards achieving compliance by companies, throughout their supply chains, and full respect for ILO core labour standards and internationally recognised CSR standards; regulation of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (FLEGT Regulation), the regulation of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel, the directive of 22 October 2014 on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups and the communication of 14 October 2015 entitled ‘Trade for All: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’; encourages the Commission to continue and step up its efforts in this area;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to take steps to make supply chain operators – in particular in the clothing and extractive industries, in which infringements of human rights and social standards are more common – more aware of their responsibilities;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the EU and the Member States to promote binding measures to ensure that companies pay taxes where economic activities take place and value is created, and to promote compulsory country-by- country reporting by the private sector, as recommended by the OECD;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to take trade and investment measures involving the award of labels, the granting of preferential access to EU public contracts and the implementation of SME support programmes that will encourage and reward companies introducing CSR strategies;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for the EU to set up CSR dialogue platforms bringing together civil society, businesses, international organisations and other stakeholders;