6 Amendments of Tokia SAÏFI related to 2012/2097(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that each of the 27 Member States must accelerate the revision of their national action plans on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and the development of national plans implementing UN Guiding Principles, which should be finalised at the latest by December 2013; calls on the EU to facilitate learning from the experience of those EU States which are currently undergoing this process; encourages the Member States to draw inspiration from the guidelines contained in the ISO 26000 standard, the OECD Guidelines, the most recent version of the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines and guidance developed by the European Group of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs);
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. UWelcomes the adoption by the ILO on 14 June 2012 of Recommendation No 202 concerning national floors for social protection; undertakes to place the ‘human rights and business’ issue on the agendas of forthcoming EU meetings with third countries, especially with privileged relations partners, and requests, if necessary, that translations of the UN Guiding Principles be carried out using the EP’s or other EU institutions’ capacity;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its calls on the EU and the Member States to improve the enforcement of existing laws integrating ‘business and human rights’ concerns, and to develop further solutions aiming at a ‘level playing field’ for domestic and third countries’ business enterprises in order to combat social dumping;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for human rights due diligence standards at EU level, addressing, among other issues, potentially high human rights impact and risk areas such as global and local supply chains, conflict minerals, and outsourcing; welcomes the programmes already set up by the EU, in particular the FLEGT programme in forestry, and supports private initiatives such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI);
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Requests that where the EU or Member States are partners of business (e.g. in public procurement, state-owned enterprises, joint ventures, ‘blending’, export credit guarantees, large scale projects in third countries), consistency with the UN Guiding Principles should be a priority, reflected in specific contractual clauses, and with consequences for companies blatantly violating human rights; recommends that the envisaged ‘EU Platform for External Cooperation and Development’ establish such modalities;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. AEmphasises that, given the size of their share of international trade, European companies, their subsidiaries and subcontractors play a key role in the promotion and dissemination of social and labour standards worldwide; considers that European companies which relocate their production to countries with less stringent social obligations should be held liable, including before European courts, for any damage and negative externalities affecting local populations; acknowledges that grievances against EU companies operating abroad are often more usefully solved in situ; commends the OECD National Contact Points as state- based non- legal mechanisms that can mediate over a broad range of business and human rights disputes; calls, however, for a greater effort by companies in developing grievance mechanisms aligned with the effectiveness criteria stated in the Guiding Principles;