8 Amendments of Ska KELLER related to 2014/2205(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the notion of "private sector “is very large and includes transnational as well as national business in the production and services areas, the banking and financing sector, workers' and employers' organisations and NGOs, and that each of them has its own priorities, principles and targets,
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that development is far more than economic growth and that activities of the private sector have to be carefully framed in a set of conditions, after consultation and in accordance with the targeted communities;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Suggests a revision of existing and an improvement of future Sustainable development chapters in bilateral trade agreements with a view to include mandatory reporting schemes for the private sector;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to further promote initiatives to better control the textile sector, and for the responsible mining, logging and sourcing of commodities, together with private sustainability-bound schemes, throughout supply chains, and to step up product and process life-cycle analysis as regards environmental and social considerations;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is of the view that investment by the private sector into projects limited to the export of raw materials and natural resources are at least questionable as a contribution to the achievement of development goals;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Insists that instruments such as the ILO Convention 169, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the Guiding Principles of the United Nations on Business and Human Rights, and the EU Human Rights and Democracy Strategic Framework have to be applied systematically, and that any infringement has to be sued, without accepting impunity;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Recommends a careful approach to blending and insists that companies can only benefit from EU financial instruments such as the regional investment facilities (LAIF and others), if regular monitoring of their coherence with development objectives is ensured;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights that private investors in developing countries significantly benefit from investment-protection agreements, which risks to put profit over development concerns, to lead to regulatory chill and to reinforce unfair business relations; therefore recommends to exclude private sector financed development projects from BITs or ISDS-like provisions, not at least in order to strengthen the domestic judicial system, and calls for the use of national legal systems instead.